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• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  come back and blog for us—just like we did for the tenth blogiversary. In ... bell by Elijah T. '11 14 years later by Yan Z. '12 MIT, Medicine, and ... . '13 Hi again (and goodbye) by Elizabeth C. '13 Full Circle by Anna H

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  WHY? for people who don't like "no"

  

  It's been one week since decisions were released for the 2023s, and one week and a year since the 2022s got in or didn't; two years and a week from 2021 adMITs, and I got into MIT three years and one week ago

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  After I graduate in June, I’m planning to attend grad school and ... discovered that satellites are extremely cool, aerospace research is fun and fulfilling, and my coding skills are actually really useful in fields other

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  sibling dynamics at MIT yes lmao Nisha and I are related

  

  A little while ago, I got my first(?) mention on MIT Confessions, and ... me assuming that I’m Nisha, and I hear “Ankita, I thought I saw you at ... state, and having the same damn last name isn’t enough—at a blogger

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  The brass drops off, and suddenly you're alone with the rhythm ... measures and symbols telling you what key you're supposed to be soloing in ... delightful to you. Freedom! A chance to be expressive and creative in front of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m Still Standing after all this time at MIT

  

  living room, sipping homemade sangria that was filled with fresh fruit and was much, much stronger than any of us anticipated, and watched as a ... known much about Elton John, except that he was old, he was gay, and that

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 31, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HERE LIES P/NR September 2018-December 2018

  

  The alarming rate at which the semester flew by shocked me, and I had to sit down and recap: August holds sad memories, saying goodbye, and ... coursework, the realization that I had to drop a class, and the good sense to

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice you’ve heard before and a story you haven’t you can just skip to the pictures if you want to, I wont be offended.

  

  to survive college and maybe even leave with a degree and some shreds ... I heard over and over again from mouths of all shapes and sizes was ... online by a previous lecturer, and it was not long after I discovered them

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 2, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parametric Cooking how i make fifty plus recipes with just three!

  

  : designing based on a set of parameters and functions, rather than by just modeling ... , where you'll click and drag to make a planar [annotation note="hold shift while you do it to make a square"]rectangle,[/annotation] and then drag to

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 30, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Coping With Anxiety What is anxiety? What is panic? Definitions? Confusion? FINALS?! Cats.

  

  Anxiety. It's a term with a variety of definitions, causes, and effects. It can be both a terrible and potentially wonderful thing. It exists and therefore we study it. I don't formally study it, but I do care

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  alongside many of Boston’s universities and colleges: MIT, Harvard, and Boston ... ="an important distinction is between the greater boston area and boston the city itself. the greater boston area includes cambridge, lowell, quincy, and

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

  How To Make Mediocre Furniture well, maybe i'll let you be the quality judge

  

  for my grandmother, who loved to hear, and tell others, about my ... left with some extra wood stain, varnish, and desire to build things. So ... just leave them in the hallways to be taken. And we students do so, very

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 17, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  sophomore fall, and not really had the courage to do it or the time to think ... not true) and I just don’t even really remember what it feels like to be ... (also not true) and I just can’t even think back to the feeling of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 22, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  lurker at heart and have loved keeping up with the other bloggers' summers ... me the final push/panic moment/motivation/etc. to just write and edit and finish something. And this is that something. Hopefully there will

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  It’s spring break and I’m catching up on alone time. I didn’t exactly ... backlogged self-reflection and emotional processing to do, so it’s actually been pretty nice and relaxing to have a chunk of time to myself

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My Product Design Internship in Austin how to build things: both externally and internally

  

  [/annotation] – and where better to breathe in that sweet, American, summer air than in Austin, Texas? The land of cowboy boots, sweltering heat, and a city that ... aquifer, meaning that it has a ton of rivers, lakes, and springs dotted all

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
• Blog / Advice

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

  

  incredible strides, made great sacrifices, and worked so, so hard to get here and I can only barely imagine what this excitement and feeling must feel ... gotten praises from friends, acquaintances, and not-so-much acquaintances

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

  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  listing 205 classes and why they loved that specific class. Here is a summary of those results and a full list of the classes submitted! All the ... Class Year I forgot to add class year as an option on my form, and by the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brief Wondrous Lives A little too much thinking brought to you by four in the morning.

  

  "Spoonsassins", in which one is given a spoon and a victim and told to "kill" their victim by finding them spoonless off the floor and tagging them. Upon killing, one absorbs their victim's victim, and so on until one

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the contours of a wild ride 2.009 😤

  

  being intense, silly, and a lot of fun. This blog is my story of ... towers and had a relay race while wearing bright colored helmets. Professor ... -to-last round, and the first of four major milestones in the class. For this

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2023