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• Blog / Classes

  semester 4, take 2 positivity edition!

  

  to my big technical, which recorded lectures we could watch at our ... classes, at varying times, has made me happy for its own specific reason. I ... lot better at Spanish, to the point that I think I can learn on my own

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 23, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Last Minute Rehearsal music in the time of corona

  

  happening (at least not in their originally intended form), and the work that ... show at the beginning of the semester and our response was “OMG YES!” We ... powerless! . . . Look at the fireworks... Abuela, are you alright? Light up

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 18, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  on realizations and learning in which i say a bunch of things that might seem obvious

  

  is always calmer than the ones that follow. For now at least, I ... further combined with reflective time at the gym while I work out) has got ... more slowly than everyone else and stare at the sky -- this is its own

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 10, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting always waiting

  

  to take an exam tonight at 7:30 pm, but I'm also waiting to go home for ... the Stranger events calendar. I would highly recommend Concerts at the ... . Here is a photo I took of a collision at Weeks.[annotation note="as far

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 12, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Downtown if you could see it then you’d understand

  

  have to do today/do you want to meet at like Downtown Crossing between ... : we can meet Two hours later, we’re at Park Street, one of the stops on ... central park in the middle of the city. We talk. He just came from debate at

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  at night, I pause to take a deep breath and look at Boston from across ... such a huge deal when you’re just a kid staring at the things around you. Look up at the night sky. At least that mostly stays the same. 5. Be okay

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  3.A03 Metalsmithing Throughout Time come to MIT, get to forge metal with your bare hands!! (and a hammer)

  

  At MIT, every student has an advisor -- in fact, throughout their ... that at MIT, unlike some other schools, you're required to meet with your advisor at the beginning of the semester and have them approve your course

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / People & Identities

  H I C C U P S takeaways from a Bollywood film

  

  A few Fridays ago, I sat down (as I normally do at the end of a long ... , when do you add salt to your okra? At the beginning? Or the end? (student replies that she adds salt at the end to prevent okra from getting watery

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 15, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  the top presses down like seram wrap blades for a clean rip at whatever ... . Until someone shouts at you with concern as you've walked into a dressing ... I am not at home. Reminding me that I am different, and this place is

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Self-Discovery Within An Internship guest post by Grace C. '21

  

  guest post series*   It’s the end of finals. I’m sitting at a ... as I stare at my completed 7.014 exam. I get up to hand the thick ... York City. Fast-forward. It has been three weeks at my new job where I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  fix it. That being said, Monday through Friday now start off at this ... my cereal and stuff and head down to the Country Kitchen at Next to eat ... weekly PSet for my two courses. I try to get at least a problem done while

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking Forward and Backward 10 Memories and 8 Resolutions

  

  back at how much my life has changed in just twelve months. It has, by ... that I was in! 2. Arriving at CPW and getting escorted to the second floor of the student center, where I saw Petey. I remember staring at him

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes you just gotta relax (putting this out there as a message for ourselves as much as for anyone else)

  

  /7 – Tuesday, 10/10, could not have come at a better time! While the weekend was ... parenthesis correspond to notes at the end of the post) : Saturday 10:30am ... drove up to help us clean our room (a dumpster at the time), and to bring

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 22, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wearing the apron This was written on an empty stomach

  

  looked at the shelf above my desk and realized realized how much machine ... at something that complicated and sort of maybe understood a bit of how it worked. Before when I looked at a 3D printer, all I saw was a semi

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  wayfaring a pile of stuff that's happening

  

  and incoherent crap at the foot of the reader. In doing so, a tiny part ... your other courses at MIT. One challenge of the courses, and the ... Studies" class at MIT might be like, you can check out the syllabus

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  October potpourri rambling about college admissions, stress, fun, etc.

  

  , college applications were at the forefront of my mind. I scrapped essays ... with you, the fact that Allan was also in Toons and running the booth at ... with all the members of Toons at that callback, I really enjoyed it. It

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Music Scene by a non-musician

  

  or whether you’re just listening to keep the silence at bay. Whether it ... . Walking up the steps after getting off at Harvard Square and being greeted ... that music at ear-splintering levels like there’s no tomorrow (and when

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  November summary: books, playlist, gratitude

  

  constraints imposed by the rest of my life. Welp.) Sappho At some point in ... , walking around Boston aimlessly with friends, dying my hair pink, dancing at ... 's much easier for me to justify skipping a workout when all that's at stake

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 25, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  them. From sudden cold rushes at the thought that I’d only taken X number ... ’t get freaked out about classwork. I’d have class at 9 am and I’d have to ... days at MIT. Ultimately, they average out into happiness. And that would

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / Events

  This Particular [T-] REX Tuesday (No actual tyrant lizards in this blog post.) Frosh come chill with me!

  

  few days ago I had a lot of fun chilling with a few of you at Giant Stuff at Simmons (along with some torso-sized bowling pins and a handful ... comes to me, I probably would have spent my Saturday afternoon at Next

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 1, 2015