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

  

  matter how difficult they can be. I share 041 with Stephen, so psetting ... something I could ever establish an interest in. The weird thing is that I ... and how it works, I've found it difficult to figure out how to use that

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 3, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Start shaping up in January! I like.

  

  Despite the constant intrusion of multivariable calculus, I think I’m in love with IAP. The recurring theme seems to be: Things get thrown ... “go with the flow, ride the wave of life” mentality is so fulfilling – I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  That rings a bell Made of brass?

  

  she saw me wearing the ring in the wild (and I gasped in despair at how ... every day. It feels strange when it’s not on my finger. I panic when I can ... , only for it to ultimately reappear under the couch.) I don’t know how

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Residential Life

  memorial for a dorm goodbye east campus (for now)

  

  suzume, i guess, in how you have to think about how this place was used ... east campus and the death of this room in particular 62h306 today i ... , but i do know enough to have gotten to know you i've done enough in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 6, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  We’re Only Getting Older

  

  twenty in four days.  I always cry on my birthday. I think this is a ... . For the first time in a long time, I let a friend see me cry - not ... often. Believing in one’s own infallibility is a dangerous drug. I’m far

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 5, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  So How Does It Feel? Now all you have to do is wait.

  

  asking others for advice. It got to the point where I nearly had my writing memorized, and I grew tired of seeing the same little letters in the same ... As the MIT EA deadline approached last year, I remember reading over

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 2, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Metropolis and the Alloy Orchestra "The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must be the Heart!"

  

  event. There was a sold-out showing of Metropolis (1927) that I had the ... ! You may wonder how the showing of a classic silent film could pack an ... year” to attend. The Alloy Orchestra, based here in Cambridge, is

  • by ARTalk
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  ASK US (the MIT Bloggers) ANYTHING! YES

  

  person or group of people based on a specific topic. You can go down in the ... ask! Seriously, you can ask us anything [annotation note="I know this is ... clarinet in the MIT Wind Ensemble. I did not play the bass clarinet before

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 18, 2025
• Blog / Residential Life

  1.1 miles as the crow flies and it takes me forever to run there

  

  mischief every time I jump on at 9:05 am. Fix my home-cut bangs in the video cam while the chat room explodes with questions. I’m scribbling notes in ... thought you once had that you can no longer grasp. I will never have REX

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Self-Discovery Within An Internship guest post by Grace C. '21

  

  packet to a TA and I waltz out of the Z-Center, the sun bathing me in its warmth. "I finished the GIRS, am in a super romantic relationship with ... York City" I AM DONE. Not only with my exams, but freshman year in

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Waxing nostalgic, in a zen kind of way I've heard of zen. This is not zen.

  

  Pass/No Record, I don't see any Cs. Well, I can't see any Cs. 9 ... 't help much in the long run. I've always been ridiculously independent ... of me just could not wait for the day when I would be on my own in some

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Going Home ... but where exactly is that?

  

  I'm currently sitting in the SeaTac airport, waiting for my flight ... , where my family is and I return for the holidays, where I can get behind ... safe in the world, I've never been that afraid of uprooting my life and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 6, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Be Social awkward and anxious

  

  . "Oh my god, hey! I haven't seen you in so long. How are you?" High ... existed in my high school is defeated here, that I have no reason to avoid ... I don't quite fit in. But it's become so much of a habit that I truly

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 26, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nike+iPod read entry & vote at the end

  

  paper I read in 14.11: Experimental Economics reports that too many choices can be demotivating. (You may have seen this research quoted in the ... ? What do people think about this Nike+iPod Sport Kit? Vote in the comments

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy: Continued This time, the title even makes sense.

  

  about keeping a car in the city. I love to drive; I've for a long time ... 'm listening to the radio and driving (in a still-fully-attentive sorta way). I ... knowing where to park your car between safe periods. Most of the time, I can

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 22, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  My Favorite Spots in Cambridge/Boston well-trodden and well-hidden alike

  

  Park after shopping in the CambrdigeSide Galleria Mall, but I like going ... (wonderful) [annotation note="my boyfriend and i walked in a random direction ... ,[/annotation] but I'm [annotation note="that's amoryyyy"]in love with

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Invasion of the Stikmen Another invasion of MIT?

  

  . As usual, Steven was in the loop. He mentioned how he had stumbled upon ... around finals time, MIT had an invasion... Well as I walked to lab last week, I noticed something interesting on a crosswalk on Memorial Drive

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 14, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Exhaustion Guess who's not ready to go to grad school after all

  

  . This semester, I have been feeling what I can only describe as an overwhelming amount of exhaustion. I am doing much less than I ever have in a ... floating in sludge, and that every amount of work I do actually get done

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Davidson Fellows scholarship program A great scholarship opportunity from the wonderful folks at the Davidson Institute for Talent Development.

  

  From reading your applications, I know that many of you would be very ... creation in the fields of Science, Mathematics, Technology, Music, Literature ... permanent resident, live in the US, and not have your 18th birthday before

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 1) I ask my friends and fraternity brothers the immortal question: "What are you doing this…

  

  and 8, of Simmons): "I'll be UROPing in Prof. Field's lab (in the ... skills as well. In August, I'm going to the ACS meeting in Philadelphia as ... working at Capital IQ in NYC this summer. We write software that can be used

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 22, 2008