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• Blog / How to Human

  setting up a house will it take an entire semester? stay tuned

  

  took me almost a month to get my hands on a desk; thanks to my initial ... for me. Having a desk is a game-changer, though—there's so much space to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Taking a Step Back Using Avatar: the Last Airbender to talk about my feelings

  

  that conflicted with everything I’d ever believed about me and my ... overpower one another and leaving me –the physical thing that, y’know, blogs

  • by Powers '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Starting Over it feels like this every time but this time it's different

  

  "]in-major classes,[/annotation] which was a big adjustment for me, and I moved entries ... let me try new things over and over until I knew what I wanted. Every

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / Public Statements

  A letter from President Reif regarding George Floyd and Minneapolis

  

  more myself, I want to lift their voices up: their stories have taught me ... you as they do to me. I am also reminded of Stu's post, two years ago

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Prof. Catherine D’Ignazio on Urban Science for Public Good

  

  with me and tell me about any interesting things happening around the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  danceAP IAP: wonderful. sore muscles: not

  

  first day of web.lab, i received an email letting me know that i had been ... , which is new for me—my prior history classes were fairly limited in their

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  batteries recharging because that's what IAP is for

  

  this is the third IAP i've spent on MIT. trust me, i really tried to get away, but my research called to me and i decided to forego a bunch of cool things i had applied to (externships, GTL) in order to go hard

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 22, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Alone some thoughts on spending winter break in mit

  

  to people. It’s gotten to me. It’s not that there aren’t people around, it’s that there aren’t enough people around. And it’s made me feel bad

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2019 everything from autobiographies to magic the gathering blog posts

  

  wouldn’t write a letter for me. Ugh, Abigail is such a selfish jerk ... , cracked. Then I was wailing—sobs erupted from somewhere, some part of me I ... right away. Can somebody tell me what that was?" Czarnecki's tone of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 30, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Movie A Day… the only way to spend your PNR

  

  nothing of it, but last night, that changed. Inception. Fucked. Me. UP. To

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waiting Game hit submit time to quit

  

  of me. I'm sure my mom said some encouraging words, like she always ... let my college decision consume me, free myself from the burden that is

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Is it a video? two assignments from two classes

  

  motivate me"]assignments and deadlines,[/annotation] I've been able to Make ... ..."]subjects[/annotation] but mostly because that semester ended up being really busy for me

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  mit: it’s complicated confliCTING FEELINGS

  

  realized that perhaps jumping into a dance group is not for me. i do not ... love with mit, and i'm excited to see where these next four years take me

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 6, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  Our 2019-20 Application Essay Questions

  

  past: People often ask me, "How do I stand out in an essay?" or something ... to essays (see, e.g., this post by me, this one by Krystal, this one by

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 16, 2019
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  hello seattle i'm on the west coast!!

  

  seattle felt foriegn to me as i walked its avenues, but i wasn't comparing how foriegn it felt from my hometown in long island, new york, but ... of non-americans would balk at the fact that it took me 5 hours on a

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 3, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership @ MIT (from a froshy perspective)

  

  .[/annotation]Then, I moved to Boston, making me pretty unavailable to help the younger ... might be capable of. So, uh, catch me at my a cappella group's concert on

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 3, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  8 / Fresh start A month of eating and sleeping and other fun things

  

  To set the mood: Armstrong Cabin - Justin Hurwitz, from the First Man Soundtrack   This IAP, I... My first, second, and third IAPs brought me ... mates made a poster to cheer me on during my event. :^)  

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 3, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  FourFiveUnits all you could ever want to know about my semester schedule

  

  activities. Call me out if you must, but if I'm playing one-gotta-go with my ... biology-flex degree that allows me to explore other subject areas), I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2019
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Semester I Played With Chocolate and Ants for a Technical Class Inflatable Chocolate Balloons + Ants as Architects

  

  squeeze through. I made a net using string, which gave me more control ... imagery) If ants could do the labor of making complex structures for me

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions

  

  announcing these prompts in the past: People often ask me, "How do I stand out ... about their own approach to essays (see, e.g., this post by me, this one

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2018