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• Blog / MIT Life

  REXachusetts Institute of Technology your guide to the daily confusion

  

  I’m spending the day meeting with my first-year advisees before classes begin next week. But over the last week, the Class of 2026 arrived on campus for their orientation, of which…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  five things I love about New York welcome to New York, everybody walks in New York

  

  (The subtitle is from my unpatented and unholy mix of the songs “Walking in LA” by the Missing Persons and “Welcome to New York” by Taylor Swift, with which I…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 28, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what i drew this summer i took an art class

  

  This summer, I took an art class through the Student Art Association at MIT. These classes aren’t for credit and if you’re an undergraduate student, you can become an Art…

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 27, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The seniors are tired but the frosh are fine

  

  International student orientation started last week, and the first-years, or technically prefrosh as they aren’t first-years yet, because they aren’t officially frosh until convocation, the international prefrosh are here, so…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 27, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a few new things is it too late to talk about the spring semester?

  

  I have a confession to make, which is that I’ve started this post at least five times in the past few months, but never gotten around to finishing it. Every…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Tales of Two Parallels East Campus History class!

  

  Last fall, I took STS.S20, Tales of Two Parallels: East Campus History. It’s a special class, offered for the first time this year, with the purpose of documenting East Campus…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  baby steps something tender and new

  

  campus feels alive again. frosh spilling into dorms, catching up with hallmates in the lounges, the ec rush playlist blasting in the courtyard, texting people if they want to get…

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  sharp and soft featuring: my favorite naruto moment

  

  in my favorite naruto scene, a samurai and a ninja charge at each other. everyone expects their blades to collide in midair, but instead, this is the result: the samurai’s…

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 21, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  institutional memory cruft are cool!

  

  in one of the organizations i’m in, esp, we toss the phrase “institutional memory” a lot. it refers to the knowledge that’s shared between the members in the group. because…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day at the Forge blacksmithing!

  

  In the middle of an already-packed IAP, I received an email: I’d gotten off the waitlist for blacksmithing!  I was in a phase of trying to remember that I am…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the lying lives of adults by elena ferrante

  

  A few weeks ago, I was reading Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney and someone asked me what it was about. I said that I wasn’t sure, but if I had to…

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Maiden Voyages First years, welcome to MIT

  

  Around this time last year, I was furiously wrapping two shipping boxes in Saran Wrap. Inside the boxes, I carefully loaded all of my clothes, my bedding, my shoes, the…

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Lessons Learned from (Watching) D&D thank you brennan lee mulligan

  

  This summer, living alone has given me the immense freedom to do whatever I want, however I want. Apparently, ‘immense freedom’ is just slang for ‘binging copious amounts of Dungeons…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  by bike, by train, by wind, by rain getting around different cities

  

  I’ve been thinking about different modes of transport through cities. In the past three years, I’ve visited over 10 cities and lived in three. Each of those three have their…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  and they’re going to better places lessons learned from a hard summer

  

  playlist; tw: suicide mention briefly Today, I interviewed for a product manager position. At one point in the interview, they asked me, “What is the place you’ve worked at that…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 14, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  everything i cooked this summer it wasn't gourmet but it (mostly) tasted good

  

  I’m not a particularly good cook. I once managed to set spaghetti on fire while trying to boil it.⁠40 it was in the pot with water and everything... don't ask…

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 14, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  your best american girl on my first boyfriend

  

  Last month, my friends and I saw Mitski live. I didn’t know that many Mitski songs, but I went to her concert anyway because the songs I did know made…

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 13, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  i feel completely fine and maybe that's okay

  

  I’ve been reading a lot of slow, contemplative writing recently, which is the kind of writing that always makes me want to write my own blog post of that nature.…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 12, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I Should’ve Been Working When I Drew These ✨but i wasn't✨

  

  What the title says. in my notes for 18.01a (single-variable calculus), specifically about the normal distribution i should’ve been writing my final paper final exam angst best sitcom ever! i…

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Sophomore Fall Goals So you can bully me when I write a post saying they didn't work out

  

  My first year was a little rough. I could’ve written more about the low points, but it takes a certain amount of humility and retrospect to not sound like an…

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022