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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of the Riri Williams Pi Day Video Behind the scenes of an extraordinary three minutes!

  

  identity.   Virginia (on the right) and I, being friends ... that we had a full team, Chris and I got started working on the actual ... introductory comic, and a lot of the fanart that was on tumblr. We’d follow

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 9, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  intergenerational in a way that the day-to-day blogs can never be, by the very nature ... Facebook and Twitter and Instagram and so on than they do to the blogs ... like Instagram and TikTok can't be ignored, but conversations and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ten reflections on mit

  

  radiation on the growth of plants, and, to cut a long story short, got to ... . And I quickly grew so excited about the chance to come to MIT. To write ... quarter of my life, and by the time that I leave, it’ll be the longest I

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  , steps, strolls, and more."]probate[/annotation] on the weekend of Audrey ... to either visit her and invite her to different cities on the coast or ... facilities. The organization can host tailored events at different campuses and

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  some warmth on a cold decisiony day "there have been times that I thought I couldn't last for long / but now…

  

  the time I got home. Some days, you just can't do it, and it's not a negative reflection on you that you can't always be running at 100%. Some days, you need two or three or five blankets and to lie on the couch for

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Reading aka inhaling all the books i can before school starts

  

  intended to read this year: On the Way to a Smile and The Kids are Alright ... -bye, the bells would be chiming, too, and a nightingale would be singing, and ... books were my worlds, and the characters within those universes were my

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Advice

  finding place

  

  experiences finding place at MIT. I reflected back on the patterns and ... being frosh (first sem is hard!) and a challenging math class. So I spent the social time I had everywhere and nowhere. Dashing around, not

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • April 7, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  that the way it actually works, is this: And that lying on the couch ... think about it. It’s true when I read it, on the page. like this. There ... , and amazing. And I feel good about these days, because I like the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bye (for now)

  

  people and wonder if it would be the last time i saw them, if not ever ... the thing you've been working on for so long. and that was true of my ... 'll start work at mit lincoln laboratory next may, and then i'll do the whole

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science Out Loud! On teaching/making/producing educational videos and why it's so much fun

  

  talks about the gap between having good taste and being able to produce ... is the only organ that can regrow large amounts of cells in vivo and ... 't be in anyone's way and no long-term experiments were going on (as

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  understand how much the onus is on me to look out for and take care of myself ... pressure on myself to do self-care activities that the effect ends up being ... It’s spring break and I’m catching up on alone time. I didn’t exactly

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Perkus Nonacademia MIT will give you more than just an engineering degree.

  

  being smashed. And everytime I cross the threshold of a jet, settle into my seat and begrudgingly turn off wifi on all my TSA ... an alarming rate from the shoots, and wanted to know what would be the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Long Road to Happiness Stuff no one likes to talk about...

  

  (also not true) and I just can’t even think back to the feeling of ... working on the Pi Day video. And while I was doing these things, I really ... even wanting it to. And maybe occasionally there’s still people on the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 22, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  Class Year I forgot to add class year as an option on my form, and by the ... connecting with the world outside of MIT, and where I could actually work on ... was going to be OK. He's a great guy and I'm glad I had the opportunity

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice you’ve heard before and a story you haven’t you can just skip to the pictures if you want to, I wont be offended.

  

  anyways. And since I can learn faster than the lecturer talks, I'm still ... There are going to be a lot of people eager to give you advice on how ... . The only class to which I dragged myself on a semi-regular basis was my

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 2, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  , optimistically, and devastatingly. Yuliya blogged about it. I scrawled words on the ... removed. The parents of some green card holders and U.S. citizens will be ... was on the waitlist.” He smiled, and the room—full to capacity

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  We’ve been there, too. It feels like the calm before the storm. Please don't forget to breathe.

  

  on which I would allow myself to be captivated by the skyscrapers I ... for the agonizing six weeks following October 31. And then, I got this ... freak out more, and rinse/repeat ad nauseam. The symptoms still feel

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  /mysteryhunt. The community used to be based on large-scale in-person events such as ... would be the scene I'd see a lot through the weekend. People all on their ... people went and worked on that, while we waited for the power to come back

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 22, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What I wish I’d known, and what I’m glad I knew Before coming to MIT.

  

  feel low on self-confidence. I'm glad that I learned by the end of Year 1 that a professor can be a mentor and a listening ear and not just an ... . I held back because I was nervous, and thought it would be better to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bumps, slumps, trips, and … Breaking out of a slump, now with more Cleveland!

  

  , you've all heard plenty of life updates and reflections on the MIT (and ... engineers everywhere that the cameras on my 2014 smartphone and my 7th grade ... 's kick the old crutches to the curb as well (overabundant ellipses and

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 13, 2014