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• Blog / Challenges

  chances the point is to let yourself be helped

  

  . I was really sad about it. I’m a senior and it’s a fall-only class, so ... ’s going! *comedic sounds of despair*”, “I’m sooo hosed haha” (I was almost ... connection genuinely resonates with most people who come here, so I'm not

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 26, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how the first midterms actually were xoxo gossip girl?

  

  everyone takes anyway, so I'm here to explain how your first midterm seasons ... . I'm fortunate to not typically have test anxiety, but the amount of ... high school and it was genuinely[annotation note = "Half of it was I'm

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 15, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Winter Sports at MIT a sneak peek of: swim and dive, squash, and men's basketball

  

  with each other. Whenever I’m stuck on a problem, I always have someone I ... :30 and go to class. I’m double majoring in [annotation note ... was amazing. I’m excited to compete at NEWMACS and Regionals.” Squash

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  i wish we’d grown up on the same advice alternate paths

  

  obligations make me feel like i have weight in the world, like i’m not ... don’t think they’re thriving, but i’m also not really sure what thriving ... serious look at until now i’m only now realizing it consciously, but when

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  lookin’ at the blur of this semester and ahead at the next one!

  

  concept for a new story! I’m not sure I’ll be able to do this every semester ... systems (from 2.007, but also my UROP, Arcturus, etc). I’m tailoring my ... recs, prep for upcoming concerts read more than one book ever → I’m

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Monologuing a mock-up for the MITMonologues

  

  injections so we can talk and I can let my mind wander. What I'm trying to say ... sophomore year to realize that I'm a woman in STEM. When I realized this ... only thought to simply throw it out since I’m trans. I’ve often wondered

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 13, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Womanhood

  

    I like telling people that I’m a six-foot-tall man in my head. I’m ... .” I feel eyes on me at all times, especially when I'm alone. I am a ... ’re so little.” “You’re mine.” “I can see the fear in your eyes.” “I’m a

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 28, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Comments on A Boring Friday lItErArY aNaLySiS

  

  monologue: Sometimes, I do things I don't wanna do, like I'm being controlled ... character is making their own choices. It's neat because I'm violating the ... made because I relate to it more, though, like "I feel like I'm running

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  taking care in all forms

  

  water, and taking an assortment of other chinese herbal medicines. i'm not a traditional medicine expert so i'm not entirely sure what they do ... if i'm functional enough to do certain things. i guess having to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 22, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  dealing with loss it ain't easy

  

  call before he passed. I'm sure my host family didn't inform me for a ... distraught. I'm allergic to cats, so out of my family, I spent the least time ... . on Thursday afternoon, I returned to MIT for CPW. I'm CPW chair and was

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  teaching web.lab aka what i spent all of january on

  

  , so i’m very happy that i chose to pursue it :)  the main thing i’m ... things that are fun and i want to do things i’m good at and i want to do ... ’ve worked check the “things i’m good at” and “things that help me learn” boxes

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 1, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Raskolnikov as an Odd Metaphor on angst and deferral

  

  "] Joshua the chonky sideways cat[/caption] I’m not going to describe winter break in too much detail since I’m sure the procrastinators out there don ... at MIT! Just for transportation purposes; I'm too chicken to learn

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  Slay the Spire as metaphor i didn't waste 60 hours playing for nothing

  

  pinpoint where you went wrong. Anyway, I'm bad at transitions, so here's the ... think is a widely applicable skill. I'm looking at my deck with seven ... to get a certain achievement. but im also not great at this game

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  On keeping on keeping on It's pretty much the only option.

  

  -existent tourists for the rest of my life; no, scratch that, I’m plunging full steam ... Greendale Community College (I’m just going to assume there’s a real one out ... disappointment I’m feeling, and ideas about how to lesson the disappointments

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 30, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Crab Cave or: i moved to dc with friends

  

  started reading Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng. I'm only about a ... I'm going to blog about it some time in the future. I highly recommend ... important. I'm currently typing up this entire blogpost on the 19th, hence the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 20, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Three things I didn’t learn from class behold, the listicle

  

  ’t visible, so it looks like it’s floating. I’m not really fully satisfied ... first, but I’m fine with it now. I’m a beginner to woodworking, after all ... really fun. I’m not sure whether it’s the fact that there aren’t any turns

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 26, 2019
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Rise and Grind and Build *dolly parton voice* workin' 9 to 5

  

  first "tech-y" job. And occasionally, since I'm a legal adult now, I get ... _hidden]A photo of me at the Museum of Science is shown. I'm in the Mirror Maze, so ... -time employee was an interesting experience, and to be honest, one I'm not sure I'm

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  A Complicated Synthesis Question starting materials include hard decisions and uncertain paths

  

  you don't. Recently, I'm dealing with a new kind of synthesis problem ... complicated synthesis question? I'm not entirely sure. We might be looking at ... . Even though I'm almost two years into life at the Institute (wait what

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 7, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story of Tonight (more like 730 nights ago)

  

  alarm clock that will pull me out of bed with only five hours of sleep. I'm ... . Since a poster on my wall suddenly became my everyday reality. I'm still not sure why I'm here. I still wonder to myself what part of me someone

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of East Campus i live in an art exhibition

  

  . ‘20 here, “I'm not sure what lesson is to be learned from that story, but I'm weirdly proud of it.” I figured that people probably have a lot ... such a good outlet that summer, and that by living at EC I'm able to make

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 26, 2018