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• Blog / MIT Life

  Putz and Tetazoo are friends!! field notes from a faraway land

  

  involves many a prank and snark. During their stays, each resident is to ... to find a souvenir store in the faraway lands of Putz, but I will send ...  one flight of stairs ok maybe that's a lie, i used to live on stickmen (which is

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Immaterial Girl in a Material World There is an imposter among us

  

  computer science). So why am I taking (and planning to take) so many course ... taking the chemistry GIR? To answer that question, let me tell you the ... be to invest all my energy into understanding the “artificial

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 1, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  baby steps something tender and new

  

  , texting people if they want to get lunch or go grocery shopping once they ... enough. four years is a lot of time to change a person; reading my entries ... confusion of being 16 years old, bemoaning perceived injustices to me

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  there is no time left musings on death and the future

  

  there are many reasons for this: i don’t text as much as i used to, i have no classes on tuesdays and thursdays, i’m trying to make progress on 2 research projects so i have no choice but to work a lot, and so on. but i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 22, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Touching grass scenes of spring

  

  Last week I saw someone screencap my blog post and post it on /r/ApplyingToCollege. I'm flattered for something I've written to get 211 upvotes, and I'm sad that I can't keep the karma for my main. I'd have loved to comment

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 18, 2022
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  pebble. The place you want to be is farther than this, right? That’s why it ... Kentaro Miura) There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  this is fine some thoughts at the end of the semester

  

  it. All I want to do is lie in the sun and read a book, but... finals ... too much on, worried about not getting the opportunity to rest enough ... ’s nice to be on campus. Really nice. But the longer I’m here, the easier it

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  all time ever does is pass and all i ever do is remember

  

  i've realized i spend most of my time trying to divorce myself from ... used to feel like home, dusting off once-beloved keepsakes. these days, i ... , sometimes amused by who i used to be, sometimes saddened. whenever i think

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 14, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  on the atlanta shootings from an asian american woman

  

  also as an Asian woman. It feels like a brutal knife to the heart in a ... , their GoFundMes are here. This write-up isn’t intended to be activism or ... it more room and confidence to gnash its teeth loudly and openly. In a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 26, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Out of Context Quoteboard SFW for the blogs, unfortunately

  

  that people say on a day to day basis, whether they are drunk or sober ... that is surviving an MIT semester. The concentration of emails sent to ... front of a group of people, after all. But I decided to go through all the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 25, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  20 Things I Learned In 2020 from a course 20 who is in her 20s

  

  are so freaking capable of adapting to drastic life changes. It might ... to use. Cartography is still very much a thing. It's okay to not be okay. Repeat after me: It's okay to not be okay. There will always be

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 1, 2021
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I send in my transcript?

  school representative to be considered official. This applies for high ... information on how to have your counselor submit your transcript. Please note ... official transcript to be submitted and processed, we will add it to your
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  I get a lot of questions about it's like to major in "Computation and ... for Future Course 6-9s Memes Individually, "Course 6" refers to ... "Course 9" refers to students studying Brain and Cognitive Sciences (BCS

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  Advice I give others that I don’t follow myself (yet)

  

  People change, and that includes you. You don’t have to live up to ... that your past self did, without having to do them again. You can admire ... to be like that now. It doesn’t necessarily mean you’re becoming worse

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Your college application motivational soundtrack for January patience, young grasshoppers

  

  College apps are done! You did it! You'll probably never have to ... waiting. And we know - it's a ton of waiting. So to make the waiting ... ://open.spotify.com/playlist/4VAlYwWWb7kMKZL904QOLv?si=KqyWGhCITIKEXmsToGnK5w https

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 10, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  yeeting classes bye

  

  recreating the Monty Hall problem (anybody got two goats to spare?) writing ... classes this past semester. to make matters worse, this class was tedious ... this class that I brought my problem sets to ring delivery. [caption id

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 12, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Hello Summer! Finally done with finals

  

  lazy to finish up this week. Spending a whole year at MIT really changed my perspectives of the institute, and I cannot wait to get back to ... summer, and I think the opportunity to come back as a TA for Calculus, as

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  [GUEST POST] CPWgCPWaCPWyCPW huh...there are some lowercase letters in the title. that's odd.

  

  have to post this anonymously... MIT is hella gay, and lots of cool gay events are happening during CPW! If you want to learn how to be gay@MIT or want to meet some Super Dope gays on campus, consider coming to these

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Independent Activities Period Yultide Day 1

  

  Yultide (credit to the bloggers for the awesome name). Today is Yultide Day 1, and also the sequel to "Sketches from the Fall Semester ... the privilege to interact with the new cool kids on the block. Can

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Seniors let's talk

  

  year left and a whole lot of stuff to do. And whether you choose to acknowledge it or not, you subconsciously know that this year is going to be ... corner. You’re excited about getting to finally be your own person.You can

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 17, 2017