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• Blog / Life after MIT

  After Graduating From beyond the veil :O

  

  ...) A lot of things happened to me that I am quite sure did not happen to ... imposter syndrome.  The current me laughs gently at the past me--I would ... wanted but I’m now glad I have--it gives me a little more time to think

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 10, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  difficult difficult lemon difficult the end of senior fall

  

  spite—or perhaps, because—of its nature, one question near the end hit me ... instruction which made me feel I was going to gain anything from the class. The ... MIT,[/annotation] and I needed something to backstop me before the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  seven questions with youtubers the mit side of youtube

  

  . Interview answers have been edited for brevity. Give me the one ... disrupted and ended, so I needed something to keep me excited. At first, I ... Tube presence? Kyle: The best part--and the thing that kept me going for five

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  me that I was pulling a “freshman spring” and taking too many classes ... shouldn’t have taken me that long to do so. The deans at S^3 understand that ... favorite class at the beginning of the semester to my least favorite nearing

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  On Moving A goodbye that took me a semester, and some distance, to write.

  

  -eloquent me would end with the blog version of a mic drop, and then peace out ... it has taught me what I'm willing to do to fight for happiness, and ... , and I can't quite figure out whether it's a me thing or a brain thing

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  terrified me. When I looked at students that got into schools like MIT I felt ... could do nothing to change and honestly…… It terrified me. Now before I ... what I decided to do, my school's faculty was behind me. If I was really

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in China through MIT’s China Development Initiative A week-long mentorship program in Xiamen, Fujian

  

  pictures (not me, though…ugh. Forgot my camera charger!) After that, we went ... seen. We picked up incense sticks, and Lucy (one of our hosts) gave me a ... Peter: Peter: I only know one French song… Me: What’s it called? Peter

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  I usually don't write "DECISIONS ARE DRAWING NEAR!" posts, because ... what people are afraid of. 3) For me, the best treatment was DISTANCE ... you are not all identical to me and what works for me won't necessarily

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  food consumed this week, mostly free or: how to get away with rarely cooking

  

  People in dorms with dining halls occasionally ask me, “So in East ... already understand"]leveraged.[/annotation] Trust me, y’all, I learned from the best. Beast (2E) has food on the free food table nearly every day of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  defense the other bloggers didn’t believe i could write a post about basketball

  

  are way too many kinds of defense for me to be able to cover them all in ... offense, meaning there is no defender near them, they tend to make their ... usually score (eg. one defender can’t easily guard two players both near the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s been 3 weeks the firehose is still alive and kicking

  

  as tailors near the clutter of strip malls. Aunt Martha often walked me ... expanded, allowing me to meet some absolutely awesome people—Aritro I see you ... storyteller I possibly could be. High school was a period of full bloom for me

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Summer

  and they were roommates living with "randos"

  

  that made it feel different, and it made me feel less alone. Near the ... too timid to tell Rohan about it, but I'm sure he saw me gaping in awe ... Safeway near our office in Menlo Park, and sometimes we walk there after

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 6, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  things i wish i could do thoughts from the bay area

  

  , specifically in the nob hill district near downtown. i didn’t know much about sf ... chinatown to free up valuable land near downtown but stopped because they were ... gentrification largely as a result of being near campus, so i pointed that out and

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 23, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Nerdy adventures on the West Coast Q: What changes when you transplant a few MIT students 3,000 miles? A: Not much.

  

  , but in all of our opinions a little overrated and not nearly as good as UBurger, the In-N-Out spinoff located near MIT's campus. The In-N-Out place ... , Mason '10, Sam '07, and me posing in front of the bridge. And no walk

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  homework, sometimes asking me for help. When I see Chinese-language updates ... which she learned several languages. Growing up, she told me stories of ... language. That connection drew me to language in general. I decided to learn

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  ). Sometimes people ask me why I'm doing this to myself, but I just tell them ... , trying to write something, because it makes me feel like myself. My junior ... become. But, after nearly a month of not writing a blog, I've remembered

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  [Guest Post] The Southbound Train by Kylee C. '23

  

  me in particular. The Crescent connecting New York City and New ... train near Danville, Virginia. Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues” tells ... , but here are the rootinest, tootinest destinations that make me love the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 10, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  Bright IAP a post in two, kind of unrelated, parts

  

  congratulating me, but that's not the point."] plain and simple.[/annotation] And ... to do this for me. Later (in a silvery package) I received an official ... . But really, for me the institute has been great in this regard. I hardly

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  highlights of a hellish semester it's OVER. IT'S FINALLY OVER GOSDAIUOSDSOIJD

  

  class I initially thought was easy. it took me literally ten minutes to do ... Cambridge at 1 am never fails to make me feel like the main character ... -distant, of course) a few times in the park near my house. we danced to old

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 28, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  fun. the band, but also the form

  

  so hard sometimes Be calm Take it from me, I’ve been there a thousand ... keeping long-lasting friendships really is important to me, why can’t I make the time for it? This part of the song comes near the end, acting as

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2020