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• Blog / Challenges

  running out of time the woes of every single graduating student

  

  about my post-grad situation that it's not something I'm looking forward ... this summer; I'm interning in Cape Town through MISTI, which is both ... significance. I get stressed out if I'm not taking every opportunity to see my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  . I don't love my classes, but I'm getting through (y'know, relatively). Sometimes people ask me why I'm doing this to myself, but I just tell them ... -- diligently professing my case for why I am taking these classes, I'm left

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  you’re on your own, kid

  

  , about who I can be. But I'm grateful that for the indefinite future I'm ... safety net. the good I'm trying to navigate things on my own, like how do ... essentially all my various communities that I'm a part of. I hadn't realized how

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I went to TwitchCon and met so many people!!

  

  to San Diego to attend TwitchCon 2022. Perhaps to no one's surprise, I'm ... humor influenced me a lot. Our conversation went like this: Me:  Hi,  I'm so sorry I'm nervous but I've been watching you since the fourth grade

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  happy singles awareness day

  

  relationship and I really want to focus on my classes this semester. I’m not interested in dating anyone right now. I’m so flattered and I seriously ... compartmentalization, but I’m not, and I don’t think I would’ve gathered the time or

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking 3 math classes this semester as someone who isn't a fan of math

  

  intelligence, which means that I'm signing myself up for a ton of math. It ... number. 042's been the hardest class I'm taking so far. I've never done ... , I really like what I'm learning! I'm not great at it, but it

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 3, 2022
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  life lessons from my internship career choices moving forward

  

  that my internship is wrapping up tomorrow, I'm reflecting on what I ... everyone to be employed in order to survive, and I'm no expert in economics ... would be wasted on menial labor. If I'm not careful, life will pass me

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I Should’ve Been Working When I Drew These ✨but i wasn't✨

  

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  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  feeling grown up walking in adult clothing

  

  grown up, in general. some thoughts: these days when i'm in an uber, or a lyft, or the caltrain, i find myself sleeping. it's not that i'm ... myself i'm not tired all the time. offices. having a desk to myself

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 17, 2022
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  making things a blog about being a meche major

  

  other up. I'm sure most majors are like that. More of us trickle into the ... construct amplifiers, radios, a light theremin. I’m always running on fewer ... attention. This is why I’m learning differential equations and mechanics, and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  A Place happy thoughts on East Campus

  

  Campus, which I can grasp for but never quite reach.  I’m trying to reach it now. I’m living in it. That glow is strongest around EC. It’s in ... entry to EC']Talbot[/annotation], and that marketing worked: I’m

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  i’ve joined a sorority and what that means to me

  

  to actually throw fun events due to formal recruitment. And perhaps I'm ... what I'm saying, but I wish more people would highlight the incredible ... major shift. I'm not living in Random this incoming fall, which is

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 21, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures at Trader Joe’s i think i might have joined a cult

  

  Ok so I am very late jumping on the Trader Joe's bandwagon, but I'm ... I talk to another TJ fanatic they automatically know what snacks I'm talking about. So either I'm super basic and like the things that everyone

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 30, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  rethinking perfectionism god i just want to get things done

  

  that’s kind of the appeal, if I’m honest – I can have other people read ... . Sure, I’m not the most try-hard person I know. But I do definitely have ... aspects of my perfectionism that I’ve been aware of, and that I’m trying to

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 8, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  fake it ’til you make it what is a healthy way to be happy?

  

  stressed, for equally obvious reasons.] It’s not as if I’m sad most of the ... other people while I’m in the room -- that I’m always happy. And I say, “Thanks, I try.” I wonder sometimes if this trying is good or bad, if I’m

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 7, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  self care define it or perish

  

  only thing i can do right now. i'm getting enough sleep, but i don ... looking back makes me feel like i'm in another universe right now. i mean ... daily workout, it's definitely inadequate. *_* honestly, since i'm so

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hell. handling the hardest semester at MIT, virtually

  

  hours later, I'm starting to feel like I'm spiraling into anxiety about academics, and midterms haven't even hit me yet...things are rough. I'm taking ... "]HASS[/annotation] ones, so my workload isn't as bad as it could be, but I'm struggling to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  1.1 miles as the crow flies and it takes me forever to run there

  

  cam while the chat room explodes with questions. I’m scribbling notes in ... went on a gap year, MIT seemed like a glass castle, so very far. Now I’m ... week ago, and I’m more settled in now. I’m still getting the feel of my

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Subtle Art of Being Unhosed what i've learned and what i'm still working on

  

  on a bunch of applications for something that I’m not ready to announce ... weekends either. I kind of feel like I’m back at MIT in that regard. Part of ... anyways.  I keep telling myself that if I push through the things I’m

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  fragments instead of blogging (for a whole damn month), I...

  

  Weak, 100 Bad Days, and I'm Ready"]AJR[/annotation] my first concert ... ! celebrated the birthdays of two very important people in my life i'm so happy ... semester i'm from 45 minutes away and i can’t go home once? i attribute it

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 16, 2019