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• Blog / How to Human

  play dough

  

  and expect promptness. I don't like sudden changes and I don't like when ... exactly where I've put things even if it's messy and out in the open and not at all where it usually is, but I know because I've put it there and I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  the pieces scattered behind you

  

  , the 14-mile stretch I pounded out over Covid, the 5- and 7-mile loops I ... communities and art. I sought that out at MIT, found it in East Campus, Burton One, and the makerspaces where people tinker at their ideas late into

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 28, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I went to TwitchCon and met so many people!!

  

  Back in October of 2022, I flew from Boston to LA and drove two hours ... 'm a huge fan of streamed content and consume a lot of it! Games, IRL ... 14 years, Ethan, who is a student as UCSD and he kindly let me stay

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 3, 2023
• 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 within Macgregor, so my academic life and my social life felt new and different. Junior fall, I became a blogger, and had just changed my major, so

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  so i guess fall is happening kinda hard to believe, huh?

  

  home situation and fast wifi, there was no way i would make it on ... semester of "real" mit, and taking way more classes than normal so that i ... insisted that i needed to get out of the house and spend some time with

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 23, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some comforting blogs to read while you await decisions

  

  As we approach the lacuna between when decisions are finalized and ... wanted to take a breath and collect some words of encouragement from ... thought were especially comforting, and might quilt together into a nice

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

  so inclined) took ~5 years to perfect and develop? And look at it. It ... 's hard to imagine a simpler mechanism. And yet, to get that simple took an ... is one that I've learned more and more throughout my time here at MIT

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  my problem list weird brain things

  

  recently for the class of 2024, and i swear all the sophomores were dropping ... saying they tested positive, and when i developed a sore throat on the last ... . it turns out it wasn't covid, as multiple negative pcrs and rapids

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 8, 2022
• Blog / Personal Projects

  reflecting on 2020 goals and planning for 2021

  

  time and space for schoolwork and extracurriculars. I told myself that I would sacrifice my time now to get into a good college and then pursue my ... class all day. Isn’t innocence so [annotation note= " *cries in psets and

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  words to, reading them back, and rewriting them until they feel true. I love knowing that I’ve said something I couldn’t say before and feeling ... and acknowledge yourself and your growth, say goodbye to this stage of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  to build a (taste of) home ft. some topologically challenged zongzi

  

  [/annotation] and asked if we were going to make [annotation note="Because Winnie speaks Taishanese (a variant of Cantonese) and I picked up impressively ... Pretty Limited. Granted, we only attempt to do so with food items — and I

  • by Alice L. '24
  • June 24, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo Goes Camping An adventure to the top of a mountain and a little cabin in the woods

  

  Last weekend was the Tetazoo fall camping trip, and my first time ... third floor of the East Parallel of East Campus, which is currently (and always has been) where I reside at MIT and where I spend most of my time of

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2014…The Parent Edition Suggestions for getting the most out of CPW when you are a parent

  

  of our admitted students and those parents who are on campus as well ... over the next few days, there are lots of things to choose from and ... (perhaps the CPW Welcome/Faculty Speaker event on Friday morning and the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  “What the hell is water?” Thinking about and understanding your own context…

  

  In his 2005 commencement address to the graduates and assembled ... are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says ‘Morning, boys

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 27, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  welcoming our new bloggers! baby bloggers? baby bloggers!!

  

  definitely still meteorological summer. it was so warm last night"]come and gone,[/annotation] and MIT is coming back to life. Students are back on ... starting, with so many cool things to be learned; and as of today, the world

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 7, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  every day it gets a little easier but you gotta do it every day, that’s the hard part

  

  the title and subtitle come from my favorite scene of bojack horseman ... thing and don’t believe the distinction is important, but pick whichever phrasing you like more i suppose during the summer, fall, and winter of

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  the art of trying new things exploring new clubs, making new friends, and doing the things i was afraid to do

  

  low self-esteem and little to no experience in the content covered by ... going to countless recruitment events and throwing my hat into a whole slew of different things, and I thought I'd document all my successes

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story Of @MITStudents as told by the person behind it

  

  Life (he also oversees their Instagram and tumblr). Kellen and I are usually at the gym at the same time, and the other day we were talking about @MITStudents, which I myself follow and often interact with. He offered to send

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  2015 Brass Rat finally unveiled!!!

  

  Last Friday, Kirsten '15 and I (well actually the whole class of 2015 ... long and rich tradition of  "The Standard Technology Ring" (but everyone ... many symbols on it in honor of various events and ideas. Some ideas

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Kick . . . start

  

  Greetings and salutations! If I'm a good judge of time, and I like to ... and getting excited to finally make it to campus in just three short months. Yay!!! Either that or you're gearing up and anxiously awaiting the

  • by Snively '11
  • June 8, 2012