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  In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist

  

  many different ponds and hope something sticks, whether it’s a graduate ... these, it’s hard to see the difference six years has made outside of, well ... , and currently blonde, though it’s growing out. My glasses are bigger, my

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  hadn’t seen in ages. It’s an interesting combination; the beginning and ... , option two, realize that whether it’s your body telling you or your brain ... start to notice your absence and wonder what’s happened to you. After not

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  AOs write the “What do you do for fun?” essay Ever wondered what admissions officers do when they're not reading applications?

  

  . It’s a rare and wonderful thing to get to read about the joys of others ... Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie for the first time. I fell in love with Adichie’s ... rediscover home. It’s a coming-of-age tale, a love story, and a record of how

  • by Jeremy W.
  • July 9, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  you read my responses. Friends change, it’s true, though I resisted ... to complete the cycle. It’s the college circle of life. You will also ... , you’ll never quite forget them. And that’s the beautiful thing about

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / Community Projects

  Christianity at MIT An intro to Cru!

  

  center, and it’s a highlight of my week. It’s a time that I carve out of ... . It’s usually made up of people from your own or surrounding dorms, but you can really go to any group you want. It’s a great way to get

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  All the bridges I’ve crossed in Cambridge, ranked my civil engineering hat is off

  

  alongside many of Boston’s universities and colleges: MIT, Harvard, and Boston ... "]Boston proper,[/annotation] you have to walk across one of the city’s many bridges ... to Fenway’s House of Blues to catch a concert, a return home after

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 10, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  Applying to Grad School How MIT Did and Didn't Help Me

  

  One of this year’s admits asked me how MIT sets you up for grad ... a teenager. But since it’s been a while since anyone’s blogged about it, here’s my probably-more-comprehensive-than

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I’m back! (And what I carry on it) "You can tell a lot about a person by what they carry" - Atlas

  

  – it’s like a bizarro-version of the MIT I remember. There’s plenty new ... bag and show you what’s in mine on any given day. (I actually did just ... maybe you just want to know what to heck it is. That’s why I numbered it

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015
• Blog / Class Projects

  Avatar and Desserts Exploring Food Art

  

  -July."]before,[/annotation] but after two weeks of not getting any references about Zuko and ‘that’s ... show, and it blew. my. mind. I was amazed at how a children’s show could ... . The world-building and characters are detailed and elaborate, it’s just

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • December 10, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I’m not an imposter… I’m going to be featured on the MIT News homepage

  

  the ideal MIT lives. There’s already a flaw in this reasoning, but we’ll get to it. Here’s one tricky thing about being at MIT: you never know ... like competition isn’t a part of MIT, but it’s different to how it was

  • by ana~
  • October 29, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  mention her experiences with housing instability, homelessness, and women’s ... -worker.       This particular Twitter thread brought to light more context to Nadya’s ... an article detailing how Nadya undermined and exploited other people’s

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / Events

  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  , passing power tools up to the others. This year’s East Campus rollercoaster ... . Following 2011’s attempt at a railroad permit, this is the second year of the rollercoaster’s boundary-pushing (last year’s rollercoaster track was 150 feet

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  It’s a Wednesday afternoon, and I sit in my dining room and stare at ... my ears is loud—too loud, frankly—but it’s all I can do to block out ... , and my eyes both dart to and from material and see nothing at all. It’s

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  . Each dorm gym has its own pros, cons, and personal quirks, and there’s ... reflect it. Students get complimentary access to campus gyms, so it’s easier ... ="attachment_103148" align="alignnone" width="1000"] pretty spacious :)[/caption] S: New

  • by Gloria Z. '26 MEng '27
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Class of 2020 Ring Premiere! from two perspectives

  

  Written by Danny The Brass Rat is one of MIT’s most iconic symbols. Like you know something’s legitimately famous when it has it’s own wiki. But it’s more than just famous. To MIT students, it’s a symbol that we

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Community Projects

  Colors In every sense of the word

  

  color? Perhaps you still have the ability to see color, but let’s pretend ... are many philosophical arguments about that, but let’s assume we’re not in Plato’s cave for a bit). Yet, in matters of race, I think there are

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  sibling dynamics at MIT yes lmao Nisha and I are related

  

  ’m more outgoing and extra, while she’s more laidback and chill. I’m chaotic and memey, and she’s...a functioning adult, I guess?? I dance and she ... to MIT, I was afraid of being “Nisha’s little sister” forever; we

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  , stumbling onto Anna’s post, “Being Qualified for MIT”, but only with distant ... could attend a university whose site I had stumbled onto from a friend’s Google search of “World’s Best Universities.” And then one morning

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  the old city with musicians, artists, and sellers of trinkets galore. It’s ... frustrating if you want to go do, but it’s a nice excuse to just be. Ben ... studying for their bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD. The vast majority of the

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  ten reflections on mit

  

  ground this Valentine’s Day (though of course, love is in the air). These two photos are from Valentine's Day 2013, during my first time on MIT’s ... decade since MIT entered my life. It’s been a while since I’ve blogged

  • by Phi A. '21
  • February 15, 2023