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• Blog / How to Human

  Always the Art Kid many many many identities

  

  technical school like MIT. Truthfully, I'm still surprised.  In ninth grade ... ...reading seminars sounds fun, but I don't think I'm into reading anymore. Looking at ... activity outside of biology because it is what I'm comfortable with

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 28, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  when it can do good. I'm also not implying "high-achieving good ... eating shit, so I'm not going to preach advice to you that I don ... 't been That Person before, and I'm going to keep it that way. As important

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Video games I’ve played this semester trimps, mother 3, hades, and vampire survivors

  

  Slay the Spire Bundle for Palestinian Aid I'm the kind of person who ... in my Steam library that I'm working through. The trouble is that I ... story. I'm a person who likes to enjoy the story, skip the game, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Impressions of a Harvard Class I’m taking Irish Folklore and a writing seminar on fairy tales!

  

  get from my Irish folklore class to a MechE class at MIT. I’m going to ...   favorite restaurants in Boston, so I'm happy to be near them so frequently around lunch or dinner time. I'm excited to discover more restaurants

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 12, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Joint Post] Build a robot boat with MIT Arcturus! Q&A with Arcturus captain Audrey Chen

  

  , and to spread the word (and learn more about Arcturus myself), I’m doing ... — like something from the Avengers hahaha — but I’m so glad we’ve been able ... and 3rd in design, winning $1.5K in prizes. I’m so proud of the team for

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  tired and busy and tired and busy and tired and busy and

  

  A couple updates: I quit two of my jobs I'm taking 4 classes and ... I sprained my ankle I'm starting my third week of school next week ... schedule and I'm just feeling very disappointed in myself for not living up

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 15, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  confronting the self i am the captain of my soul

  

  : … cj: this is my blog post. i'm the interviewer. i'm the one in charge ... yourselves first. it's only polite. dan: fine. i'm dan. i'm cj's depression. alan: and i'm alan. i'm cj's anxiety. cj: glad to have everyone in the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 30, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  head down, marching on highlights of spring semester

  

  . I’m listening to SJ Tucker on my headphones that only play in the left ... . In the middle of March, I set aside the novel I’m working on, promising ... class is nearly at the Terror. I’m doing the readings; I’m really glad I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 21, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  play dough

  

  I'm a very Type A person, I'd say. I tend to need to be in control of ... come later than they originally said they were going to. I'm impatient ... hesitated. "I'm scared to." "Why? Cause you can't reverse it if you do?" I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome

  

  friends I assume everyone thinks I'm weak. I forget why the thought of ... motions -- might make me stressed, so I assume I'm just lazy. I like the ... 't going away.   That was year seven of my carpal tunnel saga. Now I'm

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  My Freshman Journey with Internships or: i get rejected a million times in a row

  

  undecided on a major, I just knew I wanted one. TL;DR I'm basically a pretty ... , and I'm probably going to continue to use this spreadsheet for the ... ...90-100? I'm actually unsure. I just yelled "Oh my god I got an

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 16, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tunnel66 bringing the borderline tunnels online for CP*

  

  Borderline exec. I'm now President of the club during one of the weirdest ... . Since CPW was probably the reason I comMITted, I'm excited to contribute ... my first semester at MIT, which I’m beyond grateful for.  Since then

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  since i’ve been home

  

  an intangible amount of free time, i'm finally making some slow headway ... .[annotation note="they're all good books: i don't know why i'm so bad at finishing ... seems ancient"]winter break.[/annotation] i'm trying to get better at

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 3, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] Those Kids in Uniform Everything you didn't ask to know about ROTC

  

  Hi all! My name is Catherine J. ‘22. I’m studying Computer Science (Course 6-3) and I’m a sophomore cadet in Air Force ROTC.  ROTC is an ... -October. I’m happy to say that each time I’ve taken the PFA I’ve gotten a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  I Get To Blog Today! Is this meta enough?

  

  while you guys. I'm happy to report that I'm alive and I'm actually doing ... ). I'm not sure if this is something I picked up from others or if it ... day by scribbling some reflections into a journal. If I'm lucky, I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  living the dream: UROP edition! in which i run experiments on children (well, kinda)

  

  details yet. Now, I'm two weeks into the semester and in the thick of being ... it, I realized it was my dream UROP! I'm serious when I say that ... Point presentation, I show the child I'm working with scenarios, ask Wilbur to describe

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 22, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  A Tribute to the people of South Africa

  

  ’s finally hitting me that I’m not just in an entirely new country, but also in ... part of me that doesn’t feel like I’m in a new place though. That in some ... ). I'm told that many of them are the same age as me. Some even younger

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  wayfaring a pile of stuff that's happening

  

  -considered posts I've been meaning to write, but, like Phoebe, I'm a bit hosed right ... weeks. It's taking sort of list form because I'm a big fan of lists as ...  QuestBridge and which will soon begin for Early Action. So the next few weeks I'm going to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  I’m huddled in an office chair in a tiny box-studio in Lexington, MA, where I’m living for the summer with my partner. Campus is 40 - 100 ... resources for one family. So I guess I’m adjusting to suburban life: surprise

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  readmission what'd i miss?

  

  I've been gone for a while, but I'm coming back! Withdrawing from ... , maintain work-life balance. It's safe to say I'm a different person than the one that left MIT. I'd like to think I'm more comfortable in public (and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 19, 2016