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  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  A/N: This post is coming out weeks after I intended for it to; please forgive me! If it makes it any better, this is a very long and fairly thorough post and also writing it required grappling with my existential

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  the pnr mindset vs. the grindset mindset pnr shall be missed

  

  and Space."]4.500[/annotation] lecture to N52 with a store-bought box of

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • January 15, 2023
• Blog / Class Projects

  What I made in my documentary class three videos and many, many lessons

  

  encouragement to pursue this other topic. And so I did.  https://youtu.be/N8s

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  contradictions too much, not enough

  

  (taps mic) is this thing working? hello? okay, great. that’s cool. it’s been a while since i wrote a sad post here. well, not sad exactly, but like, a deep…

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 8, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2,024 liked songs spotify is my favorite social media

  

  A few weeks ago, I visited a friend at Harvard. She snuck me into the observatory. There were murals on the walls in a manner that distinctly reminded me of…

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Maiden Voyages First years, welcome to MIT

  

  ="aligncenter" width="372"] Franklin N. '25 (Left) and Rafael "Rafa" C. '25 (Right

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  catching up what are you doing over the summer?

  

  “this guy is extremely shirtless,” jeff says, pulling up a messenger profile. i peer over at his phone, and indeed, the guy is quite shirtless. it’s tuesday the 24th and…

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • June 2, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  taking care in all forms

  

  i’ve been thinking, recently: in times of need, who takes care of me? of course, growing up, the answer was my family. i woke up one morning craving the napa…

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 22, 2022
• Blog / Class Projects

  weld your own bike and other IAP activities

  

  a Guns'n'Roses shirt with cut off sleeves, lightning-bolt earrings

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 1, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  me, existing one day at a time

  

  Last Thursday night, I was walking back from Simmons after making dinner at Pika for the first time. It was kind of cold, and I was tired, and I’d had…

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 2, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  .nano pixels developing a love for pictures, reverb

  

  Main Street, near Kendall (I think) While snapping this picture, a thought pulsed through my head. Remember how it all came back with an email? You should write something about…

  • by Waly N. '24
  • July 2, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  a state of moving ny --> ma, macg adventures

  

  It’s been roughly a little under 2 months since I moved onto campus. Instead of having an actual intro, I’ll cut to the exciting stuff. So, here, much later than…

  • by Waly N. '24
  • April 5, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  like a freight train a schedule post

  

  N. Functional groups are more reactive than C, usually, hence they are

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 19, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  bday burnout no more spiders please

  

  Some numbers from this semester: Academic week: 5 Age: 19.0 Times I’ve cried over classes: 2 (surprisingly) Smoothies made: 12 COVID tests taken: 11 Times I’ve been locked out: 3 (Unique) cats…

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 18, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferring Thoughts before 12/14 12:14pm to after 3/14 1:59pm

  

  “His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy. There’s vomit on his sweater already, mom’s spaghetti. He’s nervous about opening the MIT decisions portal already.”  Eminem About 2 separate…

  • by Waly N. '24
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  I landed in Boston on a cloudy day about a week ago, and…it sure has been A Week™. Freshmen aren’t invited back to campus this semester, but I’m renting an…

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  On keeping on keeping on It's pretty much the only option.

  

  What will life be like next week? The week after that? 6 months from now? Does anyone pretend to know? One of the few things that I know with certainty…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 30, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  short term / long term on growth and learning

  

  't feel the same. Blogger cruft Laura N. recently did me the gracious and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 10, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Media That Makes Me Feel Okay School's out! Time to get distracted :D

  

  ’s got this sort of anxious off-kilter rock n’ roll feel. I can’t really

  • by Powers '23
  • May 30, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  THE BURTON THIRD BOMBERS pset, party, pset and party party, rinse, repeat

  

  shopbot in N52. The design is from our seal, which is painted outside B3rd

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 17, 2020