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  The Subtle Art of Being Unhosed what i've learned and what i'm still working on

  

  on a bunch of applications for something that I’m not ready to announce ... ’m working on now, I’ll eventually get to a point where I have the time to ... to do, whether it’s a chore around the house or something for work. So

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 1, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  where is south dakota again? and other fun questions for your south dakotan friends

  

  of around twenty questions, and, after a few months, managed to get ... ="Alan: also Cameron gets a special shoutout because she went to my high school ... my sophomore year of high school. I went to a small school back in

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 3, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  OCTOBERRR NOVEMBERRR will NOT be my next entry, promise.

  

  of meetings, started and finished a pset, and I'm ready to go to sleep ... QUOTE: "MIT is a very good place; I'm not trying to put it down. I ... . Pyrolysis and biochar. It's a little bit hard to imagine that all of these

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  Bad Ideas Month word of the day is oops!!

  

  take up most of my time during the day, and I also needed to finish a ... touched 18.03.   In a desperate moment of clarity, I sat down to ... , and I was left with one week to finish about two-thirds of a giant

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 3, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  the life I could’ve lived it’s like one of those “what if” episodes

  

  MITES. MIT became a real place to me, somewhere I could actually picture ... ’ve learned how to cook - or just ended up buying food each day. [carousel ... everyone you pass is somehow connected to the university. Umich also has a

  • by Hala K. '29
  • April 12, 2026
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring there will always be regrets

  

  that I wanted to take because I cared a lot about all of them.  although ... understanding the content and was able to solve problems a lot better than last ... that the class itself became a great community. the class taught me to

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 6, 2023
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  wanted to preface this post real quick by jumping in and giving a little ... we were in Random. As a joke, Raymond decided he wanted to "secretly ... Duolingo thing. He challenged me to a game of chess. Aidan Chambers, the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Upside-down and Reversed: Photography at MIT [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the…

  

  , but if you don’t want to buy film it’s a good deal ... . As a professional photographer himself, Graham convinced me to take his ... Association. In addition to photography classes (I usually take one a term), the

  • by ARTalk
  • March 23, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Trick or Treating Halloween Shenanigans

  

  that was as close to a celebration as I had come in quite a few years. A ... headed back to my room to bum around for a few hours before 6pm, which was ... easiest costumes to pull off: ninja. Krystal’s Guide to Being a Ninja in 10

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 1, 2014
• Blog / Announcements

  Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day with AISES + NASA

  

  Institute community must do to forge a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive ... histories. And, we commit to using the challenge of our past to inform a ... public, are also invited to a celebration of the day hosted by the MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  friday afternoon in the town of beans i'm freeeeeeeeeeeee

  

  L. '22 and Derek Y. '22 to join and we head up towards a ramen place ... . We swing by H-Mart along the way; Derek buys some snacks, and I get a ... stores a good number of Red Line trains, and so I stop to take a picture

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 11, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Integration Bee If this were televised, nobody would watch the Superbowl.

  

  left turn and crashes into my face. Immutably, as IAP drips to an end, I become terrible at completing this paragraph and start to wax poetic ... a poetic is). Like chocolate, winter break melts under the hot

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  wednesday at wai & aina (liveblog) and leaving the mit bubble

  

  semesters in which students are encouraged to explore, take a break, do as ... friends (major shoutout to Tatiana and Aarushi :) ), and a bit of ... to farm and to connect with reality, and after spending a lot of time

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • January 21, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  Tumblr is where I put a lot of this reflection. In particular, I seem to ... I was a small child. I’ve now (presumably) grown out of it, to the ... (around 2-6pm) If I have a whole day to work, regardless of when I go to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  Let me introduce myself. Alternatively titled: Whomst'd've?

  

  a fear of heights and needles. I am smart and capable and ready for ... went over. I felt like a detriment to my three-person team, as I ... psets without collaboration. 18.01A is the same. It seems I always have to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Art Imitating Art well, at least blogs.

  

  told him to bring his guitar. My plan? To defeat the zombies with a logic ... enough to cripple the living. I took a gamble by thinking death metal could ... , cranking up every dial. I put on my headphones, ready to unleash percussive

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 5, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Surviving CPW Tips and tricks on making the most of your CPW experience

  

  , I still had a blast; so, regardless of weather, get ready for the most ... ;-) Here are a few tips to making the best of your CPW experience. Rule #0 ... to school with for four years. I also had a lot of questions about MIT

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Photographic evidence Warning: trig ahead.

  

  , I have a confession to make to my fellow VMars fans... ...Ready? I ... a re[s]pon[s]e to thi[s] pot, but rather a concern regarding the ... letters themselves, then toss the sealed envelopes into a big folder to be

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  months. As this week comes to a close, so does MIT's week of finals. This ... they felt. Next semester, when the freshman class switches over to A ... people are ready to take it on without the training wheels. Both of my

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Haunters what it takes to scare MIT students

  

  staff members reply back to my request for a behind-the-scenes guest post ... was now a grad student, so we had to start from scratch to find someone ... we had to take a break from discussing the main event to focus on

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024