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• Blog / Advice

  On Trauma, and MIT I’m imagining my high school self, and what I would tell her before coming to…

  

  before posting. This is why I’m including so much commentary. It’s with ... used them. (Hair, Take 1) I’m imagining my high school self, again. I ... hands.  I’m imagining my high school self, and thinking about how

  • by ana~
  • May 4, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  old east campus working through feelings caused by news

  

  their findings, and i'm pretty hyped to see what they've produced. (i ... in the community, oh god, the community. floorpi. i'm going to have ... already prepared to not be a hall chair next year. i love floorpi, but i'm

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2021
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  “I’m going to UROP this summer!” I told my mom over the phone. Later ... factor in my college decision-making. In hindsight, I’m grateful I wound up ... . Meanwhile, I'm putting together more traps to deploy. It's easier the second

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  four weeks in the life a google calendar time capsule

  

  programs! I’m super excited to have him as a thesis advisor because he’s done ... : Working on my thesis: I’m having trouble with implementing code to access ... : aka, what I’m doing right now! Preparing to TA: I’m TAing 14.02 this

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 4, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  You construct intricate rituals function loses form and form loses function

  

  'd think that these rituals played a different role. I'm no anthropologist ... , worship, prayer. I'm not religious myself, but I wouldn't dismiss the value ... , you know, something something structural functionalism.) Four And now I'm

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 3, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Goal Setting a learning process

  

  way down - I'm not into e-readers or reading through PDFs. But, again ... , and it ended up being worth it, cause I'm gonna be PUBLISHED WOOOOOO!!! (blog post coming soon) I'm not sure what motivated me to be way better

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 4, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Oh, the things I can nerd on about not comprehensive

  

  I’m also interested in math-related things that aren’t directly math ... higher and higher, but never reach infinity. (Again, I’m interested in math ... guess, although I tend to downstack quite often. I think I’m decent at

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 9, 2020
• Blog / Community Projects

  MINECRAFT MIT!!! our most remarkable feat of engineering since...mit

  

  it, but now that I've seen how impactful it is, I'm hooked. When I ... own computer is quite the feat, and I'm so proud of my peers for what ... get to places. I'm also pretty excited to see all the places I never got

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  The Fringe that Stole Christmas hair @ MIT, and several hair-raising puns

  

  amount of Splat Midnight Indigo. I'm still washing it out two weeks later ... on your head and ripped out half your hair. I'm glad that I figured ... and off throughout college. I’m not super nit picky about the way it

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  that much, except for sometimes pretending I'm reading papers on an i ... one who had Windows, and he literally just looked at me and said "I'm ... what I was doing while I was doing it, but it worked! In fact, I'm

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Pros and Cons, as Told by Residents "because EC is home 400ever"

  

  for freshman Residence Exploration (REX). In the meantime, I’m including ... some version of, "Wow you must be really hardk0r3!" and I'm also slightly ... aggressive. Jacob M. ‘20: I'm just going to list a bunch of possibly silly

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 20, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Summer Reading List The exciting hobby that I never have time for during the school year...

  

  , where I’m being a lot more ambitious: Fiction: China Rich Girl by Kevin ... --ambitious, since I’m leaving for Ethiopia on August 6th and was in China until June ... Alibaba Corporation. I’m going to be honest and say that I don’t think I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (An Incomplete Guide to) Summer Opportunities for MIT Students Pantsuits, stress, hyperlinks.

  

  that recruiting season is so early in the semester, but at this point I’m ... , community, and personal growth. I’m far from having it all figured out, but ... for IROP, which took me to Hong Kong for the summer. Also, I'm pretty

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Highlight Reel Parents! A cappella! Thesis! Superheroes! Film class! And generally hanging in there @ MIT

  

  think 25/31 is pretty good, and even a month later I’m still more ... thesis. I’m not sure exactly when that happened, but I know why. For a ... human being—to bring them into the world. I’m told that this is a

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Final Blogpost With a heavy heart, I say goodbye to the MIT blogosphere. The journey was all…

  

  . It was a beautiful week. Now, I’m back to the usual battle with ... plot I type up doesn’t feel like a world I’m creating. It feels like one I'm discovering. These people, with their dreams and their stories

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Good And mostly musing

  

  I’m in my room, clacking away on my laptop, my fingers slowly ... different positions. Sometimes, I work sprawled on my bed, usually when I’m ... guess it’s one born of euphoria. I’m done with midterms for the semester

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 3 (Finals) You may begin at the sound of my voice. You have an hour to answer…

  

  -core temperature (you can tell I'm enjoying my biology class). If one of these ... and torpedoed it around firmly, screaming, “HI, I'M (blank)! NICE TO ... conversation less...usual. Person: Hey, what's your name? Me: Hi, I'm Vincent

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Craziest of Weeks I had one.

  

  design pitch. I'm currently taking the Course 20 (Biological Engineering ... concert. I return home and feel like I'm forgetting something. O RITE (get it?), I'M LEAVING THE COUNTRY TOMORROW MORNING. Frantic packing ensues

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  acceptance rate is 8.2% overall. Now, I'm not the top kid in my school and I didn't build a rocket in my backyard, so I'm extrapolating the 8 ... chance so I'm not applying." There's actually a number of problems with

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  The American Astronomical Society’s Winter Conference: 2013 Edition THIS IS SO EXCITING I THINK I'M GOING TO CRY

  

  I'm sitting on a JetBlue flight from San Francisco to Boston ... looks like it's made out of the same material as those HI I'M HERE PLEASE ... where Yosemite is. I thanked him. Now that I'm done chatting with my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 15, 2013