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  Fit or happiness made easy

  

  ask myself is "am I in the right place?" How do we know when we get ... being the right fit for me. Fit is an experience and a quality that varies ... . Fit is something with a million different meanings, highly subjective

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Queer at MIT, but not on the blogs the map is not the territory, but it's getting closer

  

  YouTube, is a reason (a huge one among others) that I was even able to ... in more depth in one of my essays for a CI-H I took, but the gist is ... platform that has a steady audience. I realized that this is the closest I h

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Dissecting emotion what is feeling

  

  into dust, and there is nothing I can do to save it, because that's just ... One. Time is not real, because the other day I woke up at ten in the ... is not real, because I can sit in front of my text editor for an hour

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 3, 2021
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Staying sane and strong during a pandemic with help from some engineer friends

  

  in a way that is measurable in a messy world that so often defies that ... happiness in a difficult time. When this all started, I remember doing the ... This is a long belated blog post; it's been a busy summer. But I didn

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 22, 2020
• Blog / Community Projects

  Two thousand students walk into a Zoom call summer hssp: now virtual™

  

  now, I recognize that this is a temporary feeling, and in a few weeks I ... to believe that it is. but it’s a good thing. you are doing a good ... . One of the things I said in my Splash post was that I didn’t have a good

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 20, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Colorful a response to “how’s MIT?”

  

  something like “exhausting and overwhelming, but fun.” I don’t think that’s a ... . We hadn’t talked at all before that; all he knew was that I was a ... name. Malingap is talking about what I’m interested in and feeling

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Grey and Other Colors

  

  3 AM in a cold sweat that things have to change. This is an attempt at ... graduation). --------- A couple weeks ago, my friend pointed out that I had ... afloat in the deep end that is my job, and connecting with polar opposites

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  pictures. One of my major regrets in life is that I didn't take more pictures ... I'd leave you with the things that, in retrospect, I think are ... 't get caught. Life is too short to stick with a course of study that you

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science Out Loud! On teaching/making/producing educational videos and why it's so much fun

  

  experiences as a Fellow. Like I said, doing ALL THE (VIDEO) THINGS. Have I ... the style of a Science Out Loud episode. It was a class that I loved ... into making their own. I think that a lot of people underestimate the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  see in this moment, the door that didn’t open is just *one* door. It may ... , whatever works). Let's do it together: In my circumstances, I tried my best ... say the least. The reality is that the college application process is

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to My Favorite Places on Campus can't leave without making one more post of this format

  

  it is. A map of all the places that I loved at MIT, color coded and ... at a sport that I hope to continue doing for the rest of my life ... Some people may remember the sporadic posts that I made in this

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  There's something I've been mulling over in my head for a long time ... way of thinking assumes that there is a dichotomy between diversity and ... applicant. I would hope that premise, once so plainly stated, is self

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  most of the work I had to do, putting myself in a pretty good spot when ... following it. Even in a perfect world where I do conform to the rules of my ... It’s a Wednesday afternoon, and I sit in my dining room and stare at

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  that eight hours of sleep is a crucial part of keeping myself happy and ... floor, and I've noticed that there's definitely a cycle: from 2ish to 7 pm, hall is super quiet, so it's a great time for doing difficult readings or

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This Bathroom Ceiling Some science, some fiction: traverse the space and time of our bathroom ceiling.

  

  ? Perhaps I can call that . . . wind! Is that a good name? It’ll do ... do I mean by who am I? Calm down, get a grip now . . . oh! this is an ... Wars (I know, I know). Cory tells me that the Death Star is an

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 12, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  school -- why not take a break and relax knowing that MIT is in your pocket ... 's a lot. Do not feel afraid to stop reading all that MIT information ... hopefully help you proceed and answer a big question: Where do we go from here

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  Enjoy Life Farewells and New Beginnings

  

  month ago at his nursing home in Missouri. There’s a lot that I could say ... is a long one and remember that life is meant to be enjoyed. Thanks for ... Today is my first day of school as a PhD student at MIT. Today is

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 5, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Firsts highlight reels from the last few years, as I prepare to say goodbye

  

  the future may look like. I suppose this is a sequel of sorts, one that ... mattress, and thinking, in a giddy sort of disbelief, that everything I ... close. I graduate in June, if all goes well. A short while afterward, I

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 8, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Let’s Go Fly A Kite Up to decision night!

  

  myself that I do, in fact, have free will. For example, on a whim, I ... is: Spontaneity! I’m a huge fan of doing random things ... afford to relax. I read an interesting article in the New York Times a few

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating The Tunnels…Of Freshman Academics You didn't actually expect me to write about hacking on the internet, did you?

  

  sure the class is actually interesting in practice. Seriously. Do ... MIT has a lot of resources that could have made my freshman year a lot easier that I just didn't find out about until much later. I've been

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 16, 2011