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• Blog / Challenges

  Twenty thousand paper cuts and twenty thousand leaves

  

  that weekend, I sent an email to Baker Desk asking if I could pick it up, and they said their coronavirus policies didn't allow me to, even if I ... , which was weird in the sense that I had to actually get up from bed to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  The Art of Juggling please take away my balls

  

  , hopping from one event to the next, pset to pset, club to club. Every summer, I'm usually a ball of anxious energy just waiting to be released ... summer -- painting, drawing, gaming. Anything to keep the little string

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2019
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  tuesday another blog about an ordinary day

  

  8:00 AM wake up. check my clock and go back to sleep. 9:00 AM actually wake up. i take a shower, stop being naked, and am ready to head out ... warm fifteen minute walk. i tap my id at the elevator and take it to the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • August 7, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  Africans@MIT: The Accra Experiment This week in the series: a Ghanaian research initiative by a dedicated MIT senior

  

  of Sakata Afrique, in a photoshoot to publicize their spring show, "AfroShake" When I first sat down to talk to Emmanuel, that feeling of ... went on to describe his ongoing project in Ghana. He also shared with me

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 8, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  This is where my decisions have taken me perspectives from grad school

  

  Umständen weiterläuft, an dem man sich, wenn es not tut, halten kann…” “To ... circumstances, to which one can hold tight, when necessary…” - from Nachdenken ... ; *         *        *   I used to think of decision-making as a complicated optimization

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Derailment My Gap Year

  

  it might be of interest to you! Enjoy, and comment. Derailment ... post that connected the bed to the wheels. Fluorescent lights flooded my ... watched, clutching a clipboard to my chest. Exam Room 1 is not a normal

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 18, 2011
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With BJ Novak, opened by Barack Obama You may have heard of BJ Novak from his role as Ryan Howard on NBC'S…

  

  of sweat trying to get over this ridiculous cold-flu-thing - let's just say that trying to will my body back to homeostasis topped off with a 11 ... of time for blagging. Good thing they got Sniv to cover it as well. But

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee With a title like that, it has to be good!var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol)…

  

  short, I removed the entry, but I think it's time to explain why. Why was this the first (or second?) entry that's ever had to be removed from the MIT blogs? Here's the official Ben Jones reason: I asked Snively to

  • by Snively '11
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Paul’s Top Ten Common-Sense College Application Tips Patent pending.

  

  the summer, I had ample opportunity to compile what may (someday) be the ... upon us, I'm proud to present you with - drum roll please - my very first ... the list, though, I do have a few quick things to say. For starters, I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  so you’re starting your first year? boy do I have unsolicited tips for you

  

  This week, I worked as an Orientation Leader (OL) to help first year students acclimate to MIT. It was a fun, high-energy job. Every OL was ... , I saw people open up more to each other and really talk. Like petals

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • September 2, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  coronavirus, one year later recounting the craziest ten days of my life

  

  . as with any piece of writing, there is no obligation to read further if ... 's important to explicitly remind you that it's ok to not read this. covid is still ongoing and you might just not want to think about things any more

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 6, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  SHE CAMPUS ON MY PREVIEW TIL I WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my freshman cpw post turned east campus love letter

  

  pretty much the same: after all, flowers were finally starting to bloom en ... it was hard not to forget that I had psets for a couple of days. Here’s some of what I got up to!   Name [latex]2^n[/latex] Women: Dorm

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  STARS (Small-Town and Rural Student) Ambassadors, to give you a quick recap of everything we’ve been up to this past year. Spoiler alert: it ... applying to college, I sometimes felt like I didn’t have people to turn to

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  After Graduating From beyond the veil :O

  

  Hi everyone! It’s good to be back here, on this familiar platform but very different website. I’m so not used to it that I still drafted this ... fancier back-end I could have used (unbeknownst to you all).  The last time

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  StartMIT: IAP for Entrepreneurs Like with anything else, it helps to learn from the best

  

  , because you get to see where all the creative energy of the student body ... Cooking" and "How to Make a Bike". Or those who want to explore a new field ... MIT—an intensive entrepreneurship workshop that runs over IAP, open to any member of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 26, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fun things I’ve done lately! life isn't all being hosed

  

  time to have fun. I promised to write more about the fun stuff I've been doing, and this is that post! Here's some of what I've been up to :D 1 ... from here when I lived on campus, so really this used to be my local

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goal setting and organization how i organize my life!

  

  nice to highlight how I organize my day to day tasks and how I track ... tools I utilize to track changes and make sure I'm where I want to be. Fit ... probably necessary to track my health, sleep, steps, and heart rate somehow

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 4, 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 ... things are out of place, which is funny because to the average viewer, my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 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 [annotation note="we were allowed to staple with a group of up to eight people

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Piercings! sorry mom

  

  reminded me of my own experience getting piercings my freshman year. To me ... gained from going to college and getting my first paid (on-campus) job ... , not permission" to more of my interactions with my parents. I've been

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 17, 2020