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  major uncertainty switch 2 A 6-2?

  

  Col·lege ma·jors (noun) A term that invokes pain and, as compensation, newfound freedom in class selection Last April, I declared my major. Not too long before that, I blogged about…

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  lifting heavy objects and the grungy basement gym

  

  cw: talking abt chronic pain   Everyone derides the EC basement gym, but I kinda like it. The paint is peeling off the walls. Thick dust gathers in the corners.…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  friday afternoon in the town of beans i'm freeeeeeeeeeeee

  

  Yesterday,⁠05 By yesterday I mean Thursday. I was hoping I could finish this by midnight, but, alas. It is now 12:53 AM. after turning in my last assignment for the…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 11, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] art and things zine making + what makes us, us + thank you cambridge + yomp

  

  Hello hello! I am Alina S. (‘24). Briefly: I am a course 2A (mechanical engineering) with a focus on learning machines. I live in Next House. I am Vietnamese and Filipino and a first-gen immigrant on both sides

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  culture within culture i moved to east campus

  

  of our '24s. that would make for a considerable number of people from

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 15, 2021
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Leavetaking and homecoming

  

  As a kid, I only moved once.⁠07 twice if you count going from Los Angeles to Tucson when I was three I was twelve. My big sisters were excited about…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 28, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  conversations with friends so many different ways to feel lost

  

  m: i’ve been having a lot of trouble blogging lately so i’m thinking of doing a blog that’s just like, conversations i’ve been having with friends that would just be…

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 21, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  a week of summer ft. cafes, lab, and assorted thoughts

  

  This summer has been busy, this summer has been full. I’ve been writing, and working, and meeting many people. I want to preserve it, like a flower pressed between pages.…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 8, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  butterfly season the very tired caterpillar

  

  In late May, I wrapped up my second semester at MIT and moved back home—back to Iowa. June was spent in a transitory state. Slowly packing up my things, deciding…

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • July 31, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m a physics major (for now) feeling scholarly, part 2/2

  

  Last week, I wrote all about the classes I took this past year. It was originally meant to be a one-off post, but in writing it, I found myself having…

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 26, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, per se a selection of fantastic dishes, part 2

  

  Sierra Green ’24. Figure 2. Lobster beets and leeks. My interpretation

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 24, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  …and other things you can do with your four-day weekend context around the marathon

  

  This post is intended to accompany⁠25 consider viewing them side-by-side! this one. Spring Semester, 2021 This semester has been extremely hard; the exhaustion in the undergraduate community has been palpable…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  walking, walking, walking walking and/as coping

  

  Walking alone ’cause the night is dead. Crossed my mind when I crossed the bridge. fun.,⁠32 yes, another blog post that includes lyrics by fun. “Walking the Dog” Yet whenever…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 31, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  318 memorial drive a historical rabbit hole

  

  Back in November, after our adventure visiting every stop on the MBTA, CJ and I promised that we would write a post full of wonderful facts and obscure lore about…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  home is where the whiteboard is a tradition, continued untraditionally

  

  are the most occupied: you can see that 2-4 pm is the most common time

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 30, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  On Greek history, and this strange end-of-semester sprint  tl;dr nerding out over a final essay

  

  I’ve just taken the luxury of lavishing two full days on an essay about Alexander the Great. It could have taken far less time, but it was really fun to…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  who cares about poetry? lots of feelings

  

  scherzi.    I can’t listen to Paganini’s Caprice No. 24 anymore. In

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 10, 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 / Personal Travel

  halfway across the world moving to russia for the semester

  

  I’m writing this sitting at my aunt’s kitchen table, at midnight, waiting for my next class, and then an info session, and my tutoring job after. From her balcony window,…

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything is cool tl;dr I want to study too many things

  

  The theme of my (very short) MIT experience so far has been that everything is so cool. SO COOL. And interesting, and exciting, and !!! (unintelligible excited noises). Imagine this…

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 11, 2020