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• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  giving up my dreams for the promise of a stable lifestyle and money. That ... to my passions for this long. I view giving up on my dreams as ... This is, for the most part, a post about Seattle. I've been a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  Deadlines and Habits Staying sane

  

  , and the possibility of a full-time job; occasionally, it comes up for ... or fellowships, so let me bring you up to speed: Astronomy Graduate ... will hopefully lead up to an assistant faculty position, then (hopefully

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  receive grades for the regular classes I was missing, and needed to make up ... half-confused. I was mixing up similar ideas for similar concepts, and it ... up six hours later to prepare for the midterm. The midterm threw

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  liquid nitrogen and everything else 🐸

  

  to see it for myself. I ended up spending over 10 hours at PDX over the ... carabiner that we could exchange for takeout boxes to eat outside. I ended up ... up as easily, especially now that the sun lingers less and less. For a

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 9, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  in an effort to be whole again recovery

  

  , and, surprise surprise, my eczema to flare up! For the past two weeks ... taking care of myself. I woke up and went to MIT Medical for my orthopedic ... made me want to crumple up and cry. I didn't study for my 18.02 midterm

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  to build a (taste of) home ft. some topologically challenged zongzi

  

  , the idea of home brings up a lot of complicated feelings for me. I haven ... ="At some point in my childhood my mom definitely made me read up on ... speaks Taishanese (a variant of Cantonese) and I picked up impressively

  • by Alice L. '24
  • June 24, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo Goes Camping An adventure to the top of a mountain and a little cabin in the woods

  

  for waking them all up. Eventually, we fell asleep. Three hours after ... after the sun completely set and before the moon came up, but we never saw ... supposedly left before ours. So after walking in the woods looking for the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  the call, and then ending up crouched down on the side of the road for ... remembered for her big heart, bright mind, and beautiful smile. According to ... was a slobbery, deflated mess on the floor. For the sake of writing a

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  we are twins … but ARE OUR AGENDAS?!? (not clickbait)

  

  for our animation class. And the second week of December, we stayed up ... like using physical agendas more. For one, it’s fun to buy a new one each ... year. But while Allan has consistently filled up every slot of every week

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 23, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  there is no time left musings on death and the future

  

  there are many reasons for this: i don’t text as much as i used to, i have ... and financial cost to family, and so on. but the most chilling part for ... complete loser who feels really really good for a few hours every day.’ He

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 22, 2022
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  How to Overcommit Responsibly sidequesting like a pro

  

  started playing. For those already halfway through the College gameplay ... with a degree. There are also a number of subquests for the main quest ... decide to put all your points into academics for example, all of your other

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • October 6, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Internet Nostalgia Internostalgia!

  

  -billion dollar company came up with for the web in 1996: McDonalds-1996 ... up a heaping dose of pain in the form of academic expectations. If you ... , MIT is really really good at helping you adjust and prepare for such

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024 looking backwards and looking forward

  

  classes, etc. I had plans that ended up getting pushed off for last minute ... track of time. I flew back home to Pennsylvania for the first time on ... in my bed for a solid thirteen hours. I've spent my time back home with

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 1, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  childhood and disney world trips

  

  I've written in the past about my love for Disneyland. Growing up a ... hardcore for this trip. On Saturday, we woke up at 5:45 so we could arrive to ... , prepping for a 7am wake up for the next day. On Saturday, we were still all

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 25, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  lifting heavy objects and the grungy basement gym

  

  some inches down and then some inches up again.    I signed up for ... . Knowing how to do that felt good. Feeling myself limber up and prepare for ... are barely enough plates for one person to squat while another benches

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summers spending three at home

  

  We spent our last three summers at home. That’s not super common for ... , so applying to internships or looking for summer UROPs just wasn ... that is not the case for everyone), so we didn’t feel any pressure to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 22, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

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

  

  remembered. When the CodeIt application opened up in late August, I immediately applied. I thought I would be somewhat qualified for the job now ... with a whenisgood.net form to set up my group interview. My interview

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

  10 things I learned in 10 projects a run-down of my making misadventures sophomore year

  

  .[/annotation] So I picked up the habit of carrying projects around, waiting for the ... ="79909" /] 10. the forge stand  This May, I built a stand for a forge to be set up ... ’m excited for things to pick up this semester!

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  How to (Im)properly Get an Independent Study another step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  the list we made in this post. Come up with an idea for a project ... sends you an email! Hooray! Set up a meeting with the grad student for ... do not get approved for 21Es Respond immediately asking to set up a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19

  

  I've officially been on my gap year for a week! To begin my gap year ... take a gap year, how the first week went, and what my plans are for the ... would have made the last few months a lot better for me. More specifically

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 31, 2020