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  what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected

  

  them. What really has stuck with me is a (small) amount of confidence ... friends to think about it with me. Moreover, I know that when I face ... checking in on me, worried I was under too much stress. I almost laughed. I

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 27, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  who cares about poetry? lots of feelings

  

  morning. I am from leafy bamboo clusters swaying above me Tall and slender ... grade) had convinced me that poetry had rules: the line breaks and stanzas ... classical violin that drew me in; arpeggios that sang of forever, gilded

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  the classes among us reflections and too many flashbacks on classes ft. ESG

  

  participate in a discussion for me. But for STEM classes, there are often very ... beneficial to me for the most part. So during the summer before MIT, one of ... start to freshman fall. My thought process was that MIT was gonna hit me

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  Quarantine and Social Life trying to maintain some connection

  

  mentor from my fellowship challenged me to reach out to someone in my ... to her face, so I agreed. She gave me some names that I could reach out ... topics. Pushing myself to do this gave me a lot of confidence to reach out

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 26, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainly i am writing a blog post about another song

  

  lightness of being. two prefrosh got my book. they emailed me within the past week to let me know that they received it. i’m looking forward to ... ? a friend linked the listing to me, so i applied, had an interview, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  101 questions we’ve asked ourselves at MIT we're all just trying to figure it/life/ourselves out

  

  decisions for me and suddenly I miss the innocence my parents had wrapped me ... ? Will people even want me?  What am I gonna paint my room/how am I gonna decorate my room? Does this person like me (the person can be referring to

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 27, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  spring! semester! so apparently i'm doing a lot of random shit

  

  .06 videos on MIT OCW. These videos saved me when I was taking Linear Algebra ... me recommending that I take this class! I’ve been waiting to take it ... gives me a chance to decompress every night.    Also, the class is

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 3, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  On a week of ups and downs a life update for those who care

  

  extremely self-conscious of everything I do, it was difficult for me to feel ... to fit in with. Coming to MIT, though, proved me completely wrong. I ... funny and wise and kind beyond belief and it makes me feel really grateful

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Year vs. Senior Year The same, but different...

  

  senses of the word. But it was the similarities that made me realize how ... you is doing, but how you’re doing relative to yourself. High school me would not only be impressed by me now, high school me would not even have

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting en route to North Carolina Sectionals vs. Midterms

  

  super convenient for me to maximize my training time, especially on days ... . Here's me at one of the club's rinks, with the ice all to myself--one of ... me in second. Top four advance to Nationals, so I was in a good spot

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Faking It self-consciousness and struggling and pretending to be cool, woo

  

  written. it is highly unedited and makes me feel both embarrassed and proud ... me-back-then might think of me-today. I think that I have become ... out loud, like that, but there it is. Let me tell you, first of all, I

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 24, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Coolest Thing I Bet You Didn’t Know Was Math (guest post by YQ L. ‘16) Clickbait title by me, not by YQ, because I really, really, really want you to…

  

  months ago, Lydia asked me, “do you want to write a guest post on your math ... hereditary—my multi-talented mom* taught me how to fold origami, do beading ... mathematical surfaces. A cabled LOTR sweater my mom knit for me, as evidence of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the (New) Bloggers! CONTENT COMING IN HOT

  

  school for me. Then, while visiting I saw how students were meshing their ... state cultures that has helped me realize just how different the world can ... that I said period then wrote it. Trust me it works. If I was talking to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Comics and Role Models I interviewed one of my favorite professors because she’s amazing

  

  model she’s become to me as a female novelist and comic book writer who ... her life. It gives me hope that I might find a similarly convoluted path ... really exciting to me. I didn't know that I would love teaching comics as

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Day Cats cats cats cats cats cats cats....

  

  at 6am. My cat decided that sleeping next to me was boring and she ... , where I had a line of duties waiting for me. My first duty was to take ... to eat. So she set up a "bot" to send me reminders to eat and stay

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Events, Food, and Awesomeness: CPW A story about how CPW is more awesome than lobsters

  

  When people ask me where I grew up, I hesitate for a moment before ... reliable information. I have one memory of me crying in the kitchen while my parents try to feed me coconuts, but this is of questionable veracity. My

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hacking Story poetry, guitars, a hardware hackathon, and the time-to-pee scheduling metric

  

  after 7.013 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. That gives me a fairly low time ... time. But that leads me to the next part of this story. 2. "There is ... . Though the sleep deficit it gave me meant I was exhausted for about two

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 26, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  /B/C/No Record (or, for those people like me pursuing sophomore standing, a normal ... everything. What's dorm life like? It varies dorm to dorm. As for me, I'm sad ... drive (so you don't end up like me, 18 and unlicensed). See a bunch of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / Events

  In Prison Literally

  

  where I was. A group of women trudged past me. I looked around wonderingly ... be in prison. -- At 12:25pm, Madison ’17 called me. “Where are you ... salvation to arrive in form of Tally ’17, who spotted me from two floors above

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 5, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  homesickness is merely this: don't stay in your dorm room. At least for me, I ... Pass/No Record One junior said to me last year, "If I had P/NR again, I ... this year. He related to me an individual who got straight A+'s his first

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008