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  climbing the wall why so defeatist?

  

  , a month at a time. All this to say- when my friends invited me to go ... as anticipated. I got some climbing shoes, chalked up my hands ... could I prove my "worthiness." I soon, however, hit a roadblock: chipping

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • October 7, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Circles, circles, circles week to week to week

  

  Content warning: depression, suicidal ideation. The other day my ... back to my room after a long day of being outside with friends. It's not that anything in particular triggers it. I'll be sitting in front of my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  False Precision ...and the advent of the cherry pie scale

  

  Very early on in my Admissions career I happened to take a slice from ... might expect, I was inevitably asked about my assessment of said pie. I ... 10. There were a number of things that went through my mind in that

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 7, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  born again freshman too junior for this

  

  as wiser than sophomores and freshman when i barely know my way around ... my experiences abroad a few years ago, i would hang out with college ... heavily on the upperclassmen in my living group and clubs. i felt

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 4, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  vibe check i'm basically living at MIT again

  

  , and one senior"]11 other[/annotation] [annotation note="my living ... brought; living with my family was great, but I enjoy cooking for myself and working on my own terms. Also, being able to watch Avatar: The Last

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 19, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Spirited Away Guest Post By Freshly Alum'ed Wasay A. '19

  

  *to set the mood* [playlist ids="44803"] The floor of my room is a ... last of my clothes and move onto the items in my desk, the same questions that have been floating in my head for the last few weeks resound once

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 13, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Tips for a Pleasant Olfactory Experience how to make your room smell good

  

  regarding my dorm. Now, I'm very sure I made the right choice. I like all the ... . I have complete autonomy over my living space and habits, down to the little things like how my room smells. My definition of good

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 9, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friends, and other things memories that come rushing back to me

  

  . i have a stack of summer reading on my desk that i will start clearing ... 'm reading for my urop - some are for fun, like the first seven volumes of saga that my so let me borrow for the summer. i started crafting this pile

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • May 25, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summary of the Semester I'm a senior and it's super weird.

  

  I'm a senior! And it's November of my senior year at MIT! Crazyyyyy ... 's been going on? I Moved Off-Campus Me - once the frosh obsessed with my living group and my hall and everything surrounding MIT culture, now lives

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 9, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Round 2 less shirts and more interviews.

  

  yesterday, and two weeks since my last blog post, which also still feels like ... year, my collection significantly less glorious.   This was ... , last year I was quickly brushed off by recruiters. Maybe it was my lack

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 29, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Weeks of Freedom What I'm doing for my last 4 weeks in the US!

  

  a flight to the U.K and embark on the second half of my college ... work for my brother I guess. So this morning I decided it was about time ... . '15 were instrumental in sparking. In my pre-college days the range of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 2, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales From Turning Twenty They range from "a little peculiar" to "utterly bizarre."

  

  has happened every day of my 20-year-old life so far (not sure whether this reflects a general trend in my life, or is just a phase) so here ... -cinnamon mousse. That night, I put on a dress and makeup and did my hair, slipped my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  DDR Tetris Read: The silliest video I have ever made.

  

  Last September, Matt blogged about this crazy contraption that my ... cello section social. Then, I let the footage remain in my Flip ... ' Goofiest Video Ever: P.S. Today is my little brother's 10th birthday. Wish

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Linkdump: Smart Leaves, Burritos, and Shaq cool things on the Internet

  

  I think I get my need for notes from my mom. Every day of my childhood was a festival of notes. I'd wake up to a note on my bedside reminding me to brush my teeth; on the bathroom mirror a note would remind me

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Events

  298 Tickets. All for us

  

  A lot of 'lasts' happened this past week: - I turned in my last 5.310 (Chem Lab) lab report EVER. YAY. I was so happyy. - I went to my last orgo ... the week after is (ahhh) finals. - I finished my last bag of popcorn

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 20, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Bumping Up Against—and Breaking Through—the Glass Ceiling Part 2 of my adventures at the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders

  

  Note: This entry is the second part of my blog last week, in which I described my lessons from the National Conference for College Women Student ... -looking poster!   I’ve been fortunate in my life because I was never aware

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 20, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  For Those About to Dew (Also eligible for salutations: those currently rocking, those about to rock)

  

  hours or so until I'm done with this unhealthy week. My weapon of choice: For the sake of not scaring my parents too much, let's pretend that ... I declare Course VI (EECS) as my major. :)

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow snow snow. I'm wearing bright colors so if I get caught in a snow drift someone will…

  

  An email I just sent out to my sorority: from: Shannon to: Theta date ... DELAYED- BC, the Harv BUSINESS AS USH: MIT fml. View from my window onto a ... going to drown in snow on my way to class. If I never post again, you now

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Woot! My t-shirt is funnier than your t-shirt.

  

  exciting. Whether it's postcards from friends overseas, care packages from my parents, birthday wishes from my sisters and grandmother, or even things I ... of getting mail. Well, for one, I wanted something to take my mind off

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Replay… Who says you can't go home again? Or at least go back to school...

  

  I arrived on the MIT campus in August of 1982 with all my "stuff ... was the place where I would happily spend the next four years of my life ... fun. I survived that first year, passed all my classes and came back

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 11, 2008