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• Blog / Personal Projects

  An emoji alethiometer to help you make decisions I'm not saying I will use this in committee, but I'm not saying I won't

  

  whispers to Mary Malone what she is supposed to do to help our heroes fulfill ... of many decisions, the Emoji Compass helps you make some of yours. Over

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  it’s ok that it’s not ok sometimes things will happen, and you have to just let yourself be.

  

  simple anhedonia state; of being able to merely not feel happiness rather than actively feel awful. Kate self-medicates to reach that state, by ... like they would provide some sort of help, some sort of distant

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 4, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bad Grades and Big Screw-Ups Pulling back the A's, B's, C's, and P's to see what's inside

  

  effort in, but for some of the units I couldn’t do well no matter how hard ... , like, super rough. By the final of 3 units, the professor had told me ... take to replace your grade in one of the three units, but I was so

  • by Powers '23
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  getting back in the groove 🎵groovy groovy🎵

  

  in the thermodynamics units, always finding the work to be fairly easy ... anyway, so I have no abundance of people to help me. The professor is a ... before bed every night to help me fall asleep instead of going over my to

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 3, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking this spring study abroad edition

  

  examiners, i registered for what i hope will be the equivalent of 48 units at ... variables. (Paige B. '24 talks about dimensions here and helped me exposit ... the TAs though, which was really helpful! i am glad to have chosen this

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 22, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Sophomore Fall Goals So you can bully me when I write a post saying they didn't work out

  

  the goal. If taking 66 units of classes and sleeping every night was ... . Problem Sets. Start Them Earlier so Help Me GOD One of the things that ... generally won't be able to help me understand things. I don't place a lot of

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  preserving student community what does it take?

  

  helping students transition in and out of the dorm and navigating student ... that come and go but are united in their values, and so on. I know that ... reopens. Alumni are important as well; just as Bomber alumni have helped me

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 20, 2020
• Blog / Summer

  The 9-to-5 grind (or the 9-to-6:30 because that's when the free dinner is, and a girl's gotta eat)

  

  center lifecycle. More specifically, I was helping automate the launch ... their own AC, lest their self-assembled window units accidentally plummet ... school, I scheduled everything into a Google calendar, which really helped

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 4, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  friends was shrinking. Even though I was taking 51 units, my semester felt ... , software design, French, and costume design) helped avoid the sensation of ... to make changes to be happy with your situation. I think it helps a lot

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  remain. Professor Fisher's lectures help me see That this is not ... I struggle, I must leave my room To look for help before it is too ... class lasts for half a semester (it's half the number of units of a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Summer

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

  

  opportunity to help a nonprofit with a technical project, as well as a software ... , our state’s DMVs are appointment-only. Since I live in Portland, the ... dropped down to $30,000, so, there’s that.  But it’s been really helpful to

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

  Cancel all operations Tell your friends to cool it, my cover's blown.

  

  , the current state of my life and psyche, and the existence of God ... all of your concerns about MIT and thus help me become a better blogger ... AP/IB. My statement for the record would be that they can only help you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen.

  

  being in lab. You see, I am taking Project Lab, this 30-unit class (normal classes are 12 units at MIT), and I have been spending well over 30 hours ... I can't help falling in love with the excitement of obtaining a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mini-Guide to the GIRs Now I've been through them - don't make the same mistakes I did.

  

  taking bio early (other than gloating at helping my roommates with their ... .02x Chem Bio 18.02 MAJOR HASS HASS Seminar 9-unit class Note: During the spring semester, there are a number of 9-unit classes that are

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  30 questions with my roommates! I had writer's block so I forced my roommates to make content for me

  

  games (my current favorites are Catan, Dominion, and Kingdom Builders ... . Last game you played Fatima> 2048! Jenny> this app called Soul ... dungeons Nora> Wingspan – a board game about birds! I’d recommend if you

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Jack of Some Trades, Master of Absolutely Nothing feeling mediocre at mit

  

  remember how it's me asking for help. Not the other way around. I don't think ... space. I've been learning so much in my CMS classes, as I explore games and video game theory and fan culture and everything more. I recently

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 12, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Homecoming some musings on memory

  

  helps. The place really, really helps. It's not quite MIT until I can walk ... younger sister, who's stellar at the game. Probably the biggest reason is ... disliked the game, I was still forced to come to training every week, I'd get

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 13, 2021
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  tuesday another blog about an ordinary day

  

  but will probably just be confusing to others. it doesn't help that most ... ."]github,[/annotation] everything else. i helps because i switch tabs using cmd+[123] a lot ... few doubles games with the regular group of players, i'm back at my desk

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • August 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  .  And while that's nice for the ego, it's not so helpful in terms of ... a game of time management.  For example, I was a perfectionist about ... helping people acclimate to MIT's academic environment. Also, a word of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013
• Blog / People & Identities

  HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! 🦃 Yara has a peath sign on her head!

  

  Whenever someone wishes me a Happy Thanksgiving, I can’t help but ... games with my older sister, Yara, she pulled out her phone and started ... left it, my mom yelling at me from downstairs to help set the table

  • by Hala K. '29
  • November 27, 2025