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• Blog / How to Human

  Spoofy Spooky Stories MIT is ~haunted~

  

    One warm night last summer, my roommate Penny ‘24 and I were walking back to our apartment from our friend Jess’s dinner party. Trees cast sharp shadows across the…

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 31, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  confronting the self i am the captain of my soul

  

  content warning: extended discussion of anxiety, depression, suicide. dan: why are we doing this? this is such an awful idea. why’d you think it’d be a good idea to try…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 30, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  sometimes when it rains I feel seventeen and seventy all at once

  

  My first impression of MIT was through Math Prize for Girls, and it was mainly just that MIT is cold. And drizzly.  Which was then followed by “I have never…

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 28, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  i saw twenty one pilots at td garden in boston live music is very much alive and here to stay

  

  introduction I’ll just word vomit here and say that I started writing this blog as soon as I got home from the concert. I am so overwhelmed, I am so…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 28, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  social groups a different angle on the 'i found my people in college' trope

  

  the notion of squad wealth has been increasing in popularity recently and it’s something i struggle to understand. the claim is something like: we can replace traditional capitalistic and commodified…

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 27, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask me anything about portfolios Go ahead—don’t be shy!

  

  tl;dr Today I’ll be answering your questions about MIT portfolios in the comment section below. To tide you over before questions come in, I’ve compiled some of my thoughts on…

  • by Jeremy W.
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  There’s a Story in Which My Eyes Shut Am I changed enough?

  

  August. I was sitting in Killian Court alone. The sun was sharp enough to require shade, so I moved from tree to tree as the clouds shifted. I watched professors…

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 25, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  updating my blogger bio because its no longer accurate

  

  A couple nights ago, while my friends and I were wasting away in Simmons Hall, we somehow stumbled upon the topic of my blogger bio, to which someone read aloud:…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  we do some memeing around these parts memes i've made so far on campus

  

  I love memes. I can’t help it—I’m a Gen Z’er, so I grew up on the Internet with meme classics like Nyan Cat and Gangnam Style. Memes play a vital…

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 23, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why didn’t MIT have a logo until 2003? tracing the history of MIT's logo and graphic identity

  

  In another instance of historyposting, we’ll look into the history behind MIT’s logo, and MIT’s graphic identity in general. I’ll take a different style of writing for this post, emphasizing…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  forbidden gatorade cell media looks tasty...

  

  My summer UROP involved some cell culture training, which started off with “Try not to drink the media.” This really just implies that cell media is, in fact, drinkable. It…

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  6.0001 is Done I learned a bit (or should I say 8-bit)

  

  The first quarter comes to a close at MIT. I am crocheting winter attire. My radiator churns and hisses through the night. Hundreds of students submit their final problem set.…

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  making things a blog about being a meche major

  

  Maybe my favorite part of course 2A is sitting next to my friend in 2.001 and jointly scrolling through MIT Confessions. 2.001, a core class on mechanics, is two hours…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  a small moment in time on failing...*very long sigh*

  

  My first truly colossal failure feels like it happened yesterday. I still remember walking away and feeling like my blood had drained out of my body. I felt empty, but…

  • by kellen manning
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fangirl Moment kinda silly, kinda wholesome

  

  A bit ago, the larger group my UROP lab is a part of had a free lunch event. I was initially hesitant about going since it seemed like the event…

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivery 2021 meet me halfway

  

  On October 10th, the MIT class of 2023 had Ring Delivery. Ring Delivery typically happens in your sophomore spring, to mark not only the arrival of your brass rat⁠52 The…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  gone was any trace of you i think i am finally clean

  

  I have experienced love before, at least I think so. Awkward hand holding in my freshman year of high school, giggles behind lockers and sneaking out of classrooms, sitting next…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / Summer

  my summer! a belated blog

  

  This summer was a summer of many firsts. First time actually living by myself. First time regularly using public transportation by myself. First time booking all my doctor’s appointments. This…

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 18, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  a salmonella saga weekend outing tingz

  

  I didn’t leave the MIT bubble much my freshman year. hell, I barely left my dorm. there was so much going on all the time that I didn’t bother trying…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  from me to you burn it all down

  

  Sometimes, you need to let things go up in flames. . . . I have struggled with writing blogposts in the past few months. It’s not for a lack of…

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 17, 2021