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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hi again (and goodbye) (For real this time!)

  

  , bidding official adieu to the place that raised me (and my Kerb finally ... come out of me. Lol.” How do I distill the last 15 years into one ... , John (a Course 20 professor) and Ellen, convinced me to stay. I gave

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Andi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week :(

  

  – I’m back on my feet now! (Hooray for modern medicine!) Now allow me to ... doctor took one look at me and diagnosed me with [annotation note="This isn ... "]general butt pain[/annotation], telling me to just live with it for [annotation

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 3, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Jack of Some Trades, Master of Absolutely Nothing feeling mediocre at mit

  

  and things that make me happy, I still found myself sobbing my eyes out ... sitting with me for a while. I quiet them most of the time, but occasionally ... me that they're still there. And as that acid burns there, I am filled

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 12, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  breaching discomfort

  

  of these specific people who do not and would not know me. It was ... trauma, specifically the game of popularity. Who likes me? Am I likeable? Do they want me here? Am I cool enough for them? But after this

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 16, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  and i’ve come to terms d to the phi! phi to the e! d! phi! e!

  

  'm taking [annotation note="Spanish IV. Please practice spanish with me."]21G ... me incredibly giddy knowing that I get to live in the house with ... lot of people told me in my freshman year not to join DPhiE. It was

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 7, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  Campus and Memories low-quality pictures and some memories

  

  pictures of the places that were memorable to me in some way. Eighteen months between me and the person I was when I stood there last and I had nothing to ... memory there.  Kendall Square This view reminds me of my desperate runs

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 24, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Surprisingly enjoyable experiences exactly what it sounds like

  

  days. Part of me wanted to help, but part of me was scared. Sure, they ... pretty time-consuming. Towards the end, people got suspicious of me and decided to restrain me. The whole interaction looked something like this: a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 15, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  You only got in because you’re a… how to cope when good news unexpectedly gives you the blues

  

  ostrich got me through senior year pretty well, although I was helped by the ... that it isn't that easy for everyone, and even for me, it still kinda ... my face, so instead they hinted at me and, I'm guessing, waited until I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 16, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Smile Worth 1,550 Words guest post by Mariam D. '20

  

  climbed over each other and raised their hands in the classic “Pick me! Pick me!” way. A little boy was chosen. He had flaxen hair but skin tanned ... an affection that startles me). I guess I should backtrack a little

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester II: v. hosed tl;dr: *loud screaming*

  

  ? Definitely not me - I decided to write this post right after I decided I wasn ... ’re scratching your head and wondering how exactly MIT is allowing me to take this ... ’ll help me figure out what I want to do with my life. If I get through the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 14, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Self Help I

  

  complimented me on the firm handshake I learned in Chapter 4. And then suddenly ... 't really have much to offer. I was looking around me and realizing that the ... sophomore year of college, a friend lent me a copy of Feel the Fear and Do It

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  said to me many times last year by half-hearted well-intentioners who ... that and putting it together into what works for me. I hate those cliche ... habits and how I might change them. Indulge me.) Studying/Academic Work

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Being an Intern (And being an adult)

  

  . It’s already exposed me to a lot, some of which doesn’t even have to do ... --all this made me feel a bit vulnerable as I discovered all that the first day. But on the contrary, everyone spoke to me the same way they spoke to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Lessons Learned While Hiking and what they'll teach me here

  

  taught me exactly what I need and what I don’t. Much how extra stuff weighs ... MIT by allowing me to focus less on money and materials and spend more ... shirt. Some things just don’t matter to me anymore. Go hike for 4 months

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Is this the real life? Guest writer for Sam's Blog, Ruth '07 goes home to Georgia, gets ditched by most…

  

  friend of mine, Cathie (UGA) '07, invited me to a free concert with Garbage ... dear friend Coop (Eastside High School) '05 invited me to the football game Friday night. Better yet, Waites (UGA) '08 offered to pick me up at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  *THE* double a room tour from an (only slightly) obnoxious duo

  

  Meet my roommate and me: [carousel image1="105826" image2 ... of me that I'd thought I'd outgrown or discarded— I'd close my eyes and visit that corner of my mind, letting our brainchild buoy me back to

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • November 17, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Circles, circles, circles week to week to week

  

  therapist asked me about when I get depressive episodes. And I said that I got ... , filling my body like helium. All the energy would leave me and I'd lie on my ... worksessions and game nights. Because having something on the calendar keeps me

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  CMS.621: Fans & Fan Culture the class that changed my career trajectory?

  

  kinds of classes that let me discover things about myself and about the world around me and see things in a perspective I've never really ... you who know me, I have a very strict "no classes before 11am" rule that

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  The View is Worth It but you have to make the climb yourself to find out

  

  hours of sleep, the scenery at Glacier National Park almost brought me to ... definitely surpassed Switzerland for me as the most beautiful place on Earth ... hiker, imagine climbing 100 stories of stairs, which the internet tells me

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 7, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  I Finally Finished Intro Programming ...it took 2.5 years

  

  wronged me. I took it freshman fall on Pass/No Record, and I passed. The freshman credit limit prevented me from taking 6.0002 that fall. 6.0002 is ... alternatively, 6.0001 and 6.0002. When my advisor asked me to make a graduation

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 22, 2020