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• Blog / MIT Life

  it’s thanksgiving or something and other things happening in my life

  

  people reached out to me to ask me how i'm doing, and i'm so, so glad for ... to talbot, which is just three flights of stairs down. of course, me ... overpacking things in too few boxes, my arms pretty much collapsed on me after

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 26, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  rethinking perfectionism god i just want to get things done

  

  the books for me and just tell me the most important/interesting bits ... largely about self-acceptance in general, what particularly stuck out to me ... rang very true. I procrastinate a lot, despite it often making me really

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 8, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  i [don’t] have covid?? in conclusion, i am the absolute worst at managing stress

  

  happens. My boyfriend told me that he'd had a sore throat two days ago, so I ... 't see anymore"]tunnel vision[/annotation] that started happening to me ... professor excused me from quizzes and attendance scores for all the days I was

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  it’s not the same, but it’s still home back at MIT

  

  , as were the chairs at the tables—but there was enough to remind me of ... Kart tournaments and everything in between, flooded back to me. Home was here, not ... had filled it, memories of the community which had sustained me through

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Parks and Relocation a finale and a premiere

  

  back in March. The drive west gave me a lot of nostalgia. In junior high ... life. Goodbyes are hard for me. They are a deeply uncomfortable reminder ... might be a global maximum terrifies me. Once, when I was sobbing after

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Subtle Art of Being Unhosed what i've learned and what i'm still working on

  

  Hi world, it’s me!!! I haven’t been writing on the blogs much because ... my remote internship have kept me HOSED. Compared to past summers, I ... really focus on me. I’ll reach this sweet spot where I can just take care

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 1, 2020
• Blog / Personal Projects

  summer side projects a nonzero amount of them are final fantasy related

  

  "]UROP project[/annotation], but Unity was giving me too many issues and the tablet that i had brought with me wasn't working so i couldn't build anything ... [/caption] and finally, my [annotation note="this literally took me forever to make

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 12, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  seattle ➞ mit an epilogue in bullet points and pictures

  

  face after being in the west coast, but it grounded me, and i realized ... company while living in japan."]traveling this summer gave me more ... on my calendar, we are Fully Back, and it makes me question the time i

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 8, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  unquantifiable growth progress that can't be measured

  

  to be honest: The reading journals were difficult for me because they ... patterns for function. Similarly, this cover letter is difficult for me to ... . . . Don't get me wrong. Quantifying can be useful. (How else would I keep

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 5, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other Side from prefrosh to cpw chair

  

  This was me about a year ago: Even now, I remember what it felt ... . This is me now:   I woke up today, to a similarly pleasant scene. The sun ... (earlier than me!). She stares outside of the window, amazed by the scene in

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Is Here! Welcome to MIT.

  

  people from MIT here to take me in a van to campus?” Luckily, I eventually ... , and I stopped for a second as the chill of Boston froze me. I had just ... told me to not spend a dime on food, which I, sadly admit, did, and I saw

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Around the world in 30 days ...ok, maybe more like I'm Traveling a Lot this IAP

  

  mattress pad, cooking utensils, etc.), and the rest to bring with me on a ... Jose, California. I brought with me all that I would need for the next 9 ... . Shoutout to my friends (two from MIT!) for coming to watch and cheering me on

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear High School Senior I know you're stalking us

  

  purpose of me writing this blog post is to give you some ideas on how to ... ?? 12th grade me probably would disregard this point but 13th grade you ... 18 yet” as an excuse for not doing laundry (which brings me to point a

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • November 17, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  My favorite room on MIT’s campus a personal room of requirement

  

  . Something feels different for me—among the usual buzz of activity ... reminds me of my to-do list, which is in my to-do notebook, which is ... all my tasks tonight that will bring me right up to 8am, ready to take

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 24, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding a Second Home love is where you least expect it

  

  my dreams, and senior-year-me couldn’t be happier to be there. I was ... decided that MIT was the place for me, I spent my weekend traversing the ... distance and the rumors were enough to keep me away. But, with nothing better

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy Belated Hearts Day copy/paste irl, afk and everything

  

  of the things that seem the most puntable are the things that make me me, have always made me me. One of my New Year’s resolutions has been ... . Hopefully next up is a charcoal sketching kit and book my mom gave me for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  disinterprerto! a centennial, a harry potter dream, a made-up spell, a corny metaphor

  

  I will admit: I've been in a bit of a rut. Don't get me wrong. Life ... group of friends who understand me. I'm continuing on with the Design ... it made me feel. It was a feeling of witnessing something of great

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 28, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Sexy MIT Engineers My

  

  IAP, throwing myself into all this sprinting caught up with me in the ... how accomplished it made me feel. Sophomore year, I came back ready and ... me distance from which to reflect. I realized that more than just

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Optimal Solution It doesn't exist

  

  to me was: What do you want to work on during junior year? Junior Year ... need to decide which classes to take and where that will lead me. That in ... . One allowed me to spend a summer with my family at home while learning

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • September 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogging My Way to a Passionate Life On writing, during and after MIT.

  

  you curious about? My editor always pushed me to chase after stories I ... should also be reasonably well-versed in it. For me recently, the goal has ... me think, that make me want to smash my keyboard. I’m convinced that

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 11, 2014