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• Blog / How to Human

  Chasing Success idk what that means anymore.

  

  Heads up: I’m not sure if any of this makes actual sense. This is really just me trying to work through my t h o u g h t s…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 5, 2019
• Blog / Summer

  The Summer Before College (what not to do)

  

  Disney Channel paints a perfect image of exactly what it’s supposed to look like. Instagram feeds filled with beating rays of sunshine. Swimming pools and ice cream sundaes.  Long road…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 12, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  work // life trying to figure out the balance

  

  my first day goes roughly how i imagined it would go: all the new interns wait for someone to pick us up and take us to a welcome and orientation…

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 17, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries

  

  Disclaimer: This post was supposed to be written a whole 6 months ago. Pictures were taken, trips were made, food was scrutinized. But as happens a bit too often, writing…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  hello seattle i'm on the west coast!!

  

  seattle felt foriegn to me as i walked its avenues, but i wasn’t comparing how foriegn it felt from my hometown in long island, new york, but to boston, and…

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 3, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Nothing is perfect… and it doesn’t matter a guest post by Tommy A. '21

  

  I rolled out of bed at 8:30am last Friday and raced to Pappalardo. 15 Pappalardo is a gigantic course 2 lab/workshop that fills the bottom of building 3. It's also…

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • May 6, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  fall ’19 catalog is out! and a summary of sites we use to plan semesters

  

  the fall 2019 catalog was released recently, perhaps yesterday, and already i’ve seen my friends planning out their fall semesters on firehose for lack of better things to do. michael…

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 25, 2019
• Blog / How to School

  Today Was A Long Day and it's not over yet.

  

  Hi there. Today was an incredibly long day. Like running back and forth between lab, eating lunch in 5 mins, barely making it to the dining hall before it closed…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 25, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: It’s Coming Home (by it, I mean me) guest post by Rukia. H '21

  

  *written by Rukia H. ’21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest post series* Theory: If we were to use the World Cup as an analogy for…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Summer With Tulip Interfaces, Inc guest post by Sharon L. '21

  

  *written by Sharon L. ’21 as a part of the 8,726,500 Seconds of Summer guest post series*   Have you ever considered how everyday objects like sneakers and computer monitors…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  start of summer tidbits i'm alive

  

  Hello! Just giving a quick update on what’s going on with my life and what I’m doing this summer. I’m doing this because a) I need to break my blogger…

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 12, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Things to Do in Cambridge and Somerville places and events, illustrated

  

  Welcome to my seventh and final(!) tourist-y post. Previously, I have blogged about events for book lovers, summer in Boston, places in downtown Boston, and three Boston adventures. This time,…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other Side from prefrosh to cpw chair

  

  This was me about a year ago: Even now, I remember what it felt like to finally be on MIT’s campus. As my Uber pulled up on Mass Ave, the…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  [GUEST POST] CPWgCPWaCPWyCPW huh...there are some lowercase letters in the title. that's odd.

  

  Thanks Yuliya for hosting this blog! I’m not out off-campus, so I have to post this anonymously… MIT is hella gay, and lots of cool gay events are happening during CPW!…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 11, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Seniors let's talk

  

  Life has drastically changed in the past few months. You’re in a moment that feels like it will define the rest of your life. You’ve got one year left and…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 17, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Thanksgiving Nostalgia if MIT == home

  

  what else has changed. D E S K  S P A C E As a student, I spend an

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 1, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  10 ft from Hasan Minhaj D R E A M S D O C O M E T R U…

  

  This past summer, Hasan Minhaj FINALLY made his way to my hometown on his homecoming tour. Keep in mind, this is a person I’ve been wanting to see in person…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Introducing the New 2017 Bloggers Let's get ready to ruuummmmble!

  

  characters Afeefah K. of Arlington, TX wrote 345 words on her love of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Take Off Gate '21 Calling for Departure

  

  It’s been two weeks since I’ve been on campus. Two weeks since I left behind my home in Texas to make a new one here. In these past fourteen days…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 6, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Advice from Graduating Seniors to incoming freshmen

  

  incoming freshman.   Paul K. '17 I quickly found that my favorite

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 28, 2017