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• Blog / MIT Life

  Simmons Cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat

  

  I love being back in Simmons after a long break. I get to hang out with friends in the 4AB lounge, eat dining hall food in Simdin, and rearrange the…

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / Community Projects

  Food for Thought [guest post] On food and our culinary club, Mince

  

  by Tananya Prankprakma and Sophia Wang   This post is a love letter to food written jointly by me (Sophia) and Tananya.    I’m Sophia, the past head and creator…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  four ways to unstrip a screw tΞp work week tales

  

  It’s work week at tΞp!⁠04 pronounced 'Xi' like the Greek letter, tΞp is the co-ed fraternity formerly known as tEp. While work week in Greek life systems outside the MIT…

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  so you’re starting your first year? boy do I have unsolicited tips for you

  

  This week, I worked as an Orientation Leader (OL) to help first year students acclimate to MIT. It was a fun, high-energy job. Every OL was assigned around 13 students,…

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 2, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  making meaning exit right in 0.1 miles

  

  UFBoot does not converge, continue at least 100 more iterations My job on IQ-TREE has been running for more than an hour. For my UROP, I’m exploring the role of…

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 30, 2023
• Blog / Events

  life, with the brass rat we're halfway there????????????

  

  It’s been three months since Ring Delivery, where sophomores receive their class ring to celebrate being halfway through their journeys. The event is somehow both underwhelming and overwhelming. Underwhelming, in…

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • August 26, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  leaving season blue blue blue

  

  And we leave it all behindCan’t you see we need some time? at a camp i attended junior year, they would play The Woods by Hollow Coves a lot near…

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 21, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  taste ai has no taste.

  

  If you follow me on Instagram, Twitter, or (god forbid) LinkedIn, you might’ve seen me mention that I spoke to The Washington Post for an article about Gen Z and the job market.…

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 20, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  flowers of fire and light making art with printed circuit boards!

  

  My favorite poi spinning pattern is the four-petaled antispin flower. If you do it neatly, it traces out the path parameterized by these equations: x = cos(t) + 3/4 cos(-3t)…

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 16, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a not-so-cruel summer this one's for the girlies

  

  it is the hot girl summer //   went to The Eras Tour and over-thought, over-analyzed, over-felt every moment of it // dyed my hair purple // watched Qala a…

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Happier Than Ever on quitting and long-ish distance biking

  

  A few months ago, May.  When I’m away from you, I’m happier than ever Wish I could explain it better — Happier than Ever by Billie Eilish It’s final projects…

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Walking the Kerry Way journal of my fourth day in Ireland

  

  It’s cold down here, and dark, so I’ll keep this one brief. I’m in the common room, where the radiator is off. The German woman rooming with me tonight voices…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Personal Projects

  in Black Valley Hostel journal of my third day in Ireland

  

  Magically eduroam⁠33 university wifi, typically found at universities, not hostels 20 km from the nearest grocery store is giving me one bar. It actually loads search results and sends email,…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  About a year ago, I wrote about the origami I’d made at my internship in a “draft” blog post when I applied to be a blogger. That draft never saw…

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  telling the tale some thoughts on acting, change, and meaning

  

  hadestown is a tragedy. the narrator, hermes, tells you this in the very first song. See, someone’s got to tell the tale Whether or not it turns out well Maybe…

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • August 3, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  classes are hard but i’m sure you knew that already an academic case of murphy's law

  

  Sometimes you put a lot of effort into something and the external validation you get in return feels good and satisfying and right. Sometimes, it’s like trying to pop a…

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 29, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  things that are golden, part 2 a zine carved out of pink erasers

  

  things that are golden, part 0 (pen and highlighter markers, 2020) things that are golden, part 1 (digital, 2021) things that are golden, part 2 (blockprinted ink, 2023): specifically from…

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 20, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  quiet moments out in the rural English countryside

  

  this summer, i’m living in a small, cozy house out in the medieval parish of st ives. it’s a town that’s around 10 miles outside of Cambridge (the one in…

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  BLÅHAJ: the Internet meme, the trans icon, the world’s favorite plush media analysis on the Swedish shark’s rise to prominence

  

  *puts on CMS hat* I LOVE watching media analysis video essays. Whenever I finish a relatively mainstream series (ex. The Owl House, The Hunger Games, Avatar the Last Airbender), I…

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  A Pre-MIT To-Do List (International Students Version)

  

  If you are an international student who is coming to MIT this fall, congratulations! You have a lot to be proud about. From experience, I can say that right now,…

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 17, 2023