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  Brief Wondrous Lives A little too much thinking brought to you by four in the morning.

  

  place that's supposedly your home to the people who supposedly know you ... occasionally to think out loud with his hands extremely close to your face, or to ... "Spoonsassins", in which one is given a spoon and a victim and told to "kill

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  feelings on things, so in honor of New Year’s Eve, I decided to reflect on ... because I’ve had to sheepishly check the MIT map saved on my phone more recently and more frequently than I’d like to admit. For the most part

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bad Ideas Weekend 2019 good times

  

  support needed to make it happen."]ridiculous events[/annotation]. People ... of ingredients turns into a mountain of cookies[/caption] To make a ... little happiness, and little to look forward to; no hope remains. In this

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 3, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What I wish I’d known, and what I’m glad I knew Before coming to MIT.

  

  "make sure I had a solid foundation" before moving on. It's obvious to me ... think it's important to know that your college's way of doing things isn ... asked me what I wish I'd known before I came to MIT. I wish I'd known

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Solar Catsby Turning my little ray of sunshine into a solar cell

  

  your enjoyment, here are more pictures of my little ray of sunshine to ... dirt, and sunbathing. Sadly, he passed away shortly after I moved to MIT. I was devastated, but luckily, I still have many pictures to remind me

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Reading aka inhaling all the books i can before school starts

  

  , though. (Bonus thought: would you have to report genetic editing on your ... float in and out of your list of movies to watch, but you never quite get ... reading this post: take some time out of your summer to read books!  

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing I don’t have time for hosed into my core

  

  , making me feel terrible about how much I have to face with no energy or ... stake by trying to make ends meet, all the habits I currently do have, and ... swallowed by my sofa, I actually left my room (from off campus) to study on

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 25, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colors In every sense of the word

  

  may make them uncomfortable were sent to people I know. Racial tension ... experiences or really make an effort to consider others' opinions, the more you ... color? Perhaps you still have the ability to see color, but let’s pretend

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Super Blood Moon Eclipse bonnie tyler would be proud

  

  moment was something for the books, for the memories you recount to your ... “Isn’t it crazy how we’re all a part of this?” my friend says to me ... supermoon and a lunar eclipse are scheduled to happen on the same day (night

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  light in your room replaced or when you want permission to paint your room ... of 2012, you can and should get your copy of How To Get Around MIT this ... translating certain MIT concepts or words or course numbers when I'm talking to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  take different amounts of time to make art. Some artists finish overnight ... 't, and you always need to have more buffer. Always. Hence why I'm making ... class and present your work to thousands of people. Artist: Anika H. '26

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Race Against Myself Learning how to walk

  

  have consistently proved to myself that when I try to type faster, I make ... nose to the paper, pencil poised, ready to race across the page as if those 60 seconds were going to be my last, and then loudly putting my

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a sad sad toaster made of glass. Do you like your toast with tears? Because I'm sad.

  

  to make a graph of the number of credit-hours of class I've taken per ... this song. But apart from listening to that song, I am a sad sad toaster ... around and I'm like, "Oh no! It's the last time ever I'm going to forget to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 14, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Ten days of live-action roleplaying no joke, there i was…

  

  would make for a cute ship, and we, as players, thought it'd be fun to do ... that make it harder for alums to stay involved. For example, over my ... just get the library." Vincent Crabbe (Bella X. '25), to Neville: "Your

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  turn out the lights always the last one to say goodbye

  

  line goes "how lucky am I to have something which makes saying goodbye so hard." How lucky am I to have people who make saying goodbye so hard. It ... contracted, collapsing from a community to a few lonely souls haunting a space

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 31, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Semester 1 fantastic dishes and how to cook them

  

  like. This Russian salad was what I decided to make when CJ asked me for ... Fahrenheit for 15 minutes. Making the sauce: Bring some the stock to a ... . The Sauce Melt butter, stir in flour to make a brown roux. Add veal

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 8, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On The Essay The rules are simple: write your own.

  

  ;would love to interview an admissions officer from your prestigious university ... be helpful to you. The rules are simple: write your own essays. That's the best advice anyone can give to you. Your application is full

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  “You are capable of more than you know.” Reflections from six MIT transfer students

  

  managed my own business. II. Applying to MIT Walk us briefly through your ... willingness to share your stories with me and the blogs. You—and all transfer ... students to the Institute, and each year they surprise and inspire me. The

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Leaving How I ended up taking medical leave as a sophomore

  

  when I’d never had to make compromises before, the dissolution of my ... stopped making it to class at all. I also stopped socializing with people in ... ; Building 7, late November of freshman fall.   I want to make this very

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  fish metaphors on queerness

  

  something to define yourself other than your intelligence." This was a worry ... delivery was to have them taped up outside your door, once they arrived. I ... was awkward, always too busy reading to pay attention to others, and

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 18, 2022