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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In the Music Cubes, no one can hear you scream…

  

  … which just goes to show what a great job the acoustics engineers did on soundproofing the building! I got to experience it first-hand last week, and it was pretty…

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 25, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  必须好 – pt. 1 just keep swimming

  

  additional context: hello! the writing below was my first ever attempt at blogging—funnily enough, i only started this writing to apply to be a blogger. while i read it now…

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 23, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Secret Lives of Machines 🤖 In which the machines in my life get the spotlight they deserve.

  

  SLP-F9FD20PWLMX0 I primarily use my iPad, SLP-F9FD20PWLMX0 to take notes during class. SLP is a tough, no nonsense master of productivity, with a work ethic I admire greatly. Offering me…

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 22, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pics from the WMBRBQ! Do You Like College Radio??

  

  Hello friends!! The semester has started, and I have been SWAMPED with work. I got all excited with the new semester and joined some new clubs, but didn’t drop any…

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • September 20, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  things that made me happy lately from the first week of classes

  

  It was the morning of the second or third day of classes and I had brewed jasmine tea at the pika⁠19 My very cool independent living group! kitchen counter and…

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 20, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  hokey pokey is the best ice cream in the world (unbiased take)

  

  The school year has begun again. I’m glad to report that some things never change: aside from all the frosh complaining about why building 26 is bunched between 12 and…

  • by Janet G. '27
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  greta gerwig’s barbie and insecurity aka moving to college

  

  As of this weekend, I have watched Greta Gerwig’s 2023 blockbuster Barbie six (6) times. I have also cried to Greta Gerwig’s 2023 blockbuster Barbie five (5) times, almost always…

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  my first year, in slices ft. ruminations on the freshmen friend group

  

  “The muscles of my soul, longing for the opportunity to feel and fear and push, know they would otherwise atrophy.”    I wrote this line roughly a month before move-in,…

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • September 18, 2024
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  tunes of interphase! or, how to leave home and look cool doing it

  

  I. Lift – Radiohead I didn’t really have a good senior year. My hometown started closing in on me in October, and it would’ve kept doing so until I collapsed…

  • by Angie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  dance dance dance! a weekend of trying to try everything

  

  Anyone who knows me from high school or Mathcamp or SSP⁠39 Summer Science Program knows that I have the tendency to do everything. I’m in clubs and choirs, running events,…

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024
• Blog / How to Food

  LET ME COOOOOOOK 🍳🍳🍳 I am stupidly excited about learning this Basic Life Skill, and not ashamed to admit…

  

  “On a scale from one to ten, where one is ‘Eat to Live,’ and ten is ‘Live to Eat,’ where would you rate yourself?” The question was asked at a…

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 16, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  how not to be a mathematician on taking time & not running away

  

  By the end of my freshman year, I was convinced that I had not learned anything in my classes at MIT. By the end of my sophomore year, the belief…

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 15, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  learning how to drive and other matters of identification

  

  STEP 1: FAIL TO LEARN HOW TO DRIVE IN HIGH SCHOOL. This requires some luck based on your circumstances. It’s going to be a bit harder if you live in…

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / CPW

  From First Visit to First Week A Reflection on Independence and Making Decisions

  

  Last week I started classes at MIT. A simple 7-part sentence that would’ve meant the world to freshman me back in high school. But as I prepare for my 4-year…

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Summer

  a year of counting fish the shape of real work

  

  When I was a freshman I joined a plasma physics lab. Plasma physics is beautiful stuff, magnetic flux tubes and reconnection and turbulence, which I came to appreciate over the…

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 11, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  New bloggers? New bloggers! [cue fanfare]

  

      After several hours of discussing so many good applications that were submitted this year, we inducted nine new bloggers! Please give a warm welcome to: Aiden H. ‘28…

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 7, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms see Gloria's post

  

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m taking this semester! senior fall

  

  Classes start tomorrow! today! I started writing this at 11:55PM and now it’s 12:45AM. I haven’t done a “what am I taking this semester” post in a while, because I…

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Events

  4 comfort songs for your first day shake those jitters!!!

  

  The first day of classes is tomorrow. I can’t believe it.⁠64 like, of course i technically can, but... what??? summer flew by The past few days have been the shortest…

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • September 3, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  We’re So Back a collage of preseason

  

  1. Welcome Back to Campus Preseason Kickoff Preseason for fall sports is a span of two weeks in the summer before the semester starts, where women’s and men’s soccer, football,…

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 2, 2024