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  how to change policies at mit [joint post with Rona W.] our CUP of tea

  

  members of the Nominations Committee of the Undergraduate Association (MIT’s ... ’t mean that our job was done; because our policy impacted MIT’s Rules and ... change. Maybe fewer people showed up to this year’s forum because of Zoom

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 28, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the Bloggers’ Personalities! A post about personality tests, part 2!

  

  means that it’s difficult to make broad claims about having a single “personality” across all circumstances. On 'funness', I love Elissa’s opinion on ... know it’s stupid”, which sums up my own opinion pretty well too. There’s

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  IHTFParadise – A Journey of Depression at MIT Guest entry by Angelina G.

  

  my UROP research at another university’s undergraduate research ... of mine who lived in Lauren’s dorm, offered to walk me back. He had ... what’s the trigger?” He asked. “I don’t know. I just feel guilty

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing I don’t have time for hosed into my core

  

  actually kept 8 hours consistently throughout because that’s at least what I ... another semester to finish. I know I need to reach out to my s³ dean and the ... humbled me so much, this semester. I don’t know what’s going on in the

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 25, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  3 weeks in northern Italy Global Teaching Labs and MISTI-Italy

  

  Shasta. My sister’s Bolivian mother-in-law taught me how to make batido ... :20,” (end stop) to “The last sentence of Dostoevsky’s White Nights was ... in the family: the thirteen-year-old boy stroking his father’s beard

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to trick yourself into thinking that you’re writing a report The most productive procrastination technique revealed at last!

  

  , you have to understand that it’s important to read beyond just all of ... repair results of your specific cut topology? I mean it’s your precious ... -branches, mechanisms, and implications. It’s also really important that you don’t have a

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The end of a chapter

  

  all times! It’s supposedly really similar to MIT’s 7.20J Human ... geeky, but it’s truly a fantastic feeling to understand the biological ... Madrid), my mind was blown away by Catedral Primada Santa María de Toledo’s

  • by Linh V. '13
  • July 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a freshman year 🦴🧠🩸🖐️🫀 my first year at mit, told through the body

  

  been placed with a traditional advisor (only advising) instead. but mit’s ... need coming into mit. being thrown into the deep end of mit’s potential ... astronomical object. it’s a decent class (maybe slightly overhyped unless you

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 9, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  and metaphors I created to help explain what it feels like to me. There’s ... speed. It’s possible that my anxiety is the product of being at a ... need to do to not feel anxious. I know that there’s no perceivable threat

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Muti Water Project ...is finished!!!

  

  , there’s an increase of typhus/typhoid infection due to the rain and river ... depth is more or less larger chunks of whatever’s already in your fancy ... source, causing the first source you built to fail. Of course, there’s

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An MIT Underwear Exposé (and Sorting Hat) The coolest data you never wanted to have.

  

  my favorite mailing lists is Burton-Conner’s, not because of the ... detailed explanation, see Snively ‘11’s post from 2009.) This rule is a huge ... Destiny kitchens, my room, Cory’s room, and Random Hall desk, I downloaded

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Few of my Favorite Things (Counting Blessings) Maybe the most sentimental blog post I’ve written.

  

  -it note (it was the second draft, apparently), this: I think it’s safe to ... . Getting an email and it’s a comment on a blog post. Writing alone in a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 6, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Meta Yultide Finale Yultide Day 6

  

  life’s pretty fun. I especially appreciated the opportunity to talk about ... specifically to blog about them, and that’s been one of my top 5 blogger perks ... more “photo dump” albums in the works. It’s a good type of post for days

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  garbage disposal or a shower that gets hot right away, but it’s on the ... , experiences, and stories that make me feel comfortable and safe. It’s nice to go out into the world and get lost someplace new, and it’s just as nice to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
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  10 Things I Learned 1st Semester Yeap.

  

  from home asks my all-time-favorite “How’s college?!?!” Wooo - Here’s a ... . But that’s nothing compared to the countless randomosities I had to ... :) Happy Holidays everyone! -- [P.S. I just realized half of the things I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shiny Circuits Shiny, in some subcultures at MIT, means REALLY AWESOME

  

  controlling fluorescent lights. Breadboard by Noah S. '10 Why, you might ... it, it would explode! Noah S. '10 -- Hard at work. See the giant ... general. And thanks to Noah S. '10 for showing me his circuitry and giving

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Decade in Online Posting looking back: from the forums to the blogs

  

  As we say goodbye to the decade, it’s hard not to get sentimental ... past ten years made up the bulk of your adolescence. It’s certainly true ... . It’s moments like this, looking back at the years I left behind, where

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  it was David’s and another co-author Alex’s responsibility ... . One idea extending from Ali’s previous work worked surprisingly well. So ... publicly talking about the contents of the paper for a while. It’s kind of

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  that an international student "did not understand U.S. dating culture ... , I find, many people from the U.S., also don't understand what this ... level, and while I think it’s rude to just “ghost”, I must admit that it

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  . There’s a lot of work. There are times when you are happy, and then there ... forever. You know that it’s awesome, and you know that together, it and you ... back together again. It’s an opportunity that you can use to learn, grow

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012