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• Blog / Hacks

  socially aware hacking, part 2 this time, it's personal ((last time it was also personal))

  

  I wrote a little while ago about a hack on the Dot raising awareness of MIT’s partnership with/acceptance of money from Shell and other companies which are, uh, potentially accelerating…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 16, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Little things that remind me im not home

  

  I’m from the Philippines. There are big things that are different from home, like the weird practice of tipping, or how there’s functional public transport, or how high school works.…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 15, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  one hour in which i am Holden Caulfield (but more tragic and less hero)

  

  one hour. one chunk of my day that i’ve set aside for writing because damn, i haven’t blogged in forever and it’s stressing me out (alongside a host of other…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Getting Stronger the never ending cycle of trying and failing and trying again

  

  Last week, I started lifting. Again.  During my last semester here, my suitemate and I had gotten into the habit of it. We’d wake up at 7am,⁠08 a near impossible…

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting always waiting

  

  Applying to things doesn’t end after you come to MIT, and waiting doesn’t either. Right now, you might be waiting to find out if you got into MIT, and that…

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 12, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  On a week of ups and downs a life update for those who care

  

  This past week was probably the worst I’ve encountered at my time at MIT so far. I know the future only has a lot more of these in store, but…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2019
• Blog / Personal Projects

  An emoji alethiometer to help you make decisions I'm not saying I will use this in committee, but I'm not saying I won't

  

  Longtime readers may recall that I am a big fan of the His Dark Materials books. The themes, concepts, and narratives from the books have shaped how I move through the…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] Those Kids in Uniform Everything you didn't ask to know about ROTC

  

  Hi all! My name is Catherine J. ‘22. I’m studying Computer Science (Course 6-3) and I’m a sophomore cadet in Air Force ROTC.  ROTC is an amazing program and a…

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Events

  APPLE BAKE channeling midterm stress into baking, sculpting, and completely destroying apples for decades

  

  This Sunday, my dorm, Burton-Conner, held an exciting culinary event: the Apple Bake. This annual event celebrates fall by having the floors of Burton-Conner compete to create the best apple…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s the word for

  

  forgetting what day it is eating because you want to keep your mouth busy, not because you’re hungry but because you want to keep moving the trance that comes after…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to be Tim The Beaver anyone can wear the mask.

  

  1. Reply to random email asking for Tim volunteers. As soon as it popped up on my phone, I knew I was born for this moment. So for everyone wondering…

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 4, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  I Get To Blog Today! Is this meta enough?

  

  “Afeefah, do you still write for the blogs?” I’ve gotten this question a lot over the last few weeks. And rightfully so, it’s really been a while you guys. I’m…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  to do lists and have done lists so busy that all I can do is just stare at the wall

  

  My November is a looming list of tasks that must be accomplished. The sun is setting sooner and sooner. It’s getting really cold, with the exception of the past couple…

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Can Save the World a post on Kanye West

  

  Being as musically obsessed as I am, it’d be impossible for me not to talk about Kanye West. I’ll start this blogpost off by saying I unironically, wholeheartedly believe that…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  On Friendship how my beliefs have changed over the years

  

  In an Uber ride during my freshman year, one of my friends turned to me and asked if I was okay.  “You’re always so bubbly but you’re quiet now” If…

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for November Reflect, rewrite, repeat

  

  A lot of the people reading this have probably spent the past two months furiously writing and rewriting their personal essays to meet the early action deadline⁠52 Congrats! You made…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waiting Game hit submit time to quit

  

  A year ago today, I was anxiously crouched over my laptop on the living room floor, rapidly typing up my last MIT essay twenty minutes before that glorious 12AM EST…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  diversions from what is otherwise a never ending trello of things to do

  

  i have no less than three different drafts for blog posts stewing sadly in my wordpress at this current moment, but have not had any time to put any thought…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  For those whose applications have been interrupted by disasters and disruptions providing what information and comfort we can

  

  As the November 1 Early Action deadline approaches, we have been receiving many emails from understandably anxious applicants whose applications, educations, and most importantly lives have been interrupted by a…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 29, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Robo-CJ writes a college app do neural nets dream of electric essays?

  

  I’m procrastinating on doing psets, so I trained GPT-2, a neural network that’s frighteningly good at writing, on my old blog posts. And then I made this AI write college…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 28, 2019