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• Blog / Class Projects

  weld your own bike and other IAP activities

  

  Hi everybody! I was busy this IAP,⁠01 IAP, for y'all readers who haven't memorized all the acronyms at this unholy institvte, stands for Independent Activities Period, and takes place for…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 1, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  zero bandwidth it’s not burnout if you have to keep going

  

  You know, lately, I’ve been hearing this sound. Everywhere I go, like a tick, tick, tick. — tick, tick…BOOM! (2021) Recently, I’ve had this overwhelming feeling creeping up on me,…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 17, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  teaching web.lab aka what i spent all of january on

  

  being somewhat more intense than i expected. over the ~24 days of iap

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 1, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  hold me (but not too close) on writing the full-length play

  

  act I: prologue When I was a kid, I used to dread going to sleep. I would lay there in bed, words and thoughts spinning around my head without pause.…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 7, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  everything is actually going okay and i think that's pretty cool

  

  team, so i love this class too. 24.917: ConLangs: Construct a Language

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

  长大 on family, thanksgiving, and growing up

  

  Growing up, Thanksgiving was an extremely important holiday for my family. Every year, my mom and dad would invite all the Chinese faculty and graduate students from the local university…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 28, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  lord, it is time for a blog post the huge semester has gone halfway by

  

  one. The last time I posted was over two months ago. I wrote then that I was “so, so tired,” even though classes had just started. And then I disappeared…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 13, 2021
• Blog / Summer

  this summer a recap of sorts

  

  It’s September, school has started, and I know that before long I’ll get sucked into the ridiculous whirlwind that is this school. I’ll get busy with classes, and clubs, and…

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 14, 2021
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  “I’m going to UROP this summer!” I told my mom over the phone. Later, I was telling my sister about hunting for a place in Boston, and she said, “Aren’t…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  .nano pixels developing a love for pictures, reverb

  

  Main Street, near Kendall (I think) While snapping this picture, a thought pulsed through my head. Remember how it all came back with an email? You should write something about…

  • by Waly N. '24
  • July 2, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  up, down, and out some moments from the last month

  

  up. In the past month, there have been moments when hope and joy have surprised me; where, despite the odds, my heart is full to bursting, bringing a certain buoyancy…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  a state of moving ny --> ma, macg adventures

  

  It’s been roughly a little under 2 months since I moved onto campus. Instead of having an actual intro, I’ll cut to the exciting stuff. So, here, much later than…

  • by Waly N. '24
  • April 5, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  like a freight train a schedule post

  

  Hello everyone! I thought up this title as a metaphor for how the week a few weeks ago hit me, but apparently said week hit too hard for me to…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 19, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  bday burnout no more spiders please

  

  Some numbers from this semester: Academic week: 5 Age: 19.0 Times I’ve cried over classes: 2 (surprisingly) Smoothies made: 12 COVID tests taken: 11 Times I’ve been locked out: 3 (Unique) cats…

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 18, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  highlights: high points of a virtual fall Part 1 of a fall semester recap

  

  After about **checks watch** 47 days of not blogging, returning to writing feels quite odd. There have been many swirling thoughts through my head, so many things I want to…

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 2, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  how to restore an old whiteboard, mit style four years of whiteboard wear and care

  

  step. (Timestamp 0:17–0:24) Let sit for at least 2 hours — longer is

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 17, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  New Things I’ve Tried mostly experimenting with some looks:)

  

  is 24 inches. I saw some videos of people tying two 14 or 18 inch locs

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 9, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Academic Things I’ve Learned no life lessons, promise

  

  In high school I always wanted to know what you learned in college: not personal growth and the importance of self-care, or how long one can survive on ramen and…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferring Thoughts before 12/14 12:14pm to after 3/14 1:59pm

  

  “His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy. There’s vomit on his sweater already, mom’s spaghetti. He’s nervous about opening the MIT decisions portal already.”  Eminem About 2 separate…

  • by Waly N. '24
  • December 18, 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 year of high school. Now as a college freshman

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