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• Blog / Athletics

  7 / Pressure is a privilege Training for my last hurrah, the US Championships

  

  needed to get back in shape. With the desire to end my career on a better ... summer. ], I needed to train smart and efficiently. I dropped most of my ... a much-needed, regenerative 10-minute power nap before I left for the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Questions Fall 2007 Here are answers to the questions posted in my blog over the last month or…

  

  does a great job of explaining what sort of folks are best matched to the ... recommendations need to come from a teacher who's known me for at least a year and ... adventurous enough to want to give Senior Haus a try!" Absolutely

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ten Years (On Dreams) Ten years ago, I was exactly where I wanted to be.

  

  above the Museum. I got a message saying I would need to pick up a key ... dream? Do I need a dream? I don't have an answer to that question. My ... showed up to office hours that week. *** High school was a magical time. I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple A behind-the-scenes special on directing a play

  

  What does a number do when it wants to be a picture? I acted in my ... needed. In rehearsals, I create the skeleton of a set and movement to ... you care so much and work so hard to make a piece the best that it can

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  [guest post] hindsight in 2020 — about life after mit rejections, situated knowledges, and ultimately getting closer to the asymptote…

  

  write a post "about being someone rejected from mit & learning to ... who are seeking to make a decision about your MIT future by May 1, and ... truck stop town. a city in the central valley that used to have a bean

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  at the South Asian Youth Initiative a New Haven adventure

  

  create community for South Asians and provide a space to talk about ... failing to reserve at the Indian restaurant nearby, we decide to go to a ... small so it takes me a long time to get them in a reasonable shape. Sarah

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 22, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Guest Post: Being Trans at MIT

  

  peers. We wanted to share a snippet of our experiences and reach out to ... to have more freedom and fewer social pressures. It's a great time to ... are great places to do this! "Right now I identify as a cisgender queer

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Ah, TV… A super-sized value meal for the mind, not the body.

  

  . Hopefully, this slice of pop culture will give your stressed-out psyche a much-needed ... a stressful endeavor. I know, I know! Applying to college is beyond ... one of the chosen 5? Does anyone know where I can get a used Viper

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  21 i don't know about you but i'm feeling 21...

  

  . It’s also important to listen to that voice that says I need a break ... available to everyone in most other countries since they were a preteen. I ... ’ve acquired on the way to becoming a full-fledged adult (in no particular order

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 17, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  “But I’m not cool…” Dr. Suess but shitty? Dr. Suess but angsty?

  

  To think there’s something to me. I got invited to a party...   ... different ways an forced myself to have a go of all it and blah blah blah But ... stairs, Tried a whole lot of things that I should’ve cared  Enough to

  • by Powers '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Neglect Your Creative Side And I don't mean the side of you that thinks up math problems while you…

  

  chemical reactions. Going to MIT helps to give you the tools you need to ... senior year I realized that I've perhaps dedicated too much time to purely technical pursuits. And I've begun to feel a certain yearning to do something

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  An MIT survival guide

  

  comfortable enough to actually fall asleep. A fifteen-minute nap in Hayden can ... 's just a nice place to sit and think. So here's my list of Things I ... really is better to get a good night's sleep before a test than to stay up

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Countdown to Burnout the clock is ticking

  

  much faster than a lot of people are used to when they come in, and can ... future, coming back to MIT, and feeling a bit lost. He gave me a lot of ... health, and even have time to have fun once in a while. Although your

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Seamless And A Seamless Transition [by Sadie Scheffer '10] I present to you "Seamless: Computational Couture," a smart-fashion show and…

  

  keeps her ambitions in a box! I present to you all, eager art-readers, "Seamless: Computational Couture," a smart-fashion show and excellent party ... clothing that reflected the weather to a five-person dress that turned into a

  • by ARTalk
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  the first day of work lessons i'm learning

  

  referring to free space in a schedule, like a buffer period. but there's a ... wanted to do a big task XYZ. they split it into three tasks, X, Y, and Z ... . in both cases, Y has slack, with or without a buffer. to be clear: the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Hold your breath my first CPW

  

  up feeling like a ball of mud, as much as I want to go to sleep and take a break, I needed to keep moving. Because I had a meeting that ... weekdays. What does it say about MIT, for CPW to be such a large, grand event

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear High School Senior I know you're stalking us

  

  sometimes you need to go a little bit further than Clorox Disinfecting Wipes ... a book (Step 1a would be to buy a book if you do not own one). These things can be pretty good, especially when you don’t have to write a five

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • November 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer of Learning Because MIT classes don't spend too much time on hacking into computer systems

  

  "Nat, to hack you need to understand systems better than the sys ... hacking tools to make a guide for sales engineers but what I found was a 10 ... summers to date. Computer security is something they touch upon a little bit

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 29, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  being bad at ice skating and learning to try anyway

  

  famlines; this is the famline i'm referring to! it's a nice way for alum to ... had to fulfill my familial duties. Sometimes life gives you a pair of ... falling is not a good way to learn how to skate. My famline tried to teach

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 15, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  all time ever does is pass and all i ever do is remember

  

  comes with a few years of distance. i think i just need to be stronger. i ... to a time in sophomore year of high school when it made me so happy i ... feel a little less alone, a little more grounded as i try to keep my head

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 14, 2021