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  June Questions Omnibus 1 Bigfoot asked a few weeks back, "Will you be posting an omnibus soon, Matt?" Yes,…

  

  have a question and I hope you can give my your insight on it.. I'm going ... requirement. I'm scared that I won't get into a good college because I don't have any A.P classes and I'm not in the Intel Science program in my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  the best thing i did for myself as a pre-frosh the one where i gush about burton one

  

  that. Flash forward about two years, and I'm one of our floor chairs ... .   I feel it when I'm hiding in a dorm room with twenty people, all ... just turned on the shower next door.   I feel it when I'm counting

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • April 7, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  I asked people at MIT what they were doing for Pi Day 2025 something is rising... 3/14/25 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  festival? Sounds fun! What's happening there? JOHN: I'm actually... not sure ... moonlight’s full, Only at the BLOOD MOON FESTIVAL." FRANK: I'm just going for ... will result in vortex shedding, but I’m not sure what happens when you

  • by Jebby B. '25
  • March 7, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the Last but at least, I'm trying not to

  

  year, I'm up 9 minutes too early. It's 9 minutes too early, because in 9 ... feels true. (1:13-1:45): "You've been on my mind, \\ Though it may seem I'm fooling. \\ Wasting so much time, \\ Though it may seem I'm fooling. \\ What

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 22, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  home

  

  feelings. I felt very old. Concretely, this is simply untrue… I’m 19, which ... of absurdly loud car engines will sometimes startle me when I’m ... I’m most certainly trying to find my place and I’m not at all sure how

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • November 4, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  My Life Is In Shambles… … and that’s ok

  

  when I’m hungry, I sleep when I’m tired, I take my medicine because I know I will suffer otherwise. I’m more on top of my PSETs than you are ... better. I’m on antidepressants, and I take them regularly. I sleep eight

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 26, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  by bike, by train, by wind, by rain getting around different cities

  

  exposed to other ways of getting around, I'm thinking about what I want to ... taxes, which can double the price of a car. I’m not sure how this ... slightly irritable around day 3, even if I’m walking lots. Copenhell was

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  train of thought on feeling deeply

  

  Amtrak. One day, it suddenly occurred to me that when I'm on a train, I ... think I’m finally sweeping up the pieces, hoping that I’ll be able to ... that I’m considering for what I want to do straight out of college, but I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 26, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  to now and forever

  

  bickered like siblings (or how I imagine siblings fight, I'm an only child. I ... he hates me? What if I'm so different now that he can't stand me? And I ... friend group. I'm really happy for you." I sat back and kind of reflected

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  deceptive, a lot of people just assume I'm double majoring rather than doing a joint program, which I'm fine with. But I found that 21E hasn't actually ... enough at MIT because I'm not suffering? And then I stepped back and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  Never Have I Ever…reflected on my identity "too indian" or "not indian enough"?

  

  . Obviously, I'm thrilled to see Devi embrace a life of partying as a mere ... in order to get a chance at kissing him? What??? I'm mad, y'all. Also ... bitter adversity with focused determination. Today, I’m grateful for how

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 4, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  101 questions we’ve asked ourselves at MIT we're all just trying to figure it/life/ourselves out

  

  . And I don't know why it took until coming here to realize that I'm my ... learning the opportunities and obstacles attached to autonomy. I'm ... take classes I’m interested in even though it doesn’t fulfill any

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 27, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  yet i maintain composure manu tenere “i hold by hand”

  

  tuesday night. it’s a phase three waltz, and i’m dancing as the ... is forward waltz, and i’m on the correct foot again. one two three, one ... , and—one two three, one two three. i’m on the beat again. we dance for a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  My winter break so far take a break

  

  , and if I don't reply, I'm sorry! Sometimes I forget to reply. But I do ... . Anyway, detour ending now.] After this I'm hopefully going to get some of ... Unity. So crazy that I'm working for the exact same people now. But

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 29, 2019
• Blog / Residential Life

  A man’s reach should exceed his grasp My roommate and I built a lofty heaven!

  

  classmates had learned and done. I’m still intimidated sometimes, now, but I’m ... and counting, and I’m not dead yet. Here are the sweet deets: The ... . So now it's noon and I'm kinda hungry and we're... not even at this

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 23, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Smile Worth 1,550 Words guest post by Mariam D. '20

  

  ’s a myriad of expressions on their different faces that I’m trying to ... translator, “I’m happy because I’m learning to memorize the Qur’an.” He then ... . But in writing this (and trying my best to keep it short I’m sorry!), I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Mathematics of People Guest post on Economics

  

  emotions didn’t seem to work like the people I cared about the most. I’m now ... jump right into the graduate program’s curriculum this year. I’m taking ... procrastinated it during the day. I’m currently writing a research paper I’m

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Year vs. Senior Year The same, but different...

  

  . This year it involved running across town to Harvard, where I’m taking a ... Requirements (GIRs) I wasn’t very passionate about them. Senior year, I’m only ... akin to “thou” and “wherefore art”, except I’m not even that fluent in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sewing minus the machine Costume Design: Featuring the best non-stick-figures I've ever drawn!

  

  I'm taking a somewhat lighter course load this semester. I signed up ... for and everything else. And yet...or maybe because of that, I'm ... comparison...apparently they didn't agree ;) ). But I'm learning that making

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 21, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…

  

  positively absolutely should be asleep right now, I’m not. I know that classes ... how terrible I’m going to feel tomorrow due to sleep deprivation, and ... . Maybe I’m not ready to say goodnight because I’m not quite ready to say

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2016