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• Blog / Classes

  meandering my nonlinear academic path so far

  

  emails with the subject line “help i don’t know what I’m doing with my life ... freshman, I didn’t stray too far from my intended path. I picked up a ... couldn’t get past the physical disconnect.  Once MIT shipped out fancy i

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  is leadership the same as management buzzword alert

  

  've worn many hats with the student groups i've worked with, and i wouldn't ... things, it's to make sure that things get done." i've learned that it doesn't ... "hey do you want to pick this up?" and neither of you put a date it won't

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  things i wish i could do thoughts from the bay area

  

  , specifically in the nob hill district near downtown. i didn’t know much about sf ... complicated subject that i don’t think i’m qualified to write about in detail ... displaced, but it won’t affect us, right? i wasn’t expecting a statement of

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 23, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  zero bandwidth it’s not burnout if you have to keep going

  

  small, positive part of other people’s stories.” Shouldn't that be enough ... , freshman fall, that you don't have to save the world; that all you have to do ... couldn't save the world, even if you tried. You can't be the sink node for

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 17, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  born again freshman too junior for this

  

  . this is disconcerting for numerous reasons. firstly, i feel like i don't ... students and even [annotation note="it wasn't creepy do not worry ... 'm the one telling freshmen what they should do and what they shouldn't

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 4, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ask me (an mit alum, maybe) anything! aka, am(amam)a

  

  realize that sometimes it means that I won't answer your question directly ... what score you need to score to get in. But remember, scores aren't ... comments section will remain open for another month, and while I can't

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • August 12, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  list of things that refill my will to live things to do when i don't want to do anything

  

  before we graduated. i haven't talked to any of them in forever and i'm scared to because i wouldn't know what to say, but i have some good ... nothing done, like today, because today was a day that didn't have classes

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  goodbye, thoughts; welcome, semester tfw classes are my saving grace

  

  'm around two weeks into it at this point, so it wasn't a sudden shift ... hadn't yet begun, my roommates were able to devote a lot of time to help ... classes. Can't wait to see how the semester goes!

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  The Quest Continues and into the open world i go

  

  an MIT student. I wouldn’t consider myself graduated emotionally, but ... ’s cliche, but it doesn’t really feel like it’s been 3.5 years since I entered ... to convince myself that this hasn’t just been one long extended fever

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 29, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  how to restore an old whiteboard, mit style four years of whiteboard wear and care

  

  that hadn't been erased for at least two years — now, it works just fine ... : whiteboard (duh) paper towels washcloths that you don’t mind getting ... — marker ink could get into the holes but then couldn’t be erased. Turns out

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Targets shooting things and hitting them

  

  . To check sight target, the eyes shouldn't be focused on the target, but ... before looking up from the sights, and looking at the target. I couldn't ... kind of target. It wasn't a target I was proud of. Air pistol is a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  I’ve been reading applications And I'm still reading them

  

  extensively on this website and in many blog posts. Plus, you wouldn’t want any ... -productive flow state was efficient in the short term, but it wasn’t sustainable for ... support my reading. Though this hasn’t been all fun and games—crafting the

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  socializing safely ...but also leaving my room maybe once a day

  

  here's the thing: most of my MIT friends are currently in the Cambridge area. however, even if there wasn't a pandemic, I wouldn't be able ... don't know what the healthy balance is. my process for meeting up with

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 15, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  determine if you are a good fit for the community? Student: I don't know ... don't know. Me:  Once you decide on the most important thing, you ... essays generally turn out better?  I don't know, but I hope so.  Now, I am

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  in an effort to be whole again recovery

  

  This past semester, I haven't been taking much care of myself. Lately ... squeeze these entire ten hour labs into three days so I don't have to worry ... building and building and building and unfortunately I just haven't had the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Washlava! A Sentiment Analysis quantifying laundry feels, based on MIT Confessions

  

  with "Washlava," a laundry platform consisting of IoT-connected machines ... )"]part of the building with no elevator.[/annotation] It wasn't a huge deal ... host summer residents[/annotation] or [annotation note="I didn't have a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 27, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2020!

  

  be bloggers to share your garbage with the world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgNBgyziNrA&t ... can’t write about what it’s like to live in Conner 2, or plan stuff for ... Slideroom and fill out the blogger application, due July 31. If anything isn't

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2020
• Blog / Summer

  i visit Cape Cod and discover the most beautiful beach on Earth

  

  we wouldn't end up with that order. and....you guessed it ... us finished their drink. definitely wasn't me[/caption] ventis, no ... beach wasn't too crowded, but the water was really fucking cold. we spent

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 24, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  i’m catching up a blog about all the things i wanted to blog about but couldn't find the…

  

  couldn’t get myself to blog about because staring at screens hurts. So here ... : 4. Recently I’ve been thinking about all the places I didn’t get a ... home, I haven’t spent this much time at home since high school. I’d like

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 20, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  staying in touch people are great <3

  

  some really cool folks that i don't think i would've run into at MIT ... to admit, but i had a note on my phone that listed people who i didn't ... activation energy to reaching out to people isn't as high as you think, and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 12, 2020