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  I Have Never Been to Beijing A (loose) translation of the previous post written in Chinese

  

  each of them. But I hope, regardless, you'll enjoy reading both or one of ... , we always went to Shanghai, Nanjing, or Hangzhou, always somewhere in ... when I was little (at 3 or 4 years old, my grandmother took care of me

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Academic Conference and also things I have learned about publishing research in the past few months

  

  results Results: using your evaluation metrics, dive into the hard data ... from the results, and whether or not you proved your hypotheses ... , or things that you didn't quite get to Conclusion and Future Work

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  said. “You never know what’s gonna happen.” He told me his story, or ... deportation and legal work permits, I still live in fear that my parents will be ... removed. The parents of some green card holders and U.S. citizens will be

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  friends: 1) sleep—if you don't sleep you will cease to function as a human ... friends destress through acting or dancing or running 10 miles, but for a ... doritos—but make peace with myself if there is a week or month where i

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  , getting to know you guys!) You will arrive at MIT at a time when the fight ... . This Facebook group could be a great thing, or it could be a terrible ... celebrated and shared, or it could be a place where self-esteems come to die

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thank you for reading A rigorous study of 26-year-olds (n=1) showed that getting older is positively correlated to the…

  

  't tell what's more frightening: the fact that I am SO INCREDIBLY OLD, or that I just seem to keep getting older and older. Or maybe that I will ... reflection on what the blogs meant to us, or a life update since graduating

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (and at MIT)

  

  . Pullling a Mark Zuckerberg or Steve Jobs or one of these guys, if you will ... 'm not sure that I or any of us will fully come to terms with the loss of a ... wanted to be when he grew up. I reached for the right words to validate the

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 24, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  So about a year or so ago, I was looped into an email chain with ... eight hours of sleep per night and if I don’t have anywhere to be I will ...  sometimes assume that my grandparents will live forever and therefore I don't need to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  We’ve been there, too. It feels like the calm before the storm. Please don't forget to breathe.

  

  before, songs will attach themselves to memories. Every month or two, make ... ; furthermore, people walk at close to three miles per hour, or sixty blocks per hour, or (more usefully) a block per minute. From this, you can quickly

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  term without or barely any clarification."]address ... about me. I can’t help but wonder if this person was or will be my ... penned articles titled ‘Homeless to Harvard’ or some variation of that

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  my last undergraduate monday and everything i did!

  

  I love too much to wear, or the ones I don't actually like. Usually I ... ends. I thank my professor for a good semester and leave. I have a 1 pm ... about making it to my 1 pm on time, but I get in line. Luckily, it moves

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  or activities. Maybe I will dance more. Maybe I will play tennis. Maybe ... securing the #1 seed in the conference tournament was cool and all, but what ... results of that week. Tuesday: 2-1 win against Coast Guard Thursday: 1

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brief Wondrous Lives A little too much thinking brought to you by four in the morning.

  

  senses of the word. For one, my floor is playing Assassins, or ... or Cambridge area you should know it's not because I'm just that ... occasionally to think out loud with his hands extremely close to your face, or to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  followup question about where or what I would like to eat, brightly rattling ... ability to make future decisions, either as well or, as in my case last ... something of an occupational hazard, like being bleary-eyed, or having a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  the way we are, and to convince ourselves and everyone that—a nutria or ... pig fat and sprinkled with parmesan, or spread with hot pepper jam and ... students organized lunch at a Japanese restaurant. There were twenty or

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

  how to choose your major putting people in boxes, feat. credit for reddit, social science, and lots of yarn.

  

  is so cool but also you have to pick something. Or else. *ominous music ... 't know what course 1 is (civil/environmental engineering). Someone was ... whole picture. The way that students identify or categorize majors and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 6, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Beacon Hill in the Fall More door.

  

  in a city. Vines reach up into the darkness. Trees whisper above us ... facing the street. I am sharing it with you because 1. There is a store on

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 17, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Queer at MIT, but not on the blogs the map is not the territory, but it's getting closer

  

  ’t think it will be tragic or awful or impossible to come out to them, but I ... creation in one form or another, with the dream that one day I will ... I’ve taken here or about something that will potentially help someone

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On identity f(x) = x

  

  tell you their interests, or their hobbies, or where they’re from, or what classes their taking, or where they live, or who their friends are ... . Sure, I can tell you his favorite video game, or what student groups he

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Masquerading as a Liberal Arts Student The life of an MIT student abroad

  

  -in-a-lifetime experiences. It will help put your five-year plan (which I am sure lots of you ... increasing global context. The program I am currently abroad with is called ... to the GECD. To try and entice you a different way, I will leave you

  • by Becca H. '12
  • November 24, 2011