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• 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
• Blog / MIT Life

  quick thoughts to keep up my new years resolution

  

  realize now that I'm a blog behind so enjoy this extra little blog. I just ... spend time with friends. 2. I'm continuing my UROP at the MIT Education ... my UROP, I'm currently in charge of researching effects of previous

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Didn’t You Graduate? I refuse to accept my new label...kind of.

  

  , but I'm glad to be back. Bryan: Cool. Friend: Weren't you supposed to have graduated by now? What happened? Bryan: I'm actually starting grad ... if I'm cool enough, I can become an MIT Lifer (you just found out one

  • by Bryan
  • August 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our loving, our friends, and our labor This entry is based on Aaron Copland's opera "The Tender Land."

  

  Network is actually the thing I'm second-most excited about with regard to ... school on Friday Now, here's what I have to do in the three days I'm home ... presenting on my 20-page GFP report. I don't really know what I'm going to do

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 22, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  here’s everything i thought about in 25 minutes an uncurated and somewhat meta discussion on anything and everything

  

  whole entire school year), so i’m going to set a timer for 25 minutes ... typing. i’m pretty sure my blogger bio says my words per minute (wpm) is ... thing with me and math is that it’s not necessarily as if i’m bad at math

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • July 16, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  contradictions too much, not enough

  

  's a lot going on, you know? and also, overall, i'm a lot happier these days than i was before. which is a good thing! i'm writing this directly ... to? good question. right now, i'm sitting on my chair in a weird

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 8, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Coming Into My Own ft. an exciting semester and an exciting job lined up + making positive changes to…

  

  . That being said, this is definitely the semester in which I think I'm going to do the best that I've ever done at this school, and I'm super ... three parts. Classes I'm super excited for my classes this semester (and

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 16, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  Press right now. I think I'm just intimidated because it was something very ... collaborative places I've experienced and I'm eternally grateful that I don't have ... GOD I'm so tired of trying right now" area. And my family, who knows

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  ASK US (the MIT Bloggers) ANYTHING! YES

  

  (Class of '25, he/him)Hi everyone! I’m Andi, a 6-2 (Electrical Engineering ... , she/her)Hey, guys! I’m Emiko (or Emi), and my major is Mechanical ... and Japan over the summer) Learning new skills at MIT (I’m a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 18, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  feeling old and coming home

  

  .[/annotation] It makes me ridiculously happy – I'm glad that people find my space ... some sort of giddy, unstoppable energy. I'll be honest: I'm jealous of ... "]two.[/annotation] Because where am I? I'm starting my junior spring, which means I have just

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 12, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Jack of Some Trades, Master of Absolutely Nothing feeling mediocre at mit

  

  some ways, I have. I have no doubt in my mind that I'm thriving at MIT. I ... disappointments: I'm disappointed I wasn't smart enough to finish it, I'm disappointed that I'm a humanities major at MIT, I'm disappointed I'm not

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 12, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  my semester in a word: oof or perhaps "oof: the party, the lifestyle"

  

  ! i'm bracing myself for another terrible semester. i keep telling ... , it's gonna be pretty bad. here's what i'm taking. 6.031 (Software ... , which is why i'm not completely bummed out about the class. but i am a bit

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 14, 2019