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• Blog / Advice

  I did not graduate on time

  

  I did not graduate on time. At first, I thought, I'm not one of ... but MIT.  I'm digressing onto a silver lining here again, but it's essential to note. I am incredibly fortunate to have found my spot at MIT. I'm

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 13, 2022
• Blog / Personal Projects

  I painted my door! and it only took 2.5 years

  

  a kind of fade-out, but I'm not sure how noticeable that ended up ... here, almost exactly four years later as I graduate college. Overall, I'm happy with how my door came out. You can certainly tell I'm not the most

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 19, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  random thoughts about choices why mit? why not mit?

  

  being in mit. despite that, i'm still happy i chose mit. the other day i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 29, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on fitness, health, and food a couple of moments over the years

  

  running and I have never really gotten along but also I'm incredibly lazy ... and go "I'm getting so fat" even though I weighed 20 pounds heavier than ... making progress. And now that I have COVID, I'm really scared all my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  a conversation with my mom at 1 am about cacti, writing, meche, and chess

  

  then says, 'I don't remember anything about classes, honestly. I’m pretty ... times, but also tedious and difficult. So I’m not missing out on ... ,” I said, “I’m pretty good at asking for help. And people at MIT are

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  blogger wrapped 2021 taking on the legacy

  

  . jenny and i are really hitting that 2000+ mark huh[/caption] i'm not

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 9, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  breaching discomfort

  

  that seems to scream "I don't know what I'm doing." But really that has ... are only paying attention to me because I'm Raymond's accessory, his +1 ... this after dwelling on it for so long and I'm very grateful to all the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 16, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  rice cooker cooking or, how to cook for yourself with zero skill

  

  , rice is great. I'm a Filipino, so I love rice. Second, rice cookers are ... cares? I'm not cooking for Instagram, I'm cooking for myself! Did I follow ... a six-inch knife right now, and I'm making a variety of things. Here

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 19, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Homecoming some musings on memory

  

  things. Five. I'm taking 21W.755 Reading and Writing Short Stories this ... : refreshing, distant, but probably just something I'm making up to make myself ... worrying about anything for a few minutes. Seven. Behold, I'm coming home. I'm

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 13, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  self-taught dancing: a how-to how i learned dance through YouTube

  

  styles of dance purely through YouTube. I'm pretty organized about things ... screenshot of my YouTube subscriptions. I'm subscribed to so many dance studios ... better/measure progress? I'm less convinced about this part since I never

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 4, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fall Semester Recap my classes so far

  

  .021, but I'm still deciding. I'm really grateful to 8.021. I really feel as ... really big reason why I don't think I'm doing super well in 18.02. I lose ... ...also admit I'm not trying my hardest in this class. This class has an

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  preserving student community what does it take?

  

  and many other communities I'm familiar with at MIT, a lot of traditions ... one: finding new people who share the same values. I'm not really ... virtual rush, I'm confident that cultures can reestablish themselves. Having

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 20, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  the classes among us reflections and too many flashbacks on classes ft. ESG

  

  ends. Tl;dr, I’m in ESG, because for once, just once, I actually won a ... class that I felt would be more applicable to me. Especially since I'm flopping like a fish regarding what [annotation note="Courses 1-24"]I'm

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  happened since; I'm sure I could write pages of excuses about why I haven ... failure, but apparently not comfortable enough. So, I'm working on writing ... moments—good or bad, happy or sad—in your time at MIT? (Mar 10) I'm just

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Taylor Pons from the First-Gen Program #FirstGenPride

  community what it is!   Hey there MIT Blogs! I’m Taylor, and I work in

  • by DJ Rock
  • April 14, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Make a (Short) Movie in 15 Days give or take

  

  frustrating and I can't do it any more. I quit." Pause. "I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm ... only took roughly two weeks to make. I'm not a professional, far from it

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Can Save the World a post on Kanye West

  

  , THIS IS NOT A GOOD TAKE ANYMORE SINCE HE KINDA SUCKS!!!! Specifically, I'm ... are the next generation. Yes, I'm sure MIT kids and plenty of other ... duty fall onto our shoulders? I'm only seventeen years old and here is

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  diversions from what is otherwise a never ending trello of things to do

  

  : this is kind of dumb because i'm from new hampshire, but it was fun to go ... work on for it are amazing and worthwhile and are good for the world. i'm ... be working on my UROP, but instead have to do dumb psets. i'm planning

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Poetry from 5 AM This Morning Don't worry, I drank an entire MUG of espresso

  

  during my test, but I’m okay with that. I literally don’t have the mental

  • by Powers '23
  • September 30, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  they ultimately take it. I rarely take advice. That's why I'm not ... 'll die on that hill if I'm not already dead from one of the trials ... offered the internship I'm doing this summer through a mailing list. I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019