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  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  and metaphors I created to help explain what it feels like to me. There’s ... speed. It’s possible that my anxiety is the product of being at a ... need to do to not feel anxious. I know that there’s no perceivable threat

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • January 30, 2022
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  The Muti Water Project ...is finished!!!

  

  , there’s an increase of typhus/typhoid infection due to the rain and river ... depth is more or less larger chunks of whatever’s already in your fancy ... source, causing the first source you built to fail. Of course, there’s

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2018
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  An MIT Underwear Exposé (and Sorting Hat) The coolest data you never wanted to have.

  

  my favorite mailing lists is Burton-Conner’s, not because of the ... detailed explanation, see Snively ‘11’s post from 2009.) This rule is a huge ... Destiny kitchens, my room, Cory’s room, and Random Hall desk, I downloaded

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2016
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  A Few of my Favorite Things (Counting Blessings) Maybe the most sentimental blog post I’ve written.

  

  -it note (it was the second draft, apparently), this: I think it’s safe to ... . Getting an email and it’s a comment on a blog post. Writing alone in a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 6, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Meta Yultide Finale Yultide Day 6

  

  life’s pretty fun. I especially appreciated the opportunity to talk about ... specifically to blog about them, and that’s been one of my top 5 blogger perks ... more “photo dump” albums in the works. It’s a good type of post for days

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  garbage disposal or a shower that gets hot right away, but it’s on the ... , experiences, and stories that make me feel comfortable and safe. It’s nice to go out into the world and get lost someplace new, and it’s just as nice to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 Things I Learned 1st Semester Yeap.

  

  from home asks my all-time-favorite “How’s college?!?!” Wooo - Here’s a ... . But that’s nothing compared to the countless randomosities I had to ... :) Happy Holidays everyone! -- [P.S. I just realized half of the things I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shiny Circuits Shiny, in some subcultures at MIT, means REALLY AWESOME

  

  controlling fluorescent lights. Breadboard by Noah S. '10 Why, you might ... it, it would explode! Noah S. '10 -- Hard at work. See the giant ... general. And thanks to Noah S. '10 for showing me his circuitry and giving

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Decade in Online Posting looking back: from the forums to the blogs

  

  As we say goodbye to the decade, it’s hard not to get sentimental ... past ten years made up the bulk of your adolescence. It’s certainly true ... . It’s moments like this, looking back at the years I left behind, where

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  it was David’s and another co-author Alex’s responsibility ... . One idea extending from Ali’s previous work worked surprisingly well. So ... publicly talking about the contents of the paper for a while. It’s kind of

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2021
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  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  that an international student "did not understand U.S. dating culture ... , I find, many people from the U.S., also don't understand what this ... level, and while I think it’s rude to just “ghost”, I must admit that it

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  . There’s a lot of work. There are times when you are happy, and then there ... forever. You know that it’s awesome, and you know that together, it and you ... back together again. It’s an opportunity that you can use to learn, grow

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Putting Diversity into Context The diverse ways that colleges and universities define diversity

  

  admission. From my perspective, checking the box, or boxes to indicate one’s race should be as automatic as providing one’s name. As Chris Peterson ... attending an affluent suburban high school. Regardless of one’s background

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  baby brother’s first girlfriend or something you might need to clarify a ... the admissions officers and tell them who you are, what’s important to ... anywhere because you have a 2400. It doesn’t work like that. … And that’s

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
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  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  like a whale lunge feeding']missed them,[/annotation] here’s an index of their entries from most to least crufty: It’s been a long road… by ... Cristen C. '10 what i talk about when i talk about running by Chris S. '11

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Queer at MIT, but not on the blogs the map is not the territory, but it's getting closer

  

  school best friend’s hair and hold his hand. Innocent thoughts turned to ... , most of all, a LOT of unshaming. I don’t know if that’s a real word but it’s the most important one of my whole paragraph. Well, I’ll define it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hard MIT Class ...or is that redundant? And yes, hiiiiii.

  

  your wits, and in place of the solution’s space will be a black hole ... , when I had to spend the first night reading twenty dense pages of Plato’s ... Swimming. * Story time. And if you know me at all, you know it’s gonna be

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 10, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)

  

  student chose to become part of MIT’s class of 2018. While I have nothing ... applying to MIT. It’s so easy to become overwhelmed by hearing about the ever ... wasn’t my thing, and I really, really want to stress that it’s okay

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 2, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  “You are capable of more than you know.” Reflections from six MIT transfer students

  

  the Olympic Games and earn medals, or to serve the nation in the U.S ... ="Transfers who entered MIT in the 2022–2023 school year"]last year’s transfer ... well). Subin: During my enlisted time in the U.S Army, I had a clear

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  .org (although that is highly recommended!) here’s a quick recap: I studied Course ... the story, I need you to go watch Amy Cuddy’s TED talk about body language. I know it’s long, so you can skip to around 15:30 and watch from

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014