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• Blog / How to Human

  Skill Issues (spoiler alert: i've got them)

  

  opening plays memorized, but to be entirely clear, I’m not one of them. My ... he (very patiently) coached me through a game. It took an hour - I’m kind of painfully bad at chess right now. I’m also incredibly sucky at

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • June 29, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  ambition finding direction

  

  good possible; that’s why i’m not an effective altruist of course there ... say about me? i’m reminded of a poem i enjoyed recently: “They aim to ... response to the question, but i’m pretty sure it was a combination of “not

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2021 another year another book post

  

  . And, uh, I'm not sure I would cite any of the 24.903 readings here. I'm kinda ashamed that I'm faking my way through the humanities requirement by ... of screens and metal. This world of gas and lights. I'm leaving this

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  butterfly season the very tired caterpillar

  

  of watering the backyard and suddenly I'm remembering how Kepler recruited Jacobi to the SI-5. I walk past the side of the house and I'm thinking about Lovelace's crew. I go in through the front door and I'm

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • July 31, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  Campus and Memories low-quality pictures and some memories

  

  show for it but stagnation. I’m bitter. I’m sad. I’m angry. There were ... .  I’m trying to be hopeful. I’m staying in Cambridge for the summer and ... cold, but I do it anyway when I’m down bad, which is, unfortunately, a

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 24, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19

  

  Year Plans I'm incredibly excited for my gap year. Coming into college, I ... constrained living at home during the pandemic. I'm enjoying the increased ... I struggle to balance when I'm a full-time student. By "struggle to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  hour? A friend asks me if I’m going to [annotation note="8.01 is ... . I tell him I’ll go after I work on it alone for awhile. I’m exhausted ... to study in the coffee shop. Because I’m walking again I decide to take

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Digital Anxieties: A Conversation with Bo Burnham and Jonny Sun i cried for ten minutes after watching eighth grade

  

  to go up after the talk to say hi, and I'm sure a small part of myself ... just a weird nostalgia trip for me. I'm even surprised I'm managing to ... provided a lot of guidance. I'm just gonna list these nuggets of wisdom

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 28, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On the Scattering of Senior House or: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Acknowledge the Bomb

  

  , but I’m of the opinion that across dorms this experience generally ... have just lost theirs. I’m concerned that the aftershocks of the Senior ... tensions between the student body and the administration. I’m concerned that

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 12, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Being Sick at the Institute the firth law of therbodydabics *sniff*

  

  ...fun) Unfortunately, not only am/was I sick. I was really, really sick. I’m still not ... ’s a midterm next week in that class. I’m incredibly thankful, though ... sleeping had led to the situation I was in that night. I remember thinking, I’m

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  , I’m just so glad, happy, elated, delighted to be here with people I’m already in love with and in a place I’m so proud to call home. (Alexa J. ‘20 ... new half means a feeling of freshness added to old experiences. I’m

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Angular Velocity Saved My Life bikes and bullet time

  

  to exercise. Hooray! Hooray for bicycles! I'm also very risk averse ... ; Usually, I'm biking home in the sweet spot of post-rush hour and pre ... front of me, and I'm going to hit it.     I tried to brake

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  *witty title here* (Guest Entry) You want awesome? I'll show you awesome!

  

  airport in approximately 30 minutes. In a moment I'm all too familiar with ... attic- I'm unprepared. It's not entirely my fault though, I've been up all night reading and looking at pictures of the most amazing place I'm going

  • by Snively '11
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  :00 AM was exciting....okok I know I'm lame, sorry), so I never got around ... 's Jess with her tagline: "I'M HOSED." and I'm like wow, I guess everyone ... introduced to the concept of "class average" and "standard deviation." Since I'm

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Physics A short novel.

  

  I'm going to be honest - The first five academic weeks here were not ... it. But actually, the transition can be pretty painful. I'm here to ... devote an entire entry to a class I'm not even in anymore: Physics

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  I'm going through my in-box today, taking care of some long ... their MIT experiences. I'm sure some of you will be able to relate to the ... ... and I'm a bit worried that I'm not as bright and shiny as the others

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  thekeri said: And to Laura: update? Please? I'm suffering over Spring ... subject- homework! As I've mentioned before, this semester I'm taking both ... because there were more letters and less numbers. I'm not sure exactly what

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  in a funk and salvaging hope

  

  't felt like myself normally, I'm pretty jolly and steady but, there have ... barely keeping it together   I'm proud I made it through relatively ... know who you are   3   anyways fast-forward to now: I'm

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Getting Help @ MIT by Warren K. ’27

  

  are resolved (except my car, which is fixed; I’m picking it up from the shop right after break). I’m looking forward to visiting my family during ... . Hi everybody, I’m Warren! I moved to Cambridge from Hawaii, one of the

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 17, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  I Don’t Know where am i going to be a year from now?

  

  I don’t know where I’m going to be a year from now. That’s never ... time that would be comparable to what I’m feeling now would be when I was ... statement saying that I do not know yet. I’m optimistic about this

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 27, 2024