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  GELcamp project management… in the woods?

  

  A few days ago I got back from what I can only describe as a four-day fever dream. Here’s a diary of everything that went down during GELcamp… Day One…

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 6, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  i’ve started collecting cds. i think part of this has come from wanting to return to physical media, things i can hold in my hand and feel the weight of.…

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  happy LFDOC! my last semester of undergrad :)

  

  Today marks my last first day of classes (LFDOC!) as an undergrad at MIT. This semester feels particularly special for a number of reasons. Namely:  It’s my very last semester…

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 3, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  (another) postcard from GTL spain and an unexpected crossover with the Edgerton Center

  

  barcelona, with casa battló in the background   If there’s anything I’ve learned from being here this long, it’s that when the weather turns and the gloom sets in and…

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 1, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  Affirmations not unnecessary

  

  “My name is Paige, and I’m a bit of an optimist. Or at least, I try to be. … Beyond being an optimist, I’m a mathematician. Or at least, I…

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  rearview reflections newly-minted cruft rambles on post-mit life

  

  Somedays, I check to make sure my diploma is real and I didn’t just dream the whole thing. I get a little bit jumpscared when I get an alumni newsletter.…

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Thoughts from the Dungeon One night only

  

  I’ve been stuck in the same dungeon in Metaphor: Refantazio for the last two weeks.  The most frustrating part of this experience is that every time I turn the game…

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  in search of lost time a cruft joint post with CJ Q. '23

  

  zero. alan proof of life (credits: Arun W. ’23; Eric Z., Harvard ’23) So, in spite of it all, we’re still alive, and we’re still writing. You can’t stop us.…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  You always have been hi everybody!

  

  Dear Reader, I’m writing this in the WordPress portal and this is an absolute blast from the fucking past. Can I open up by cursing? Is that allowed? One time,…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  infinite corridors can’t believe there are no posts with this title yet

  

  in the (almost) two years since leaving school, the term “infinite corridor” has taken on new meanings for me. at mit it refers to a long hallway on campus: but…

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything is different now That's ok, I have a cat now

  

  The student blogger named Mimi is a much different person than I am now. For better or for worse, everything about me has changed. I want to start with things…

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m Still Here (for now) quick reflections on the last ten years

  

  I’m sitting in the quiet car of a Northeast Regional Amtrak train, writing a blog post for the first time in almost four years. Since I started MIT in the…

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  helloooooooo blogosphere! so i wasn’t planning on posting this week — the usual feelings of hosage, and what to write, and all of that. but reading everyone’s blogs has brought…

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Living Meaningfully and all the things that has entailed

  

  I really was not going to post. There were several excuses I was making to myself as to why I was not going to post: I am not even that…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  In which I am somehow still an MIT student 4 years later

  

  In broad strokes, my life in 2025 is not so different from my life in 2021. I’m a student at MIT studying aerospace engineering. I live in Somerville with my…

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  In a couple months, I’ll be back in Cambridge after 10 years of taking those first steps through Lobby 7 as a prefrosh. The inevitable soul searching happening as I…

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Learning how to be a human being, not a human doing After 6 years of adulting post MIT, these are the things I value now

  

  When I graduated in 2018, I was talking to my partner about how lost I felt. Igniting civic engagement on campus and advocating for peer to peer mental health had…

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Great Hunger an artisanal take on my quarter life crisis

  

  The three main characters from the film Burning In Lee Chang-dong’s film Burning, there is a concept of a “Little Hunger” and a “Great Hunger”. The Little Hunger is the…

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  Liminal Activities Period IAP is a mindset and you can keep it forever

  

  It’s been over six years since I graduated MIT – longer than I spent in school, but not long enough that my body has totally disconnected from the calendar. Fall…

  • by Joel G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  6.5 Years Post-Graduation, I’m a Beading Artist a twisty path

  

  About 6.5 years ago, I graduated with a Philosophy degree and a minor in Political Science. Two and a half years ago, after graduating again from Northwestern University’s science and…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2025