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  MIT is hard and I still don't know what I'm doing

  

  remember how insane MIT actually is. In a lot of ways, though, it ... wasn't entirely unexpected, and I don't feel that bad about it. I ... trying to figure it out and then, once I'd gone to office hours and been

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

  uncertainly i am writing a blog post about another song

  

  can use language, but what does ai tell us about how humans use language ... , and that there would be no point to it if i already knew how to do ... longer. but it doesn’t feel like it’s going to be that long. it feels like

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  necessarily. Does it mean that there's only one perfect school for every ... the many parents out there. It would be great to "meet" you! The ... decision?" and so on. With so much uncertainty, and their hopes so high, it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  head above the water (intro post) an inner dialogue about my first month of classes

  

  When I tried practicing for the swim test, I realized how long it had ... trips down and back. I only made it down half of the lane when I grabbed ... assignments and learning content makes it so that you have to keep doing

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Trains Make Me Think Of Bringing the focus away from miles and minutes - and onto more enriching things

  

  enjoy that experience. It's odd, then, how commuting has won a reputation ... that last one today, prompting me to post. You could say it's how I ... !). As it turns out, my office isn't very far away from where I live. Being

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 12, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2024 Episode 7: The Apple Music Awakens

  

  Oh boy, it's finally here! Everyone's favorite time of the year that we've all been awaiting anxiously for so long... The fall final exam ... EA decisions release! hmm... not that either... I meant, it's time

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  you ain’t gonna need it overthinking

  

  there are decisions that i worry about long after i know which choice ... over again, without evaluating it differently. i find that whenever i have to think about this decision, i'm starting from scratch. i think it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  logistics of crocheting at MIT. How will I pack all my yarn? What project should I begin on the airplane?  [annotation note="Spoiler Alert: It ... .[/annotation] In the end, I think there is more to crochet than stitches. It's a

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  In which Elizabeth tries something new. (My idea of thrills is changing the location of my bookshelf.)

  

  shouted, "Wait, where does my foot go next? Wait how am I supposed to put my arm over there? Wait, how does this work?!?!" while hanging paralyzed on ... !), leading to a momentary, but non-negligable, conversation on how I should try

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 8, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Andi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week :(

  

  note="Ouch... apparently that’s how long tailbone injuries take to heal ... occupied while waiting. It’s pretty wild how we went from lobotomies to m ... these types of conflicts. It sucks, but that’s just how things are here

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 3, 2024
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Year; New Me! (Two Months Late Oops) I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do in my last semester…

  

  should’ve gotten over it by now. Of course, that’s not how trauma works ... ’ll understand what I mean when I say that decisions “snowball.” And it’s how I ... life I’ve lived after the fact), but it does mean I wouldn’t be here

  • by ana~
  • March 5, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. As a matter ... education for everyone. It has been our experience that the cost of applying ... attend but just want to see if they can get in). How do I know if I should

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to change majors in just five easy steps!

  

  some point. For many, it comes first semester. This is why MIT provides ... (if you got a D or F)."]P/NR.[/annotation] For some, it comes second ... 's, and C's do."] ABC/NR. [/annotation] For me, it came in the fall of my

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Just Run With It Never waste inspiration, even if you're running with it for the first time (in years)

  

  him that it made me feel like running. He simply told me “Don’t waste inspiration.” I reminded him that it is 2 a.m. He said “so what; don’t waste ... . See, I used to run. (Used to.) It was back in my freshman year of high

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  the fear and delight of fire spinning do not this at home! I am a trained (semi?)professional.

  

  . How does fire spinning work? Fire spinners use props that they light on ... all of them, but it all depends on how much time you spend practicing ... we were asked to do it four days before the event, so we had three days

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wearing the apron This was written on an empty stomach

  

  operated so I could maintenance it when it got jammed, and how some of the ... injection molding (hint: it usually does). It’s honestly pretty cool to look ... cafeteria- you don’t have much of a say as to what goes on it. SAT Prep Pizza

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  There is no solving for x thoughts on moving to and away from Maine

  

  , right? It has this beautifully continuous arc of longing, realization ... oversimplifications to make it fit that format. “Okay,” you might ask “but what does ... until I acknowledged how I felt, even if I thought it was wrong to feel

  • by Powers '23
  • June 29, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  soulsearching / naubos na in which i ramble about purpose

  

  long will I force it? How long until I say no? How long will I regret ... I’ll figure it out. About how the job interview process, and all of ... my choices. But how much does that really matter to me? How much

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 22, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2017 it's never too early to start reminiscing

  

  said, "Hey Tim, how's it going?"     Meanwhile, back outside, I ... ; Commencement. Two months ago. Wow, where does the time go? Summer's almost over. It's time for the next year, whether that's college, senior year

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 9, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  My How Times Change… ...and yet, they are much the same.

  

  how admissions is different today from when we received admit letters ... me even more about how things have changed over the years. That said ... as he was concerned. I ultimately did trim it down to three, completed

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 9, 2011