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  an outlook on emails a week of my inbox’s pain and suffering, compartmentalized

  

  A couple of weeks before the school year started, I spent countless hours perfecting my email’s filters, labels, and everything in between. I ... my Gmail account, and for the first time in quite a while I was so

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 21, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Library War there's nothing about war in here, that's just my fave imaginary band name

  

  I have embarked, dear reader, upon a reading tour of my own. I have ... each and every MIT library. Now I have collected my notes for your ... libraries, or a LOT of libraries. Because I count geographically, I will go

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

  paint with all the colors of the wind. — Pocahontas from Pocahontas I ... the Maseeh Hall announcement screen: “MIT gets hard. I’ll get to fixing this soon. In the meantime, here’s a puppy. :)“ This semester, I found

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Watching Birdwatchers And getting into summer programs.

  

  <NEWSFLASH> I woke up Thursday morning, realized it was March ... enough. There it was: The E-mail I'd Been Waiting For. "I am pleased to ... (ET) on Thursday, March 8, 2012." I confirmed acceptance a lot sooner

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Nerd Camp tales from TDI

  

  When I was a child I was a nerd. (I know this comes as a big shock to many of you. But it's true) Being a nerd, I did nerd things. I read a lot of Star Wars books. I wore a fanny pack in the front with extra

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living Off Campus I moved off campus last year and rented a house with some friends who were…

  

  Hello, gentle readers! For those of you who don't know me, I've been here all along -- I just had a busy fall semester and decided to take a break from blogging. I'm here now to talk about one of the big changes I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 24, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  GTL Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 [IAP 2025] A January I won't forget

  

  "]GTL[/annotation] started with the warmest welcomes. On the very first day of the program, I ... desserts, [annotation note="a fried dough pastry I would soon come to love ... . While I didn’t enjoy the flavor, Colin drank his entire bowl in one gulp

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Aiden Wrapped a year in review

  

  ."]useless statistics,[/annotation] I am naturally the friend that will always send you my ... best friend, I use a Tumblr Song Sorter after every major album release ... that I have a minor platform, I finally have a place to share my awful

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 3, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  catching up what are you doing over the summer?

  

  profile. i peer over at his phone, and indeed, the guy is quite shirtless ... like a house i saw when we were wandering cambridge during camp," i say, pulling out my phone to try and find the picture i took. it turns out it

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • June 2, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

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

  

  today yesterday [annotation note="so i started writing this post a ... for me. i woke up to grey skies and decided to go back to bed for another two hours. once i finally mustered up the willpower to get up, i

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

  [Guest Post] This is Junior Lab, not Junior Theory By Jorian B. '25

  

  for 5 lab sessions and write an associated paper + presentation (I did ... 10/10 I absolutely recommend). Everyone designs their own 3rd ... classes in the physics curriculum. I’m here to tell you why this class is

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 1, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Night at da Opera A Jolly Splendid Time!!

  

  This semester, I’m taking a class called 21.01, “Love, Death, and ... [annotation note="I personally don't think Beethoven is a genius, I'll just say it."]genius[/annotation]. I also met some pretty neat people! My

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 1, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  Jill Biden waved at me D.C. during inauguration

  

  other things."]IAP[/annotation] I only took one class and it already finished, so I decided with the extra time that I would go visit my ... I noticed that I would be in town for [annotation note

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Announcing new blogger avatars! all-new, all quality

  

  worse job? Wouldn't that be better? Today, I am proud to introduce to you ... ! [caption id="attachment_88114" align="alignnone" width="275"] Shuli: "wdym, i ... further consideration, I have decided not to quit my day job

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 1, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  winter in Brazil adventures in WGS.245: Race, Place, and Modernity

  

  This IAP, I’ve gone to Brazil!  I’m taking WGS.245: Race, Place, and ... the setting we’re learning about. I find myself swept up in the ... taste of what I’ve done. [caption id="attachment_85363" align

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 10, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  positive and negative energy revisiting midnight gospel

  

  two years ago i watched the midnight gospel, a tv show where the ... spent his time in prison practicing spirituality and magic. when i first saw this show i thought this episode was mostly nonsense. darryl often

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  first real snow!! wow so magical

  

  i woke up this morning and it was COLD. i checked the weather. lo and behold -- snow was finally upon us!!!! at 3 pm i walked to ... pick up some snacks. apparently they sell hot chocolate bombs???? i saw

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 11, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  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 ... !!!! I love talking to everyone and sharing in their enthusiasm so! much

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  3.A03 Metalsmithing Throughout Time come to MIT, get to forge metal with your bare hands!! (and a hammer)

  

  get a major-specific advisor (or two if you double major :0). I like ... advising seminars, because I am in one and I like it a lot! The idea is that ... [annotation note="Technically, they're 6 credits, or half a class, but I would not

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Three Tales of Junior Year Accidental Harvard Class, UROPs, Experimenting in College

  

  longing for lessons past” way. I discovered 5 classes like that junior year ... UROPs plus a summer job. All four were incredible. The fifth class I ... letter-intensive name). I got into it through an embarrassing accident

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 10, 2017