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  ASK US (the MIT Bloggers) ANYTHING! YES

  

  them answered. (You’re able to comment anonymously, but use this power ... questions as we can. You can address your question(s) to all of us, or to specific bloggers. Whether you’re a high schooler, MIT student, someone

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 18, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  the best thing i did for myself as a pre-frosh the one where i gush about burton one

  

  possible to find your people at MIT. On a gut instinct, I ranked Burton ... people you can come home to. Maybe they don't literally live on your same floor, maybe they share your values in different ways, but you need a

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • April 7, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Andi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week :(

  

  click away if you’re squeamish about medical details.) Yay storytime It ... . Listen to more music. (And if you’re at MIT and reading this, you should ... better than taking the stairs. MIT’s policies don’t care if you’re sick In

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 3, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Skill Issues (spoiler alert: i've got them)

  

  . One of the things about MIT is the stunning awareness that you’re ... ’t have the patience for you. You’re petrified of slipping up, perpetually ... feels like an indictment of your intelligence; everyone is looking at you

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • June 29, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  unicorns big confusion

  

  to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: 'This ... unutterably small or great in your life will have to return to you, all in the ... gnash your teeth and curse the demon who spoke thus? Or have you once

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 18, 2022
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  dear kuya i promise this post is mostly in english

  

  while since you've Decided to test your chances And reach for your goals In a different country, where You're always alone And so we're worried ... polo, it's yours Also, look for other hobbies As I've heard that The

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 8, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Library War there's nothing about war in here, that's just my fave imaginary band name

  

  each and every MIT library. Now I have collected my notes for your ... most libraries, the 24-hour study space is slightly sad, and if your first visit is with your friend on Labour Day weekend, and it is the only

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slowing Climate Change, One Steak at a Time final project for 24.03 (The Ethics and Politics of Food)

  

  and curb meat consumption. Can't imagine giving up your main source of ... reduce your risk of chronic preventable conditions like cancer ... vegan diet is good for both your health and your wallet. Read here for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 11, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  The Tech profiled Lydia about resilience @ MIT "I’m building my vocabulary and I’m building my mind and I’m building myself as a…

  

  when you’re kids. At Tufts, I was amazed because people were just hanging ... ’t realize what people are doing in your life, what roles they’re playing ... bed on time. I just know that those are the preconditions. If your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  When Friends Become Family How MIT has become my home (with some beautiful pics to accompany)

  

  I can consider true friends. There are those people in your life that ... going to go get some food. Do you want some? Wait, nevermind, get your own food…… Oh and I took your iphone earlier because my phone was dead….. And

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summer Decisions

  

  Astronomers I Stopped In The Hallway. Everyone said: your grades matter, but aren't the most important part of your application. Letters of ... for the GRE. STUDY FOR THE GRE! It's a dumb test but your score really

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics in the MIT No bacon apple pies here.

  

  would allow you to do awesome research as an undergrad. Has this been your ... valuable way to learn relevant skills for your field while getting rich at a ... intellectually dazzling UROP during your first years at MIT, but it's well worth

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  On MIT and Humanities I promise I will stop philosophizing (aka. sounding like an old man) in my entries…

  

  next 4 years? If the answers to all of the above is "yes!" then you're ... classes for you to easily fill up your eight semesters here. 1113213211. If ... means that you have more room to shine and stand out amongst your peers

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 19, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Thoughts on coming home With guest appearances by MIT's Dean for Student Life, the communist dracula, Roman lasagna, and…

  

  homemade dinners without fearing that you accidentally poisoned your own food ... hugging an overstuffed sandwich that your doctor (the one who told you to ... , along with a lithosphere of Youtube-and-Wikipedia dressing, hold your life

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 29, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Historic Boston This entry may be a little long . . .

  

  along with it. That's right, your comments actually affect what happens in ... your command. *goes to cross bridge* Um, crap, no sidewalk or bike lane ... thing about step by step directions instead of a map, one mistake and you're

  • by Snively '11
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  blogs, at CPW, on Facebook...etc., and as you make your final decisions, good luck and best wishes to your final choice. Like what Paul said ... ESP out when you're on campus! You'll be surprised at how much you can

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An old man’s thought of school Whitman. X-men. Youth. Zymurgy.

  

  introduce myself to them, and they say, "Oh, you're not an undergrad, right ... see a movie at noon. The e-mail concluded, probably half-jokingly, "You're ... from me. Hokay, so HASS papers are important. But unless you're planning

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nonlinearity My conjecture on finding my way through four years at MIT.

  

  's very easy to project a very linear path for your life or your experience ... make sure you end up where you a priori predict your end point. While ... there exist opportunities you may have never encountered in your life, it

  • by Bryan
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  i (don’t) want to be alone on loneliness

  

  to think of not on its own, but in contrast. If you’re in your room, that’s just being alone. If you’re walking through a crowded subway station, there’s just lots of people. But if you’re surrounded by people who

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  there is no time left musings on death and the future

  

  your highest-level cognitive processes work properly, and these are probably the first ones to go when your brain begins to deteriorate. i wonder ... humanity desperately needs to attempt. that way, you can live with your

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 22, 2022