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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  how i got my book deal *flailing intensifies*

  

  years of my life to a novel I didn’t believe in. [annotation note ... recovering from a bad freshman spring, and my skin would not clear up. I don’t ... drop me for, like, being a failure of a writer who couldn’t get her life

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 1, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Springing into Junior Year actually not Springing, just Spring

  

  grasp material when I’m forced to do it for a grade every week. We have a ... We’re already a month into the semester, and [annotation note="the last day students can add a class to their schedule without a fee

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 4, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Telethon EA Students, This One's For You!

  

  know, it doesn't seem fair, I'm sorry, but feel free to read and enjoy ... is just too much of a deterrent, it's so nice and warm inside that I don't particularly want to walk all the way over to campus in order to

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Noam Chomsky Talk in 26-100 i still have to send these pictures to amnesty

  

  Amnesty International's MIT Chapter, as a part of their lecture ... emotional bias with a scientific eye, and to daily question and reaffirm our ... with him (and they have a perfect right to do so) but rather than

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 4, 2007
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  summer lovin’ 🎶 🎶 had me a blast

  

  , i'm actually developing back problems"]sitting,[/annotation]having a ... as the solstice came around"]summer!!![/annotation]Here's what I'm up ... concept of summer wasn't real to me. I couldn't visualize my actual self

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 2, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what makes fear worth it musical theater and anxiety

  

  effort into crafting a specific experience for the audience. But that can’t be the only thing—seeing a movie in a theater is more immersive, and I’m ... dialogue or body language. A production can’t shy away once it’s entered this

  • by Kai V. '25
  • February 27, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s in My Bag? My everyday carry!

  

  on hand when I’m in a rush, and where everything that doesn’t fit into ... metric ruler from Muji (15 centimeters), a 1cm^3 cuvet, and some M4 nuts ... learned a lot of basic life things from him that I’m grateful for, including

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Counting On One Hand And this is where Porky Pig says, "That's all folks"

  

  don't really remember why I made this deal, but I'm sticking to it, or ... about life here: Hard work pays off. It really does. Things don't just fall out of the sky and WEBSIS doesn't let you pick your own grades, you

  • by Bryan
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 2: Hiking up a volcano at 15,000 ft (~4.5 km) Altitude sickness and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #3

  

  hope I'm that fit when I'm old!) as well as a European trio with a ... recommend attempting to summit a volcano at 15,700 ft with only one day of ... loud, very grand church bells, then couldn't find anything for breakfast

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skipping Class and Failing Bio A practical guide to poor life choices

  

  .01 (Physics) lecture isn’t really a lecture, since the class is taught in a TEAL ... exam was on a Tuesday, but, by the Friday before, I still hadn’t looked ... , reviewing common question formats. If I didn’t understand something, I’d ask a

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 29, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Beantown. sketchbook showcase!

  

  frozen), Government Center T station[/caption] I still have to watch a ... three or four locations by the time I'm writing this post, but I still had a great time! [You can click on the pics below to enlarge them

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  I Hate Change but at least, I'm creating it

  

  from). Waking up this early was a change. One I didn't intend on, but a ... the seasons-- that I'm okay with. I can anticipate it. But sometimes, a ... supposed to be good, but can't stop feeling like I'm doing something wrong

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I love musicals! Wicked just dropped and I am LOSING MY MIND

  

  gives raw emotion a language that words alone can’t convey, while the ... felt immense. It wasn’t just stepping back from school, but from a path ... in one place to experience something together: art. TANGENT I’m not a

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 29, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  plastic knives spraypainted silver and other poems from 21W.762

  

  . I now know that my experience wasn’t and shouldn’t be the norm, but a ... This fall, I took 21W.762 Poetry Workshop with Ed Barrett, a popular ... ’ve taken at MIT: every week we’d write a poem in our own time and then read

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  No Snow, and on singing badly me? singing? and posting it online?!

  

  . Let me get this out of the way, first: I think this cover isn't great. I'm listening it right now and I don't like it. Do yourself a favor and listen to ... have to listen to how embarrassing I sound? Well, I'm trying to make a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trouble staying focused Finals. And about a zillion questions.

  

  taking catnaps and eating cookies. I've managed to get a few experiments in at the lab (I'm like the USPS -- neither snow, nor sleet, nor final ... hasn't been going so well. Luckily, after I take this exam I won't have

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome

  

  Welcome to the new blogs server! I'm currently at my summer internship, so I shouldn't really be writing an entry, and I definitely can't ... , and down 24 to Berkeley. I had dinner in a lovely Italian restaurant

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Upside-Down Letters We will get to the bottom of whatever caused this error, that much I can…

  

  can promise you. If you received such a letter, you have every right to ... understand that it was wholly unintentional. Some have remarked that it is a sign that we don't care. While I understand how one could feel that way

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Antics! The title is pretty self-explanatory, isn't it?

  

  . Oh geez. I'm a big fan of Prisoner of Azkaban, but I think Order of the ... a brat. Maybe I'm just a brat too because I totally feel for him ... 've eaten from there has been rather bland, but edible. I'm a fan of Alpine, a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I walk a lonely road and it takes a lot of time

  

  As a resident of Simmons, one of the farthest dorms from [annotation ... are"]Main Campus[/annotation], I spend a lot of time walking. But “a lot ... make it to class (mostly) on time? What routes do I walk on a regular

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 20, 2024