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• Blog / How to Human

  many thoughts head full

  

  I’ve been hesitant to write things since my mind has been a bit of a mess lately. Aidan described IAP as some strange purgatory, where there’s a feeling of too…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Regular-ing Or: Over-justifying how much I eat out

  

  I had a breakthrough the other day. I was sitting in my favorite Kendall Square restaurant, Clover. When I say favorite, I mean F.A.V.O.R.I.T.E. In a busy week, I’m there…

  • by Powers '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Senior Fall Classes Better late than never

  

  We didn’t blog about the cool classes we took last semester yet, so we are blogging about them now. This is the second semester when we decided to take 36…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 25, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  batteries recharging because that's what IAP is for

  

  this is the third IAP i’ve spent on MIT. trust me, i really tried to get away, but my research called to me and i decided to forego a bunch…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 22, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  the view from my window and netflix's view of my window through another window

  

  It snowed on Saturday. Here’s what I woke up to on Sunday. needs more l o o m i n g  s h a d o w and weather-dirtied window…

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 21, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  updates i'm still here.

  

  It’s been a hot second since I last blogged- about ten weeks, to be precise. There are all sorts of random reasons I could give for my disappearance, drawn from…

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • January 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  Alright, here goes.   I’m a Burton Third Bomber. For the uninformed, this means that I 1) live on the third floor of the Burton side of the dorm Burton-Conner,…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 17, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  incoming how i’ve been spending my iap yes get ready for like 8 of these in a row

  

  This past week and a half I’ve been slowly adjusting to life at MIT again. I spent the two whole weeks of break just complaining about California and practically begging…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m doing this IAP i guess i need to be more specific

  

  IAP is a concept I didn’t really understand until last month, oops. The way that MIT’s academic calendar works is that the Fall semester is from September to December, while…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  breathing in and out

  

  today, the taal volcano erupted. photo from https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/12/asia/gallery/taal-volcano-eruption/index.html volcanic eruptions bring to mind the old tales passed down from our elders. i’m from metro manila, you see, and in high…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 12, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what we’ve been up to recently a short list about winter break

  

  We haven’t been blogging as much as we’d like to. Senior fall and even this winter break have been so, so busy between the job hunt from September – November,…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 12, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Your college application motivational soundtrack for January patience, young grasshoppers

  

  College apps are done! You did it! You’ll probably never have to write another uncomfortably personal essay ever again⁠17 unless you become a blogger, of course ! But, now comes…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 10, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  71 More Things to Do Before You Graduate the 101 things expansion pack

  

  In a very institvtional gesture of welcome, each incoming MIT student receives a stack of flyers and documents and charts and posters as soon as they set foot on campus.…

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 10, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  With the influx of the 24s terrorizing (see: joining) various Discord servers I’m a part of, I’ve realized that there are certain things about MIT that I’ve picked up on…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Things That Made Me Happy (and Sick) It’s me and my infection’s TWO MONTH anniversary!! 🎉😍

  

   I survived my first semester at MIT, and it was hella dope. I can say that. I own that.  There’s a lot I could say here, but I’ve been living…

  • by Powers '23
  • January 4, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Alone some thoughts on spending winter break in mit

  

  I spent winter break in MIT. I thought I wouldn’t be alone. After all, it’s not as if everyone’s going to go home, right? I thought that maybe some of…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 vision new year's resolutions

  

  Happy New Year! Even though I’m nearsighted, this is the year for looking towards the future and making moves while not bumping into furniture or people who resembled blobs because…

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  New Decade, New Me? some reflections, some resolutions, some hopes,

  

  Some Reflections It’s been a long decade. When the 2010s started, I was ten, and I was in fifth grade, and now I am twenty, and I am in roughly…

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 Resolutions posting so i can be held accountable

  

  Happy New Year! I usually make resolutions every year, but I forgot to make them for last year, so I decided to show you mine for this year and give…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Last Look Back 201920192019

  

  With a little less than an hour to go to 2020, I’m feeling some kind of way. I’m back home, surrounded by the interminable expanse of flat land that is…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 31, 2019