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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keep it simple, stupid I try to choose classes for the fall. Things get messy.

  

  have cool things to talk about. I'm sure you're all excited. In the ... .033, and 24.900 are all at the exact same freaking time. I'm not even joking ... .033 because I'm really interested in it and I may minor in that subject, but it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living the MEng life same, different, same

  

  I officially graduated from MIT last year, but I’m still here, doing ... and laughing around the grills, and I remember that I'm older than I ... some ways, there's more camaraderie, because I'm closer with my roommates

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 27, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Sophomore Fall Goals So you can bully me when I write a post saying they didn't work out

  

  didn't have them in the earlier part of last year. I'm moving to a new residence hall, which I think might make me happier. I'm figuring out what genuinely brings me joy career-wise, and I'm doing personal projects simply

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i ran out of social energy and other great ways to say no

  

  lead on the project i'm working on knows how to cad and do physics and ... program continues year to year. i'm also teaching for hssp this year. first time i'm teaching for a multi-week program. i'm teaching a crypto class

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 18, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  me, existing one day at a time

  

  . I really like my lab! The short version of what I'm doing is to ... nice as well—I think I'm going to have a good time here. I'm really ... email, I thought I might as well do it. I'm currently on a half meal plan

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

  tick tick tick and the euphoria of it stopping

  

  , instead of what I’m doing right now. tick This is [annotation note='like Las ... several people. At least I know that I’m not alone. tick I’m fucking ... should be more grateful. … It's such a privilege to be here. I'm really

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 16, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  coming off the path is anyone there?

  

  [embed]https://open.spotify.com/track/5Gt9bxniM1SxN61yRzRhXL?si=bf9640445d204047[/embed] "Where have you been?" Dear Reader, I'm not sure if ... suddenly the beginning of May and frankly, I'm terrified. I indulged in a

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

  A salty IAP post Taking a moment to be bitter

  

  , lazy failure! That might just be me and the people I’ve asked, but I’m ... the longer I'm at MIT the more I see the problems with it. Here’s what I’m ... . Now I realize that A) I’m allowed to post sad and angry things, B

  • by Powers '23
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything is cool tl;dr I want to study too many things

  

  interesting. EVERYTHING. I’m exaggerating, of course, but only a little. There ... interesting things in the world, and I’m feeling lost and confused in the best ... vaguely in order of decreasing personal importance: Physics. I’m taking

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  . I don't love my classes, but I'm getting through (y'know, relatively). Sometimes people ask me why I'm doing this to myself, but I just tell them ... .140: Literature and Philosophy and 21M.784: Producing Podcasts. To be frank, it

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Above Ground now breathe

  

  catch my breath. Now that I finally have, I'm not quite certain what to do ... , I completed two puzzles, and I'm finally feeling ready to start the ... rather boring. I've been feeling like I'm on the brink of something bigger

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 10, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  busy, busy, busy screaming into the void

  

  overcommitment i am now a build lead. this means i'm one of the people in ... residence exploration. since i don't know any actual engineering, i'm ... , because the summer camp i'm being a counselor for would have provided

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  lessons on burnout 2020 made me realize things

  

  I’m being honest. To understand what I mean, you need context. For the ... year, and all my competitions got cancelled, and I’m quarantining at home, and classes don’t matter all that much anymore because I’m going to MIT

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXit FOMO....or JOMO???

  

  Today is August 31st, the final day of REX, but I’m writing this from ... from MIT. I’m slowly getting ready to go back to the firehose; I’ll be on ... sets and early morning rowing practices. I’m excited to see my friends

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 4, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  first impressions of LA the struggles of moving cross-country for an internship

  

  was not made for walking >:( i'm used to walking almost everywhere in ... fast?? i'm actually too afraid to jaywalk, which sucks, because there are ... vast majority of my life, and i'm used to seeing real trees blocking out

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 31, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  On IAP A time for P E R S O N A L P R O J…

  

  poor heart T-T. As you can guess, I'm not a big fan of physics. Oh well, that's why I'm in 8.01L. Jojo Jojo? JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOJOOOOO! Yes! Episodes of part 5 are being released and I'm watching them v

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • December 27, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime Happenings A summer of research and relaxation in Boston

  

  . This summer, I’m working two part time research positions. I start my ... parentheses in this post, but I’m going to roll with it: the new season of Top Chef was just filmed in Boston so I’m super stoked!) Apparently, I have a

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being a n00b at MIT Guilty as charged.

  

  You may have heard people say, “I’m not _______ enough to go to MIT ... school – I was definitely of the “I’m not technology-oriented enough to go ... -Fun-Times (although I’m working on getting that changed). Let me preface this story

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Culture, not the bacterial kind Some questions you should be asking about all the schools to which you're applying.

  

  shuttle to take me to SFO for my red-eye flight to Boston.) I'm really kind of glad I'm interviewing for graduate programs this year while writing ... information I can ask students and faculty in the graduate programs to which I'm

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  november again conversation with myself

  

  against my will. i keep insisting that i’m in my cool color era, my green and white and blue era, but i’m shuttled back to red every time. i tried ... i'm a lot happier than last november, or two or three novembers ago

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 1, 2023