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• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  impossible. So now, I get to start of my days writing in bed as opposed to ... change nonetheless. I am left thinking about how much has truly changed ... the seasons-- that I'm okay with. I can anticipate it. But sometimes, a

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  feelings feel more distant day-by-day, but i faintly remember how painful it was to get deferred. i was expecting to get deferred, really. i knew, in ... heal, not again. as much as i want to laugh at how emotional this writing

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  gone was any trace of you i think i am finally clean

  

  with such excitement that I can't help but be excited, too. In high ... ? How can I prove that I am good enough? I still do not know to this day ... some, I feel as if I've finally learned to love in full. I can think of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  When MIT Gets Tough, CAAAATTTT Everything was terrible, and then I cat

  

  I was feeling particularly stressed out and at a loss for how to deal ... about a test that I ended up not being in the right state of mind (let ... I can call her mine and she can call me hers. Call me the crazy cat

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 7, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Brass Rat

  

  I get a chance (maybe when I next answer questions in a day or two?) I ... Last night, I attended the ceremonial unveiling of the design of the ... process begins in freshman year with the highly competitive process of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 28, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  cleats on feet, smile on face thoughts on injuries and spring season

  

  it: I did! Since my injury in preseason this past fall, where a ... . When they told me I should start wearing a boot, just in case, I couldn ... weight on the foot for three months. Nevertheless, I was in a boot for two

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 23, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  lot. And I think this is something a lot of people can relate to. There ... thinking.    In the past few months, I’ve found myself thinking about ... ’ve started to realize that I tend to trap myself in this view of the world

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything again & again my senior iap

  

  ="72486" /] How does this compare to two years ago? In my sophomore IAP blog post, I ... in the back of my mind until I was finally able to finish it over IAP! I also got started [annotation note="We're allowed to do this in EC

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime Happenings A summer of research and relaxation in Boston

  

  pride that I had a fantastic time devouring four enormous cups of boba in ... parentheses in this post, but I’m going to roll with it: the new season of Top Chef was just filmed in Boston so I’m super stoked!) Apparently, I have a

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  CMU / Parallel Universe i am not a clown

  

  examples in Tagalog, and that's how I learned that David was also Filipino ... 's timing so cruel to us I don't know how to be alright Don't want to live in ... semester, I went to PUMAC, in Princeton, and I kinda wrote about it too. Then

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  I AM CONNECTED! Finally arriving on campus was way less exciting than finally getting my wireless connection to…

  

  ) and arrived on campus around 5:30. I checked in at the front desk of my ... else comes in for Orientation next weekend.) I went back to my room and ... counting until I was out of Lobby 7, but I got 233. You know, in case you

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week of UROPing in few words

  

  /Course 2 reasoning behind how it worked, 2.) it can be used in a lot of ... teachers and students on Course 2 work. I talked about this in my last ... interests. Back in high school, I was really interested in the art of turning

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  baby steps something tender and new

  

  from august 2018, i can’t help but cringe at the unnecessarily harsh ways ... in the long run. i started reading ask polly articles and subscribed ... like a canned statement, but it couldn’t ring truer for me. i wallowed

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Look Ahead The fight's begun but not yet won.

  

  .) We'll see how it all goes, but all in all I am very happy to be done ... in the tagline, the fight's begun but not yet won, and I'd rather blog ... thing I can think of right now is what comes immediately after final exams

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 19, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  regression and imposter syndrome let's talk about computer science!!

  

  Hi, hello. How are you doing? I haven't been in the writing mood as ... 'm really unsure how to deal with it. I think part of it is because I'm a ... there's such a spark and pep in my voice when I write, a passion and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 11, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  how much I fucked up in the first half of the semester, and one month of ... I would, but perhaps the same life lesson can hit you in waves, each ... kind of control, I began walking in earnest, sometimes seven or ten miles

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hitting Rewind on 2013 a summary of posts I never ended up writing from IAP till now

  

  a pset-test-class kind of way. More in a let-me-absorb-as-much-of-this-place-as-I-can-before-I-leave kind of way. In three short months, I'll be graduating...can't believe it ... finally read the last book in the Eragon series! Yeah...I haven't really

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  next to normal on mental health

  

  experience has been positive. i guess i lucked out, in a sense, when i have a somewhat good experience talking to my counselor. i first mentioned this in a ... , i don’t notice any pattern in when the thoughts come. when i wake up

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 3, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  A reminder that there is no advantage to applying Early Action to MIT As always, you should apply when you feel ready

  

  I have stated this in this short blog post, but there is a lot going on in the world, it is a confusing time, and I want to make sure it is ... I'm writing today to remind our applicants that we do not give any

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  It’s Nice to Meet You Finding my confidence through inline skating.

  

  When I introduce myself in new groups, a lot of times I bring that up how I inline skate, or rollerblade. Even after three years of being in ... the skates away in my closet like many one-time hobbies. I definitely

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • March 29, 2018