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• Blog / Advice

  a blog from the universe aka me + my tarot cards + finals season procrastination

  

  feel the itch to blog. So, I turned to the world’s best enabler- a coin flip- because who can argue against the will of the universe? heads ... ="attachment_107004" align="alignnone" width="300"] the universe (Siri) has spoken

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The most beautiful class schedule yes. good

  

  yourself that you’re positive this is the semester where you’re going to ... to access your rational, “outside view” shoulder-devil to remember the times you’ve lost your optimism as the semester has unfolded.. to try and

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • February 3, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Independent Activities Period Yultide Day 1

  

  This week, I am fulfilling my dream of taking over the Admissions page with a series of six consecutive posts. I am calling the takeover Yultide (credit to the bloggers for the awesome name). Today is Yultide Day

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Nerdy adventures on the West Coast Q: What changes when you transplant a few MIT students 3,000 miles? A: Not much.

  

  One of the things that I find most interesting about MIT, but hardest to document on my blog, is the sheer nerdiness of most everyday ... should totally blog this." Unfortunately, the topics are usually so

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a lesson in the feminine arts aka mfa boston and a rant on enjoying art

  

  while MIT fit the criteria of being a) on a coast and [annotation note = "I write this while looking at the Charles River"]b) VERY close to a body of water[/annotation], the only things I knew about Boston before

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 30, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  CP* restored my faith in the universe i read...My Immortal...with prefrosh

  

  --it's over multiple weekends"]CP*,[/annotation] the virtual replacement for ... bring the same energy to virtual events as they are to live ones! I ... the most fun I've had in literal weeks. I'm so grateful that I've had

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

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

  

  that the doors might not stop. Suddenly a very heavy, unpleasant pressure ... here.  Stovetops don't have knobs to control the gas, instead they ... the top presses down like seram wrap blades for a clean rip at whatever

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

  Tales From The Nance Effect Road Show My travel to the land of Boomer--Sooners, Miners. Wild Cats, Sun Devils and Rattlesnakes

  

  Even as I write this I am en-route from the border town of El Paso, TX to Boston, MA. As the old joke goes: "I just flew in from El Paso and boy are my arms tired." (rim shot) But seriously, I have been on the

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple A behind-the-scenes special on directing a play

  

  first class play in 2nd grade. Science was a way to explore the universe ... rehearsal and class. The energy and eloquence that I bring to the stage as an ... . And even more-so, so many of the skills in GEL

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall 2024 🍂 aka, things settle down.

  

  should legally adopt me. /hj I thought circuit theory was the [annotation note="until AC came in and confused the shit out of me"]coolest thing ever[/annotation], and I thought the weekly labs were even cooler than

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  letter to my 2023 self from: 2024 janet

  

  I write two letters to myself at [annotation note="the keen-eyed will ... day"] the end of every year. [/annotation] I write one to my future self who has experienced the upcoming year, and I write a response letter to

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 2, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [joint post] blogston commons with Allison E. ‘27, Ellie F. ‘28, Jebby ‘25, and Sara N. ‘28

  

  creds to Allison for the post title <3  welcome to today ... about Bloggers, Boston, and the Great Beyond.  claim: mit students grind ... of other things too! eating, crying over problem sets, and idk like the

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 11, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [joint post] unsubscribe a post about fortune cookies

  

  watched Mamma Mia five times this summer. (Alan: For the record, it’s been ... in the post to get derailed, CJ. The people have come here for fortune cookie content, not pedantic deliberation on the origins of particular

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

  长大 on family, thanksgiving, and growing up

  

  family. Every year, my mom and dad would invite all the Chinese faculty and graduate students from the local university to our house for a Thanksgiving meal. It was a way of giving the graduate students, many of whom had all

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  efforts to document all of them, I split the entry into 2 parts. Unfortunately, I still don't have all of the photos I would like, but honestly, if ... you can use your imagination, and I'll just describe some of the other

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  7 / Pressure is a privilege Training for my last hurrah, the US Championships

  

  TO SET THE MOOD: 'Aranjuez' by Jorge Muñiz & José Luis Duval   I. With the fall semester complete, I could finally focus all my energy and attention on training for the US Championships, taking place the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  Over the past few months, I have become obsessed with crochet. Before I came to Boston, I dedicated quite some time to ironing out the ... should I begin on the airplane?  [annotation note="Spoiler Alert: It

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Internet is Weird My first attempt at using eBay, or, how I'm trying to profit off of sad…

  

  Go read about the Big News first. (I considered adding spoiler space here, but um...that'd just be weird. Because the rest of this entry is SO ... the Internet. Too much. Seriously...that kid is just weird sometimes. He

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Living in the Past The one where people drive up just to visit me.

  

  friends from high school marching band decided to come up to the Boston area for the weekend. Well, if I'd known they were coming, I would have ... head down to the North End, where I met them at Mike's Pastry. Probably

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  Obligatory Swim Test Lore:  The MIT Swim Test was created in the ... around since then, and despite many non-swimmers’ grievances, the test will continue for the foreseeable future.  The idea of the test is that if you

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023