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• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  reach a lofty bar that you set for yourself. It’s a challenge.   ... tendencies, and that shiny bar you've set for yourself becomes the standard for ... significantly above-average point, you're so screwed. You’re meat. For whatever

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  goodbye after so long and with so much love

  

  . When I got into MIT, visited for CPW, and finally comMITted, the biggest ... , but their MIT -- full of friendship, companions for psets and for ... waiting for me. There was never any question about whether I would apply to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 1, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  Super Sketchy Background Activity the experiment, part 3

  

  VSVDbZUakc After realizing I've done a team update for the [annotation ... a good thing…I guess? Hmm, on second thought, and for legal reasons ... could create a video for the incoming class. I remembered him from WISE

  • by kellen manning
  • June 5, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  i’d like to write a happy post a sestina

  

  I've been gone from the blogs for a little while, since this semester ... , on making paradise for CPW; or spring break adventures; or the way that ... no space to breathe—no space to post. And yes, there has been time for

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Rush Course 12 what it’s like to study Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at MIT

  

  and the possibility for life beyond Earth. [caption id ... .[/caption] There are four tracks for the major: Geosciences: Geology, Geochemistry ... with slightly lower expectations for the undergrads taking the class

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 6, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Blogger’s Block a hiatus from writing (but not memeing)

  

  posting quite often, for a bit – enjoy!"]recently started posting again ... ="Thank you Petey and the rest of the blogfam for keeping me included throughout ... just made me completely incapable of making a single post for so long. I

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  bursting the MIT Bubble when 🅱️ig 🅱️ome Energy gets too real

  

  Netflix for eight hours and it's completely acceptable because, hey, at ... to present to my peers, the rationale for this being the intensity of ... ?? feels like i’ve been here for an eternity"]two-ish months

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Burnout (and what to do about it) learning how to recharge a low battery

  

  depleted for several months. There's a lot of reasons, professional and ... MIT, I take pride in my own high capacity and drive for work. Being able ... has problems with the drudgery of work, but burnout, for me, is when

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2019
• Blog / Summer

  “How was your day?” asked and answered

  

  been happening for the last two weeks, and I don’t know why. I bitterly get up, say good morning to my roommate, and head for the bathrooms ... immediately thank the gods for finals week. My GRT, bless his soul, cooked up an

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 2, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memory of a Greatly Beloved Establishment rip the stud subway

  

  longer an option for Lobdell Food Court customers. Some of you might be ... rocky, but I could always rely on it to be there for me. After long hours ... and cheese bread, and didn't accept card half the time, but for a sweet

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  I’m Awesome (at) Parkour! and other fun things i'm doing this Independent Activities Period

  

  up with cute names for everything else I'm doing, too ... , considering i've been doing it for approximately two weeks! Parkour has been ... that they break down all the different motions we learn for us and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 22, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Colin Webb’s Commencement Speech "We learned, as graduating MIT engineers, that our job is to build bridges."

  

  figurative (and for many literal) feet, not only for the quality of the speaking, but the substance of which he spoke. For many people, Colin really ... with you all. Here's a video of the speech, and below is the text. For

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Gingerbread Gone Horribly Right "run, run, as fast as you can..."

  

  for the blogs. Then it took me two years to write the post. Half of the ... . '21, Kristen Y. '19, and Anna W. '21 for the 2017 photos, editorial ... who volunteered for the photos in 2015!  THE END

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking Forward and Backward 10 Memories and 8 Resolutions

  

  being said, I cannot wait to see what’s in store for next year. My whole life, I never really made a resolution for New Years. I always kind of brushed it off. However, this year, as I waited for my brownies to bake in

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Watch the 2.009 webcast tonight at 7:15PM ET!

  

  (Mechanical Engineering) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my fellow FIRST alumni out there, it's sort of like FRC, but for products ... recap of the final presentations after they occur. But for tonight, though

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Expedition New England Travel That is Good for the Soul.

  

  As one of my “Treat. Yo. Self.” presents for my birthday, I got 3 ... simply enjoy life. For those who don’t l know, I come from a town in ... Amtrak Train ticket, and some extra room for a souvenir shirt for myself

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Researchers Develop Autonomous Shoe Technology out of the MIT STrIDE group

  

  MIT alumni have been responsible for some of the most revolutionary ... cars, STrIDE has developed sensors for your shoe that alert you of ... be extremely useful for helping people not stub their toe.   MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 1, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spotted: A Brass Rat in the Wild? Is this an alumnus hacking McDonald's, or McDonald's hacking MIT? I can't tell

  

  Jeremy R. '16 with a link to a new McDonald's commercial for their new Suction Tube for Reverse Axial Withdrawal, or STRAW. It's a clear send-up of ... McDonald's hacking MIT? This is like the Zapruder film for reflexive

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  , for all it's glory, is no longer my home. Danny B. '15 wrote about how ... those steps was moving off campus. And that is why I moved off campus for my senior year. It was the absolute correct decision for me. Now, my

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life etc “fine,” “nice,” “good," "quiet"

  

  someone on Quora who claimed that 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. worked pretty well for ... schedules are problematic for your mental health.. While I don’t think I feel ... actually 9:47, but I stayed in bed for a bit longer so that it was about ten

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 2, 2015