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• Blog / People & Identities

  Vicennial wikipedia says this means 20th

  

  twenty years old. Wow. So weathered, so wise.  I’m heading back to Boston in a couple days, after this eight-week vacation. For now I’m wandering ... road ahead. I'm still eager for college. I'm looking back on what I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 9, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Collections Simple

  

  consider how our mind is thinking. I hated all of this. But now I'm starting ... about applications and a mEng, my GPA and the quality of my research ... once did. It is nice. I wish I figured it out sooner. I'm not saying all

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 23, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  summer in boston that summertime, summertime, uh, gladness

  

  Lower Allston. Boston is a completely different place in summer and i'm ... ! whenever the weather is good, i feel guilty if i'm not outside, so it's great ... really make me feel like i'm not just a rising sophomore who has no idea

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 15, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  New Decade, New Me? some reflections, some resolutions, some hopes,

  

  . Some Resolutions I'm resolving to leave being hosed in 2019. I know this ... have no class on Fridays. I'm going to spend less time on psets, at least, and that's something. I'm steadfastly refusing to take on any new

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  Two Years and how it's changed me

  

  . It's been two years since then. I'm halfway done with undergrad. What ... were less stressful there than here. I'm not sure if that's because I ... before she graduated, so maybe I'm biased. :) Either way, I like spending

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Senior Spring ... I'm almost done?

  

  back to a "Classes First" mindset when I'm so ready to work and make ... than a student. The feeling that I'm graduating – that this may be my ... connections – I'm ready to leave (and have been ready to leave) MIT for new

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Last First Month Because I procrastinated too long to say 'day' or 'week'

  

  be considered a full-time student. I'm busy, but also happier than I've been in a while. Sometimes I'm afraid that I'm not 'MIT' enough to blog ... that what I'm more worried about is letting my whirlwind of stressful

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday on 16th Street A Day in the Life

  

  to the ticket window. I give people the benefit of the doubt, but I'm ... . “Hey, how old are you?” “Depends on who’s asking.” “I’m asking!” “Well ... week ago. Today, I walk towards the Denver Pavilions. As I’m walking

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Hardest Thing Ever FOP, family, and how I'm doing so far... plus some findings on frisbee and free…

  

  Mexico, supposedly, should have helped with that, but I'm still pretty ... was leaving. I'm in love with Oregon, and I'm obsessed with my family ... for. Not the hiking part--I like walking, I don't mind a backpack, I'm

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals Week, from my perspective My finals.

  

  's what everybody else was doing. "I'm doing it!" I thought, "I'm doing MIT ... Western Narrative, which I'm totally cool with because I actually enjoyed ... /unexpected as getting into MIT (I know what it feels like, I'm allowed to compare

  • by Snively '11
  • December 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  C’est la Vie In which I describe my summer in words, without photos (yet).

  

  return to MIT. I'm living in Baker this summer, in a room with really poor ... around with Qiagen kits...etc. I'm still working in this lab for the summer (only for five weeks though) - I'm learning a lot, and I'm fully

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blinky Lights (Part I) An example of how I go about building things.

  

  And I'm back! I'm determined to make up for not posting at all in the ... instructor said (and I'm paraphrasing here) that "all of electronics can be divided into blinky lights, funny sounds, and weird smells." I'm not sure

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Lovin’ Had me a blast. Or, the last post I'll write from home!

  

  few days ago, and I don't even know how I feel about that. I'm going to ... Melis's, is actually pretty helpful, although I'm not planning on buying ... email her when I'm failing 18.02. (18.022? Advice on course selection

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And for my next trick… ...I'll make J.B. confess to copying the answers to Ms. Hauser's test!

  

  choices. So. We are now in a new semester! Here's what I'm taking: 8.02t ... love it. It makes me feel like I'm on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" or ... MIT, ok? I'm allowed. Anyway, I will say that the class is a little over

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  reading everyone's blogs has brought me so much joy, and i'm sitting here on ... mean time. i'm in the united kingdom for the first time! i just came back ... incredible[/caption] i'm here in Southampton on grad studenting business. it

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  experiences, or the lack thereof flailing around in a sea of adjectives trying to find the noun

  

  like I'm writing. It feels like words are appearing on the page. When it ... ="Am I black in America? Well, that's one of the things I'm thinking about ... another Me. i'm white, technically, from my mom; and black, technically

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 13, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  and i try to find my place

  

  when I had said my piece. I have no line. I will take the job I'm offered ... realm, or am I not smart because I choose to not be smart, I'm not putting ... narcissism and desperation to be the main character tells me I'm the first. I'm

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024 looking backwards and looking forward

  

  "]UROP.[/annotation] Why: I'm currently[annotation note="Course 20 (Biological Engineering ... could learn when I told them I didn't have experience in those areas. How: I'm ... measuring this goal by the project's success, I'm setting two general goals

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 1, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  sitting down no more sprinting

  

  as close to the ground as possible, or that I’m a mid-day showerer (not ... freshman year about myself, some things I’m doing differently now, and some ... feeling drained all the time[/caption] Now, I’m learning to say no to

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • October 12, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  eternal dissatisfaction wish i could write more, care less

  

  doing promys again, this time as a head counselor, i'm helping run programs with esp again, i'm on the gph writing team, i'm trying to keep a regular schedule blogging, i'm working on personal projects, i'm trying to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 12, 2021