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• Blog / IAP

  Bright IAP a post in two, kind of unrelated, parts

  

  part 1: My B. Song: Bright by Echosmith. part 1a: early action A week before I got into MIT early action, I was rejected as a QuestBridge finalist. My friend, was…

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  dont want to write ah

  

  , iris and the giant, shapez.io. i had one final exam, for 24

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Above Ground now breathe

  

  This entire blog has this playlist. Enjoy. Also this is the second and final part to my previous blog. I spent last semester trying to catch my breath. Now that I…

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 10, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  I Feel *a* Last or at least, I'm trying to

  

  Song: Dancing in the Moonlight by Olive Klug It’s 9:05 am. The sunlight subtly and softly trickles into the room just like it did all those episodes ago in the season…

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 22, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Out Sick aka, a subject line for too many emails

  

  I hadn’t been sick in years. I mean sure, I’ve had the occasional headache, and yes, there have been days where I just couldn’t bring myself to go to class due…

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FWACC! and some small thoughts about kindness

  

  This Friday, at 8:05 PM⁠10 hopefully, if we're running on schedule. in Kresge Auditorium, the lights will dim over a crowded audience. Then, moments later, for the first time in…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  falling in love with october swooning over foLiAGe

  

  we fell in love in october that’s why i love fall looking at the stars admiring from afar (to properly credit “we fell in love in october” by girl in…

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Concert / The View

  

  Val G. '24 and she arrived at the line at around 9am. I took over her

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

  data diaries inspired by Giorgia Lupi & Stefanie Posavec's "Dear Data"

  

  Weirdest conversation overheard: A parent chanted “WE LOVE NEW YORK” and their two children chanted “WE LOVE NEW YORK” back. Conclusion: It’s hard to overhear more than a phrase or…

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduling woes advice for dealing with overenrolled/conflicting classes

  

  Putting together a semester’s course schedule is a nontrivial endeavor. Aside from making sure that I’m on track to graduating on time, there’s a lot of “darn I can’t take…

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get a temporary cat and it comes with occupational hazards

  

  This is PUF! I obtained a temporary cat this summer because Ilani A. ‘23 was off at a very cool math REU that, sadly, did not allow cats. PUF⁠25 short…

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Tales of Two Parallels East Campus History class!

  

  Last fall, I took STS.S20, Tales of Two Parallels: East Campus History. It’s a special class, offered for the first time this year, with the purpose of documenting East Campus…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  baby steps something tender and new

  

  campus feels alive again. frosh spilling into dorms, catching up with hallmates in the lounges, the ec rush playlist blasting in the courtyard, texting people if they want to get…

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  [Guest Post] The Alleyway by Isabella Y. '24

  

  During the storms of May, the Charles rages toward the ocean while lightning snaps Boston in two. Most people had already run for their Back Bay brownstones to tea and…

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 11, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  ode to grocery stores the loneliest sweet potato

  

  When I’m sad, or there’s some conundrum in my life that I need to process, or I’m riding the high from hanging out with friends, or I’m so stressed that…

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Most of You Will Be Deferred Option three

  

  less than 5. 3,689 were not offered admission. That's 24.46%. Those are

  • by Ella T. '25
  • December 6, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Spoofy Spooky Stories MIT is ~haunted~

  

    One warm night last summer, my roommate Penny ‘24 and I were ... note="A silent study space open 24 hours that is never empty during the ... Gregor, which a great place to live! Thank you to my friends Winnie '24 and

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 31, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  forbidden gatorade cell media looks tasty...

  

  My summer UROP involved some cell culture training, which started off with “Try not to drink the media.” This really just implies that cell media is, in fact, drinkable. It…

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  making things a blog about being a meche major

  

  Maybe my favorite part of course 2A is sitting next to my friend in 2.001 and jointly scrolling through MIT Confessions. 2.001, a core class on mechanics, is two hours…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fangirl Moment kinda silly, kinda wholesome

  

  A bit ago, the larger group my UROP lab is a part of had a free lunch event. I was initially hesitant about going since it seemed like the event…

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 19, 2021