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• Blog / How to Human

  i wish we’d grown up on the same advice alternate paths

  

  obligations make me feel like i have weight in the world, like i’m not ... don’t think they’re thriving, but i’m also not really sure what thriving ... serious look at until now i’m only now realizing it consciously, but when

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  lookin’ at the blur of this semester and ahead at the next one!

  

  concept for a new story! I’m not sure I’ll be able to do this every semester ... systems (from 2.007, but also my UROP, Arcturus, etc). I’m tailoring my ... recs, prep for upcoming concerts read more than one book ever → I’m

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Monologuing a mock-up for the MITMonologues

  

  injections so we can talk and I can let my mind wander. What I'm trying to say ... sophomore year to realize that I'm a woman in STEM. When I realized this ... only thought to simply throw it out since I’m trans. I’ve often wondered

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 13, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Womanhood

  

    I like telling people that I’m a six-foot-tall man in my head. I’m ... .” I feel eyes on me at all times, especially when I'm alone. I am a ... ’re so little.” “You’re mine.” “I can see the fear in your eyes.” “I’m a

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 28, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Comments on A Boring Friday lItErArY aNaLySiS

  

  monologue: Sometimes, I do things I don't wanna do, like I'm being controlled ... character is making their own choices. It's neat because I'm violating the ... made because I relate to it more, though, like "I feel like I'm running

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  taking care in all forms

  

  water, and taking an assortment of other chinese herbal medicines. i'm not a traditional medicine expert so i'm not entirely sure what they do ... if i'm functional enough to do certain things. i guess having to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 22, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  dealing with loss it ain't easy

  

  call before he passed. I'm sure my host family didn't inform me for a ... distraught. I'm allergic to cats, so out of my family, I spent the least time ... . on Thursday afternoon, I returned to MIT for CPW. I'm CPW chair and was

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  teaching web.lab aka what i spent all of january on

  

  , so i’m very happy that i chose to pursue it :)  the main thing i’m ... things that are fun and i want to do things i’m good at and i want to do ... ’ve worked check the “things i’m good at” and “things that help me learn” boxes

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 1, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  Slay the Spire as metaphor i didn't waste 60 hours playing for nothing

  

  pinpoint where you went wrong. Anyway, I'm bad at transitions, so here's the ... think is a widely applicable skill. I'm looking at my deck with seven ... to get a certain achievement. but im also not great at this game

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  On keeping on keeping on It's pretty much the only option.

  

  -existent tourists for the rest of my life; no, scratch that, I’m plunging full steam ... Greendale Community College (I’m just going to assume there’s a real one out ... disappointment I’m feeling, and ideas about how to lesson the disappointments

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 30, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Crab Cave or: i moved to dc with friends

  

  started reading Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng. I'm only about a ... I'm going to blog about it some time in the future. I highly recommend ... important. I'm currently typing up this entire blogpost on the 19th, hence the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 20, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Three things I didn’t learn from class behold, the listicle

  

  ’t visible, so it looks like it’s floating. I’m not really fully satisfied ... first, but I’m fine with it now. I’m a beginner to woodworking, after all ... really fun. I’m not sure whether it’s the fact that there aren’t any turns

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 26, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  A Complicated Synthesis Question starting materials include hard decisions and uncertain paths

  

  you don't. Recently, I'm dealing with a new kind of synthesis problem ... complicated synthesis question? I'm not entirely sure. We might be looking at ... . Even though I'm almost two years into life at the Institute (wait what

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 7, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story of Tonight (more like 730 nights ago)

  

  alarm clock that will pull me out of bed with only five hours of sleep. I'm ... . Since a poster on my wall suddenly became my everyday reality. I'm still not sure why I'm here. I still wonder to myself what part of me someone

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A reading list for a week at MIT All my classes have required reading this semester!?

  

  -and-coding heaving schedules I’m used to. In a way, it’s really nice—I’m being ... of text, and the fact that it’s in French, I’m pretty easily spending ... programming language. No required reading! Well, maybe I’m getting ahead of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • February 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Decisions “I don’t know”

  

  if I’m not in some capacity struggling, I’m doing this whole college ... studying, I felt like I got a grasp of it. 6.042 is the second math class I’m ... 't want to major in either, and declared the flexible joint major I’m still

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Person Studying Persons… ...and why the Myers Briggs test is invalid

  

  day. I would say that, compared to most people I know, I’m more likely ... %) Neuroticism - moderate (43%) By the Big 5 model, I’m supposedly more open, more conscientiousness, more extroverted, and much more agreeable than most people. I’m

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 23, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Done (this summer) or Why I Haven't Blogged in a Month

  

  . For now, I’m struggling to coordinate communications between people in ... listen and learn. And explore new tunnels while I'm at it. Investigating ... minorities of all genders, and I’m helping with recruitment. We’re looking for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  because you are not just given knowledge–you have to earn it. I’m going to ... blah and that whole time of your life was basically a waste of time and I’m ... algebra” or “…and then I’m sure you guys can do the algebra, so in the end

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  My IAP All the snow has melted since I took these pictures.

  

  always empty except for me). I’m hoping to buy prints of some of my ... work. I’m hoping to be able to do my on-campus TA work and email checking ... ’s offices. My favorite place to sit when I’m reading papers or doing work that

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 19, 2015