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  Watch this year’s 2.s009 final presentations designing kindness during a time of covid

  

  This is a very brief blog post to remind you —  as our announcement on the right hand side already says —  that the 2.s009 product launch is tonight! Every…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  quarantine throwback i present to you my early april 4 am thoughts

  

  [April 14th, 2020] It’s 4:14 am. I’m sitting in bed, laughing by myself at programming memes on codehub. My room is dimly lit with my twinkle lights and I occasionally…

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 6, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  finding good what i look forward to

  

  warning! suicide ment / This post originally was talking about the events of the past week. But to sum it up I thought I’d put it in short little bubbles…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 4, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thanksgiving a different way All the cool kids call it "Friendsgiving" now, right?

  

  Thanksgiving at MIT has always been just a paltry two days off, Thursday and Friday, to make a four-day long weekend. This year, breaking tradition, we got the full week…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 2, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [joint post] we visited every station on the MBTA see alan's post

  

  [joint post] we visited every station on the MBTA

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Targets shooting things and hitting them

  

  Sport air pistol, the PE class I took this quarter, was taught by instructor Mike Conti. Of the ten years he’s taught shooting at MIT, this is the first semester…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  I’ve been reading applications And I'm still reading them

  

  Under cover of darkness It’s that magical time of year: the sun sets at 4 PM, my apartment’s heaters start to kick in and create a truly alarming amount of…

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  it’s thanksgiving or something and other things happening in my life

  

  today, of all days, i feel it’s appropriate to begin with a land acknowledgement statement, as adapted from mit’s statement. the land on which i’m writing this post right now…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 26, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  “I’m vegetarian now!” Two months, twenty-four days, and goin’ strong

  

  This semester I’ve lived in an apartment with three roommates: one omnivore, one vegetarian, and one vegan. I decided on the day we moved in that I would try out…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT CodeIt or: the best decision i've made this semester

  

  This semester, I joined CodeIt, a student-run organization at MIT where MIT students teach middle school girls and nonbinary students basic programming concepts through Scratch. The last four sessions are…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  socializing over zoom it's been rough

  

  Last week, non-seniors who want to live on campus in the spring⁠14 like me! submitted their dorm preferences. The actual lottery keeps getting delayed, but the actual process of ranking…

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fall Semester Recap my classes so far

  

  I’ve really really loved my schedule this year so I thought I’d do a quick recap of how the semester’s gone for me so far since I’ve wanted to talk…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a major road to trouble exploring interests as a baby beaver

  

  Col·lege ma·jors (noun) A term that invokes pain and, as compensation, newfound freedom in class selection For many weeks, I couldn’t think of a good way to write this blog…

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 23, 2020
• 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 everything⁠47 I promise that a post about how…

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