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  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

  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
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  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
• 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

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

  

  sure what you're doing (or will do) either. I will provide you first ... terms you may hear in college. It also may reference emotionally or ... ", referring to hookup culture or the general idea of casual relationships

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  (Bitter)sweet home meeting high school teachers again, and visiting my hometown for (probably) the last time

  

  again when we started joking around right off the bat, 1.5 years after we ... kids reach our goals—even if it meant sending away someone who could ... /systemic limitations and societal pushbacks. The lack of sparkly tourist attractions or

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 12, 2023
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  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  translating certain MIT concepts or words or course numbers when I'm talking to my parents or friends. Things like "I just got back from my 5.112 lecture in 10-250" or "I have three psets due every week this semester and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Save Point sleep wake hope

  

  story or narrative. Since coming to MIT, I've had far less time to ... writers or bloggers yourselves, so perhaps the past few paragraphs didn ... me a while to get my thoughts down on paper (or motherboard, as the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 2 The median of an introductory trilogy

  

  gracefully swept (or brutally pummeled, depending on what day of the week it ... its history reaching up from invisible depths to welcome me with open ... . -- Two Busy Weeks, part 1 I soon found out that time raced at MIT, as

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Hardk0re: The Twinned Rise of East Campus and the Hacking Ethos (Guest Entry by Danny Ben-David ’15) How’d that get on the roof?!

  

  argument based on the still-fresh memories of fighting a global influenza ... under conditions which are not conducive to either health or study ... Stratton offering $100,000 ($1.4 million, adjusting for inflation) if

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  fish metaphors on queerness

  

  , however, the situation was obvious. I was bi, or, at the very least, out of ... attribute to hide or compensate for. I was lucky enough to know a few openly ... November Rule. it only ends badly for you, and all the upperclassmen will

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 18, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2023!

  

  application will go live on 07/01/2023, and close on 8/01/2023. Anyone who has started their application by 08/01/2023 will have a grace period of 7 days ... ’t write about what it’s like to live on Conner 2, or plan REX, or UROP, or

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Grey and Other Colors

  

  verbalizing the thoughts in my mind. My words don’t feel refined, eloquent, or ... . Life isn’t always black or white. It’s some murky combination of many ... where you want to work on mindless activities like TV or browsing

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  demons on depression

  

  very clearly, others seeing something blurry, or only outlines. But there ... visualize things, or who have aphantasia. I didn't realize I had aphantasia until maybe four or five years ago, which was roughly the time when

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
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  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  our GRTs, Al, ran over to the local Target at literally 10:30 PM to buy ... alumni Selam and Vera, among others, have reached out: Various other

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
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  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  given it a second (or first) thought, except for a conversation I had with ... . That's actually point number 1: This isn't a very important question to answer, because MIT is the community you will spend most of your time in

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
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  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  able to reach any fruit, you can only choose one (or two). —R. D. ‘23 ... The Torch or The Firehose, or the indispensable class planning site ... might also be funny to ask Robo-CJ, or GPT-2 fine-tuned on my writing

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
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  Bumps, slumps, trips, and … Breaking out of a slump, now with more Cleveland!

  

  it to you to decide whether that's a subtle or profound change. This ... the MIT bubble. People flock to San Francisco or stay in Cambridge and ... upswings hid the truth from me, too. Every time I'd travel or take time for

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  , research etc) ?? I am an international applicant, and I will definitly be ... as part of the application to be reviewed? Will it be interpreted as "diverse" or "confused about goals"?   In the past week, I have read

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  that it's my job to tell you about MIT, the things I do here (or don't do ... , decide whether or not you'd like to apply here for school). Since applying ... advising seminar". All students (or, most? I'm new here) have an advisor, the

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009