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  MIT And/As Marathon doing things that are hard

  

  of challenge. For a while, I flailed. I would come to class or to the ... I decided I wanted to make a Twitter bot for my final project in CMS ... ground and lay there twitching for a bit, unable to move. I was exhausted

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A (Belated) Letter to July In which I start blogging again with an angsty video

  

  new ones. I mean, I have a job. A job where I'm paying to work for them ... transcript of the video for those who might want it (I may have changed a word ... 't see you again for some time, but I thought I'd send a note anyway. It

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [joint post] we visited every station on the MBTA and the Logan Airport Rental Car Center

  

  Braintree branch due to a disabled train at Broadway. Or...something very ... just a moment, while it converts to diesel power for the rest of the trip ... ought to begin this post with a motivation. CJ: Motivation? There was

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 29, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Queer at MIT, but not on the blogs the map is not the territory, but it's getting closer

  

  household was hard. For a while it was fine (up to around middle school ... times to fix that. Hey, check out this cool fundraiser for a local lgbtq ... proudly. I tried on many different labels for a long time to see if any fit

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  recently and more frequently than I’d like to admit. For the most part ... few weeks ago, I made a trip to 7-11 in a shirt, a long jacket, and no ... . Sidequest 9: Build a thing. I built (with a LOT of help) a shelf for my loft

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My Gap Year Part One: The good, the great, and the very, very dumb.

  

  to look like a chic tiny home. For further reading: Stephi Lee on ... plan was to volunteer and live there for a month, but there was no ... . I took a bus to Rome, where I would stay for a few days, and then on

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  themselves into a panic because they think they need to prepare for MIT, when ... easier to you than it does to for others at MIT. A lot of you may have come ... being a resource for students, current and incoming, and I'm so excited to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the bridges I’ve crossed in Cambridge, ranked my civil engineering hat is off

  

  closed to construction, and for a long time all you could see as you rode ... sky looked like a room flickering due to a faulty lamp. After about half ... University, to name a few. To get from Cambridge to [annotation note

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 10, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Units of Measure A simple question with a lot of cool answers

  

  due to the double factorial) Eran Ergozy = "How fun it is to work at a ... to conversation. A Graybill is a unit of harem. The Itani is a unit of negative tact.  A Snively is equal to 1 byte wasted on the internet. Friends

  • by Snively '11
  • January 7, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Long Road to Happiness Stuff no one likes to talk about...

  

  I’ve been meaning to write this blog post for a while, maybe since ... about what I wanted to say. When I was a freshman, I wrote two posts about ... had to refer a lot to the private tumblr blog I kept where I vented

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 22, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Dissecting emotion what is feeling

  

  weird, for me to ask this. From the outside, I guess, I could look like a ... a song for four minutes and it'd feel like twelve. Time is not real ... a "nap", because I told a friend that I'd be free for a video call at

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 3, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  maybe "How to not get a sarcastic reply to a question from me." I fixed ... . Read the blogs, that's what they're for. We try to make them interesting ... random blog entries. You know, just for fun. 2. Tell us what you want to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Semester 1 fantastic dishes and how to cook them

  

  Fahrenheit for 15 minutes. Making the sauce: Bring some the stock to a ... . At best. I tried to believe that it was a personal problem, but other ... door, and get a fan to ventilate the whole place unless you want to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 8, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  talked to for this post mentioned location as a not-so-good reason as well ... This post is the second in a series of Guide to MIT posts. Check out Guide to MIT: Academics here. GOOD REASONS TO CHOOSE A DORM CULTURAL

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  some balance to the conversation. I remembered a guest post I wrote a ... applying to MIT. I thought I'd post it again (recycling is good for the ... : Mikey received an email from a student who had been admitted to MIT and

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  To whom much is given… ...you know the rest!

  

  analysis is a big part of trying to process the outcome of a journey that a ... it this far if you didn't have someone in your corner. For some it is a parent, sibling or other relative. For others it is a friend, teacher

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i made furry art for Caltech i have art powers and choose to use them for chaos

  

  over to stay with us, we decided to give them a warm welcome by trying to ... pinned to a corkboard after only two hours of professional stalking. I ... aiming for here. On the last day before Caltech left, as a parting gift

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 6, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  taught me how to stand up for myself, hold others accountable, and take responsibility when I mess up. I've found a community to lean on for support and ... mom is actually trying to tell me. A wave of guilt washed over me for

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to Make Money at MIT for all of us who don't know how to make a startup :(

  

  ,[/annotation] there wasn't a realistic way for me to continue to serve 30 hrs/week like ... serve as a more personal way for MIT to connect with alumni for donations ... others or found online. Consider this more a list of opportunities to look

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 4, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  reflecting a lot on what it means for me to be a computer science major and ... to stare at code for 6-7 hours a day. I could never be a code monkey ... . I've been thinking a lot about the many steps I took to get here, as

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020