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  romanticize a quiet life i want to be okay

  

  and early college clinging onto the snippets of poetry you reblogged ... visited a comic book store in the basement of an unassuming building. you ... . and that's the core of it, isn't it? the problem is that you're so

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 28, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  , though, Alex.) The admissions staff doesn't have some set list of priority ... cheating, etc.). You haven't changed yourself for the sake of getting into ... the most general sort of advice I can offer. If you (mostly juniors, but

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  great school for math, one of the best." "Ok, I'll go there." *laughter ... of my head for the next 4 years, slowly growing into more than just a ... of reading and a lot of internet. I read the MIT website, I read the

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  The long view days, months, years

  

  puzzles from an issue of P&A Magazine together. The last time the Puzzle ... walking from the west side of campus, so with me living in the east side, we ... vertigo I've had checked out. The last time I've been to a physician of any

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  cognitive augmentation probably the most mindblowing course i’ve encountered at mit

  

  post i’ll briefly summarize a few of my favorite readings from the class ... content before teaching it, please take all of the following findings with ... . this time, the study participants worked through a series of cognitive

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catching up What's new? Lots of things. I just haven't told you about them yet, because finals…

  

  found out that all of my finals were crammed into the first two days of ... elections a couple of weeks ago, and I'm the new Conner 2 webmaster (or ... I decided. So I went through my choice of major process the same

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  dancing at MIT (and beyond) continuity vs. fulfillment and the perils of stagnation

  

  liked having creative direction over choreography, but the thought of ... . many of the people I respected on Mocha graduated in the two years that ... the team full-time. I wanted to be a part of a team that challenged me

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let It Bleed There will be an answer, let it bleed.

  

  but think of the time in high school that my friend Allison was giving ... middle of it, in the process missing the first hour of our ultra ... the slipstream flow of my blood through the needle, and how the blood

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  moving on, as shown through free t-shirts some spring cleaning

  

  that way for four years. This led to a bad habit of me pushing all the ... ."]opening[/annotation] of the closet door instantly spiked my blood pressure levels. So in an ... , and they sit in a large, unkempt stack at the bottom of my closet that

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 10, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT CodeIt or: the best decision i've made this semester

  

  on their final projects, which they showcase and present at the end of the program. The Application Process I had heard of the program from my ... of handling beginning of the year pubbing and mentor applications and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AROTC Day in the Life Notes from Cadet O'Brien, MIT '12 / Course III

  

  quickly into the woods and out of sight. Time to take out a bunker.... At the end of the mission, we talk about what was good, and what we should ... learning how to jump out of airplanes, the Army way. That means you go out

  • by ROTC
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an album a day the only new year's resolution i've ever completed

  

  thought this would be a good idea because I enjoy the entire process of ... -generated playlists are starting to freak me out[/caption] there also was the issue of ... , Thinking Fast and Slow, a renowned tome that delves into the intricacies of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking 3 math classes this semester as someone who isn't a fan of math

  

  clear line of logic, y'know? But on the other hand, my feelings towards ... requirements this semester, breaking the record for the most number of math ... classes go by."]6.042,[/annotation] which I call it by instead of the new

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 3, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  dread about the passing of time and a lurking fear that I am wasting my ... some 3E lounge or other for the rest of the day. Sometimes, I go to the ... , Charles-facing windows of the lounge. I sidled up to Athena, hoping to

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Second Semester Senior What you should do after submitting your application to colleges

  

  now. It is nearing the end of November; the first round of applications ... , everything is fully out of your control, and has been passed into the hands of ... senioritis project–something to do in the time that you procrastinate all of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 22, 2015
• Blog / People & Identities

  experiences, or the lack thereof flailing around in a sea of adjectives trying to find the noun

  

  ="Am I black in America? Well, that's one of the things I'm thinking about ... compounding murders of so many innocent black americans, the protests about them ... stray comment in the blogger slack about the diversity of the bloggers

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 13, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  your best american girl on my first boyfriend

  

  inside of someone else before. At the entrance of the venue, a woman who ... . She drew an X on the back of my hand with Sharpie. My friends and I ... , if we held our heads just right, we could see most of the stage. As the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 13, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning packing, housing, strategy, and events

  

  event. The excitement of the new Class exploring MIT is extremely ... a reasonable fraction of the 700+ events to attend? I was definitely one of the more anxious pre-frosh two years ago, so I figured it might

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  I don't think it's a good idea to be on 72 units, for the sake of ... 's pretty much the same then at this time of the year. Although I can ... .) Psets stand for Problem Sets, and they are the equivalent of the "homework

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  learn by doing things i've done without really knowing how

  

  know how to learn how to do things (ew, sorry for the string of ... lot of people who seem incredibly skilled got that way by having the ... part of the interview process, I was told to (1) Learn about the Twitter

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 26, 2015