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• Blog / Challenges

  unicorns big confusion

  

  i. in the business world, a unicorn is a startup with a valuation of ... “success” i have often been feeling like a unicorn lately, and it’s not because i expect to be worth a billion dollars in the future. rather, what i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 18, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  oh, the places you’ll go

  

  the classroom. It read "I am large. I contain multitudes." Every lesson ... understanding. In that class, every time I looked up at that quote, I felt my ... , as my eyes glanced across each word, I felt a little bigger. Larger. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  loveallurfriends <3

  

  Now Playing: Talk to Me - Cavetown   I stared at the river for a while a few days ago. I probably should’ve been doing other things; I had a CV PSET that I had not yet started, and I ought to have been

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 6, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  “So, what HAVE you been doing?” less sad shit lets get a lil more hype in here

  

  As per my previous post, I've been going through a lot of shit! But there's also a lot of incredibly fun and freeing things that I've been doing this semester that I figured I should talk about. Parties I turned

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything again & again my senior iap

  

  interesting redux of my sophomore IAP, which I blogged about here, and from which I stole the title of this post. Freshman year I was busy taking ... senior year I got to be on campus, living life but not living it too much

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 11, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  love languages in the little things

  

  Here's a list of things that I consider love languages, because the ... .   Heart-shaped things are a love language. I love this time of year ... products that I feel the immediate need to have in my possession: Sanrio

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  this is the real life I love in-person MIT eom

  

  Whenever I try to think about the last year, it doesn't feel real. In fact, I usually actively stop myself when I get on that train of thought ... of the restriction on serving open food at club events, I've eaten an

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Last Lap and hoping to finish strong

  

  I wasn't actually planning on writing a start of semester post this time around, mostly because I feel like there are metaphysically bigger ... I've consistently done this type of post for [annotation note

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 12, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  I've spent the past few days untangling my personal life, which has lately been less than exemplary. In addition, on Sunday evening, I ate ... then I finished reading The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. It's a novel about

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Got The Gig So excited about ALL the Things!

  

  Hi!! First of all, I'M SO EXCITED TO BE AN MIT BLOGGER!! When I ... , that said "YOU GOT THE GIG!" I simply did not believe it.  I was sitting ... .  I looked at my computer and I saw the e-mail, and it was just

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  dear past me stay kind

  

  the letters I'd written using [annotation note="i found out about this ... , I've apparently written three of them, although I've only received two so far. I have absolutely no idea when the third one is going to arrive

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Memory Quilt insert many sobbing emojis here

  

  something that I could actually do when I saw a post my boyfriend's sister had ... sorority shirts. This was sometime in September, and I had already finished ... through them to see which ones I still had, so I shelved the idea until I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  I met Will and Kristina in very different parts of campus. I was ... popped up and started speaking to my friend in Chinese. I hardly even got ... Really Good Chinese. I got to know him better last January on an IAP trip

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i will meet zendaya even if it’s the death of me a wide-ranging rant written while feverish

  

  I've always been a little bit of a hypochondriac, and while that is ... , there is one clear trend: I hate being sick. I hate the idea of not being as productive as possible, I hate the idea of not being able to do

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 26, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Yeah, I’m turning twenty, it’s terrifying one year of mit

  

  One. Last Monday, I waited an hour to get tested. The testing ... Building, past Hayden, all the way to Building 6. I thought living in East ... weeks before this. I wait maybe three minutes. Then I get to the table

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  a farewell to my phone which hurled itself repeatedly into the icy arms of death

  

  Many a night and moon ago, I was climbing, and my phone slipped from ... I could only watch as my phone tumbled down, down, and crashed on the cement below. I scrambled down to salvage it, only to find the screen

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 14, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  work-life balance (without a life)

  

  one. in mit, and undergrad in general i guess, you spend your time ... are on campus, or near campus. i spent my time with my classmates. i ... . on weeknights, i'd play board games, or go to lectures, or eat out. on

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 10, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  For Those Weeks When You Just Cannot We all have those weeks, sometimes you need a break

  

  a sad week for me. It was a short week, but the longest week I've had ... never ended. I can't say what happened, but it was unfortunate. And no ... okay, it is really hard to actually feel okay. So I took a break. I only

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  I had lunch with the ever-dashing Ben Jones today. I hadn't seen him ... topic of blogging. I want to reflect on a couple of points -- this ... breakfast or Student Center study break. That's me. I don't even own any MIT

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  poem snippets searching for hope amidst darkness

  

  something silly, something weightless, i want my laugh to echo and not hit me back. i am not a very avid reader but i have lately collected lots of short poems. i don't think i have many words of wisdom or

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 4, 2025