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  The Art of Trying New Things V.2

  

  how much I did not want to fucking drop this class. In the five weeks I ... In my sophomore fall, I wrote the art of trying new things, where I ... , ethnicity, and sexuality in both critical and creative work. Limited to 13. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 2, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Optimal Solution It doesn't exist

  

  investment. Better yet I had to make my decision in a week. Everyone deals ... internship, I even used a decision matrix in which you rate criteria and ... functioned as a more systemic method to organize how I felt about each option

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • September 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friends, and other things memories that come rushing back to me

  

  ... i would i could show you how much my first year at mit has changed me ... 's been in years. i made so many good friends this year: from 5W, from toons ... cabin we stayed in, or the toons final concert, or that one time i aced my

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • May 25, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  The long view days, months, years

  

  that two people both ordered food for the event. I was worried we would ... you mean?" "Well," he said, "in college, I always thought of hours and ... in six weeks. On Wednesday I had an appointment with my therapist. The

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 27, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  new york without i*stagram who are you performing for?

  

  irresponsible spending by writing a blog. i was in new york over the past few ... ’t awful, but considering how much all of my friends raved about this city i ... .  for context, i deactivated my accounts sometime in the fall semester

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 29, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Simple Harmonic Motivation a time progression through the semester

  

  take the midterm today in two hours and 19 minutes, as of the moment I ... Tuesday evening with a breakdown in Walker Memorial, and when I got back, I ... Tuesday night was fading, and though I knew logically in my head, that I had

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #6-13 Concerning the half I spent in Cambridge

  

  for two weeks I fed myself in a couple of different ways this IAP. For one, I would sometimes go to Trader Joe’s to pick up some oatmeal, fruit ... last me about a week. Additionally, every time I was on shift in the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 16, 2015
• 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 / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Round 2 Microsoft, brains, British accents, hiking in the Alps, weightlifting, HIMYM

  

  ; knit a scarf I wish I knew how to knit. Anything else you want to say or ... ? I am doing an internship at Institut Néel, learning how to simulate ... is my second summer doing an internship in France, and so far I am

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 30, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  slipped through the narrative cracks. - In mid-February, I boarded a bus ... my trumpet with the orchestra. Ten years later, I prayed that I would ... ' various affairs. In principle, I don't have anything against putting two

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  on Discord would one day come in handy for something as important as ... questions in my DMs and asked publicly and on the IG live that I really wanted ... read and understand. I would give you all a big, big hug if I could. Dear

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  crazy party weekend from 2019 to now

  

  when i attended cpw as a senior in high school, my favorite events ... perform for around ten minutes each in high school i watched the ohms sing ... i’d ever heard, and the chords in the climax of permanent some three

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  Never Have I Ever…reflected on my identity "too indian" or "not indian enough"?

  

  Essay, I wrote about my homestay experience in Japan and how I feel more ... . In my essay, I describe how I came to embrace Japanese culture after a ... cost?? For the record, I had no social life in high school—I took a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 4, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  poem snippets searching for hope amidst darkness

  

  cry or laugh & i would put my hands in mud to make myself last & ... . i hope that you can find solace or hope in some of these words ... ; in the dead of night, the gold i had woven turned out to be dust

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 4, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Follow Me: A Video Tour of Campus in which you get to hang out with my friends and walk around MIT through…

  

  to spend your next 21 minutes, then you're in luck. Boy, oh boy, do I ... I made a video-thing! During the second snow day of the semester, I ... wonderful readers out there. I followed them around campus while they talked

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 23, 2017
• Blog / Community Projects

  CPW: ASA Midway, B1 B1athalon, and Cutting Crafts with Contour not to mention meet the bloggers

  

  would you be in Tucson? Who would you be in art school? I didn’t have the ... with! Here's how they went. Contour My team and I held several events to ... I entered MIT, I had no idea I'd get as invested in building things as

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 25, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hell. handling the hardest semester at MIT, virtually

  

  work. I couldn't help but wonder how I would've fared if the chaos had ... that I haven't yet found a rhythm that works for me in terms of finishing ... . I also haven't yet figured out how to finish all my psets on time; my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All? how do i live without regret?

  

  ? How much of a role does money really play in my life? I've been ... Scott and Phoebe Waller-Bridge, I feel a discernible ache in my chest ... performing. I loved the idea of entertaining other people in any form or shape

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The swing of things MIT happenings.

  

  abroad or take internships in a foreign country. I might be getting an internship in Spain this summer, and I am super psyched. (I still have to send in my resume, and I haven't thought as far ahead as next week, let

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  head above the water (intro post) an inner dialogue about my first month of classes

  

  When I tried practicing for the swim test, I realized how long it had ... further until I was eventually in the deep end. When I jumped in, I remember ... forth underneath me while I tried to propel myself up. Keep in mind that

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 9, 2021