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  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  airplane. I wondered if I could pick out the Green Building in the distance ... about me, about MIT, and about why I haven’t talked to you in a month. Toward the end of September I became noticeably stressed out. I stopped

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colorful a response to “how’s MIT?”

  

  opportunities to do this. I tell myself, I can hang out with people tomorrow, or ... name. Malingap is talking about what I’m interested in and feeling ... to meet with my friends, or I’m playing board games in the lounge, or I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  like I just stepped on campus to begin preseason, and now I’m handing in ... exactly did the rest of our season go? In my last update, I regaled you ... were unfortunately knocked out in the Round of 32. We won our first game

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT

  

  made in the column will be fleshed out a bit more here. I will also point ... you can get a good grade in the course, not so that you can beat out ... preparing for the MCAT. As I pointed out in my opinion piece, we have to study

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  From the other side of grad school Trust me, I'm a doctor

  

  and went to grad school I thought I had figured a lot of things out, in ... realized that I had not, in fact, figured it all out; in some ways I felt ... frustrated, I sometimes wonder if I’m cut out for it at all, which can be so

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fig. 6: Eigenverantwortung The time of my life. What responsibilities?

  

  . Instead, I can be happy and content and find meaning and value even in ... Eigenverantwortung Adultness panned out. I had received the offer to study abroad at ETH, and all I needed to do was fill out some required forms and I would

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating The Tunnels…Of Freshman Academics You didn't actually expect me to write about hacking on the internet, did you?

  

  lot easier that I just didn't find out about until much later. I've been ... professional blogging career. How can I... ...get sophomore standing? The ... stay in hell Sam looking back at undergrad Keri on getting the most out

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 16, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  demons on depression

  

  can draw a banana. In all respects, I can act like someone who is ... exorcism, the casting out of whatever spirit had taken root in my soul. So I ... images in one's mind. It turns out the majority of people, when asked to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  exhausted. I was exhausted. My eyes burned, cried out in pain. As I closed ... out of angst or in hopes of pity; I tell it to share my personal ... , in true form, what the term "bleary-eyed" really means. Mind you, I was

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Mountain Climbing Team i'M GrADduATingG WAOooOOOoo

  

  community while being honest in what I do, believe, and want so that I can ... sudden avalanches and come out maybe even steadier than most. But I can ...   In two days, I will be officially graduating this place. I

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 6, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  actual conversations i have definitely had with freshmen during orientation

  

  and i can't believe this roller coaster and wow ME: omg yeah i know ... what things are you gonna check out FROSH: well i was looking at the a ... 's eleven FROSH: weird FROSH: anyway i was just gonna check out the logs

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 30, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Grey and Other Colors

  

  the morning. I lived in the moment when spending time out with friends ... graduation). --------- A couple weeks ago, my friend pointed out that I had ... moving to a new place, falling in and out of love with SF, trying to stay

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.

  

  . Out of the sky dropped a summer position. Back in 2011, I had UROP ... ran out of classes to take in the areas I love most; for virtually every ... out I don’t think I can talk about it anyway. (I’m transitioning to a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 20, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the Deferred I feel your pain.

  

  . ~*~ I started tossing essay ideas around in my mind soon after the 2009 ... information portion. I filled out every single one of those sections. I wrote ... ) blew my mind, how my school was teeming with energy and diversity, how I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  out in January), but I am so immensely proud of completing the paper and ... can healthily manage in a semester, but I felt so fulfilled doing ... “Going up in flames” “Trial by fire” “Burning out” “Burn it all

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  . I hear: “Oh! Going down!” as something sails out a window onto the roof below—I know I must be in the right place. The first floor of ... conservation of energy you can’t go full circle. We get to watch preparations for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
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  turn out the lights always the last one to say goodbye

  

  In that moment, I felt that my conception of [Next House] finally ... happy, encouraging; they will reflect the growth I've felt in the corners ... been extremely difficult, in ways that I both could and could not foresee

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 31, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, by the Calories free food is everywhere

  

  , I was lucky – if I hadn’t happened to stay late in a classroom near 10 ... describing the content, I’ll tell you about my classes in terms of the free ... production in some way, but I was so focused on solving the problem that I didn

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] a space for women at mit by Nandini Choudhury (WXGS Assistant Director)

  

  the day—[annotation note='I have... many thoughts on being a “woman in ... dedicated physical space. I'm thankful that there's a lounge carved out on ... space, you can do most anything: I’ve taken naps on the couches, grabbed

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • August 12, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 2 The median of an introductory trilogy

  

  collapsed onto my seat, breathing out in exhaustion. “Classic Vincent,” I ... 17th was a Saturday, and it started out as a good one. I was awoken by ... late, so I quickly checked in two of my luggage bags, hugged my uncle and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 16, 2013