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• Blog / Challenges

  At What Cost A summary of my fall semester

  

  doing well at MIT is figuring out what costs you can bear. I had a lot of ... ’t do particularly well in any of them. I ended up with a 3.9/5.0 semester ... much at all. I didn’t have enough time. That’s what this post is about

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • December 21, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  lessons on burnout 2020 made me realize things

  

  right, maybe I don’t quite know how to be productive in a way that is ... takeaway is that starting in around fall of 11th grade, I was constantly just ... , but I had already gotten that in quarantine. What would I even do with

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 12, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  How I got mugged in the frozen foods section. So, MIT is kind of like a turkey and provolone Subway sandwich.

  

  Potter, and I had to get Dumbledore’s help because I was hiding in a broom ... a really good blog entry in general. But then I woke up and was ... for it, and then I somehow got involved in a gang fight in a supermarket

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 5, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  An American in Copenhagen but my luggage went to Amsterdam

  

  all day. There is oatmilk in the fridge, and a basket of granola bars upstairs. In some ways this is exactly what I predicted a startup would be; in other ways, it’s better.  I’ve been just over a week in this city

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 14, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Musings on Graduate School Starting to think about graduate school...

  

  is that you get a masters in just 1 additional year, but right now my ... about the BE MEng is that I get to see what life as a grad student is like ... academia which is what I think I'd want to do with a PhD, but I'm 20 years

  • by Bryan
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i ran out of social energy and other great ways to say no

  

  last year, so i know how much work is involved in directing a program of ... school math camp that i went to when i was in high school, is happening ... ! i do love my job. talking to students is great, managing a dozen

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 18, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  week and next. I remember this week in late March as a very scary time ... decision”) on your screen. So you wait a bit longer. That’s all you can do ... star with “great things ahead of you?” And what right do I - a girl who

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I AM THE MASTER!!! Is there really something that this many people can hate? Yes.

  

  that blogging is therapeutic and thus would lead to a similar outcome of well-being. Now the question is, which do I enjoy more, blogging or 18 ... conclusive proof that every geek in the world wants to be the master (I

  • by Snively '11
  • March 4, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  first time in cdmx and first time out of the US, but not the first time having an ethnicity…

  

  "Hispanic/Latino". In person, I would tell you that I'm White with a little ... important to me for a couple of reasons: I had a premonition that I was ... vibrant city life that is missing in the increasingly desolate and dying

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • August 15, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Digital Anxieties: A Conversation with Bo Burnham and Jonny Sun i cried for ten minutes after watching eighth grade

  

  "what." for the fifth time in a row. By that point, I had already ... those teen movies when..." and I'm living my life in hopes that it'll be a ... . I continued to follow all of his stuff after that. I was a bit too shy

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 28, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process

  

  to focus on research in a way that was not possible as an undergrad (I ... is that a social circle is not something magical that you discover once ... high school community. As a result, I didn't fit in with the other people

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Sometimes, I am invisible and other female experiences

  

  that, yes, the weather is nice but maybe a bit too hot and, yes, I guess ... . No, this is a fancier event. The handmade cups here cost $68. And I am ... class at The Ohio State University and I am one of three females in a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 18, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Monday Actually, I think I just made it to Tuesday.

  

  other stuff that GRT's are supposed to do. In summary, I have no time to ... be Stephen Hawking in Random Hall, which is probably why he doesn't do ... that I have four exams in the next week. Like the Goldberg Variations or

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Movie A Day… the only way to spend your PNR

  

  One of the great things about MIT is PNR, a feature implemented that ... to take this midterm? I pass with a 40% in this class." PNR ... favorite videos/movies ever. I do not kid you when I say the Cat in the Hat

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Bye Bye Weekends, See You In April I have a love-hate relationship with reading season.

  

  It's that time of year again. I have a love-hate relationship with reading season. The "love" part is that I love reading apps. I love reading ... myself.) The "hate" part is simply that there aren't enough hours in the

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Springtime for Interns in Germany Watch out, Europe: I'm going on tour.

  

  what not. I, myself, had no firm deadlines, but I had a 6.002 lab that I ... 'll already be in Germany. The German Requiem is a really amazing piece of ... , where I'll learn how to open a bank account in Germany, why not to call

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Saturday Night in Simmons it's so busy here tonight [i really need to study or go to sleep]

  

  think means "Cats" in Spanish, but do NOT quote me on that. [carousel ... ="107131" /] Gatas is a really run game that we play on our now partially destroyed ... all night again.] said that she has NEVER ONCE seen me locked in. And I

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 15, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Look Ahead The fight's begun but not yet won.

  

  ) - but there is a big difference between knowing something in theory and ... summer means I get to do research! About a week ago, I officially confirmed ... semester. Apart from that, I'll be living in my fraternity, which I'm really

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  In a little while, I’ll be gone This is not a blog entry. I'm not here, this isn't happening.

  

  afterwards. ...and honestly, that while is just a bit too little. Anyway, after ... person that I ever knew in high school. On Monday I'm headed for the airport in Philadelphia, and from there I'll be in the aeroplane over the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 27, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  doing this in a yoga class; on my knees (the big toe on my left foot is ... , coordinated, muscular brunette named Ashley. It is held in the T-Club Lounge, a ... , acknowledging that I wouldn't be able to attend that morning; Ashley has a rule

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013