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• Blog / Class Projects

  I DON’T NEED YOU ANYMORE. the making of my final video project

  

  I’ve mentioned in the past that I’m taking CMS.335 Short Attention Span Documentary. Abby ’20 has blogged about this class in the past, but I figured I would talk a…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  i don’t know how to comfort people

  

  i’ve learned that people here rely on each other. in a greuling academic environment, you most often turn to the people around you for support. people here are so painfully…

  • by Anika H. '26
  • November 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I failed an exam last week and it will be okay

  

  I failed an 18.600⁠06 probability and random variables exam last week. At risk of sounding dramatic, I don’t even need to wait for scores to come back to know I…

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Events

  beautiful moments i think too much

  

  i’ve been so busy and sad and angry about everything lately, that it’s been harder to notice the nice and pretty things in life: sailing on the charles, noticing how…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Putz and Tetazoo are friends!! field notes from a faraway land

  

  The Putz-Tetazoo exchange program is a longstanding tradition where a resident of Tetazoo⁠10 third floor of the east parallel of the dorm East Campus and a resident of Putz⁠11 second…

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  beauty is overrated

  

  crossposted on Substack here. I’ve never really wanted to be beautiful. There were moments I wished to be desirable, and I suppose that is adjacent to beauty, but beauty does…

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] give us your words you have words. we want your words.

  

  Alan: Hi! You have words— Fatima: and we want your words— Alan: for our poetry. Fatima: For the past semester, Alan and I have been reading poems that I write…

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  best places to sleep on campus for when your bed is far far away

  

  a study is being conducted on main campus (worst → best) 1. Your 9am class this photo is false because classrooms are never this full at 9 am, or indeed…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  “i’m not depressed!” haha

  

  i had an awesome long weekend, where i went sailing with a friend and ate dinner with other friends on friday, and i got to play my first assassins guild…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 17, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Starting over sucks but sometimes you have to do it

  

  I competed in a lot of robotics competitions throughout high school, so I knew what to expect by the time I became a senior. Each round had the same format:…

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 16, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  a farewell to my phone which hurled itself repeatedly into the icy arms of death

  

  Many a night and moon ago, I was climbing, and my phone slipped from my pocket. Both my hands were occupied holding the rest of me aloft, so I could…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 14, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  I Can Talk to Anyone perseverating with caution

  

  Song: Down to Earth from Wall-E. “I found myself pleasantly surprised with how well she was able to hold my attention with math content.”- Anonymous Reviewer aka Jeremy in my…

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 13, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Coffee in the Pagi-nation [joint post] breaking cruel rituals

  

  a joint post with Admissions Officer Jeremy, we stan Song: burnt espresso, by Sidney Amos Paige: Nearly three years ago, I was writing my college application essays over cups and…

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  how dorm structure shapes social life in more ways than i can count, actually

  

  There is so much to say about residential life at MIT.  On campus, students live in dorms, fraternities/sororities, and independent living groups, each with their own unique characteristics and vibes.…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  ambition finding direction

  

  in cities and ambition, paul graham writes: “Great cities attract ambitious people. You can sense it when you walk around one. In a hundred subtle ways, the city sends you…

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Class Projects

  Make a Lamp! and cart the pieces of it from IDM to IDC, the forge, Metropolis, and back…

  

  This fall, I enrolled in EM.S21: Design and Make a Lamp. It’s a 3-unit, half-semester class under IDM⁠44 Integrated Design and Management and the Infinite, as in, it’s in the…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Out Sick aka, a subject line for too many emails

  

  I hadn’t been sick in years. I mean sure, I’ve had the occasional headache, and yes, there have been days where I just couldn’t bring myself to go to class due…

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How phonology explains wordplay in Tagalog songs armchair linguistics

  

  I’ve talked a lot about Tagalog, and Tagalog songs, on the blogs, so it’s a bit of a big deal for me. My first post, Colorful, is structured around Ang…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Best and Worst Places to 💩 on Campus

  

  Last spring, I took CMS.614, Network Cultures, taught by Petey. It’s one of my favorite classes I’ve ever taken at MIT (even though I had to drop it 3/4ths of…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fun things I’ve done lately! life isn't all being hosed

  

  In my last blog post, I mentioned that one nice benefit of becoming a Master’s student instead of an undergrad is that I have a bit more free time to…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 8, 2022