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  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 3⁠09 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
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  On election day Practicing an applied civic education

  

  Today, November 3rd, 2020, is Election Day in the United States. Many millions of Americans have already voted by mail or in-person; more will cast their ballots today. Here at…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 3, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  hazy mid-semester days what i've been up to lately (mostly, psets...)

  

  It’s that point in the semester when days and weeks blur together in a haze of pset after pset, lecture after lecture, and a midterm always just on the horizon.…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 2, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  self care define it or perish

  

  as i’ve previously mentioned on the blogs, sophomore fall is wrecking me. every day is a grind, and keeping up with academics is about the only thing i can do…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 2, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  first snow it snowed on campus

  

  Happy November! Two days ago, it snowed for the first time this fall in Cambridge, MA. Wherever you are in the world, please take a moment to enjoy these various…

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  finding meaning at the end of the world i alone determine my destiny

  

  one. when i was applying to be a blogger i wrote this in my blogger application, under the question “why do you want to be a blogger”: i want to…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  snowfall as the snowflakes fall, they remind me of home

  

  It snowed for the first time this school year yesterday! Originally, in the forecast, there was very little actual snow expected, but when I got up in the morning, a…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] MIT THINK Scholars – A High School Research Program! From one side of it to the other

  

  Hiii, Audrey C. ‘24 here! I’m briefly infiltrating the blogs to talk about the MIT THINK Scholars Program, which I had the privilege of taking part of during my junior…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 31, 2020