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  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  As a freshman, I made the conscious decision not to live where I knew ... the rest of my life to meet other math people, and I really wanted to ... a side effect, though, I never really became involved with the math

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons from Loomis and Whitney a math month post

  

  Unfortunately I don't think I will be talking about the duality ... the math stuff, you can scroll on through to Part 2 where I talk about some thoughts about life at MIT :). The math in the first part is some

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 23, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding spiels metal hot glue gun go brrr

  

  One of my favorite places on campus is the Metropolis makerspace. It ... skills are learnable with the help and support from the community. I really appreciate the commitment Metropolis (and its sister shop The Deep) have put

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 9, 2024
• Blog / MISTI

  a day in my life as a MISTI student ft. research and friends

  

  -running interest in the country and its culture, as well as because, of all the languages I speak, German is the one that needs the most practice. I also ... research at the meteorology institute of the Freie Universität Berlin and

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 17, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what’s in the box? why is spring cleaning a common phrase but not fall cleaning hmm

  

  other stuff. so this may be a little late. im too lazy to change the rest of the tenses in this paragraph so just bear with me a little"]thanksgiving was a few days ago, and in the world of this post it is still

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 1, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  A Week in the Life of a Student-Athlete feat. women's soccer & meche

  

  What up, squad!! It’s been quite the week for MIT Women’s soccer. The season is flying by, and we’ve played a whopping total of 18 games — 4 of which were the past week. I’m going to take you along for the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 31, 2023
• Blog / Personal Projects

  1 Fish, 2 Fish, a Lot of Fish, and a Snail Putting a Big Box of Water on my Dresser

  

  was likely from remembering the one we had in my 7th grade science ... could just go for the next best thing (and probably the more realistic) and put together a fish tank. So during the summer, I spent some time

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 30, 2025
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  My First Few Weeks at MIT … one year ago

  

  pattern - hunting for the best shortcuts across campus, making daily trips to Newbury, creating long notes lists of all the restaurants you want to try, wandering through the underground tunnels, spending WAY too

  • by Hala K. '29
  • September 22, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  class sketching an adventure in speedrunned pedagogy

  

  I'm gonna go through some of the classes I took this semester and explain the kinds of things I learned, in a very simplified manner, as a ... the most pedagogical everywhere. Sections are class name - class number

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • December 23, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  21M.712: Choreography — Making Dances theater arts classes >>>

  

  excited to have the opportunity to create choreography in an academic setting. every studio session feels like a blissful respite from the academic pressure of MIT, even if the pressure is significantly reduced now

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  art and work i really struggled with titling this one

  

  symphonies. my attention span has gotten worse over the years, to the point ... - watch the first two episodes to get a sense of what each character is like, then read the plot summary for every subsequent episode, take note of the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  day one, six out of eight am i doing too much?

  

  the kitchen to reheat it. i see some friends from hall. "good morning ... pull the pizza out of the microwave, and i walk back into my room to eat. 09:55. one of the nice things about living in east campus is that all

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

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

  

  lab, a 25-minute walk down Mass Ave. Usually the day is clear, or ... , and/or see people. I love the cafe in the morning. Classical music plays, there’s always at least one free table, and most of the clientele

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 8, 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. [annotation note='yes, another blog post that includes lyrics by fun.']fun.,[/annotation] "Walking the Dog" Yet whenever I cross

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 31, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19

  

  a close friend. In this post, I'll describe how I made the decision to take a gap year, how the first week went, and what my plans are for the ... previous posts why I decided to take a Leave of Absence this year. The event

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6 / New Year, New Me Looking back, looking forward & staying in the present

  

  To set the mood: You and me - shallou   Looking back 2018 was ... firsts. My goal, though cliché, was to stay in the present, appreciate each and every moment, and take it all in. Most of the places and people I

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 12, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  It’s the start of my third year here, and once again I am smiling at the first posts by our first-year bloggers. There’s a common theme: MIT is home and nothing will ever change that. It was the new bloggers

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Self Help I

  

  Children Will Listen, How to Listen So Children Will Speak and The Blessing of a Skinned Knee--and marked the pages I thought my parents should read. I read guidebooks for each stage of development the stage before I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Steve and Me remembering steve jobs

  

  I remember the first time I ever saw a computer. I was four, and my ... wading around in the rising water, making sure that everything essential was stored on top of a tall cabinet out of harm's way. The very first

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get by with a lot of help from my friends Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song! You just might walk out…

  

  yourselves.) I am a creature of habit. As evidenced by the facts that my roommate (from freshman year, mind you) and I lived in the same room freshman ... . College, on the other hand, is all about change. I have to laugh at myself a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 1, 2011