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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  -changing. I'd initially read the English translation of MDZS, but I moved on to ... to do (aka study for the 5.111 ASE, which I ended up failing anyway ... wants to be like, "Oh my god, I can't let other people know that I have

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  As Winter Melts things are gonna change so fast

  

  't fully come to grips with what that meant. In my opinion, initiating ... , just as the brothers who initiated me last year must have, and I begin to ... what already exists, always eager to make progress on the goals and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 3, 2009
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer doing all the things

  

  to get my license.  How it’s going so far: I failed my driving test at ... confusion and unease when it comes to my future. I taught in New Zealand and ... research. Some of it provided clarity for what I didn’t want to do—my destiny

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 6, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  What We Did In High School pls don't be as stressed as we were

  

  counselor’s initial warning and the extra work she did to sign us up for the ... some very ambitious middle schoolers that came up to us. Three years ago, we went to this panel and met Lauren there, and asked her a question

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • July 11, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-contest: Your Application Reflections I'd like to share your application experiences.

  

  I'd like to publish on this blog some of your reflections about applying to college. Not just applying to MIT, but the entire college ... excitement, the same fears, the same pressures. I'd like to provide an outlet

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  what are we to do? we are not helpless in the face of injustice.

  

  email from the president, three days ago: i decided to go. i ... talked at the table. we talked about how to build community and care for our neighbors. we talked about how to be good allies to our siblings

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 13, 2016
• Blog / Blog Projects

  where is south dakota again? and other fun questions for your south dakotan friends

  

  never expected to fail a test in my life, but we can cross that one off ... mentioned that I know "exactly how many students from South Dakota go to MIT ... go to MIT is [annotation note="keyword here is somewhat

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 3, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I may have been accepted to MIT, but I'm getting darned good at failing at other things!

  

  big goals that I set out to conquer and failed at. I made it 50 miles ... unemployment, reached out to my network, started applying, and ... failed. Good ... sometimes, no matter how hard you work, you're just going to fail, and it's ok

  • by Snively '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (My Third) First Day In which I attempt (and fail) to do a timelapse vlog

  

  give me steady enough footage to not cause motion sickness. Whoops. The timelapse component of the video kind of failed, too. It turns out that when you try to speed up an already-wobbly video to 800%, it becomes a blurry

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 7, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Cultured C-Show 2011

  

  that I was capable of turning off my alarm and going back to sleep, without any conscious knowledge of my actions. (2) I listened to my 18.03 (diff eq) professor sing in class, to general applause and awe. (3) I ate

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 2, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Start of Something New Please forgive the High School Musical reference.

  

  biorhythms and allow me to sleep in when possible have failed emphatically ... deposited my belongings in McCormick Hall, and proceeded to video-chat excessively with friends I’d already begun to miss. I haven’t had much time for

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Virtual Reality, Startups, and Donuts in a particular order

  

  calories later- I went to an event put on by the MIT Innovation Initiative ... , and has the potential to instate new initiatives for student life. I see ... Cue Monday afternoon. I'm hungry because I decided to not spend money

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 15, 2016
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  coronavirus situation and him moving out to Washington, we both failed that ... wanted to preface this post real quick by jumping in and giving a little ... we were in Random. As a joke, Raymond decided he wanted to "secretly

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogger Freebie #2 And a plot twist!

  

  "failing" category; the average is almost twice my score, and I am close to ... to one more blogger freebie. In four years of reading the blogs, I don ... freebie in the sense that it requires little effort or thought to write

  • by Cam T. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New ZigZag and more A new episode of MIT's video podcast, and Susan Hockfield speaks out on energy research.

  

  to this vast challenge, the time for initiating meaningful steps to ... As you know, MIT is embarking on a mission to tackle the world's energy and environment problems. Today, I've got two pieces of media to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biochemistry at its finest!

  

  giant lecture halls) to watch Yaffe cover crazy amounts of information in ... that prevents you from bleeding to death after a measly paper cut ... platelets congregate to repair the cut by creating a clot. What you may not

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  Quarantine and Social Life trying to maintain some connection

  

  passive. Many times, I’ll feel too tired or socially drained to initiate ... the person’s first name’s initial to maintain privacy.    Ask ... life I miss and try to recreate. J: We had initially planned on calling

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 26, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  H I C C U P S takeaways from a Bollywood film

  

  flower fails to bloom because of the environment. But because it fails to ... and tiring week) to watch a Bollywood film. All I was really looking for ... with me past a good night’s sleep. Hichki (which roughly translates to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 15, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

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

  

  what I wanted to post this weekend. A month into my time at MIT I can ... week has been a wild ride. To quantify it: Five hours of sleep per ... my hall’s kitchen at five AM this morning, trying to study for a test I

  • by Powers '23
  • September 30, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC Presents: Black Panther 2

  

  beginning of the semester. We knew for sure it was something we wanted to ... agency to see if we could arrange something, but as this process was going ... Engagements committee (SOLE) worked with LSC to set up the screening. This

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 11, 2022