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  Today A Trader Joe's monologue

  

  . He asks me how I am. I say I'm doing well. I ask him how he is. He says ... to. I tell him I go to Boston College. I do that when I'm feeling a ... feels too tiresome to explain. As I'm putting my card away, I notice the

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • April 23, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  i’d like to write a happy post a sestina

  

  I've been gone from the blogs for a little while, since this semester has been quite a difficult one and I haven't really had the headspace to write. I'm hoping to come back soon, but, in the meantime, please accept

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2021 Reflections & 2022 Resolutions

  

  relationship with concerts so I'll just say I'm really, really happy I got to go ... rough, though, this past spring. I'm glad I was able to bounce back. Read ... , I think I can do this but I'm just too scared of fucking up my form

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of My Junior Fall stream of consciousness

  

  classes I'm interested in, rather than just trying to fulfill random requirements. Though this conclusion is rather obvious, I am happiest when I'm ... critically about the games I'm playing. I learned to view games not in a vacuum

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 31, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  snippets from a semester minus academics, of course

  

  food last). as per tradition, since i'm a [annotation note="exec member ... 'tute's fashion magazine. being photographed is not something i'm good at, especially when i'm wearing clothes i would probably never choose to wear and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 21, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  how to adult spoiler alert: no one knows

  

  years where the most recent year takes precedent. some days i feel like i'm ... what i’m doing, but i’ve come to the realization that (almost) nobody ... future you want. i’m still getting used to that quite frankly. i have to

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  we do some memeing around these parts memes i've made so far on campus

  

  you were the employee who had to unflip these then i'm sorry

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 23, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  a salmonella saga weekend outing tingz

  

  going places is, which means I'm definitely going to spend more time off ... everything we'd need to sustain ourselves for four days. I'm the type of person who cannot stand it when I'm not prepared for something I easily could

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  creative lockdown: low points of a virtual fall Part 2 of a fall semester recap

  

  m. After moving on campus recently and seeing people in 3D, I'm hoping ... interactions (outside of my home) for a year, I'm not sure I know how to talk to ... do crazy creative things. I'm taking quite the creative class, 2.00B

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 27, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  The River Freezes Over and other nifty things about being on campus

  

  the little things that I'm pumped about, in no particular order: I ... day, the distance doesn't bother us. (Mind you, I'm still going to ... my hair. I am excited about classes, though I'm very frustrated with

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  What Did I Learn at MIT? a surprisingly hard question to answer

  

  that knowledge vacated is now filled with. I'm no longer a decent ... **much harder than I thought it would be. I'm not sure if this is a common ... is - the more you know, the less you know. Maybe I'm just trying to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 28, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  As the City Slumbers thoughts while walking in a park

  

  since Covid hit. I know I’m extremely lucky that they are able to take ... ="manic? sleep deprived? There may be another word I’m looking for ... was a far cry from real adulthood. I’m in this not-unpleasant in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2021
• Blog / Class Projects

  Final Project Demo Roll if only they were more helpful to the world at large

  

  these. But this retroactive brainstorming is a fruitless exercise, and I'm ... drawn image[/caption] This project made me realize that I'm actually not ... dope slides too[/caption] I'm glad that I got to make so many cool

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  on realizations and learning in which i say a bunch of things that might seem obvious

  

  oversubscribed), so instead I'm taking four classes, of which only one is likely to be horribly difficult. I'm hoping that the lowered courseload will help ... is always calmer than the ones that follow. For now at least, I'm

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 10, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 vision new year's resolutions

  

  Happy New Year! Even though I'm nearsighted, this is the year for ... real world, but I'm also sad to see them go. I really want to make the ... , hmmm? I'm pretty sure the last book I read was a real analysis textbook

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Good Morning or Good Night? seven am adventures where people say good morning and good night

  

  Hello! I’m Theo, one of CJ’s unfortunate friends from our dorm (I’m ... often as 1 am, or 7 pm. So maybe I’m not the expert.[annotation note ... , and keep moving, as if I’m physically incapable of stopping. I walk

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 6, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  For those whose applications have been interrupted by disasters and disruptions providing what information and comfort we can

  

  this in your essays or anything. I'm speaking as an educator here, purely ... make the world less awful. The reason I'm saying all of this is because ... accidentally worked at MIT Admissions for ten years and somehow got old, but I'm

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 29, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  November, and I'm reminiscing about my own early action application. Here ... , which I participated in during high school. Then my dad was like, "I'm ... you can read below: With passion for both English and mathematics, I’m

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  first week class reflections i am home

  

  two problems. it took us 5 hours to complete three. as i type this up, i'm ... with the fact that i need to build new foundations. i'm currently taking ... 21M.011 [/annotation] and i love what i'm learning. but i think i fall

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 11, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  misti musings sugar, spice, and everything nice

  

  I’m three weeks into my MISTI, and I think I’ve pretty much got this ... company I’m interning at put us up at a very posh apartment-style hotel in ... that day comes I’m content with sitting on my balcony watching the sun

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 28, 2019