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• Blog / How to Human

  and i try to find my place

  

  A couple nights ago, I cried as Raymond asked me my deepest desires and I told him that for once in my time at MIT, I want to be good…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Last Times waving goodbye to my MIT experience

  

  At some point, when we got kicked out last March, there were a lot of things that I had done for the last time that I hadn’t realized. My last…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 22, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Books I did read this semester I am literate if not literary

  

  Previous me wrote in a blogpost that I “did not want to write about books,” but she was wrong. I love books. They are necessary all the time but even…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 21, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Unwinding how i destress

  

  Recently on @mitadmissions I asked what kind of blogs people wanted to see and one of them suggested that I talk about how I personally destress! Also, this is actually…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  books I’ve read this year slowly but surely completing my 2020 resolutions

  

   One of my 2020 resolutions was reading 10 books, and I just completed this goal last week! I think by the end of 2020 I’ll have read a little more…

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 19, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Packing incoherent thoughts from move-out week

  

  It’s Wednesday night. I have about 84 hours left at MIT. 84 hours left living right next door to some of my closest friends. 84 hours left to stare out…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  sunset/sunrise swiftly flow the days

  

  I’ve been very busy this semester; this is entirely of my own accord, and, for the most part, I have been managing everything⁠15 I promise that a post about how…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Rate My Setup a guide to my room in Simmons

  

  Since the end of August, I’ve been living on-campus in Simmons in a double. My room is huge, and I have two sets of furniture, which really means I have…

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 17, 2020
• Blog / Events

  science bowl we ran! a competition! virtually!

  

  I feel like I’ve been involved in science bowl forever. In 8th grade, my middle school science teacher started a team at my school, and I loved it. Science bowl,…

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • November 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  halfway there musings about currently being an MIT student

  

  I live a five-minute walk away from MIT, so I pass campus often. It’s a weird experience. I can compartmentalize the last 14-ish months of my life as being ‘on-campus…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Twenty thousand paper cuts and twenty thousand leaves

  

  One. Two weeks ago my phone’s charger suddenly stopped working. I ordered a replacement from Amazon. I accidentally put Baker as the address, because that was where I stayed last…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  Let me just start by saying that, historically, my sleep habits suck. For the past couple of years, I’ve used an app called Sleep Cycle to track my sleep. It…

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 12, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things in My MIT Household that just make sense

  

  This fall, I moved from my Season 3⁠32 There's a running joke that my friends and I are in a sitcom. We refer to every school term as its own…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  who cares about poetry? lots of feelings

  

  Hello! I have some new pandemic-flavored poems published as part of an exhibit for the Singapore Writers Festival. So I wanted to write about my relationship with poetry over the…

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  rethinking perfectionism god i just want to get things done

  

  I have long been a fan of the corner of the internet known as ‘productivity youtube.’ For those of you unfamiliar, this largely consists of video creators sharing various approaches…

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 8, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  fake it ’til you make it what is a healthy way to be happy?

  

  I’ve been hesitant to write a blog — especially one that pertains to right now — because zoom is, ah, revolting. It’s no one’s fault perhaps but god, this semester…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Global Languages Freshman Learning Community engaging frosh done right

  

  I’m the undergraduate assistant for a Freshman Learning Community (FLC) hosted by the Global Languages department and MISTI (MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives). The FLC, which began this semester,…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  incremental game support group let's distract ourselves with games!

  

  Given how depressing and sad the last few days were, I’ve resorted to distracting myself with incremental games. You know, games like Cookie Clicker or something, where you unlock progressively…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  kitchen nightmares bugs and toasters and explosions, oh my!

  

  A few months into living on my own, my roommates and I have learned many important life lessons about food, mostly through trial and error. A lot of error. Here’s…

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 5, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  Hi, long time no see. Well, for me it’s been a while. I’ve been silent on the blogs for about three weeks, far longer than I ever want to be…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020