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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why was I up so early this weekend? Reaffirming my faith in humanity and destroying my confidence with computers

  

  —and it’s the perfect excuse for a reunion with friends from summer camp ... whole “constant vigilance” mode (a la Mad-Eye Moody) because Central’s ... , so I slow down. And then I hear it. It’s sort of like a chant: "Hey

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT, You Make Me Wanna Wait! Between high school and MIT, I took two years to travel and work as a…

  

  . Welcome – MIT’s an amazing place (no matter what you’re here to study), and ... that’s accepted by both your friends and your folks (no matter how ... you do? Let’s just pretend that after you graduate, instead of just

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty hours later mystery hunt, mystery hunt! puzzles puzzles puzzles!

  

  ; I’m interested. Anyway, here’s the contents. If you’re not interested ... about puzzles, like On puzzles above and below. There’s a lot of non ... overview in my last post. It’s an event that happens the weekend before

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 4, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m a Muslim Woman and… on this #MuslimWomensDay, meet some p cool ppl

  

  What day is it?? It’s March 27th. Which means two things. Happy Birthday Dad! And also Happy Muslim Women’s Day! I’ve been toying with the ... Student Association? Do I talk about the prayer space that’s a short walk

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prizes in your pocket Computers are so cool omg this is why I’m a course 6

  

  everyone’s mind and today being National Nanotechnology Day, I wanted to take ... Suddenly she is in a magical, technicolour world Last week, MIT’s Professor ... happy for him :)[/caption] In my opinion, this year’s prize was one of

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 9, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  here’s everything i thought about in 25 minutes an uncurated and somewhat meta discussion on anything and everything

  

  because that’s when my laundry is supposed to be done and just continuously ... thing with me and math is that it’s not necessarily as if i’m bad at math ... words but obviously that isn’t possible so let’s just say if i type at

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • July 16, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  been doing this since our freshman year. It’s a smart idea; the goal is ... precious, time is scarce. There’s a constant ticking in the back of my head ... normal, because I knew everything I did would be recorded. There’s a

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Media That Makes Me Feel Okay School's out! Time to get distracted :D

  

  transition and my reasoning behind it, but it’s a little long and a little ... . Enjoy <3) So, the MIT school year just ended, and it’s probably coming ... ’ll meet anyone in the next three months). It’s not like “omg I need a lady

  • by Powers '23
  • May 30, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Springing into Junior Year actually not Springing, just Spring

  

  environmental engineering"]Course 1.[/annotation] So, here’s what I’ve been up to ... , it’s not a perfect or accurate representation of much of our real world ... a single, 18 unit class, so there’s a fair amount of overlap between

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 4, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 2 electric boogaloo

  

  building 38 is, because all the buildings in the 30s are in a completely ... another PE class ever again as long as I remain on the fencing team. It’s ... absolutely sure that I had a snowball’s chance in hell of getting the position

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why I Love Taylor Swift I finally explain the reason...or at least try to...

  

  times, it’s an exam I’m nervous about. In past years, the class average ... . It’s mostly nerves. Just the brain talking too much, overthinking ... better already. It’s largely the lyrics, but it’s also the vehicle of the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too

  

  . Like, for real, it’s not about that at all. A positive decision ... —you do. MIT’s nuclear reactor will not give you special powers ... it’s hard to take advantage of all the opportunities. It’s

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Black Lives Matter until they don't.

  

  from America?” Yes it is. It’s dryer and hotter, hot enough that we ... in Nigeria, virtually everyone has the same dark skin. Sure, there’s a ... , “You’re black! Where’s your Kendrick Lamar? Your J. Cole?” The word

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Highlight Reel Parents! A cappella! Thesis! Superheroes! Film class! And generally hanging in there @ MIT

  

  year is for the concert Saturday evening, when MIT’s a cappella groups ... , MIT’s nerdiest a cappella group (which is really saying something), for ... be gone! That’s a class a day, roughly. Maybe zero some days and two on

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Final Blogpost With a heavy heart, I say goodbye to the MIT blogosphere. The journey was all…

  

  And psych! Happy April Fool’s Day! I didn’t celebrate it in ... , actually, you probably can. It’s been a few days since Spring Break ended ... , that’s what this post is about. “Fiction is the truth inside the lie

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Events

  hero’s journey with a splash teaching for ESP

  

  incident Some friends and I were sitting on the floor of MG’s room. I was ... they desire. There’s Intro to String Theory, Ballet in the Soviet Union ... classroom. We would sit in on each other’s lectures, mostly for the formality

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 2, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  ambition finding direction

  

  extremely wealthy? i wouldn’t mind, but it’s not a goal that motivates me day ... good possible; that’s why i’m not an effective altruist of course there ... really” and asking for clarification on what ambition means. i think that’s

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  train of thought on feeling deeply

  

  ’s San Francisco. My stomach churned her sorrow and joy and love until ... myself take whatever train of thought arrived at my mind’s platform.  I ... Connecticut and the harbors of Rhode Island, the sky’s infinity was steadfast

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 26, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  fall semester in the form of those modern poem books you buy for $15 at Urban Outfitters

  

  every day.  Now I worry that it’s been too long, that I’m getting ... never enough.   it’s not that I don’t encounter creative work I ... , or the kitchen or just to the other lounge to see if anyone’s around

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  get what she’s saying, but what? What does that even mean?!? I’m not ... ’t put into words at the time. That’s always what I thought they were ... god, it’s Valentine's day. Do you really miss your ex? Yeah, you do. You

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020