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  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
• 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 18.600⁠34 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 Tetazoo⁠38 third floor of the east parallel of the dorm East Campus and a resident of Putz⁠39 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