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• Blog / Admissions

  Yes, we care about your stories Reflections from the road

  I’ve been a little M.I.A. from campus and the blogs lately, and that’s because I’ve been on the road for several weeks! Every year, admissions officers at many colleges and…

  • by DJ Rock
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  Last Thursday, MIT Medical had a walk-in clinic at Walker, where MIT community members could walk in and get a flu shot. I was initially a bit reluctant to get…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i rode a train across america it took eighty-five hours

  

  Hi there, it’s been a while! Over the next few weeks, I’ll be catching up on blogging. Here are the notes I wrote in real-time back in June. I often…

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  We can do this! To high school seniors: we’re in the struggle bus with you

  

  We are in our senior year of college now ⁠02 how??? , and were recently discussing how much this reminds us of senior year of high school.  In high school,…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  MacG 50ish years ago an email from an alumnus

  

  Every now and then I get a cool email from the outside world. Here’s a recent one: Jim Olson ’74, OG MacG resident, answered some questions I asked in a…

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 6, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Let me introduce myself. Alternatively titled: Whomst'd've?

  

  My name is Camille (Cami) Mejia. I am a lover of music, dogs, baking, and BTS. I main Ashe in Overwatch. I love chemistry and biology. I have a fear…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 5, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for October write those personal essays! submit those early apps! get PUMPED UP

  

  Last month, Petey posted a motivational soundtrack for the month of September. A lot of y’all seemed to like it, so we made another one for October! This month’s theme…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  [JOINT POST] Travelling as a black female "Alexa, play Brown Skin Girl..."

  

  Andrea Orji, ’21 There is a common phrase in Hindi: ठीके (“teek-hey”) meaning “all is well”. Many times in my discussions with people at work, at the market or anywhere…

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 3, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Poetry from 5 AM This Morning Don't worry, I drank an entire MUG of espresso

  

  This girl is tired. Verrryyyyyyy tired. I had a lot of ideas for what I wanted to post this weekend. A month into my time at MIT I can finally…

  • by Powers '23
  • September 30, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  a gcal september never really used it until now

  

    i have a general color coding scheme: green are classes. they’re pretty much the only things i’ve been putting on my calendar for the past three years. light blue…

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 29, 2019
• Blog / Personal Projects

  loftblogging 2: acoustic boogaloo turns out that at mit, even the non-academics are incredibly hard and deeply rewarding

  

  I had a plan for this blog post: I was going to build a loft⁠40 Quick loft backstory: East Campus gives us a lot of furniture freedom, and many people…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 29, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Digital Anxieties: A Conversation with Bo Burnham and Jonny Sun i cried for ten minutes after watching eighth grade

  

  I have so many things and so little space, but I’ll try my best to communicate it. I just walked out of an event called “Digital Anxieties: A Conversation with…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 28, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Downtown if you could see it then you’d understand

  

  Saturday, 11 AM. Alan Z. ’23 sends me a message. Alan: what do you have to do today/do you want to meet at like Downtown Crossing between like 12:30-1 and…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  “futility island” socially conscious hacking? in MY institution?

  

  It’s more likely than you think! To understand this hack, you need some background on recent happenings at MIT, so please bear with me: An art installation went up recently…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 25, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  The Art of Juggling please take away my balls

  

  My brain’s been on overdrive from the moment I stepped foot onto MIT, hopping from one event to the next, pset to pset, club to club. Every summer, I’m usually…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No one: Absolutely no one:

  

  Us, hesitantly: “Do you want to see every Naruto-themed art project we made when we were 13?”  Because this summer, we reorganized our closet at home, and found some ….…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 22, 2019
• Blog / Events

  freshman blogger, sophomore student a reflection on some new and old things

  

  Coming back to campus has been unsettling for many reasons. My identity as a clueless freshman has been stripped though I have inadvertently introduced myself as a freshman one too…

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 21, 2019
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Boston’s Climate Strike youthful activism

  

  Today has been a hectic day, to say the least. It’s only around 9pm, and I’ve already had about three outfit changes. Not only was today MIT’s Fall Career Fair,…

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 20, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  There is a bench it’s a nice bench

  

  The rhythm sets in. It’s a steady rhythm. Roll out of bed at ten in the morning. Quickly assemble breakfast. Head to lecture. Cook lunch, or buy lunch, and work…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 19, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO: Fear of Mis-Optimizing ice cream teaches me a thing or two

  

  a brief respite finds me on the second floor of Lobby 7.⁠55 MIT's main entrance, located on 77 Mass Ave i let my shoulders sag against the railing behind me…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 18, 2019