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  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  country, build robots, or do work in five countries. I also had no idea that ... back at these 10 years, several lessons stand out to me. Some of them, I figured out quickly; others were difficult and painful to learn. I

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
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  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  my ears is loud—too loud, frankly—but it’s all I can do to block out ... weeks. I can’t: Sit still in a lecture, can’t stop my eyes from running ... . Imagine the future. I have a bad habit of mapping out my life in the worst

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020
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  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  realized that learning where one's limits are can be a very good thing. I ... thin that you can no longer contribute in a significant way to any group ... responsible for something doesn’t mean that you can’t help out, or give your

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  see them as frequently as I can. Whenever I am in their respective ... . Bryson used to do back in the day: Q&A. In our many conversations, I ... therapeutic and it was nice to check in with myself, so I encourage you to ask

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
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  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  little thing known as "reality."  I can't help feeling that in some ways ... enough. Then in 2009 I graduated and was never heard from again. Until now! In celebration of the 10 year anniversary of the blogs, I'm back to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
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  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  prospectives to a day in the life of an MIT student, I have rather uncreatively ... Journal communities. I get dressed in my MIT Cheer shirt with a really cheerleadery ... best part of waking up is 92 mg. of caffeine in your bloodstream! (I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  for me, but not in the conventional sense. i'm insanely comfortable ... not so good at and that i can usually get away with neglecting. this is ... 'm doing so i can get back to the place where i approach the days of my life

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last First Day Some musings from my last first day of classes

  

  out the door. I jump on the 1 bus and get off at MIT, get coffee, and try to figure out where my lecture hall is. It’s in a room I’ve never ... professionals, as I feel like I can never wake up before 9AM. But today I have

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing I don’t have time for hosed into my core

  

  , and instead put in earplugs to focus. I didn’t just read recitation ... reflected in this. And right after I finished at 9:30 tonight, I was hit by ... , making me feel terrible about how much I have to face with no energy or

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 25, 2018
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  IHTFParadise – A Journey of Depression at MIT Guest entry by Angelina G.

  

  beautiful Thursday in the New England fall. I walked out of the Convention ... as opposed to something that I can use to reach a certain goal in life ... hour, I eventually, slowly pulled myself out of bed. Though I had never

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015
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  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  i participated in my last admissions telethon early last week! it was great to send out warm fuzzy greetings, but i received one question ... simply do not have the energy to do so. here is some of what i have

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
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  Be yourself or create yourself? The biggest question in freshman year.

  

  (which I mention in my blogger intro). I’ve always thought Jenny was too ... least three other Asian Jenny’s in the class of 2013. Ultimately, I wasn ... diversity of people and options here made me confront the person I was in high

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Challenge You Pi day approaches.

  

  . “Who will get in? What happens to the people who don’t? Who will I become if I get in? Who will I be, who will I become, if I don’t?” First, I ... failing at life. Rather, I thought that getting in would mean having access

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 9, 2011
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  A Decade in Online Posting looking back: from the forums to the blogs

  

  to present-day commentary of what i can remember)—metaphorical pages in ... advice in the comments, telling me that I’d grow out of it and that they ... year for me. I was getting in to new things, branching out in school, and

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 3, 2020
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  I’m not an imposter… I’m going to be featured on the MIT News homepage

  

  how you compare to anyone else directly. I remember in high school ... list in my head of everyone who had done better than me to see how I ... of their classes in high school; I was worried about how horrible the

  • by ana~
  • October 29, 2021
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  Random Random Projects/Moving Out of Random Randomly zigzagging about until I find myself in the future, somehow no longer in Random.

  

  corners in the two photos to figure out how to line up the images, and then ... of pretty paper art. In fact, I did a UROP on designing this stuff over ... :)   Rose R. ‘17 Mural-ish thing :) In order to brighten up my room a bit, I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 13, 2015
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  Bumps, slumps, trips, and … Breaking out of a slump, now with more Cleveland!

  

  -bloggers and MIT ex-pats, I live a stone's throw away in Cambridge's Central ... food that comes in a brown paper bag: Brazilian cheese bread. I'll leave ... better. First and foremost, I'm incredibly happy with the people in my life

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.

  

  ! Many people stress out about the "Department" essay, but I can tell you ... Mandarin. Eventually, I hope I can work in the field of public health ... , always cut it out. (iv) Never use the passive where you can use the active

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 23, 2009
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  On Teaching and Learning Minimum requirement: read the last few sentences of this post. They're important.

  

  ’ve been out here for two and a half weeks now. I’ve seen seniors in Algebra ... !” I pulled out six more coins, and arranged them in a 3x3 grid. The ... . - I’m not here specifically to be a teacher; I’m here to help out in the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 20, 2011
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  Life is Improv say yes

  

  opportunities, and to seek out serendipity in as much as you can. You can ... summer camps and in high school. Though I like to think I'm a kind person ... things my way, and I definitely, DEFINITELY like to plan things out

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011