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• 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 / Blog Projects

  i made a dress out of target bags i also edited a video about it

  

  Hey yall. It's been a while. On Sunday June 21st I texted Ceri that I was planning on dropping an effortpost "in the next week or so". (: It has now been over two weeks now since Silksong dropped. I have no

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 21, 2025
• 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 / Classes

  A Year at MIT, by the Numbers quantifying my MIT experience

  

  Time flies. Today is August 6th, 2020. It's been 143 days since I had to leave MIT. I spent around 190 days at MIT. 185 of those days were as a member of my living community, the Burton Third Bombers. I had

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home Sweet College Surviving first semester.

  

  you all! I’m Selam, the newest new blogger, and I’ve just joined the team this IAP. This is pretty exciting, because I have always read the admissions blogs myself, and so now I feel like I’m obligated to post something

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 29, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  GRE, Boston love, and loose ends from last time Wandering around Boston lost is one of my favorite things to do.

  

  Pre-entry warning: I took the GRE this morning, and since I completely owned the test, I am in an unaccountably giddy mood. The only good ... , since I hadn't had to do a lot of the stuff on the test since 10th grade

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2005
• 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
• Blog / Advice

  climbing the wall why so defeatist?

  

  to describe me- "athletically inclined" is not one of them. I can ... bouldering with them (think rock climbing but without a rope), I thought it ... as anticipated. I got some climbing shoes, chalked up my hands

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • October 7, 2024