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

  

  And just like that my junior year at MIT comes to an end. Not with the usual last-minute packing or the rush over to Logan airport, but with a silent…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  vibe check i'm basically living at MIT again

  

  I moved to Cambridge for the summer!! I’m living near Central Square, so I’m about a 10-minute walk from campus. I’m staying in two adjacent apartments with 11 other⁠01 9…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 19, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our Independent Studies the making of a (very) short film

  

  At the beginning of this semester, we were really unsure of what course 6 class we wanted to take. Last semester, we finally took 6.837 Computer Graphics, the class we…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 18, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainly i am writing a blog post about another song

  

  it’s been a while since i talked about my life. the east campus house team sent care packages to the residents housed in baker. there was chocolate, and granola bars,…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT part 3 the people who make it all possible

  

  As a way to tie up our visual arts discussions on the blogs, we want to write a final installment in our Visual Arts @ MIT series. In the first…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  My Freshman Journey with Internships or: i get rejected a million times in a row

  

  I wanted to write a comprehensive post on my experience with being a freshman applying to internships. I also want to preface this post by saying it is extremely rare…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 16, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  end of semester reflections in conclusion, online school Ain't It

  

  My first year at MIT has officially ended!! That’s crazy!! Spring semester, the past few months in particular, have all been a blur, but we DONE (sans my physics final…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  WMBR: College Radio at MIT will anyone watch the entire 36 minute video? probably not

  

  One of the first things I did when I got to MIT was join the campus radio station, WMBR. It was a completely spontaneous decision; I had never even made…

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  Where have I been? I haven’t blogged since February 3. A lot has happened since; I’m sure I could write pages of excuses about why I haven’t had time to…

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ice Bear it’s ice bear

  

  Due to popular demand, here’s a guest post from Ice Bear. If you haven’t heard of Ice Bear before, here’s a good introductory video: Ice Bear wakes up. Ice Bear…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 13, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  Parting Remarks Ending the same way I began

  

  So with today being my last day of classes I decided to make this last video just sort of going through how MIT was for me. For those of you…

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 12, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  staying in touch people are great <3

  

  i’m taking this course called “The Science of Well-Being” on Coursera that’s supposed to teach you how to be happier and more productive. i was skeptical about it at first…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 12, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope My reflections on the death of Amaud Arbery

  

  I spent the last few days thinking about how I felt about the murder of Amaud Arbery. After seeing the news a few days ago, I quickly went to find…

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  deep talks , strange person

  

  The weird thing about quarantine is that I’m actually being better about staying in touch with my friends than I was when I was while I was at MIT…and surrounded…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my year in music, volume 3 i am starting to feel very old

  

  well here we are again. those of you have been keeping up with the blogs for many years might remember that i’ve been writing love poems to spotify ever since…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  then and now a reflection on the very bad

  

  warnings: suicide ment, depression ment 1. The first time it happened was in fifth grade, right before spring break. I was called into the principal’s office. “I hear you’re threatening…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 5, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  Fall 2020 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live may the 4th be with you

  

  Earlier today, we completed and released our decisions for transfer applicants who applied for entry during Fall 2020. You may access your decision at apply.mitadmissions.org—the same site where you submitted…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  Never Have I Ever…reflected on my identity "too indian" or "not indian enough"?

  

  This week, I, like many other Indian American girls I know, binge-watched the Netflix show Never Have I Ever. The show, which happens to be the No. 1 trending series…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 4, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  next to normal on mental health

  

  content warning: extended discussion of suicidal thoughts.     i recently listened to the soundtrack of next to normal, this 2008 musical about a mother who struggles with bipolar disorder.…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 3, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  blogger tag yourself: quarantine edition favorite hobby? looking in the mirror and wondering if i'm real

  

  if i didn’t tag myself as, erm, myself, i’d probably say i’m Afeefah. damn, i’m always working in bed and it’s SUCH an issue. who are you? let us know…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 1, 2020