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  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  The brass drops off, and suddenly you're alone with the rhythm ... measures and symbols telling you what key you're supposed to be soloing in ... delightful to you. Freedom! A chance to be expressive and creative in front of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parametric Cooking how i make fifty plus recipes with just three!

  

  : designing based on a set of parameters and functions, rather than by just modeling ... , where you'll click and drag to make a planar [annotation note="hold shift while you do it to make a square"]rectangle,[/annotation] and then drag to

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 30, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A (Belated) Letter to July In which I start blogging again with an angsty video

  

  lurker at heart and have loved keeping up with the other bloggers' summers ... me the final push/panic moment/motivation/etc. to just write and edit and finish something. And this is that something. Hopefully there will

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  incredible strides, made great sacrifices, and worked so, so hard to get here and I can only barely imagine what this excitement and feeling must feel ... gotten praises from friends, acquaintances, and not-so-much acquaintances

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  Missouri. She's one of MIT's small-town and rural student ambassadors – part of the larger Small Town and Rural Student (STARS) Network, which aims ... Missouri, and I enjoyed the peace, friendliness, and comfort that came with

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  and my budding interest in pursuing computer science despite not having much CS experience and not being very good at it. Now, nearly nine ... well as the next steps, since I'm sure it's going to only transform and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This story has to do with professor accessibility. And something awesome that I got in the mail.

  

  I love getting mail. Actual mail, that is: packages and postcards and ... . Mystified, I tore off the flap, and a brand new book slid out. I yelped (alarming the desk worker) and dropped the envelope. I knew this book. I had

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  , four or five hours in a row. And everything feels interesting, and good, and amazing. And I feel good about these days, because I like the ... , trying to write a blog post. And on these days, I get constantly distracted

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  parallel universe for those feeling dejected

  

  't have any advice, just a feeling. A long, cold plummet into guilt and shame over a failure that feels misunderstood by others, and an emergence ... makes you feel whole again; one where you are learning and growing all the

  • by Kai V. '25
  • December 19, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  finding place

  

  experiences finding place at MIT. I reflected back on the patterns and ... school, and although I made good friends, I always felt a bit isolated ... being frosh (first sem is hard!) and a challenging math class. So I spent

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • April 7, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  jack of all trades master of none...

  

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 24, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Feeling Many Feelings :) and :( and everything in between about decisions

  

  gets me every single time, and I regularly tear up watching World of Dance. My voice unconsciously rises far too often, and sometimes I realize ... told me to chill and “be cool” in selection committee – I told her that

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • March 16, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Happy 21st Birthday to the Random Hall Milk the Milk is now old enough to drink, but *please*, don't drink the Milk

  

  Macaroni and Cheese for dinner. Deciding that a little carton of milk couldn’t possibly hurt, he made his way to Shaw’s, a grocery store, braving and ... bought the milk carton and made his way to his floor—Bonfire—only to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an Easter vigil alive at east campus

  

  A cold and biting wind claws its way across campus, and a motley ... on the stage, a girl changes into a dress and back into a t-shirt. I do ... meant feeling the heat of the sun, hearing Jesus gasping for air and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 5, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Halloween is the best day of the year. Yes, I recognize that it is now closer to Thanksgiving than to Halloween. Sorry.

  

  bajillion: It's my birthday. Reason 2 of 1 bajillion: Nerdiness and creativity and ridiculousness emerge in costume form. Reason 3 of 1 bajillion: An excess of yummy food is consumed. Reason 4 of 1 bajillion: Nerdiness and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 15, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  Enjoy Life Farewells and New Beginnings

  

  never would have ended up at MIT and probably wouldn’t have ended up as a bioengineer. I am grateful to have had wonderful mentors and scientists and ... of my favorite poems, all about looking toward the future and starting

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 5, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  late working multiple nights in a row and it culminated with me dropping ... winter and the slew of second semester tests starting to take its toll. It ... losses of Matthew Nehring and Christina Tournant. And for you, dear

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  end of this first semester aligned perfectly with the holiday break and ... , nothing – and on the fifth day, my drive, which had been in sleep mode, woke ... ,[/annotation] and started sorting out spring semester things. I tried to begin this

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The 2013 Ig Nobel Prize Lectures I won a prize!

  

  In 1965, the U.S. government awarded George (MIT Class of ~1923) and ... window when you turn a corner sharply, and makes the seats in this ride ... or for worse, no one seems to know. 32 years after Mr. and Mrs

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 15, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  cold has been replaced by stifling heat and humidity, with the two week ... a nice way to get outside, get some exercise, and get to places, but I ... regularly since I was 10 or so, and my mountain bike was far too small and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010