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• Blog / Challenges

  lord, it is time for a blog post the huge semester has gone halfway by

  

  I disappeared into the battlefield of the semester, not to be heard ... harder, driven by a lack of breaks and the persistence of pandemic ... than both of those already difficult semesters. It is the most difficult

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 13, 2021
• Blog / Summer

  this summer a recap of sorts

  

  . So before that happens, and before the feeling of summer slips away ... of the summer living in a tiny apartment in Boston on the fourth floor ... , already sleeping across from me. Some weeks, it got kind of hot, but we had

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 14, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  My First Semester at MIT a thicc recap and a look into our conversation

  

  As the final hours of my first semester at MIT come to a close, I ... meant to me. I have truly met some of the greatest and most incredible ... the majority of my days with them. It's an incredible feeling knowing

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  As some of you may know, I am majoring in math and economics ... : There are four types of math major at MIT—pure math, general math, applied ... subject of this blog post. It’s important to note that there are significant

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Why Is There No Water? One of the most important things in your life is invisible to you until it…

  

  A lot of people living in the United States don’t understand how complicated water is. I created this post as a sort of quick-guide to water, and the complexity of getting water to places that don’t have it. I was

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #6-13 Concerning the half I spent in Cambridge

  

  weeks of IAP was to take as many shifts as I could while a lot of people ... the calendar, I managed to claim 37 hours of shifts over two weeks, working mostly on the 8am-12pm and 12pm-5pm shifts. Being an EMT is one of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  , challenges I found myself learning to deal with as time fled. I was part of the school’s ultra-small math olympiad class, and spent a significant number of ... , a sort of climax emerged. I was on the path to being part of Nigeria

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  DRAW TIM (the beaver) behold the artistic talents of MIT staff

  

  I am not a fan of icebreakers. It already takes a not-insignificant amount of energy for me to psych myself up enough to interact with a large group of people—especially people I don't know. And if, on top of that, I

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • April 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  amount of logic and reasoning. It's satisfying to see things line up with a clear line of logic, y'know? But on the other hand, my feelings towards ... helpless despair until it averages out into a feeling of "meh." Despite this

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • October 3, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  avatar a weird metaphor for careers

  

  said something along the lines of:  look at the sandwich you’re eating ... ingredients to the restaurant, and you didn’t cook any of them yourself. you ... people had to do all of those things for you you know how in ‘avatar

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Listing It All Out you get a list and you get list and you get a list

  

  drop silence of the reading room is honestly better suited for taking ... -600). There’s nothing like the anonymity of a large lecture hall Banana Lounge ... My Life 11.011 - The Art and Science of Negotiation 5.12 - Organic

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 29, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello deferred applicants, i, again, don’t know what to say, but i can try

  

  it feels hypocritical of me to write words to you, because even if i ... nature of writing in the admissions blogs. it's been two years, so the ... fine, but of course, it's one thing to know and another thing to believe

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  present tense “you've got to let go of the fear”

  

  in swim class, our instructor emphasizes the importance of relaxing. "you're in the water and your body tenses up. why? it's because of the ... muscles will help you float. but it doesn't. you've got to let go of the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  “But I’m not cool…” Dr. Suess but shitty? Dr. Suess but angsty?

  

  "] Me on my actual first day of high school! T-minus two months to the beginning of my ~emo phase~...[/caption] “I am not cool” said a teenage girl   With her nails painted black and the whole of the world Turning

  • by Powers '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything what i did this IAP!

  

  to campus, learned lots of different things, and had some free time ... 've tried in I don't know how many years. I did... nothing. (But of course, in between the kerning of those letters, everything is hiding.) I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Alone some thoughts on spending winter break in mit

  

  some of my friends who were international students wouldn’t go home because it’s too far, or because there’s only a break of two weeks before ... their plans over winter break. It turned out that almost all of my friends

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Into the Unknown with bravery

  

  The precipice of change is an unsettling place to be. We were there ... of you are there now. We find ourselves here again, trying to figure out what to do after we graduate.  It’s scary.  For the past couple of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waiting Game hit submit time to quit

  

  -clack of my fingers, as they smacked against the keys. The glare of the TV ... of me. I'm sure my mom said some encouraging words, like she always ... 's kind of assuring to think of it like this. It's a yes or a no. And I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Hello Summer! Finally done with finals

  

  Finally the year is over. After a week of relaxing, I can finally ... my perspectives of the institute, and I cannot wait to get back to classes in a few months. However, the break from the constant demand of

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 1, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Room 251 a room tour!

  

  IAP is almost over! I wasn't on campus for most of it, but I finally ... , and I hang a lot of stuff on my bedpost. There's also a lot of artwork ... , cory's desk/bed at right, caleb's bed at left On the right corner of

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 1, 2018