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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  21M.712: Choreography — Making Dances theater arts classes >>>

  

  formal training inspires me to experiment and take more risks, which I ... improvisational activity was new to me, but pretty fun once I stopped internally ... messing up is commonplace and accepted. it took only two classes for me to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Halfway Through MIT Where I’ve been, and where I’m going

  

  enjoy it as much as I do! It has hit me that I have officially ... ’s hitting me that this is the halfway point now, and some of these new college ... knocked me over with a giant box of bananas as I stood there, frozen in the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 25, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Exercises in Style with apologies to queneau

  

  what is to come to me as it just so happens I was and the in the items in ... revealed something larger about me I don't know but I thought you would know ... everything distracting me from it. I was old now, and that's what old people do

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 20, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  unicorns big confusion

  

  mean is that people often tell me that i’m doing great or that they believe in me, but i have no idea why on earth they would think those things ... friends told me: it’s cool that you’ve explored so many different areas. you

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 18, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  residential exploration, but without a residence on burton conner culture continuing to thrive

  

  -onian mechanics (hosted by me, a twerking workshop) harry potter fanfiction (historical event, hosted by me, exactly what it sounds like) no more table ... people (historical event, hosted by me, i refuse to explain this) hot

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2021
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Leavetaking and homecoming

  

  are coming back to me, and I’m rushing to write them all down, knowing I ... same red-striped Mexican blanket my dad bought me when I moved out. I’ve come to think that home for me is not a place, not yet. It is the things

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 28, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i ran out of social energy and other great ways to say no

  

  almost as many new things as last year's, honestly. this kinda makes me ... summer for me. which is once again distressing, because i am again surrounded by many people who are better than me at math in their own ways, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  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