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  the pieces scattered behind you

  

  Each time you come home, you’re faced with the self you left behind. Every hobby I picked up, except blacksmithing, lives in this room. My jewelry supplies are still in…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 28, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

  

  I’ve mentioned a few times in the past about being unsure as to whether I should pursue a PhD program right after graduation or work in the industry for a…

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  my shattered laptop in the midst of pre-finals season

  

  in 2:24pm: i text the person who emailed 2:57pm: the person roller

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 7, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  tim’s wardrobe legend has it, TIM changes clothes annually

  

  I’m going to pretend I have not been AWOL. Life updates shall come in another blog, so for now, let us get on with the content. Each class year at…

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  and i’d do it again differently

  

  song: that funny feeling covered phoebe bridgers, by bo burnham every saturday or sunday my freshman fall, i’d go over to have dinner with my friends and their family. every…

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 25, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  river and rainwater a rainy walk home

  

  Living off campus this year means that I don’t head home until my last on campus Thing, which is almost always late into the evening. I turn on my blinking…

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  CMU / Parallel Universe i am not a clown

  

  was a lot smaller. From MIT were me, Brandon W. '24, and Alex H. '26, and from Harvard was Nathan S. Harvard '24. I've talked to Brandon and ... ceremonies. On the way, I finally meet up with Daniel N. CMU '24 and Eric O

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  just do it don’t say you’re gonna do it!

  

  Let’s meet the CNC mill. This one is called HAAS. He’s proven useful in 2.008, a meche class known for its final project: to manufacture 50 yo-yos. Mills can cut…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 23, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  you’re on your own, kid

  

  scary. I feel like I have to occupy my mind 24/7 or else I'll slip into a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  So, What Exactly Happens? y'know, over IAP?

  

  I went home for about two weeks before IAP started. I went to all the food places, the aquarium, the coffee shop 5 billion times, and then I was back…

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  Bright IAP a post in two, kind of unrelated, parts

  

  part 1: My B. Song: Bright by Echosmith. part 1a: early action A week before I got into MIT early action, I was rejected as a QuestBridge finalist. My friend, was…

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  dont want to write ah

  

  , iris and the giant, shapez.io. i had one final exam, for 24

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Above Ground now breathe

  

  This entire blog has this playlist. Enjoy. Also this is the second and final part to my previous blog. I spent last semester trying to catch my breath. Now that I…

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 10, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  I Feel *a* Last or at least, I'm trying to

  

  Song: Dancing in the Moonlight by Olive Klug It’s 9:05 am. The sunlight subtly and softly trickles into the room just like it did all those episodes ago in the season…

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 22, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FWACC! and some small thoughts about kindness

  

  This Friday, at 8:05 PM⁠22 hopefully, if we're running on schedule. in Kresge Auditorium, the lights will dim over a crowded audience. Then, moments later, for the first time in…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  falling in love with october swooning over foLiAGe

  

  we fell in love in october that’s why i love fall looking at the stars admiring from afar (to properly credit “we fell in love in october” by girl in…

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Concert / The View

  

  Val G. '24 and she arrived at the line at around 9am. I took over her

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  data diaries inspired by Giorgia Lupi & Stefanie Posavec's "Dear Data"

  

  Weirdest conversation overheard: A parent chanted “WE LOVE NEW YORK” and their two children chanted “WE LOVE NEW YORK” back. Conclusion: It’s hard to overhear more than a phrase or…

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 5, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get a temporary cat and it comes with occupational hazards

  

  This is PUF! I obtained a temporary cat this summer because Ilani A. ‘23 was off at a very cool math REU that, sadly, did not allow cats. PUF⁠32 short…

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Tales of Two Parallels East Campus History class!

  

  Last fall, I took STS.S20, Tales of Two Parallels: East Campus History. It’s a special class, offered for the first time this year, with the purpose of documenting East Campus…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 25, 2022