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• Blog / Challenges

  head above the water (intro post) an inner dialogue about my first month of classes

  

  inner dialogues with myself about handling college that go along these ... to do a pset WITH people me: i like STEM and i want to get involved in ... group project, but– me: but now i need to be with people because i can

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  A Place happy thoughts on East Campus

  

  I know now), they glow with a sense of MIT, and particularly East ... ']hooked.[/annotation] There was a water war, waged with water balloons, spray guns, and giant ... people here feel like protagonists, with their uniquely curated fashions

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  ungestalt twenty-one years of wandering

  

  i'm worrying about rooming and i'm eating dinner with people from hall and i'm playing board games with friends and i'm in the z center ... for myself, now that i have this weekend with pretty much nothing

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 4, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures at Trader Joe’s i think i might have joined a cult

  

  . They're basically two shortbread cookies with a one of a kind creamy ... is also stuffed with paneer and a bunch indian spices, but the ... tolerance does fall on the higher end so take that with a grain of salt. I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 30, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Blogger Pets some serotonin for your noggin

  

  with a passion. Name: Flora Blogger Owner(s): Nisha D. '21 and Ankita ... eat his own dog food because he's been spoiled with human food so much ... was extremely patient with me, never bit or scratched, and honestly is

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 13, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  taylor swift songs as applicants emergency evermore post

  

  24 hours ago, Taylor Swift came out with a new album and everyone ... portrait Lay the table with the fancy shit And watch you tolerate it The ... with Ivy League ambitions.   cowboy like me Eyes full of stars

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  work deep into the night again. I started tracking with Sleep Cycle ... because it means I don't have to be filled with dread when I hear it in the ... for me, and I'm pretty happy with the way I'm doing things right now. I

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 12, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  rethinking perfectionism god i just want to get things done

  

  ="ugh I love Rowena sm, I even went to a meetup with her in pre-covid times ... struggle with. What blew my mind in Rowena’s video, though, is the idea that ... by month long breaks while I get distracted with other things. Thinking

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  i am overwhelmed. what happens when a pandemic, recession, racial reckoning and recruitment season join forces?

  

  like I just came from a chat with my friends about their spotify ... syndrome with one of my interviewers, and in reply she shared her experience ... quickly getting friendlier and friendlier with the attendants at the

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 29, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  a recipe for making yourself extremely hosed or, what i'm doing this fall

  

  time: a couple of emails with your academic advisor cook time: around ... pixels with the least 'information' in it, but you can't just add those ... express myself and communicate with others in a different language, as well

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 2, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Parks and Relocation a finale and a premiere

  

  possessions and drove west. I'll be spending the next few months living with a ... are this season's end credits, with some CTY Canon lyrics, of course ... place a generation lost in space with no time left to start again

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Subtle Art of Being Unhosed what i've learned and what i'm still working on

  

  in the future. That plus my involvement with MIT’s fall planning plus ... everyday. I’m not stressing myself out with the expectation that everything I ... , other times I scribble with markers. It just helps declutter my mind.  I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 1, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  Advice I give others that I don’t follow myself (yet)

  

  ’t meet up with them, or can’t do something, because you’re busy, or not ... yourself. Intentionally schedule time to hang out with your friends ... with intentionality. This is sometimes why it feels bad when other people

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year in laptop stickers RIP my laptop 7/19/20

  

  terms with everything that had happened that day. now that's coping, folks ... since i didn't want to ruin its pristine surface with an, uh, "unworthy ... artist. i'm obsessed with the design of the fish and am BITTER about losing

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  GET A BIKE very important psa

  

  16[/caption] with a bike, that's a four-minute commute tops. i could ... Walker (building 50) and MTC (building E40)[/caption] well, with a bike ... with my ~beautiful new bike~ in hand. reasons why i didn't want to get a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s happening on campus tl;dr packing up & freaking out

  

  financial assistance with travel (although details are still forthcoming ... concerned about bringing the virus back with them and infecting their parents ... trying to find joy where we can. Spending time with our friends, making our

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  danceAP IAP: wonderful. sore muscles: not

  

  what you’re doing with your time   i actually had no idea what i ... with the people i care about. #thriving   17.567 — Israel: History ... dances!!   ...which means that i’m usually occupied with dance

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Last Look Back 201920192019

  

  With a little less than an hour to go to 2020, I'm feeling some kind ... ) Survived yet another career fair with zero job offers. 28) Went apple ... cafes around Boston and Cambridge 33) Started writing poetry with a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living in Random Hall or: i really miss loop

  

  , I rushed into a call with my boyfriend and did the first reasonable ... choosing to attend MIT. I wanted a school with some amount of school pride ... with cat ears and tails. They told us the food was still cooking and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  seattle ➞ mit an epilogue in bullet points and pictures

  

  love the seattle summer, with every sunset being a thousand shades of ... , but traveled a lot on weekends to see friends. i spent more time with 20 ... friends. (it's refreshing to hang out with people that don't go to mit.) i

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 8, 2019