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• Blog / How to Human

  intention via YearCompass

  

  helps you reflect on the year and plan the next one." I attempted it last ... the areas below and ask yourself what the significant events in each of ... do with my interests or things to do with my friends and community

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  mid semester check-in all about my classes

  

  class that I somewhat have to take. It is only offered in the fall and is ... ’t like big class sizes and I did not have a great experience in [annotation ... time between registration and now, I also added [annotation note="a class

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 22, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  day one, six out of eight am i doing too much?

  

  09:35. i hobble out of bed and pour myself some milk. there's a ridiculous amount of snow outside. i pull out some leftover pizza and walk to ... pull the pizza out of the microwave, and i walk back into my room to eat

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Collective Apprehension Seems like my last entry freaked everyone out. No worries guys! You can do it!…

  

  facility and to be able to properly deal with radioactive contamination ... a pretty cool tour of the reactor and learned how to decontaminate ... contaminated part off and drop it in this big yellow disposal bin with a caution

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! Plus lots of awesome advice from MIT students!

  

  count over that weekend was in the single digits and I still remember a ... 's atmosphere of absolute energy. I remember a large bouncy castle and upperclassmen being dunked in water. I remember hugging Tim the Beaver and pulling

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Room Where It Happens my two year tale of student governance, up until the bitter end

  

  because of its student governance and autonomy. At what other institution do ... , and I just finished my second year at MIT. Until recently, I was the ... . You might notice, as you read this, that I switch between House and Haus

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 13, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  taking care in all forms

  

  came over and looked at me inquisitively. i offered a weak smile. "i was ... craving the napa cabbage and meatball soup that my dad used to make. along with the phantom taste of salt and light broth on my tongue, there was

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 22, 2022
• Blog / Events

  ROFLCON! ROFLMAO!

  

  acquainted with such gems as Homestar Runner, XKCD, Leeroy Jenkins, and Fark ... conference/convention about internet culture. Come celebrate and mingle with your favorite internet memes and engage in academic discussion about the

  • by Snively '11
  • May 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life But make it four

  

  make on TikTok/Instagram where they film hour-by-hour snippets and then ... spends their day. My roommates and I wanted to do the same thing but in blog form, so instead of filming clips, we went through our days and did

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 10, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus Okay, so it's not even really half a bus. But I'M not the one asking…

  

  . There are tons of prep courses offered by Princeton, Kaplan, and even ... tired, so I changed my classes and went back to sleep. MY MOM/MY ROOMMATE ... into 8.01 at 11, changed my calculus recitation to 3, and went back to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 11, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  i (don’t) want to be alone on loneliness

  

  feel two opposite feelings? how can we both want and not want something ... anxiety and feelings of depression often feel at odds with each other. in ... feeling like my life repeats the same problems, and yet i'm so worried that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Three of a perfect pair Biking! Clothing! Exploding! A day in the life.

  

  I did three things on Saturday, and each one of them rocked. Better ... benefit concert involving REM, Cake, and the Clash. Okay, maybe I ... and Steer Clear Ruth ('07), Matt ('08), and I went down to Chinatown

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  in search of lost time a cruft joint post with CJ Q. '23

  

  )[/caption] So, in spite of it all, we’re still alive, and we're still writing ... sweet and eventual embrace of death that comes for us all. But, at least ... principle."]or something like that.[/annotation] Some things have not. CJ and

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Happier Than Ever on quitting and long-ish distance biking

  

  coffee, and anxiety. Suddenly, the faint siren song of summer beckons me over and tells me that I need my [annotation note="Boston also has the ... .[/annotation] I drop everything and open up Craigslist.  My dad got our family cat

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  tea shirt the tea and stories behind the merch in my closet

  

  offering beanies to all current students, so one day I went and claimed mine ... 1.5 years physically at MIT and my one splendid Zoom U semester, I ... , branded tape measures, squeezable pigs, posters, plushies, and random other

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 19, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Help! Learn from my mistakes...and from the Beatles.

  

  get overwhelming, or just offer basic advice on time and stress ... loved both words and numbers, but the former came more naturally. In no time at all, I could bang out essays that I was proud of, and loved

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  All the food in my cabinet Like an unboxing, but an uncabineting

  

  our communal items like pots and tupperware, plus enough room for each ... are full. I have my own big cabinet, and baby... it's like Tetris in ... shopping, and try to defend my hoarder tendencies. You'll have to be the one

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 24, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  science than usual but more about relationships and who I am. It was a bit ... of some beautiful ideas, I settled into my life at MIT and now have a circle of people who inspire me and illuminate my life, and I feel more

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center

  

  a university–raw intelligence. MIT–intelligence and creativity, which ... prospective students and their families, as well as hosting events, lectures, activities, and workshops for Cambridge residents and visitors from around the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to blog comments from the last month.

  

  . ------------------------------------- Dan wrote: "I think creative writing and contemporary literature (1 ... than BRITISH LITERATURE (honors), but it's not as challenging and that ... 'll be in AP calculus, AP physics, AP biology, AP US government and spanish

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005