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• Blog / Challenges

  I Hate Change but at least, I'm creating it

  

  , filling every square inch of this (albeit slightly smaller than the previous ... impossible. So now, I get to start of my days writing in bed as opposed to ... over the course of winter break. I am left thinking: I hate change. A

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023
• Blog / Personal Projects

  writing gary wang’s wikipedia page why did I fill out the wikipedia page for the ftx cto?

  

  the former CTO of FTX. He’s quite reclusive, and despite being a wealthy, high-powered individual helming one of the biggest cryptocurrency ... some governmental history of a foreign country and put my own name down

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  whiplash feelings from yesterday

  

  , regardless of how many classes or commitments you have 11am: you decide to try ... pm: you go to a cafe with K, a friend of a friend who asked to hang out ... questions, but the conversation is good anyway. towards the end of the chat, K

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FWACC! and some small thoughts about kindness

  

  years, dozens of students representing MIT's nine acapella groups will ... [/annotation] and didn't get it. I auditioned for a solo in one of the Asymptones ... little corner of my heart was still disappointed. Maybe I just wasn't good

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  life lessons from my internship career choices moving forward

  

  't care that much about compensation. Of course, most people are not in a ... part of why I chose my company this summer was because it paid the highest out of all my offers, plus it was in the Cambridge, MA area so I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  head above the water (intro post) an inner dialogue about my first month of classes

  

  I could slowly ease into the shallow end of the pool feet first so I ... trips down and back. I only made it down half of the lane when I grabbed onto a lane divider, gasping for breath as chlorine stung the back of my

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  i [don’t] have covid?? in conclusion, i am the absolute worst at managing stress

  

  back at home instead of my new place in Cambridge. I think it's ironic ... with a sore throat. I didn't think much of it—I get colds quite often, it ... aches. My legs were so sore that I didn't get out of bed for the rest of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  what i’m doing this fall leadership tingz

  

  finances? Me?? It's more likely than you'd think... I'm the treasurer of my ... finances is. There are a lot of contrived processes for things, so it's kind of a pain, but...what can you do? Thankfully, [annotation note

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 2, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  A Year at MIT, by the Numbers quantifying my MIT experience

  

  had to leave MIT. I spent around 190 days at MIT. 185 of those days were as a member of my living community, the Burton Third Bombers. I had somewhere upwards of 170 hours of dance practice with my team, [annotation

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  cruel summer ok it's actually, like, fine i guess

  

  . I've been listening to a lot of Lover lately 😛 There is also a ... Toronto, on a corporate laptop overnighted to my house. Because of security concerns, none of us are allowed to work on my company's actual codebase, so

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  food diaries pt. 2 recipes for people tryna Little Chef it up

  

  I enjoy productivity that's tangible, so cooking is one of my ... in, honestly. Shakshuka   This has got to be one of the tastiest dishes you can make for the amount of effort you put in. All it

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 19, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s happening on campus tl;dr packing up & freaking out

  

  follow the path of an exponential function, info here) and research into ... had already put enormous amounts of time and effort. All the national ... of times, when you're not frantically trying to say a too-early goodbye

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 11, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  Remembering Gisel and honoring twenty years of service and friendship

  

  beloved member of our team, died unexpectedly yesterday.  If you ... school teacher who wrote asking for a poster of MIT to hang in your ... limited to her professional responsibilities. If you were the partner of a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 28, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  Fortin’ with Mimi Let’s. Talk. About. Queer stuff.

  

  discriminated against in public areas based on gender identity. One of the most frequently used examples of this is restrooms. A transgender woman can’t be ... ://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/Senate/S2407. It’s super short. In November, the people of

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • September 18, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Love Is Hard (A Sequel) wherein anon feels different from how he felt seven months ago

  

  . Have I gained an ounce of sanity? Not really. Will I continue to obsess ... name of any good-looking, financially-stable male celebrity, I’ve spent a good chunk of time pondering my idea of love.   For me, love is

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 3, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events We’re Pumped For! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

  ! Here is a small sampling of events in our dorm Next House and Other Events from clubs/groups that we are part of! Next House Events But first a little bit about Next House. Next is awesome! It's full of nerds, musicians

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 11, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: Attend Local MIT Admitted Meetings! Note to ADMITTED, CURRENT, and FORMER Students

  

  MIT Class of 2021 has been assembled, it’s time to welcome them to the ... -together is a microcosm of MIT culture. (Note that, if you can't attend the ... ’ve been having about MIT: How hard are classes, really? What kinds of things

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 26, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear High School Senior I know you're stalking us

  

  purpose of me writing this blog post is to give you some ideas on how to spend your time instead of freaking out about upcoming admissions decisions. Here is a list of things I came up with. (PS sorry it's all

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • November 17, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Fears and Hopes how to move forward

  

  the fiery shades of leaves in the trees covered the faintest clouds in ... : "Hey, This election means a lot to all of us. And right now, a lot of us ... losing sleep right now." When I arrived, a group of students, adults, and

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • November 9, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding Inspiration encouraging motivational inspiration

  

  many of you, I’ve watched motivation jump off of a building, and with it ... ’ve been procrastinating). That is, until I found an exhaustive list of quotes from the lovely captain of the lightweight women’s crew team, Sharon

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 7, 2016