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  everything i think i’m not (rush, part 2) and what it would take for me to be it

  

  In the many days prior to Kresge Kickoff, I kept saying it, kept ... kept repeating it to myself in the hopes that if I said it enough times ... . To begin the week of rush, IFC hosts the annual Kresge Kickoff in which

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • November 25, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  Food for Thought [guest post] On food and our culinary club, Mince

  

  both as a creative outlet for students interested in the culinary arts as ... likely as simple as noodles slathered in chili flakes and green onions, a ... . My love for food, this desire to cook — I found myself in the middle of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  one hour of musings we're so back

  

  . Subsequently, in effort to break that spell, I've set a one hour timer to write ... thought it best to process those in private, in the pages of my paper journal. Being in the public is a vulnerable act. My situations made me

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 10, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  the threek post! my lovely lovely year on maseeh three

  

  seemed to be every dorm but the one I was slated to live in for the next ... I had individual friends in Maseeh, I’d figured, dorm culture wasn ... came out in May. However, after getting to campus and dancing, having my

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 27, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Not Bra-Ket Science Building quantum computers to convince myself that they exist

  

  I don’t believe in quantum physics. Yes, I know that all the math ...  real. I simply refuse to believe in such strange, unintuitive physics that I ... mechanical). And I suppose every chemical reaction in my body keeping me alive

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 7, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  people appreciation post <3

  

  in the past months, I have felt the impact of various people around ... my friends are genuinely the sole reason for my sanity in a time where ... enjoy being a "Greek chorus" in relativity with Feli, aggressive nodding

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 2, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  italy research in pompeii

  

  to Italy to do some light research and travelling, stayed in a castle ... ;   Last semester, I took (3.094) Materials In the Human Experience ... .   castle “so anyway, we’re staying in a castle—” wild cheering

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 18, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Beaverheimer (Pi Day 2024) 3/14/24 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  recommend that you try logging in now to make sure it goes smoothly! If you ... .mitadmissions.org/apply, click the link to Log In, then click “Forgot Your Password?” and follow ... you. In the meantime, you can watch [annotation note="which will take

  • by Tim
  • March 7, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Semester of poetry

  

  Poetry Workshop class this semester, where each week you come in with a ... somewhat crowding the stage. In highschool actually, the professors I liked ... an exercise in building up a gradual picture of how people answer

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a not-so-cruel summer this one's for the girlies

  

  // dressed in pink to watch Barbie! with my sister // screamed to Speak Now ... (Taylor’s Version) announcement on a livestream in my bed // made Spotify ... over you // completely // talk to me now // make me believe in beauty now

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Beantown. sketchbook showcase!

  

  [/caption] I found this small sketchbook in my drawer that I impulse-bought from ... nothing else in it, so I decided to fill it up with things that I've seen ... out of using one in the first place. I didn't worry about perfect lines

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  that I need to put in this work now for when I apply to schools this ... . This is high school. --- Four years later at MIT, and here I am, in the ... Laboratory in Mathematics 18.966: Geometry of Manifolds II 24

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

  choosing the abridged version

  

  in which i document some of my thoughts regarding my job search and ... ) position, which i wasn’t super excited about because i don’t think working in ... linear regression in various forms). however, it did mean i’d be living in

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 20, 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 ... stuff, what have you -- I try to always keep a tab on what's going on in ... 's also a lot of panels talking about being LGBTQ+ in gaming, being a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 3, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 2) notes from the second day

  

  20: 9:01 AM EST, January 4th, 2023 location: South Bend, IN train: #49 ... ) Good morning! It’s a beautiful morning out here in the [annotation note="growing up, I really did not understand why the Midwest was in the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  sharp and soft featuring: my favorite naruto moment

  

  in my favorite naruto scene, a samurai and a ninja charge at each other. everyone expects their blades to collide in midair, but instead ... through the ninja’s sword (right) and breaks it in half. then the samurai

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 21, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  had a problem.   In my head, work is an escape. Working is how I ... , and in reality I should probably just: Which is not to say that I can ... into the vastness of the box that I’m in. But it’s possible

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus No exams woohooooo

  

  I've actually been involved in TMG since the spring semester, but without any exams to worry about, I can now put my UROP in the center of my schedule. I used to watch a lot of the Media Lab's content back in middle

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 8, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  No Snow, and on singing badly me? singing? and posting it online?!

  

  first mentioned this song in a blog post two years ago, and it's always ... to forget. It feels all the more easy in places like MIT, where ... ! And in the unlikely event that there's no one in MIT, there's probably

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / How to Money

  ew taxes the new zealand government owes me money

  

  March 2018. From September 2017 to August 2018, I lived in Auckland, New ... taxes, or save part of your paycheck for the government overlords. In New ... ="617"] Note that this is in NZD and is about three thousand USD

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 13, 2021