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  Andi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week :(

  

  Remember two weeks ago when I blogged about how excited I was for this semester? Well, in a dramatic turn of events, I suddenly became ... all started last Friday when I woke up with a sharp pain in my butt

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 3, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo is not a Hivemind Haha... just kidding... unless?

  

  and writing in the middle of it all, that I realize how much I love ... I finish performing in my first MTG production (post about that coming ... where I’m from, all I’m allowed to say is “I used to live in Simmons

  • by Powers '23
  • November 24, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Always Rooting for the Anti-Hero it's me! hi! i'm [the problem?], it's me

  

  available. I waited in line for 20 minutes. Normally, irritation would itch ... year, I've felt a decided shift in the air. I've mentioned it before ... and truthful (although in writing it comes across as sarcastic). I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring there will always be regrets

  

  I was happy with how fall turned out in the end, I was miserable for ... lab sections, I would think to myself that I am too tired to be out in ... activities. before sophomore fall, I chose classes I was interested in and I

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 6, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  We Really Aren’t Kids Anymore avoiding the part where it all has to end

  

  angst, was ultimately the realization that time was passing. I would never ... on my wing of Next House, I would need to just make that happen. And ... makes me feel Old. I can only imagine how it makes y'all feel. I've just

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 9, 2023
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  I’m currently in the exotic land of England. Over a week ago, I flew ... knights from London to Bristol, where I currently reside in a castle. I ... different countries. Right now, I’m staying in Bristol with Anika (READ HER

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  processing in which I visit home and take time to think

  

  just how exhausted I was, from just over a month of being at college. It’s not just academic exhaustion. If it were, I would know how to handle it ... ’t think I actually fully realized just how much it all is until the first

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  The Fringe that Stole Christmas hair @ MIT, and several hair-raising puns

  

  day in middle school. Most of the time, my mom would take me to Supercuts or whatever. In the summers I’d get a buzzcut to stay cool, and my ... , I started going to the barber in the basement of the MIT student

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 25, 2018
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Some Art About Other Art it's super meta

  

  mentally envision how I would paint everything currently in my line of sight ... happy with my work. Too much thought had gone into it; how long would I ... ’t splattered with color. My mom would to unfailingly chide me when I’d graffiti

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  . Additionally, I would recommend sending us a letter in mid-late April with an ... reconsider all of the waitlisted students again in May, when we know how many ... our 8% international quota. I'm still very interested in attending MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  just another manic wednesday yes, i am absolutely stealing from joon

  

  dream in which i miss[annotation note="i'm leaving in eight days, next ... is painted blue; i feel deliciously underwater."]open my eyes[/annotation]in ... in six minutes anyway. 9.24 - 9.35 am: i check my email and catch up

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Set Your Alarm for CPW 2019 i'm entirely serious

  

  alarm had gone off, I'm not sure I would have responded to it.) I ... sleeping bag into the little bag I had carried it in. Each precious second it ... Uber would be arriving there and that I was on my way. Ask your host

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • April 10, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  in remembrance of the body affirming the mind–body connection

  

  'll probably bump into more people i know. i'm not sure how i'll handle that. in ... there was this time three weeks ago, when i was still living in baker ... front of the house. i think that was the first time in five months that i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  In May 2016, I wrote Denied by MIT, 5 Years Later, where I shared the story of a student we had denied in 2011, and how well he had done ... worked out okay. In 2014, we denied another student, whom I'll call CT. I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  All the Blogs I Didn’t Blog A memorial

  

  ”. I would cross-stitch that on a pillow if I knew how to sew. I ... summer, in no particular order. Enjoy. I have one foot in the door of Jaded Senior and one foot still in the hallway of Dear God What Am I Doing

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • August 14, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  “i can only draw stick figures” musings on learning to draw

  

  whole more overwhelming, at least I know it would in the beginning for me ... drawing I must preface that I never thought of myself as a drawer. In fact ... my mind—so clear, they felt real—but they would get lost in translation

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • June 4, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Fall Festival 2014 Some actors came to MIT and told me about their units of measurement

  

  ' grilled cheese would be here from 3-5pm today. Either 1) I am getting very ... would it be and why?" Kumail thought I was referencing a bit he had done ... Festival. I was unaware of this until I happened upon a food truck giving out

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want These are too good not to share

  

  process of "WHAT???? HOW DID SOMEONE EVEN COME UP WITH THIS???"-->"I KNOW ... tangentially related to this"-->"Okay, I have an idea for how to begin, at ... improvising 5-minute classes on these topics, I would love to know what

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  me, existing one day at a time

  

  heart soaring. I’ve suddenly found myself busier than ever. In the past ... until a month ago. Whenever I thought about career stuff, I would freeze ... on, but when the direct funding deadline passed and I had nothing in my

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 2, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Maiden Voyages First years, welcome to MIT

  

  (my roommate would arrive in about a week). I gave up when I got onto ... boxes in Saran Wrap. Inside the boxes, I carefully loaded all of my ... , which I framed and padded with my winter coat. Then, in a thick black

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 15, 2022