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  IHTFParadise – A Journey of Depression at MIT Guest entry by Angelina G.

  

  fact, I feel confident because I am alive—the fact that I can see colors ... willing to make time to listen, and to support them as much as I can. Since ... are going through a difficult time when I take study breaks, can make a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  'll see what I can do about that) admissions blogger. I think that means ... here), and generally what my life's like (so that you can, I don't know ... still can't wait for next Monday when I turn this lump of three

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  decisions and a lot of big changes. You can follow whatever career path you ... people have disagreed with my decision-making process, but I stand by it ... in your decision and prepared to give yourself to it fully. I think

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  -jokes. One thing I love about the past two Hunts were the registration websites ... , and luge. And I can imagine each team that submitted their own board ... . I can only be an irresponsible college student until I graduate

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 22, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Snively’s Cross Stitch Corner I really enjoy cross stitching

  

  ’s blocky and my brain grasps it. I can also create reasonable pixel art if I ... E degree. It’s something I can do, mindlessly, while watching TV or ... maybe I can continue streaming after CPW. And, if it all goes poorly, we

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  wrestling with my ego it takes so much energy to drop a class

  

  it because I want to learn as much as I can in a limited period of time ... pomodoro sort of technique but honestly, I got shit done. I don’t think I can ... like a great opportunity I could rise to meet. I can imagine myself

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What I wish I’d known, and what I’m glad I knew Before coming to MIT.

  

  everything else on my schedule. I can point to maybe one, two instances where ... asked me what I wish I'd known before I came to MIT. I wish I'd known ... success to success to success from the day they were born (I'm pretty sure

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing I don’t have time for hosed into my core

  

  stress and fear about if I’m going to graduate and how I (can’t) afford ... world. I see friends who are struggling and I can’t do anything about it ... everything I could, and that’s all I can do.” And that if I hadn’t, I’d be

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 25, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m Still Standing after all this time at MIT

  

  ready. At least I can say I’ve made it this far, after all this time. So ... tl;dr I made a music video to commemorate graduation happening in a few days. I have spent many stressful, agonizing hours discovering that

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 31, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m back! (And what I carry on it) "You can tell a lot about a person by what they carry" - Atlas

  

  constantly. I can never seem to hold onto one for very long, though this is the ... -tool - Best thing you can carry as long as you’re not going to the airport. I ... Hey! I’m back this term to finish my undergrad degree. I realize

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 11, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  concerts. I can't go to school for her. I can't study for her or take the tests for her. I can't complete the projects or lab work for her. But, I ... listening and praying the rosary (I can't help it I'm Catholic after all) in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Making Connections we live in a society (affectionate)

  

  , hopelessly confused, and I can (sometimes) instantly recognize their problem ... lots more groups of people. I can see other people's connections to each other, and that makes me think about what connections they have that I can

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Steady-state Equilibrium Featuring screaming as stress relief

  

  , weekly psets, recitations, or class readings that are all baselines. I can ... amount of money I can spend in this convenience store that will keep me awake for the next 18 hours?” or “Can I spare enough time to go scream

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  's window. I remember thinking that this can't be our last goodbye, but in a ... from when I've last seen her. "Talk to your grandma as much as you can while you're here, okay?" I can read between lines to understand what my

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  Some days, I feel good. Some days, I feel like I can work for hours ... . I can’t spend more than fifteen minutes without opening Discord or ... . I can’t really work when I’m hungry, which is when I wake up. And I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  you *can* do it. When the application came out, I was in the middle of ... along. If I really can't think of anything, I cheat and do something like ... I'm sitting at the kitchen table in my London flat; my sister Lisa

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  figured out any more than you do. I'm working through it. But I hope you can ... , simpler dream. To just do the absolute best I can do in whatever I end up ... These past three weeks have been really hard. And I'm sure that for

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  My Product Design Internship in Austin how to build things: both externally and internally

  

  bike. Now, eight weeks later, I can hop on the bike, and it takes me most ... the thing I'm designing on my screen can actually be manufactured in ... ? Maybe we can use PWM. I learned that in [annotation note="Dynamics and

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist

  

  an engineering firm, or wherever else I can apply to with my sanity ... right now"]to colleges for undergrad,[/annotation] and I can’t trace the ... upwards slope, and I can see the experiences I’ve racked up, the projects

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thank you for reading A rigorous study of 26-year-olds (n=1) showed that getting older is positively correlated to the…

  

  got to hang out with Beyonce in the time since I was that age. I can ... lungs, I can run, and I can breathe. As David Foster Wallace says, this is ... thankful to have them. To realize that as an adult, I can choose how I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 8, 2014