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  “So, what HAVE you been doing?” less sad shit lets get a lil more hype in here

  

  particularly on Thursday nights so usually my weekends consist of me going out ... but Atlanta reminded me a lot of Los Angeles, with like, its horrible ... , surrounded by people singing songs loudly. It makes me just so aware of my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How Hard is MIT? A quantitative analysis

  

  was. Conversations with current students led me to believe that MIT ... results even refer to? And don’t even get me started on the lack of units. I ... ’s hardness. Background But first, let me address a question that’s undoubtedly

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2023
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Some Art About Other Art it's super meta

  

  There is currently a painting staring at me.  It’s perched on top of my bookshelf, at the perfect vantage point to scornfully watch me. It ... ’t splattered with color. My mom would to unfailingly chide me when I’d graffiti

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Don’t Eat the Hot Glass Five things you can’t eat in the MIT Glass Lab for “health and safety” reasons…

  

  then proceeded to lecture me about “lab safety” and “that’s not how human ... everything melts onto it… or so they’d like me to believe. 2. Glass Frit Doesn ... ) to me[/caption] While one of the instructors excitedly explained how

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  every class i went to during the first week of fall all *checks notes* twelve of them

  

  remember. I don't know if this class will ever be that exciting to me ... photography, so learning about the technology behind it doesn't engage me. The ... science classes I liked better, I didn't think this was right for me. #8: 6

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 11, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Too Good To Go fighting food waste with good bargains

  

  resource that many students may find useful. My mother taught me that all ... TGTG has encouraged me to try things I wouldn’t have voluntarily ordered ... me a standard bowl, filled with whatever proteins and veggies they had

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  to build a (taste of) home ft. some topologically challenged zongzi

  

  A couple weeks back, Winnie reminded me that the [annotation note="At some point in my childhood my mom definitely made me read up on ... to help me out half the time."]“those rice tamale things,” [/annotation

  • by Alice L. '24
  • June 24, 2022
• Blog / Class Projects

  Final Project Demo Roll if only they were more helpful to the world at large

  

  drawn image[/caption] This project made me realize that I'm actually not ... has made me pretty solid at it. I kept saying this to my partner through ... the types of classes that speak to me and my work style, and I'm glad

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 1, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  CP* restored my faith in the universe i read...My Immortal...with prefrosh

  

  impressive to me. I'm so thankful to be a member of this community :) As I ... prefrosh made me feel super nostalgic. Passing back knowledge to the ... + years older than me while studying abroad. In this situation, though, I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back to back to back maybe i am doing too much

  

  me, and I feel that, until last weekend, I didn’t really have a day ... Monday. A friend told me later that week that someone they knew went on a ... made me feel good. Spark scheduling weekend continued through Monday

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 27, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  leaving home, coming home I jump from the train, I ride off alone // help me hold onto you

  

  our place, we make the rules and I oops! Cue me, sobbing haplessly on ... underneath me, so that every time I put a foot down, that piece of tile or carpet or concrete feels like a part of me. It's the same connection and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 25, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Good Morning or Good Night? seven am adventures where people say good morning and good night

  

  ’m kidding, mostly). Let’s answer the top five questions people ask me when I ... /Probably Younger Than You.[annotation note="An interesting thing pointed out to me ... than me >:("][/annotation] Course? 14 and 18. (In which I usually

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 6, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] Those Kids in Uniform Everything you didn't ask to know about ROTC

  

  sessions seem to work for me!  [Friday 7-8 am] Physical Training (PT): same ... the peace of mind that a job is waiting for me on the other side of ... me with additional options for expanding my skills that are only

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  love K-pop; however, I could also see current-me writing an essay about ... courses would allow me to explore new ways of bringing visibility to this ... should've researched more about what made MIT unique. (Current-me can

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  3.A03 Metalsmithing Throughout Time come to MIT, get to forge metal with your bare hands!! (and a hammer)

  

  to have an adult checking in with me every week, and to know I had ... me to this: I extended each hole into a line using a jeweller's saw ... when I made my choice: it is nice to have someone checking in with me

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m going to be a blogger! The words my family had to hear 635,382 times

  

  ? I could only bring some of those with me; they didn't all fit in the car. In one sense, I am bringing the old me to a new place, where they will mix and change each other; in another, maybe I am bringing a new me

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the Applicants I was in those stressed and anxious shoes last year.

  

  provided me, and I’d go to McDonalds for the Wi-Fi, where I would learn all ... Acceptance Rate.” This was the case for me. I would sit there, when I had free ... go to websites that had things like: “Chance me with this SAT score and

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 24, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  keeps me up at night. The Political Science department here is excellent ... right for me—the one where I am unafraid to experiment, where I can always ... MIT protofrosh community, and so I know that you will be ok. Let me

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Fall Recap Entropy, Research, and Other Out-of-Class Happenings

  

  -of-class news, I love my UROP(s). My mentors grant me both support and autonomy to ... protesters get close and attempt to convince me out of an abortion. The Planned Parenthood volunteer smiles as she lets me in the building and I feel

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The most beautiful class schedule yes. good

  

  ? Last semester it was “no” for me, but this semester it’s “yes, I am ... “Governing the Commons” made me think about institutions, and “Why Nations Fail” made me think about the nature of them. I ended up reading like 20 books

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • February 3, 2016