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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [guest post] time passes from spirit island a board game that i picked up 3 years ago is now my life

  

  i’ve⁠01 cj: speaking is lumia n. '24 known cj for 3.5 years now. though the first 6 months it was very much not closely. of course, that was back when…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  Recently, one of my friends relayed that she grew up in an environment filled with vicious, competitive peers. When I got into MIT, they might be nice to my face, but…

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  dance dance revolution lessons from ddr

  

  there is a ddr (dance dance revolution) machine in the basement of walker memorial. i have known this fact for at least a year, but didn’t bother actually checking out…

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 30, 2023
• Blog / Personal Projects

  The Oreo Post i tried them all* !

  

  In July 2018, in my application to be a blogger, I left a note at the very end: One last thing: in Canada, we have approximately three oreo flavors. In…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 29, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Paradiso A selection of dishes that define my MIT dining experience, part 4

  

  Why do I cook? It’s a question that many of my friends have asked me, and one that I often ask myself. Usually, I default to my “origin story” of…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 28, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10,000 Ways That Won’t Work

  

  “So, Andi, let’s talk about your accomplishments from this semester. Was your research output impactful enough to lead to a start-up?” I just sat there and shook my head in…

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 27, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  18.S190 Pt.2 lecture videos go brr

  

  This is an (albeit short) update of this post from a while back. There are few projects I have worked on at MIT that have truly defined my time here…

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  last concert

  

  my last concert with the mit ohms, my a cappella group, happened around two weeks ago usually we hire a sound company to handle sound on the day of the…

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  burning out past the finish line

  

  i was finished with school work since about two weeks ago i have lots of things i could be doing and i am not doing any of them because i…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  “So, what HAVE you been doing?” less sad shit lets get a lil more hype in here

  

  As per my previous post, I’ve been going through a lot of shit! But there’s also a lot of incredibly fun and freeing things that I’ve been doing this semester…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Ranking Every Class I Took at MIT it's that time

  

  As the name implies, this is going to be a tier ranking of all thirty three classes I took over these past four years at MIT + explanations. I’m leaving!…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  defining the future stop being vague

  

  It seems to me that we swath an imaginary future world in pretty words. We want it comfortable, we want it just, we want it innovative, and most of all,…

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 22, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I am finished with my undergraduate career. I am finished with my undergraduate career.

  

  I am finished with my undergraduate career. What’s left? I officially stop being a student blogger on… *checks watch* May 31. So, I think it’s time we talked about things…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  every day it gets a little easier but you gotta do it every day, that’s the hard part

  

  the title and subtitle come from my favorite scene of bojack horseman some of my friends prefer the alternate saying “it never gets easier, you just get stronger”. i think…

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  selecting for obsession

  

  This morning, I was Googling Chris to find a photo of him, and was inadvertently reminded, thanks to news reports, that he was once a child prodigy who represented the…

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Zeno’s Paradox halfway there (again)

  

  song: Passing Through (Can’t the Future Just Wait) by Kaden MacKay In high school, when I’d start to get bored of a class, I’d sit and stare at the clock,…

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 17, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  classes are over!!!! i feel so free

  

  Today was the last day of classes for the spring semester—and, as a senior, the last day of classes for my undergraduate career. So, after my very last class, a…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 16, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Every song I’ve referenced in my admissions blog posts

  

  By my count, there are 61 times I’ve referenced a song in one of my posts. I made a Spotify playlist if you want to listen to them all: I’ve…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 15, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  I often receive requests for advice about the college process. It makes sense, given my role.  Many of those requests, understandably, come from prospective students.  Interestingly, and perhaps not surprisingly,…

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  branches was it easy to let go?

  

  i already feel like an alum visiting mit, when i come to meetings, when i eat dinners with people, when i go to square dancing every week. it doesn’t feel…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2023