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• Blog / How to Human

  We’re Only Getting Older

  

  twenty in four days.  I always cry on my birthday. I think this is a ... maladaptive coping mechanisms, but my inability to cry in front of other people ... . For the first time in a long time, I let a friend see me cry - not

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 5, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Always the Art Kid many many many identities

  

  lopsided houses in school and haphazardly scribbled drawings to proudly ... the "reading kid." I read books with friends in [annotation note ... ="1022"] i have no idea why my face is so distressed in this picture but

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

  goodbye goodbye goodbye what's in store for me?

  

  chapter of my life is done and that in order to grow we need to put ourselves in uncomfortable positions and this is a necessary step towards ... will be okay when I'm not...in the okay. But then I think back to where

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  Recently, one of my friends relayed that she grew up in an ... . I switched to a math major (from a humanities major) in fall 2019 ... confidence in the area. Some cool opportunities came my way: I was invited to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  the npc life office hours with lupe fiasco

  

  In middle school, I repeatedly listened to Lupe Fiasco's hit singles ... various ridiculous schemes to get in, since we were sure it would be ... , referencing Wenjun's only current internship offer in Tempe, which he

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 26, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Under Water catch your breath

  

  , which is honestly an okay ratio in my opinion. Especially at a school ... .[/annotation] But this semester in particular, was rough. Because about halfway ... earlier in the semester I had asked my mom if I should spend the extra money

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  I Can Talk to Anyone perseverating with caution

  

  .”- Anonymous Reviewer aka Jeremy in my last post. Some (including my own mom) may ... education. But in truth, I can talk to anyone. Well, mostly. Some people want to purely engage in small talk– and that’s okay! If I introduce myself

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 13, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My Disappointment Is Immeasurable And My Day Is Ruined A story about cream soda

  

  Office gave a presentation about adjusting to life in the alien environment ... my favourite drinks back home in South Africa; naturally, I was excited to learn that it also existed in the US. None of the MIT dining halls

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A poem for every day of August or nearly; I wrote 25 in all

  

  books, from a tiny copy of The Rubaiyat bound in leather, to a weathered e e cummings collection, to W. S. Merwin’s Shadows of Sirius found in a little free library while I was living in my van. I wrote a poem here and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 5, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule 2: Electric Boogaloo the one rule you should not break (take it from me, kids)

  

  later, in an ironic (and quite sad) twist of fate, I broke the November Rule. in a pretty egregious way, at that⁠—it was a [annotation note ... freshman year[/annotation] and with a senior in my direct social circle

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 23, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  what the f*** am i doing this summer still don't know if i'm going abroad or not lol

  

  it in 2021. my acceptance transferred over a year, which made for an excellent contingency plan. in my sophomore fall semester, I haphazardly ... students in my major don't typically go to sophomores. at a certain point, I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 12, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Years Through A Laptop Case a walk down memory lane

  

  couldn't be looking so far ahead. All I had in front of me was the present and all I could do was make sure that I was bringing my best in that moment to the moment. Now, I have just about two weeks of classes left. In

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 10, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  socializing over zoom it's been rough

  

  Last week, non-seniors who want to live on campus in the [annotation ... dorms was an experience in and of itself. In trying to figure out who ... then plan to form a pod with these people in the spring

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  how i got my book deal *flailing intensifies*

  

  hope you all are safe and well! Here’s what I’ve been up to in ... was so in love with this series as a kid. we are going to pretend this movie does not exist"] stressing over fall semester plans lying in bed

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

  NOTE: I drafted and abandoned this post in the spring of my freshman ... . Editor's notes were added in the spring of senior year. For reference, here ... math major. I had a clear life plan to start in the first semester

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Fall Recap Entropy, Research, and Other Out-of-Class Happenings

  

  in the winter of my freshman year. But life matters were really different then. In passions and world views, even music and literature choices ... , I decided to focus instead on Education. I was planning to work in the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 17, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Second Semester Senior What you should do after submitting your application to colleges

  

  academics, such as planning and executing a water project in Ethiopia ... queued for a later post (in an attempt to spread out my blogging and be ... have gone in (early action date was November 1st); the last

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 22, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  When You Yourself Are Far Away Donuts, used books, and some wonderful/terrible recipes you need not try.

  

  Career Fair is a magical time: in addition to the opportunity and the ... Donuts is one of our favorite places in general: it is my and Cory ... bites of, because there were a lot of us and a lot of donuts still left in

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Inside vs. Outside How MIT changed for me after being admited

  

  anything especially special about the moment that you are in, but ... , looked it dead in its pale, white, papery face and said, “I will defeat you ... cool 8th grader (because don’t we all feel that way in 8th grade) that is

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Touring an IS&T Datacenter, and How My Dad Crashed the Internet I promise they're related.

  

  story of how my father became one of the few people in the world who has ... awfully ominous edifice: But Back In The Day™, W91 served as a wind tunnel ... and the servers in this photo? They're there for cooling: cold air comes

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 2, 2014