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  I’m sitting on my bed right now so sleepy

  

  2014 sweatpants draped over it. They're COVERED in dirt. Last night, I ... ballgown is dangling from a ceiling pipe. It doesn't fit in my wardrobe; if I hang it in there, it drags on the floor. I bought and wore it on the day

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  fake it ’til you make it what is a healthy way to be happy?

  

  that would decrease one’s happiness (think living in a pandemic, taking ... -motivated work). But in the times when these pressures do exist, and I am not as ... other people while I’m in the room -- that I’m always happy. And I say

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 7, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  the world is blooming! and so am i?

  

  ’m realizing how many similarly slow ways I myself have grown. In the day ... 've learned how to take notes in lectures, I've learned how to shop for ... , and I am disappointed in my time management 😅😭

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 17, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Delivery! "Ring delivery" is more like "ring takeout," actually, since they don't bring a brass rat…

  

  Last weekend was crazy. Crazy good. So good, in fact, that I needed a ... employers, and my family. All of them believed in me, and told me I can do ... buy your own. It weighs a lot on your finger, too! On days when I'm not

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 20, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  what i ate in a month* *basically true to my word this time but at what cost

  

  i would just get the pizzas who are confident in their vegetarian ... note="i live in Burton-Conner and thus am free from the shackles of a ... [annotation note="in Toronto specifically… I didn’t research or travel far

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  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 ... 've always felt that I lack in comparison to other MIT students: I just don

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  coming off the path is anyone there?

  

  I try to think of how I'm feeling, all I get is static in response ... floating. Days passed and they would blur into one another, I neglected my ... living it and participating in it. I was recently asked by my friend "Are

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 30, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Since I Been Gone Running and nice weather -- and no school

  

  thing that the last time they visited was in August.) Anyway, I was in ... from Phi Sigma Kappa's house in Kenmore Square, where I drank free Snapple, cheered for the runners, and not-so-jokingly announced I would run

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Siete Ciudades de España A very busy IAP

  

  widely-spoken languages in Spain alone. The amount of effort I would have ... is insane. In that moment I realized how rich the world is, and how ... study abroad opportunities as I can! The Plaza de España in Sevilla This

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (3)… [Biochemistry] Another biochemist sharing his experience as an exchange student.

  

  equiped to look pretty in the lab. For example, I can pour a gel, then set up a PCR and eat lunch before the gel sets. I understand not how or why ... remember most about Cambridge. As for Biochemistry, I hope students in either

  • by Cambridge
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A (Not At All) Comprehensive Guide to Your First Year what i've learned as an associate advisor

  

  , so I don't know just how universal everything in this blogpost would be, but I hope this is helpful in some capacity. Table of Contents GIRs ... found helpful and I thought it would be even more helpful to make this

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Epilogue An open letter about blogging, growing up, and the end of my first year at…

  

  regular basis, or that I would forget the existence of misery in the world ... imagined that in the midst of relentless intellectual challenges, I would ... I write, no matter how stupidly punctuated, is fraught with tightropes

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 21, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Design Squad: Pretty much the opposite of The O.C. A show where 8 teenagers use their engineering skills to build some really cool stuff.

  

  MIT and he graduated last year with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. I ... As a kid, I always secretly dreamed of being on a TV show. Had there ... with an array of engineering challenges. Working in groups of four, each

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  In which Elizabeth tries something new. (My idea of thrills is changing the location of my bookshelf.)

  

  three years, I learned that MIT has a climbing wall. Now, in any other ... !), leading to a momentary, but non-negligable, conversation on how I should try ... things. Over the summer, I climbed a tree in a banana suit (long story) and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 8, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Ode to the New, Part 3 "Your calendar looks like a clown threw up on it!" -my friend Jordan

  

  things I would have loved to take part in this semester that I was simply ... post about being busy. In essence: deciding how to spend my time here ... finding a balance between activities I did in High School, and new ones. The

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  keeping interest a list of things i think are cool

  

  don't think I would take anything away from it. In fact, I think my cool ... would never be a computer science major. I had taken AP Computer Science A in my junior year of high school, hated it, and swore I'd never return

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 4, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Lax bros and their workflows

  

  . Sydney: I started playing lacrosse when I was in fifth grade and have been playing ever since. I didn’t always know I wanted to play in college, but when the recruiting process began, I quickly fell in love with the idea

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  I'm currently in Indianapolis, busy with the Intel International ... when I get a chance, but in the meantime, this is a good time to talk ... year. In the interests of time, I'm going to reprint an entry (edited

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Places I Became Human Hey guys, I think I'm back :)

  

  I kept my composure until I didn’t. Nothing in particular triggered ... ’t the same person I was at the end of September. In September, I wouldn ... in the sand. I walked to the Harvard Bridge with a friend to sink the

  • by Powers '23
  • November 21, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas thanksgiving and warm fuzzies all around

  

  in the 3+ months I've been here. Being at MIT has really opened my eyes ... --it's just not something I considered would be a part of cold weather here ... of you in Boston, I highly recommend going. There's a student discount

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 30, 2013