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• 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 IDM⁠21 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
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Black Panther 2 Plot (Totally Real) (Not Clickbait) (Please Click Anyway Though) Not a fanfiction about Black Panther (because I am not a fan)

  

  Black Panther 2 comes out this Friday, and everyone and their dog seems to have tickets to see the film when it premieres. Before you ask, no, I am not…

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  Near the start of the pandemic, I decided not to come back to MIT full-time during fall 2020, since I knew I wouldn’t get that much out of Zoom University.…

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back to high school except now I don't know what I'm doing

  

  I’m taking CMS.586⁠44 Introduction to Education this semester, and part of the class involves observing at local middle or high schools. For me, this means appearing at Cambridge Community Charter…

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 5, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  I. eulogies are beautiful but  can we talk about leaves before fall? this time, i’ll make the summer count  this time, i’ll be louder    today, i feel like a…

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  bucket lists, grocery lists, and a li(s)tany of other things this is actually just an excuse to make people list-en to me talk about minecraft

  

  The other day I fell asleep watching Hermitcraft videos on Youtube, which is how you know I’m well and truly exhausted. Normally, playing and/or watching people play Minecraft is a…

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All? how do i live without regret?

  

  I often fear that college is some big practical joke everyone is playing on me. You will have the most freeing, most independent, most experimental and hectic four years of…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Immaterial Girl in a Material World There is an imposter among us

  

  “Where did you learn about functional programming outside of 3.019?” a professor asked me after a lecture one day. “Your [3.010] poster says you’re in the EECS department – is…

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 1, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  senioritis i wish i had no work today

  

  I’m up, you’re drunk I wish I had no work today I wish I had no work today Still trapped, from night’s bath You wish I had no work today…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 31, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is why we can’t have nice things harmless things that irritate me

  

  People walking shoulder-to-shoulder down the Infinite There’s always that one group of people walking down the Infinite who block up the whole hallway. Whether it’s two people who spaced themselves…

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 29, 2022