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  My Disappointment Is Immeasurable And My Day Is Ruined A story about cream soda

  

  ids="79240,79241,79238,79242,79239,79243"] I actually didn’t know that ... until he started listing things that the factory doesn’t produce. Suddenly ... cream soda I couldn’t believe my eyes – surely it was just some animation

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Impressions of a Harvard Class I’m taking Irish Folklore and a writing seminar on fairy tales!

  

  red brick and marble, Corinthian columns, old-style decor. T-shirts that ... variety of humanities classes.  Don’t get me wrong, MIT has its share of ... own jargon, too, though it doesn’t seem to have as much. On the first

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 12, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  motivation musings as i look back on the year

  

  anyone know about the problem. But I didn’t. Almost every time I left the ... surface, it seems like I care a lot about hiking. But I don’t particularly ... course, that isn’t to say that there aren’t virtues of “settling” — the

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  in the prospect of leaving are you proud of the work you've done?

  

  my feet to quickly realize that I don't know much of anything, really ... little more wary and a little less [annotation note="To be fair I don't ... allows me to jump around so often, I can't help but feel I've thrown away

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  my first spring break!!! 13 MIT students take San Diego

  

  , but I didn't like EDM enough to warrant going for several days. also, Miami didn't seem super appealing since it's *the* spring break location ... flights weren't very expensive. as a plus, hundreds of other MIT students

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  tryharding but still not enough

  

  , which means I don't actually have to do the work for the class, I can just ... Olympiad over IAP, just because I really felt like I couldn't keep up with it ... doesn't feel like I'm doing much at all, but I'm also doing so much at the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 20, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  school projects aka why i havent been writing in the last few weeks

  

  apparently i haven’t made any blog posts about classes yet so here ... sight-read and record everyones’ compositions. the actual assignment isn’t ... , so this doesn’t have to be a particularly difficult project. but if you

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  the last twenty days burning out before the semester even starts

  

  “compromise” with myself was that I wouldn’t sit as the chair of the REX ... couldn’t quite relax, though, because— fifteen days ago —REX started the ... events was exhausting, even though I wasn’t in charge. It was extremely

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  what the f*** am i doing this summer still don't know if i'm going abroad or not lol

  

  . it obviously didn't happen because of COVID, but since I'd been looking ... students in my major don't typically go to sophomores. at a certain point, I ... coordinators within three days. mailing my passport sounded scary, so I wasn't

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 12, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  We have extended the Regular Action deadline to January 6th, 2021 in order to give our applicants (and our staff) some extra time around the holidays

  

  forestall the inevitable next question, we don't know exactly what day we will ... materials, so why don't I see them in my portal yet? Due to tremendous volume ... decision.     What if I can’t submit my transcripts and recommendations

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  summer in boston that summertime, summertime, uh, gladness

  

  and lobster tail (it doesn't have [annotation note="if you want this, go ... [/annotation] in it, don't worry) and both were delicious. there's a dope park nearby ... to do during the academic year since i didn't have a bike! bike's are

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 15, 2020
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  flows through his veins. Me? Raymond Tran? I haven't played chess in years ... . Long story short he made some terrible mistake and I won. This didn't ... chess confidence was destroyed. I broke him that day. Now he won't stop

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Procrastination in the Time of Corona i have so much time and so many ways to procrastinate my work

  

  the other things that I've been filling my time with that aren't my ... now, and I've been spending literally so much time on it. I can't ... haven't actually...practiced in a few years. Oops. Turning on Japanese

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 24, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year playlist 2/3 of a year in 25 songs

  

  Out by T.I. — this was the first Mocha Moves audition piece and thus the ... COIN — i don't have any particular memories tied to this; it's just a ... good We'll Be Alright by RADWIMPS — i haven't actually watched Tenki no

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back to back to back maybe i am doing too much

  

  me, and I feel that, until last weekend, I didn’t really have a day ... first weekend in a while that I felt like I didn’t do anything. Friday ... talking about what I did this February. Note that I haven’t even given any

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 27, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  71 More Things to Do Before You Graduate the 101 things expansion pack

  

  . Just don't write one about yourself because people will be able to tell ... doesn't count toward any requirements. Take the [annotation note ... " when they ask. Maybe because you don't want to rub it in peoples' faces

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 10, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting always waiting

  

  Applying to things doesn't end after you come to MIT, and waiting doesn't either. Right now, you might be waiting to find out if you got ... don't have any pictures of my breakfast this morning, but trust me, it

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 12, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  A half semester told through paper grownup show and tell

  

  last Tuesday. I didn’t have a separate sheet of paper to take notes ... handouts. I don’t actually remember reading any of the handouts that much ... heads downtown. I used to pay $5 to take the T to go to Harvard and back

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

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

  

  ’m still adjusting to this environment, but i don’t feel like a functioning ... [/annotation] here, i haven’t left campus [annotation note="frat parties don’t count ... , which was nothing short of incredible.  walking in the middle of ~n a t u

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  We can do this! To high school seniors: we’re in the struggle bus with you

  

  applying to WAY too many because of indecisiveness.  We didn’t expect this ... absolutely painful to write.  Okay, let’s backtrack a bit. We aren’t writing ... ’s animation in Independent Together, Steven singing “we don’t have to fight

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 7, 2019