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  “the worst they can say is no” the costs of trying

  

  In sixth grade, even if you had a crush on someone, you would never ask them out. The reasoning was simple: it was embarrassing and high-risk. The potential outcomes weren’t…

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 10, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  blogger wrapped 2022 judge our music taste (the 5th installment)

  

  as an obsessive Spotify user, it’s only fitting that i finish my last year of blogging with another blogger wrapped. these have become a consistent tradition, and if I had…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Simple Harmonic Motivation a time progression through the semester

  

  I rapidly switch between wanting to do something and not wanting to do anything at all, panic, and calm apathy, terror at the prospect of failing, and falling back on…

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i’m back .gif not an undergrad, not a grad student, but a secret third thing

  

  Ahoy there! It’s been a minute.⁠02 more precisely: 6 years, 4 months, and 21 days My blogger avatar hasn’t changed by a single pixel, and even though I recognize her…

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  is leadership the same as management buzzword alert

  

  the department in charge of student groups, sole, describes their role as The Student Organizations, Leadership and Engagement Office provides an environment for students to test new ideas, develop leadership…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Growing Pains And Every Other Type of Ache

  

  I’m typing this at around 1 PM on a Friday. My head hurts, just a little. It’s pervaded by the soft buzzing that follows too many days of too little…

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • December 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  laser-powered happiness 6.UAR showcase, part 1

  

  Have you ever wanted to feel happier and thought, hey, maybe if I eat a few lasers for dinner today, things will be better? No? Because you should.⁠24 please do…

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 5, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Birthday, Simmons Hall! 20 things I’m grateful for in my dorm

  

  Woot woot! Simmons is now 20 years old! To celebrate this joyous event, here are 20 things that I’m grateful for in my dorm. 1. I live there Can’t say…

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 4, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21M.285: The Beatles the most enjoyable class i've taken at MIT

  

  Before college, I was by no means a hardcore Beatles fan. When I was a kid, my dad would play me a few of the classics—Golden Slumbers, Let It Be—but…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 3, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  I made an AI write most of this post because I forgot I needed to post this week

  

  I didn’t know what to write this week, so I made GPT-3 do it for me. If you haven’t heard of GPT-3, it’s a language model that uses deep learning…

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 2, 2022
• Blog / Events

  hero’s journey with a splash teaching for ESP

  

  call to adventure Gandalf’s mark on Bilbo’s door also known as the inciting incident Some friends and I were sitting on the floor of MG’s room. I was browsing email…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choose My Senior Spring Classes for Me pre-registration is open and i will let you decide

  

  Pre-registration has opened up, my dear children, and that means it is my favorite time of the year! I love registering for classes because there are so many cool ones…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  whiplash feelings from yesterday

  

  november 29th, 2022 10am: you attend nano lecture but are unable to focus on the class because you feel BURNOUT. you think about how you somehow always manage to feel…

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Video games I’ve played this semester trimps, mother 3, hades, and vampire survivors

  

  Here’s my previous video game posts: Incremental games Celeste Slay the Spire Bundle for Palestinian Aid I’m the kind of person who likes playing games that I can play over…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Rules and who sets them

  

  This post includes an in-depth and personal discussion of the November Rule. I recommend these posts for more reading/information on the Rule itself, though I will also be detailing what…

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  a hackathon, a marathon I went to MIT EnergyHack!

  

  A few weekends back, I went to EnergyHack, ran a half-marathon, and survived!   For EnergyHack, I was on a team with my friend Josephine R. ‘24, and her lab…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  What’s in an MIT Student’s Bag A sneak peek into what we carry

  

  A few months ago, I stumbled across this blog, which takes a look at a sample of laptop stickers of MIT. These types of blogs are less common nowadays, but…

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  art and work i really struggled with titling this one

  

  lately i’ve been thinking about my relationship with art – specifically, art that takes a while to experience, such as books and movies and symphonies. my attention span has gotten…

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  gratitude happy thanksgiving

  

  I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about gratitude. That’s not to say I don’t spend time feeling gratitude; what I mean is that I don’t expend much energy on pondering…

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Don’t Eat the Hot Glass Five things you can’t eat in the MIT Glass Lab for “health and safety” reasons…

  

  This semester, I was lucky enough to take the beginner glassblowing course in the MIT Glass Lab, where I spent eight weeks learning about the ancient art form. One heavily-emphasized…

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 24, 2022