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  Always Rooting for the Anti-Hero it's me! hi! i'm [the problem?], it's me

  

  where i am Since the beginning of the fall semester of my senior year, I’ve felt a decided shift in the air. I’ve mentioned it before, jokingly referring this period…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Womanhood

  

  TW: Detailed Descriptions of Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Assault, Brief Mentions of Pedophilia and Disordered Eating   This piece is just a series of things loosely held together by…

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 28, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living the MEng life same, different, same

  

  I officially graduated from MIT last year, but I’m still here, doing what we call “MEnging” (em-en-jing). The MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science⁠04 Colloquially known as EECS,…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 27, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  My Life Is In Shambles… … and that’s ok

  

  TW: Depression, Suicidal Ideation   My friend Nathan is aggressively bad at reading maps. Notoriously, infamously, comically bad at it. Not even his phone’s mobile navigation app can save him…

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 26, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  On psets and projects and why "midterm season" is all the time

  

  In my mind, many MIT classes⁠10 Many, but by no means all. Giving a number is hard: do you count distinct classes, or should you weigh classes based on how…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FWACC! and some small thoughts about kindness

  

  This Friday, at 8:05 PM⁠18 hopefully, if we're running on schedule. in Kresge Auditorium, the lights will dim over a crowded audience. Then, moments later, for the first time in…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  In light of interviews quickly approaching, I thought I’d do a post about interviews, especially as an admissions officer on the EC team and someone who has experienced the EC…

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  falling in love with october swooning over foLiAGe

  

  we fell in love in october that’s why i love fall looking at the stars admiring from afar (to properly credit “we fell in love in october” by girl in…

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Exam Cram a comic in which my friend tries to save me from chem

  

  Bonus: 3.091 (Solid-State Chemistry) class has a weekly meme contest. Because I’m a try hard and didn’t know how to make proper memes, I drew a comic. The topic was…

  • by Anika H. '26
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  how to move carts not an athletics post

  

  there are two popular approaches to moving a cart. the first one is to stand behind the cart and push it in the direction you want to go: the second…

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Concert / The View

  

  One of the interesting things that I do as a commonplace concert goer that non-concert goers may never understand is waiting. I wait in line, a LOT. Just as you…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  mid semester check-in all about my classes

  

  I originally registered for 60 units of classes this semester: 18.701: Algebra I 18.404: Theory of Computation 18.905: Algebraic Topology I  6.006(6.1210): Introduction to Algorithms  21W.771: Advanced Poetry Workshop  After…

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 22, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [guest post] The Random Hall Milk: Gone But Not Forgotten an obitu-dairy for Pecker's oldest resident

  

  This is a guest post by Sara M. ’24, our lovely dorm VP, who did a better job eulogizing the Milk than I ever could. If you’re a milk-enjoyer, please…

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meeting our new president! my very brief foray into professional journalism

  

  In case you haven’t heard, MIT has a new president-elect! This morning I had the incredible opportunity to attend the announcement and speak with President-Elect Dr. Sally Kornbluth myself. Petey…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  A New Year, A New President Introducing Dr. Sally Kornbluth, the 18th President of MIT

  

  In February, MIT President —  and noted admissions blog commenter —  Rafael Reif announced his intent to step down after 10 years in office. Today, in the auditorium of the…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  mit made me rational on decision-making

  

  I once asked a boyfriend if he would give up his life for ten billion dollars. “Yes,” he said. “Because the amount of good I can do in my lifetime…

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 19, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  someone’s gotta do it, but not me is it cool not to care?

  

  i don’t care about things any more. all these student groups i’m a part of, like tech squares or the assassins guild or esp or puzzle club or sipb? i…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 16, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 Halloween Costume Ideas for MIT Students but they're pretty bad

  

  Is this you? Are you an MIT student who can’t get in on the October fun because you’re drowning in problem sets? Is midterm season killing your Halloween vibe? No…

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 15, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Pigeonholing boxes = semesters, pigeons = classes

  

  Alan and I have been taking a class together this semester: 21W.740: Writing Autobiography and Biography. I really thought I would enjoy the class. This is due to a few…

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Comments on A Boring Friday lItErArY aNaLySiS

  

  Spoilers for A Boring Friday, you should check that first. Walkthrough. If you haven’t played the game enough, here’s three paths that let you read most of the text. Choices…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 13, 2022