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• Blog / How to Human

  trips and transit i'm spending obscene amounts of money on uber god dang it

  

  i mentioned this in my previous blog post about LA, but let me reiterate: LA is not a city made for walking. like, in any sense. unfortunately, i don’t have my own…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 10, 2019
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  the summer before senior year you've changed...

  

  A few days ago, Spotify generated a playlist for me that included a song from Bowling for Soup. This, of course, made me think lmao, remember Bowling for Soup? This, of…

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 9, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  summer tidbits a picture and annotations

  

  30 i'm going on an alarming number of flights this summer. the two sets of flights to pheonix, arizona are work-related, but the rest comes out of my paycheck. TT…

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 4, 2019
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  summer lovin’ 🎶 🎶 had me a blast

  

  As of one week ago, it is officially summer!!!⁠36 and oh boy does the weather know it... i swear it jumped like 5 degrees celsius as soon as the solstice…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 2, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2019!

  

  It’s summer in Cambridge, which means three things: I’ve suddenly become a Plant Dad ™ and am growing tomatoes in my office window The good people of Boston Spinjam are…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2019
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Battle in The Bay a comic

  

  I’m finally all settled into my summer experience in ~~the bay~~ My 6AM-6PM days begin with a long but beautiful commute through the mountains and are filled with hours behind…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 1, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  Food We Made! a photo dump of non-aesthetic pictures

  

  In high school, we liked cooking and baking. We also liked documenting our kitchen adventures, so while we’d cook/bake, we’d make an effort to try to take nice pictures of…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 29, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  misti musings sugar, spice, and everything nice

  

  I’m three weeks into my MISTI, and I think I’ve pretty much got this 9 to 5 gig down to a skill. Wake up, go to work, code, go for…

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 28, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Burnout (and what to do about it) learning how to recharge a low battery

  

  Burn-out is a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. It is characterized by three dimensions: a) feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion;…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Off six months of things being just a little weird

  

  I’m approaching the end of the first month of my internship at a big ol’ biotech company,⁠46 wish I could blog about it but public disclosure lawsuit blah blah blah…

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 23, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summers spending three at home

  

  We spent our last three summers at home. That’s not super common for MIT students, and probably college students in general. Many do internships, travel, stay on campus or any…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 22, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  work // life trying to figure out the balance

  

  my first day goes roughly how i imagined it would go: all the new interns wait for someone to pick us up and take us to a welcome and orientation…

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 17, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  e3 2k19 at long last, i got to go to gamer christmas

  

  if you like video games at all, then you’re probably familiar with e3 (THE gaming convention of the year). you might also know that e3 is in los angeles, and i…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 14, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Spirited Away Guest Post By Freshly Alum'ed Wasay A. '19

  

  *to set the mood* One Summer's Day The floor of my room is a bit of a scattered mess at this point. Some of the boxes are full, but hell…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 13, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  routine.py

  

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 10, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries

  

  Disclaimer: This post was supposed to be written a whole 6 months ago. Pictures were taken, trips were made, food was scrutinized. But as happens a bit too often, writing…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Public Statements

  The Class of 2019 Graduates from MIT

  

  (webcast embedded from commencement website. I’ll return to this blog post throughout the day to add pictures and videos).  Today, Friday, June 7th, the Class of 2019 graduates from MIT.…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  but her emails how to assert?

  

  It is summer, and I have zero⁠75 virtually, i.e. I'm still blogging and stuff but there are not currently any urgent MIT-related items that require action on my part responsibilities…

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 5, 2019
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  hello seattle i'm on the west coast!!

  

  seattle felt foriegn to me as i walked its avenues, but i wasn’t comparing how foriegn it felt from my hometown in long island, new york, but to boston, and…

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 3, 2019
• Blog / Summer

  “How was your day?” asked and answered

  

  I wake up a minute before my alarm goes off, at 8.59 am. This has been happening for the last two weeks, and I don’t know why. I bitterly get…

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 2, 2019