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  [Guest Post] This is Junior Lab, not Junior Theory By Jorian B. '25

  

  >=3 semesters of theory classes. The first few weeks (the Intro Period) are spent ensuring everyone has a common base of experimental ... is a test-run for the workflow of a “full” experiment. For the intro

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 1, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Doesn’t Feel Real getting from one place to another

  

  This semester, I took three classes. Two of them were math with my ... professor that I've had the pleasure of learning from for the past three semesters. This class was called the "Wilds of Literature," and the main idea

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 24, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mocha Show ’22: Mo’Mixtape creating and performing a dance showcase, from start to finish

  

  a show that's composed of dances choreographed and performed solely by us. the show has 14 dances, 12 of which are created in the few weeks between the end of the semester and the start of IAP. we use the entire

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 16, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  dear past me stay kind

  

  One of the events for the class of 2024's [annotation note="because this is our first time actually being on campus"]second round of ... Me, to be delivered at the start of the fall semester. That reminded me of

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  some thoughts i have a few

  

  it's about time I tackle some of the more difficult things for me to ... regrets of mine I try not to think about. But I hope I can put that all to rest by finally writing about it. Glass Blowing For those of you who don

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 10, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary an image a day keeps the psets away

  

  were choppy, disjointed, or I simply did not like them. Of course, when a ... went. But for this term, it was kind of a blur. I couldn't really think ... started looking around for things to stir thoughts in my head, a stimulus of

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 3, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  browser archaeology (fatima's version)

  

  phone. after closing the many repeated tabs of instagram, NYT games ... winning streak. (at least three tabs of this oops--) tanhai by Faiz Ahmad ... Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot Ulysses. this was just a

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • May 3, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  loveallurfriends <3

  

  large rock. Bodies of water have an unwritten contract: if you look at ... scintillations on the surface of the river.  I was tired. This is unsurprising; it ... breath of the day as the stress of the past few weeks settled deep into my

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 6, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  Waiting… and a more serious note about pre-decisions at the end

  

  about some of the things I did to avoid thinking about decisions. Hopefully some of these help take your mind off of college, even if just for a ... 't hold any of these quizzes to have any merit or influence in my life, but

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • December 15, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  This past September, I started my master’s of engineering. At MIT, the computer science MEng is often seen as an extension of undergrad ... I was in an independent living group (sort of like a sorority or

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  objective: "Get to the top of this wall, in any way possible". This flavor of activity reminds me of the mental motions to solving a math or programming ... get afraid, and have to cope with risk and the limits of safety and your

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  by itself was really boring. The challenge of winning a bunch of stuff ... -achiever-ism go hand in hand whenever people discuss either of those topics, but ... to how someone confronts failure. The goal of high achievement is to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  Recently, one of my friends relayed that she grew up in an ... . It’s a story I’ve heard from plenty of people. I needed to be careful ... even say that, to suggest that other people might be envious of me

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  rating classes from this semester the good, the bad & the underrated

  

  Charles River, and even after so many years here, the beauty of Cambridge in ... how "black box" some of it was. Maybe this is how I feel about computer science classes in general; as a math major, I feel like a lot of concepts

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Creating the MIT-verse behind the scenes of this year’s pi day video!

  

  lots of fancy art supples. we brainbarfed at each other for a bit and ... of how there are so many dimensions to MIT. Angela: what is this work ... slide of said powerpoint: [caption id="attachment_73362" align

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • March 10, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  tired and busy and tired and busy and tired and busy and

  

  A couple updates: I quit two of my jobs I'm taking 4 classes and two of them are technicals and two of them are not, but one of the not-technical classes are still a lot of work I am good, I am okay But I am very tired

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 15, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  , maybe try and improve at one of the many sports you know how to play in a ... (tennis)"]organized sports teams/clubs.[/annotation] This hope of exploring ... sports to be canceled, and in the weeks before the start of the fall

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  how to get to Boston the VERY HARD way

  

  ... Like most MIT students, at the start of every semester I make my trip ... passing thought. One of my new housemates lives west of me, within the US; she was also hoping to drive to Boston instead of fly. "Hey Mom, wouldn

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  An Origin Story Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Jinchūriki

  

  lot of sense considering I’m in the middle of reading applications for ... moment was the dark night of my soul. While working those two jobs, I ... applied for. The idea of failure was crushing and at times it felt like I

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2020
• Blog / Events

  freshman blogger, sophomore student a reflection on some new and old things

  

  introduced myself as a freshman one too many times. Now, I take on the task of ... beloved members of my living group who have now [annotation note="I miss you Annie:((("]graduated.[/annotation] This and the influx of new faces have

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 21, 2019