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  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  It's my junior year, and I am busy working on graduation requirements. I don't love my classes, but I'm getting through (y'know, relatively ... classes I want to be on my transcript when I apply to college. Even if it

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I hurt myself again And again and again and again.

  

  things. My failings at life from the last couple of weeks include tripping ... -covered sidewalk and falling flat on my butt in front of a group of construction workers, tripping over my own feet about twelve (12) times while walking

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Where I Call Home california california cambridge!

  

  Norwalk, California. It's a beautiful house with a big backyard featuring my ... my mom, my lolo, my lola, and me. Over time, the house would grow and shrink with guests. Sometimes my uncles would stay over, sometimes my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Touching grass scenes of spring

  

  Last week I saw someone screencap my blog post and post it on /r ... 'm sad that I can't keep the karma for my main. I'd have loved to comment with 👀, but do I want to dox my Reddit account to all of you? No. I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 18, 2022
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  The truth I learned about Japan, as a Korean a translation

  

  post.) I was born in America, but my parents and grandparents were born in Seoul. I've heard stories from my grandparents about their memories ... Japanese government [under occupation]. Even now, when I talk with my uncle

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 17, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Going Home ... but where exactly is that?

  

  I'm currently sitting in the SeaTac airport, waiting for my flight ... ecstatic to get back to campus after a much needed break, to see my MIT ... my early departure from the west coast while my closest high school

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 6, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goal setting and organization how i organize my life!

  

  I often get asked how I organize my life, my time, and whatnot and ... nice to highlight how I organize my day to day tasks and how I track progress in my life. Progress tracking is a huge part of my life. I really

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  on regression the to your shitty high school self, and not linear, kind

  

  i'm currently in the midst of my second week of online school. things have been going pretty well—my first week flew by since i had frontloaded all my work to prepare for my boyfriend staying over, but now that he

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 7, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Learning how to be a human being, not a human doing After 6 years of adulting post MIT, these are the things I value now

  

  When I graduated in 2018, I was talking to my partner about how lost ... peer mental health had been my purpose and identity. And after leaving ... things I’ve learned to value, through the eyes of my younger selves to now

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  remember me on family

  

  Know that I'm with you The only way that I can be Until you're in my ... movie had ended, my hands shook with such a fierce tremor and I remember just calling up my grandparents and telling them how much I love them. A

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 1, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Moms We stand on the shoulders of giants....!!

  

  Today I wanted to thank a very special person in my life, someone who ... : My Mom mom and I in Shanghai! Yesterday was Mother’s Day, so I thought this would be an especially good time to recognize my mom for her

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 14, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  ’t sleep, but I am not one of those. None of my close friends are, and I ... Friday in working with my GEL team trying to solve different challenges in ... was. Note my amused face in this picture.  Or it can be bad when

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Genesis Embrace me Blogosphere!!!!

  

  story all about how My life got flipped turned upside down And I’d like to ... Square (I know, I know….give me a break, my title is long and I’m not a ... I spent most of my days Chillin’ out maxin’ taking life real slow Just

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Online Decisions = YES Some great news.

  

  MyMIT. Decisions will be available to those who meet all of the ... graduate). Your intended entry year (as designated in your MyMIT account) is ... ). What is the process for receiving my admissions decision online? In order

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting MIT’s Newest Truman Scholar! Yeah, I know I've been blogging a lot this week - but believe me, you…

  

  During my freshman orientation many, many months ago, I came across a girl named Anjali Thakkar: My first thought when I met her was ... 's been my teammate, my mentor, my TA, and my friend. And now she's all of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 2 Slowing down time in the Land of Enchantment.

  

  -up to my first post about trying new things, and looking for adventure ... . I noticed that my first two weeks in Albuquerque - when everything was ... blurred together, and time zipped by. This summer: I got my first

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Room with a Vieux A comparison of sorts

  

  " from a lovely antiques store in Boston So here is my workspace (and my coworker, an intern from Stanford) from my summer job. The space isn't too ... Yesterday, I got back to MIT, and my bedroom's view this year rivals my summer

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Share Your Story, 2014 edition How did you find out you'd been accepted? Was there any celebratory dancing? Please tell…

  

  , just didn't shower? Me too. But seriously, congratulations! In my 9 ... dark ages of 2006 (in my day, I read my acceptance letter by candle, before saddling up my horse and picking up some celebratory goose fat from

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions For you.

  

  grace, my writing professor agreed to move the location of today's class ... afternoon utterly distracted. As my classmates read their stories out loud, I found my attention drifting away from their words and towards the glinting

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 10, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  in an effort to be whole again recovery

  

  the same, where my Friday through Sunday is filled with [annotation note ... key presses as I'm anxiously bent over my computer, staring at the ... [/caption] Then my Mondays are spent relaxing a bit or catching up with 18

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2020