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• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the FIRST DAY of CLASSES!!!!! A summary of the first half of the day/how I'm feeling, with many exclamation points!!!

  

  Habits for AY 2017 (Academic Year 2017) I’m trying something a little ... tumblr, which is ramble about my thoughts and feelings until I’m done ... Blogs in order to throw a post up without much editing, but now that I’m

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Learning how to be a human being, not a human doing After 6 years of adulting post MIT, these are the things I value now

  

  .   I’m 18 and a freshman. I don’t have time to waste on video games, there are “better things to do with my time”. I’m proud of the fact that not a single game is downloaded on my phone or computer.   I’m

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  finding meaning at the end of the world i alone determine my destiny

  

  existential crises every other week too! well, i'm having yet another ... the very fact that i'm becoming numb. two. i spent my entire weekend ... class i'm a lab assistant for. it was more time than i expected to spend

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  finding direction reasonable goal-setting? who is she?

  

  i'm the kind of person who is very motivated by the prospect of ... grand total of five days. naturally, i'm pretty discouraged and ... ...nah. while on campus, i'm grinding through pset after pset and using my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 23, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  friendful life recently

  

  more things in my emotional toolbox to pull from when i'm faced with challenges. of course i still have bad days and low points, but i'm genuinely amazed by how well i'm able to bounce back and keep facing forward rather

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  parallels or juxtapositions in one sitting at flour cafe

  

  it better. when i’m having a good day, i buy myself a coffee to ... out of bed before noon. this february i’m up at 8 am every day of the ... the way through my time here. i can’t believe i’m almost 50% of the way

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 26, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i ran out of social energy and other great ways to say no

  

  lead on the project i'm working on knows how to cad and do physics and ... program continues year to year. i'm also teaching for hssp this year. first time i'm teaching for a multi-week program. i'm teaching a crypto class

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to PNR First semester in review

  

    What I'm pretty sure next semester will be like. No offense ... ’t slack off but can get away with occasionally skipping class, I’m learning ... now I guess I’m ready to attempt bigger gulps from the firehose, Without

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer’s end

  

  time popped the tire on the bicycle i'm borrowing (sorry alyssa ... on netflix and suddenly it's august. i'm tired of macgregor's teeny ... campus. i'm ready to sing with my a cappella group again (shameless plug

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  On Moving A goodbye that took me a semester, and some distance, to write.

  

  A. I'm a driver's license away from being an official Montana resident. I'm a full-time employee writing and editing scripts for the YouTube channel SciShow. I'm car owner, or at least a car loan payer. And – dare I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  My new job @ admissions like nick saban, but for nerds

  

  the blogs, for the office. And I'm still helping Kris out with them and ... achievements. I'm new to the position, but the role it plays in our office is ... they need to know about our admissions process. I'm a talent scout, more

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Hug Your History Teacher Because it's 9/11

  

  - most of the bloggers were 7. Or 8. Maybe 10 max. Wow. Well, I'm old enough to remember. I'm old enough to remember sprinting home in fear ... tower where I was was a target. I'm old enough to remember the feeling of

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • September 11, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  One Giant Leap For beaver kind

  

  I'm up early. I'm up REALLY early, and it's not because I stayed up ... , that gives me 1.5 more days to learn everything. The good part? I think I'm ... , just because the dome is so visible and I'm more likely to see a hack in

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Whoooo!

  

  , "No, you don't understand! It's not my fault I'm this naive!" I'm sure ... the Henry Ford Museum. But all that's about to change. First of all, I'm ... Jersey or the same floor of the same dorm at MIT, I'm finally taking

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh Sam Guess what? Ben's mom. Ha!

  

  course). Oh Sam. While I'm talking about Sam, I just have to tell you a ... . It's just a few seconds before I'm out the front door or into the ... , someone out there tell me you know exactly what I'm talking about and it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  Call Me, Emeril BAM!

  

  gets a summer vacation, I'm morally opposed to eating Top Ramen or hot ... to somewhere wild and exotic (give recommendations!) so I'm learning how to cook. Now I must say I'm to a degree spoiled, both my mom and

  • by Bryan
  • June 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role Of A Teacher A discussion regarding recent events in a Colorado classroom.

  

  smartest and most thoughtful high school students in the world, I'm really interested in what you have to say about this. I'm referring to the story ... blog, and I'd have to pull it if that happened. It's not that I'm not

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finally, a free minute

  

  grad schools to which I'm applying are setting up their online ... madly in love with me. Or something like that. At the moment, I'm pretty ... Syndrome, I have this idea in my head that I got into MIT because I'm lucky

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  We Really Aren’t Kids Anymore avoiding the part where it all has to end

  

  now, [I mean, according to the student directory I'm already a fourth year....] but that's besides the point. I'm entering my senior year-- and ... very well." And even though I'm an [academic] year older, I can

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 9, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus No exams woohooooo

  

  this summer is living a fangirl's dream. I'm working with a TMG ... it's kind of like I'm working with someone my age.) The 3D model is ... -tuning the software for SandScape, but I'm also going to start updating the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 8, 2022