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• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Declared My Major :D aw yeah i'm a College Student™ now

  

  need for students to understand both the science and engineering of ... -9 would be ✨perfect✨ for what I wanted. When my student advisor suggested ... science, so I registered for it as my [annotation note="Humanities, Arts

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 21, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  from me to you burn it all down

  

  struggled with writing blogposts in the past few months. It’s not for a lack ... … And I will, eventually. Hopefully. But for now, I’m going to tell you ... things for god knows how long—someone more well-versed in EC history could

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  on the atlanta shootings from an asian american woman

  

  Content warning for hate crimes, anti-Asian racism, gun violence ... communities, but this time, I didn’t know what words to reach for. I asked him ... friends with, said that he “had a thing for Asians.” When I ignored him, he

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 26, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello deferred applicants, i, again, don’t know what to say, but i can try

  

  and pay application fees, for many schools and not just one, in but just ... friends got accepted early. i felt happy for them, but it felt like token ... blogs. i checked the blogs pretty religiously for new posts every other

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hell. handling the hardest semester at MIT, virtually

  

  that I haven't yet found a rhythm that works for me in terms of finishing ... with little time to learn the material and finish the psets for my other ... before starting the psets for the other classes, I rushed learning all the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  “But I’m not cool…” Dr. Suess but shitty? Dr. Suess but angsty?

  

  my grades are good, and last week I fell In love for the first time.” “But I am not cool.”     “I am not cool. Not enough for ... All the Trojan beliefs that have haunted me for years. And no one I

  • by Powers '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a spectacle-r weekend exploring the Boston Harbor Islands

  

  so you can get a spot on the middle deck for the best views. (I arrived ... the bigger half for later. We trekked up a path and found a bench near ... hanging out there for a bit, we headed towards the other side of the island

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 5, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  places around and at mit godless and holy

  

  closed Raymond asked for a hamburger It was served to him on a sandwich ... Boston is supposed to be a place of good seafood. Do not go here for good ... basement for a party and you go to lean against the walls and the walls are

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Movie A Day… the only way to spend your PNR

  

  , something especially appreciated at an institution notorious for being one of ... emma. i'd die for all of them."]my friend group[/annotation]decided to start watching a movie every night for the rest of PNR. This is a very

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 17, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I Chose To Spend My First Weekend Away From MIT 132 miles north to be exact

  

  and we had't bought hamburger patties for our BBQ yet. After showing ... that I went zip lining for the first time. And for someone who is ... in silence for 15 minutes while being surrounded by others. But the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 16, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Chasing Success idk what that means anymore.

  

  goes on. For years, I've subconsciously been trying to come up with a formula for success. Ya know the big ol' "what makes someone successful?" Up ... direction) and I think reading Michelle Obama's Becoming helped: “For me

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Balancing Act… ...or not

  

  right now, so I'll leave that for later. For now, I want to make a list of ... and free pizza for two days. Hurray for Google Information Sessions, the ... . And then there’s my cooking fails. I’m not on a meal plan for reasons

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  college is how many opportunities you get to live in a new place for a month ... hike was pretty typical for Washington trails. You hike from the forest ... southwest of Seattle. Believe me, we had to work for this view![/caption] And

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our Room (formerly, THE Sal Khan’s Room) is Being Converted into WiFi! we made this post just for the title

  

  this situation amusing and are making this post "just for the title ... Katherine C. '19 got us for our birthday! Pay close attention to the bottom ... recommend that you do, for no other reason than to understand why both Tina

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 29, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Love Is Hard (A Sequel) wherein anon feels different from how he felt seven months ago

  

  love, only for things to inevitably fade away in the end. However, these past semesters have been quite a transformative experience for me; (maybe ... am I looking for? What/who would make me happy? What do I want in a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 3, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Reasons I haven’t blagged… hint: "I'm Busy" isn't one of them

  

  posting--or for a more dramatic flair, The 7 Capital Vices I Have Oft ... have ideas for posts that are going to be great!! So great! I just need ... often get distracted by other stuff and lose passion for the initial idea

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 29, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  places at mit (favorite) places (to work/study)

  

  MIT's campus can be pretty daunting for someone first visiting. All ... do this for two reasons: One, I want to show you that, despite our ... see the magic of this place going away for me. This is the place I

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 27, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Spring Think Some spring break reflections and thoughts

  

  Institute for a bit if they could, some of us at least to the refuge of sleep and rest in our dorms, hopefully with forays into Boston for food (I did ... connection with the nation--I’m just traveling, for once in my life. While

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language What Learning Chinese at MIT has meant to me

  

  language, and to a larger extent culture. For many of my friends, language is ... undeniably call mine. I feel that for a long time I was okay with this because it was also true for everyone around me. None of my friends knew what

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 26, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Sneezes a deep and in-depth analysis of an everyday occurrence

  

  I would like to start off by thanking you all for deciding to read ... reason for being late was unfortunately not excused by my teacher). Rapid ... common reason for injury is having something in your mouth while sneezing

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • January 15, 2017