You trudge out of Walker after your third midterm this week, disheartened and hoping that the test will be ridiculously curved - it couldn\xe2\x80\x99t just have been you who did bad, right? You want to sleep, preferably for around 24 hours to catch up with all the sleep you\xe2\x80\x99ve missed this week. Seriously, when\xe2\x80\x99s the last time you went to bed before 5 AM? But alas, your wish is to go unfulfilled. You have another midterm tomorrow morning at 9 AM, a pset due at noon, and a lab due at 5 PM. You haven\xe2\x80\x99t started working on any of them, and it\xe2\x80\x99s already around 9:45 PM.\r\n\r\nIf you\xe2\x80\x99re like me, you\xe2\x80\x99re probably undergoing what I like to call This Is Fine Syndrome, a condition in which the sole symptom is verbal/mental repetition of the phrase, \xe2\x80\x9cThis is fine\xe2\x80\x9d, when in reality, stuff probably looks a little more like this:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nI imagine everybody here has felt like this some time in the past two weeks, and it\xe2\x80\x99s definitely a normal thing to feel. MIT is hard, and some days are harder than others. There are some mornings when it\xe2\x80\x99s difficult to force yourself out of bed, and there are some nights when you probably just want to cry, which is fine. Crying is healthy from time to time and nobody will judge you for it. So if you ever find yourself in need of a cry but don\xe2\x80\x99t know a good place for it, I\xe2\x80\x99ve got you covered.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis map originated from a poll taken last year by Casie Chen \xe2\x80\x9817, who asked the ec-discuss mailing list where people have cried/recommend crying on campus. Most of the answers included fairly standard locations - rooms, bathrooms, dorm lounges, or with a friend. The other places (which are marginally more public than one\xe2\x80\x99s own room) are mapped above.\r\n\r\nThe three most popular places that people have cried on campus were:\r\n\r\nMIT Medical:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBuilding 66:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nStata (and the Stata amphitheater, shown in the picture):\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe most recommended place to cry on campus was the Cheney Room:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPlease keep in mind that these results are preliminary - the results in this particular poll are fairly East Campus centric (as evidenced by the concentration of crying spots on the right of the map). We need all of you to help us expand the list of places to be sad, so fill out this survey and let us know your favorite locales for a good semi-public cry. And post pictures in the comments!\r\n\r\nI personally haven\xe2\x80\x99t had a good cry yet, but when I do, it will probably be in one of the lounges on my floor at East Campus, the East Campus music room, or in Barker library (the one under the dome!), which is where I go when I really need to get work done. If you\xe2\x80\x99d like to cry with me, feel free - I\xe2\x80\x99ll bring tissues.\r\n\r\nThe East Campus music room, where you can probably find me crying/angrily singing:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe full results from last year\xe2\x80\x99s poll can be found here, if you\xe2\x80\x99re interested.\r\n\r\nDepending on how many poll results come back in, there will be an updated map up sometime later this year!