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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FWACC! and some small thoughts about kindness

  

  years, dozens of students representing MIT's nine acapella groups will ... [/annotation] and didn't get it. I auditioned for a solo in one of the Asymptones ... little corner of my heart was still disappointed. Maybe I just wasn't good

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  life lessons from my internship career choices moving forward

  

  't care that much about compensation. Of course, most people are not in a ... part of why I chose my company this summer was because it paid the highest out of all my offers, plus it was in the Cambridge, MA area so I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  i [don’t] have covid?? in conclusion, i am the absolute worst at managing stress

  

  back at home instead of my new place in Cambridge. I think it's ironic ... with a sore throat. I didn't think much of it—I get colds quite often, it ... aches. My legs were so sore that I didn't get out of bed for the rest of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  what i’m doing this fall leadership tingz

  

  finances? Me?? It's more likely than you'd think... I'm the treasurer of my ... finances is. There are a lot of contrived processes for things, so it's kind of a pain, but...what can you do? Thankfully, [annotation note

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 2, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  A Year at MIT, by the Numbers quantifying my MIT experience

  

  had to leave MIT. I spent around 190 days at MIT. 185 of those days were as a member of my living community, the Burton Third Bombers. I had somewhere upwards of 170 hours of dance practice with my team, [annotation

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  cruel summer ok it's actually, like, fine i guess

  

  . I've been listening to a lot of Lover lately 😛 There is also a ... Toronto, on a corporate laptop overnighted to my house. Because of security concerns, none of us are allowed to work on my company's actual codebase, so

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  food diaries pt. 2 recipes for people tryna Little Chef it up

  

  I enjoy productivity that's tangible, so cooking is one of my ... in, honestly. Shakshuka   This has got to be one of the tastiest dishes you can make for the amount of effort you put in. All it

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 19, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  Fortin’ with Mimi Let’s. Talk. About. Queer stuff.

  

  discriminated against in public areas based on gender identity. One of the most frequently used examples of this is restrooms. A transgender woman can’t be ... ://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/Senate/S2407. It’s super short. In November, the people of

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • September 18, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Love Is Hard (A Sequel) wherein anon feels different from how he felt seven months ago

  

  . Have I gained an ounce of sanity? Not really. Will I continue to obsess ... name of any good-looking, financially-stable male celebrity, I’ve spent a good chunk of time pondering my idea of love.   For me, love is

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 3, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events We’re Pumped For! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

  ! Here is a small sampling of events in our dorm Next House and Other Events from clubs/groups that we are part of! Next House Events But first a little bit about Next House. Next is awesome! It's full of nerds, musicians

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 11, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear High School Senior I know you're stalking us

  

  purpose of me writing this blog post is to give you some ideas on how to spend your time instead of freaking out about upcoming admissions decisions. Here is a list of things I came up with. (PS sorry it's all

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • November 17, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding Inspiration encouraging motivational inspiration

  

  many of you, I’ve watched motivation jump off of a building, and with it ... ’ve been procrastinating). That is, until I found an exhaustive list of quotes from the lovely captain of the lightweight women’s crew team, Sharon

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 7, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter/Summer/Where I’m From

  

  I grew up, from 13 to 18, and where I spend most of my IAPs and long ... melts during the day except in the shadow of the house. I call my ... valleys. Mornings are foggy; nights are cold. On the 4th of July you can

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  what to do with myself, and fell asleep on the couch. There are a lot of Friday nights like this, and a lot of Fridays spent studying or coding. Many of us have big adventures and exciting weeks, and I do too, but most

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Themed Online Distractors (for EA Decision Day) to the 2020 MIT Protofrosh

  

  've been following the MIT blogs, recall the number of times we wrote that ... publishing deal for Chronicles of Narnia after 2 years of trying and failing ... , here is a list of Themed Online Distractors for MIT Decision Day: Pre

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Selam’s First CPW Some thoughts and odds and ends~

  

  some of you, and we Bloggers also met each other--most of our interaction ... of event. The pre-frosh are all very exciting, and I enjoy being ... speaking, I already am a sophomore...o__O Yet, the density of my experiences

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 18, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thinking Positive Sophomore year was kind of awful. But there were happy things! I'll focus on the…

  

  campus.  But I still found myself overwhelmed a lot of times. If I didn ... love working with this group of people. LOOK HOW PRETTY WE ARE! I ... - with the incredible Professor Bill Corbett.  It was one of the last

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Punt Puzzle A collaborative affair

  

  typically often used as a verb. It refers to an action or a series of actions ... -set. After staring at the problems for a couple of minutes, my mind folded into ... . Let the games begin!! *** Er…I was expecting a fancy cloud of smoke

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ushering in a New Era An open letter to Pass/No Record (with footnotes!)

  

  there for me**. Like a rock. Or that piece of paper I accidentally ... freshman anymore, so while most of my fellow freshmen will be on the ABC/no record grading system, I get the pleasure of being acquainted with

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Finding Balance May I have this dance?

  

  "Okay, everybody! Shut up!" Aaron*, dance coach of the MIT Ballroom Dance Team, stared out at the crowd of giggling students attempting, in pairs, to stumble out the steps of the international rumba. Here in Lobby

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 6, 2013