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  a season of secondhand joy on mudita and vicarious delight

  

  hey. it's christmas season in mit. i was never a big fan of christmas ... it's nice having this bit of context i can share with my friends ... , personally, have seen this in the world outside mit. but it is in mit i have

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  my problem list weird brain things

  

  the hours i've spent in bed recently have added up, pointing to one ... : during my last therapy session, i asked my therapist about how i can go ... said. "i think it should be on your chart? maybe you just can't see it

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 8, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wild Parties, Vaginas and Suburbia Can you possibly guess where this entry is going? No. You can't.

  

  This Crummy Place, and Trying to Escape This Crummy Place. I can't find ... , I really love all sorts of theater. I'm not talented in any way in ... held in the Stata Center in a large auditorium with soft red chairs, I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 16, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2023 Wait List Decisions Released

  

  in), I'm actually glad that I ended up where I did (even though it wasn ... that going in. I share his sentiments, and will add that I also was on a ... in and enrolling at that school; ironically, I ended up not liking it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  data diaries inspired by Giorgia Lupi & Stefanie Posavec's "Dear Data"

  

  Assumption 3. Notable events in chronological order Winnie and I ... basil plant, so I bought another one to prove that I am, in fact, capable ... Star Market haul in the freezer, I rushed to office hours for [annotation

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 5, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  I'm writing this blog post sitting on my bed in my room at home in ... finals were on Monday, which meant I could spend all of Tuesday sleeping in ... , and arrive home in California by noontime. I promptly called up some

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  AgeLab I've seen troubles...

  

  feel old? Well, I, as a prematurely wizened twentysomething, can tell you it isn't any fun. My bones creak and ache and I can tell when the weather is changing in my knees. Also I'm cranky and like to talk about the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivery Potato martinis at the courthouse

  

  's the lobby where people mingled and waited in line for their rings ... I finished finals yesterday (Tuesday), so now I am pretty much done ... Saturday at the Moakley Courthouse in Boston. The event was a smashing

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  14.11: Putting Social Science to the Test—Field Experiments in Economics A new class on experimental social science, including: race discrimination, gender differences in behavior, persuasion,…

  

  One of the economics electives I have signed up for is 14.11: Putting Social Science to the Test - Field Experiments in Economics. From what I ... semester it's being offered. I think the website is enrollee-only, so here

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor quotes The spurious wisdom and even more spurious wit of MIT professors.

  

  is, in fact, the only frequency I can demonstrate." 7.23, Immunology ... .02, Multivariable Calculus, spring 2003. Professor Michael Sipser: "I have found in my ... about things I'm sure you all think about in bed -- structural chemistry

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  chaos and an exam that I technically failed irl deus ex machina

  

  one of those times where I felt like the Simulation was glitching ... understood that I learned how to answer them at some point in the past but my ... wanted to sleep. The only other time I remember feeling this tired was in

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: The 2016 Siemens Competition is now open

  

  As I've blogged before, many students who are interested in MIT are also interested in high school research competitions, including (but not ... volunteer judges to review student projects. All students in grades 9

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 11, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  No Pain, No Gain I wish it weren't so.

  

  is coming up in just over a week, I've spent the past few days cycling ... 've forgotten so much of what I learned in the EMT class I took over IAP, and I ... I could come in and tinker with the stretchers a little bit. And thus

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 5, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  the effort I've poured into everything in my life thus far." I ... , and probably will be unable to avoid doing so in the future - I don ... circumstances, the right attitude. An example. In High School, I was the captain

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  All the Feels introduction to me and my thoughts

  

  emotional wreck, but I think it’s just something that comes with being in a ... old me. There’s change in the air too, and with every breath I take inside the MIT bubble, I feel myself growing in so many ways. I want to

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 14, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  My History of Task-Management boy, is it a long one

  

  Being organized is fucking incredible. I like limiting stress in my ... journaling, which I took up in my junior year of high school because I was ... to shit; in the beginning, I'd created a beautiful cherry blossom theme

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Strands literal and metaphorical >:)

  

  catching a cold), and it’s usually in a state of disarray, since I often can ... … since I was a freshman in high school.” I’m a classic case of falling down ... at least, comfort. I would never have described myself as pretty in

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chem Lab Boot Camp!

  

  some sneak previews of some episodes (I’m an insider!) and I can vouch ... Camp. The footage has now been edited together in an engaging way and will be released throughout the fall in episode format. You should sign

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • August 22, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Will the pie be bitter or sweet? Hint: it's a trick question.

  

  , Yan's vocabulous wit, and Anna's inspirational eloquence, I can offer ... weighted against one. I don't know which envelope you'll find in the mailbox on Monday. But I can tell you that it won't change who you are

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 11, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

  About a year ago, in the midst of job recruiting season, I wrote a ... about something relatively trivial in the scope of things. I was really ... for Girls in various combinations, I totally bombed the last AMC I ever

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020