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  I’m not an imposter… I’m going to be featured on the MIT News homepage

  

  Perfectionism: I judge my self-worth largely by how well I can do things, the ... connected with my teachers; I can’t express how necessary I think it was to ... to fix burnout, but I can’t. Recently, I’ve been feeling more emotional

  • by ana~
  • October 29, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  , I can't even seem to get through a day on seven and a half. Knowing ... healthy, I can start figuring out how to help myself achieve it every night ... different MIT days; I can use my experience first semester to figure out what

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
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  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  , and really the best I can do is to just take things one by one and not ... squeezing my stomach in their fist? Why can't I get out of bed in the morning ... want to say that the future scares me. But how can I be scared of

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This story has to do with professor accessibility. And something awesome that I got in the mail.

  

  don’t I send her a copy. Me: *blown away by how nice people can be ... ’s right. I’ve reached out to a number of physics professors (I can't speak ... I love getting mail. Actual mail, that is: packages and postcards and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2011
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  Robo-CJ writes haiku “didn’t you already make a blog post about this?”

  

  focusing on making haikus, but I have a lot going on and I can't keep up. i ... three minutes darn i can't save the world if i don't then i will starve ... more for all of you admitted students. yeah i know, i can edit: oops i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  simple path from A to B, from course 5 to course 9, but I don't think I can ... said, it's different for everyone. But I can say with certainty that all ... more I mean 1000+) here (see if you can find me!). Here's just a sample

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 Things I Learned 1st Semester Yeap.

  

  Central Jersey, I can’t help but reminisce about 1st semester and MIT. I can ... -yogurt-more-endearingly-“Froyo”. I can’t count how many “Ordering Indian in 10! Come to Room # if you ... recipient, writing emails can become anxiety-mongering. But I remember reading

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  not so good at and that i can usually get away with neglecting. this is ... 'm doing so i can get back to the place where i approach the days of my life ... for me, but not in the conventional sense. i'm insanely comfortable

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  realized that learning where one's limits are can be a very good thing. I ... unsuccessful one: "It was great!"), I finally converged on this: I laugh, then smile, then say: "I learned a lot." I remember how I felt when I first

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  Okay, okay, so I've totally been slacking off on updates on my ... , things have been crazy busy. (Perhaps at some point, I'll eventually get to ... past few weeks about how terribly hosed people are, I thought I'd bring

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  wait until some of the other postdocs come in. 9:15 AM. Since I can ... with bacteria, because I need to prepare some more DNA tomorrow so I can ... experiments I can do at once without a) making stupid mistakes or b) having my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  , when I can’t go apple picking because I’m hosed, and when the faces ... disappointing or the spookiest Halloween ever. But right now I’m going to talk about me, about MIT, and about why I haven’t talked to you in a month

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 29, 2012
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  East Campus, A Home *dons his historian hat*

  

  yet there's a common kinship. I am awestruck by how many stories I can ... friends and I set up a website and sent an email to the student and alumni ... . '17.) I can only hope that you do read through parts of the site, and

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 11, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  everything i made this year (mostly)

  

  Wow I haven’t blogged in one million years! I feel like I’ve written many stubs and snippets over the past few months, but I haven’t been able ... this year, I’m writing this blog, which includes... First, the things I

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 1, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  see them as frequently as I can. Whenever I am in their respective ... 'm physically still, so after I take my seat on a plane when it is boarding, I can ... personal history with asking ourselves "can I do this?" When people ask us

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  opening line. Life is not one decision that you can never come back from. I can always make new choices down the line if I figure out that my choice ... inherently an individual decision. No one can tell me what kind of person I

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  big cities alike. As you can probably tell by the fact that I’m writing ... only a twenty minute walk), and my friends and I can be more spontaneous ... enough to cover a Dunkin’ run, but I can get seats to a baseball game for

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  is; firsthand information from students can change minds.) “Well, I ... witty retort and a raised middle finger. Sometimes you can’t. I had to ... . Anger feels useless when I can’t call him back up and say, “You’re wrong

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Feeling Many Feelings :) and :( and everything in between about decisions

  

  know it or see it, that I won't be worthy of connection? The things I can ... I have a lot of feelings. It doesn’t take much to make me cry, whether I’m moved, frustrated, or sad. There’s one Google Search Story that

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • March 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  just got tired of taking better care of things I can replace...You can't have a hot car and a hot house and get out looking crazy.” I can think of ... It’s spring break and I’m catching up on alone time. I didn’t exactly

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017