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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the luxury of bad art nothing but the truth

  

  Recently, I’ve been trying to record music. I have a mic setup thanks ... group has a piano keyboard, and I’ve downloaded MuseScore. It’s my first time approaching music as a creative outlet, and to be honest, I’m not

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 11, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  avoiding responsibility writing this blog to procrastinate on stuff

  

  have a manageable workload, but I have spent the past few hours doing ... , running a quick setup test for a UROP, filling out a when-to-meet, things ... expected to feel refreshed, ready for a round three. But it’s not happening

  • by Anika H. '26
  • April 6, 2023
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we just couldn’t accept them all. We have placed a small number of students ... has a reputation for being stagnant or tense or boring, but, if you take

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  i was sick when i wrote this :( a largely unedited post where i ramble about getting covid

  

  spring classes, I got a positive test last Wednesday and had to quarantine in my room. I feel a lot better compared to the first few days of ... usually spend a significant time editing these posts, but I wanna go lie

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Events

  beautiful moments i think too much

  

  to see the lights turned off and people napping, sitting on a couch next to a friend i know's been busy recently, napping peacefully, and taking a picture and sending it to him to tease him, reminiscing about the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is why we can’t have nice things harmless things that irritate me

  

  possible way, or 5+ people congesting the hallway like a sinus infection ... don’t need to have a “We’re off to see the wizard” moment in the middle ... this happens. "Typically a bus will be out of service going to the start

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  on knowing what I’m doing in which I decide to go to grad school

  

  I wrote a blog at the end of last summer subtitled "so many different ways to feel lost:" I feel lost on a much deeper level than ever before ... , like I’m in the middle of a field and there used to be a road I was

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 3, 2022
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  making things a blog about being a meche major

  

  Maybe my favorite part of course 2A is sitting next to my friend in 2.001 and jointly scrolling through MIT Confessions. 2.001, a core class on ... note-taking. Midweek finds us gathering in a lounge and trudging through

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  from me to you burn it all down

  

  struggled with writing blogposts in the past few months. It’s not for a lack ... , but that’s the problem. I feel like I’m on a rollercoaster, or some ... flying past at a breakneck speed. I’m trying to grab onto moments and

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  all time ever does is pass and all i ever do is remember

  

  my life. because the reality is, there's not a lot of new and exciting ... ?" "oh, you know," i say. "the usual." every week is a cycle: lectures ... interests. recently i've been watching a lot of buzzfeed unsolved, going back

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 14, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  pathways where do i go from here?

  

  "it's been a year since I last saw that person." "it's been a year since I was last in that room."  "it's been a year since..." in the past few weeks, my friends and I have been talking about where we were a year

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 23, 2021
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  YOU GOT IN! Feel free to drop a note yelling in the comments below, but also, and more importantly, to go celebrate and be happy with your loved ones.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  goodbye, thoughts; welcome, semester tfw classes are my saving grace

  

  I've never been so excited for a semester. I'm taking classes that ... literally all the time. I'm also going through a break-up...and it sucks. I'm around two weeks into it at this point, so it wasn't a sudden shift

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  lessons on burnout 2020 made me realize things

  

  Looking back, 2020 was a very chill year for me. Ridiculously so, if ... last couple of years in high school, I was in a near-constant state of ... , and… I get a break. Or I let myself take a break. A real break, for the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 12, 2021
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I send in my transcript?

  All transcripts must be submitted by a school counselor or another ... school and college transcripts. If your school does not have a school ... : If you send us a copy of your transcript while we are waiting for your
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  sundays in the parks with friends a post title based on a musical based on a painting

  

  There's a large park system in Boston called the The Emerald Necklace ... didn't have a concrete plan to do so. With that in mind, I set a goal to ... with a total of[annotation note="these also have associated numbers

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 15, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  in remembrance of the body affirming the mind–body connection

  

  , that the internet went out for a while. it was around 7:45 pm, and i went downstairs and took a walk, and the sun was setting. so i tried to find as high a point i could stand on to watch the sunset. i ended up walking to, i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  making the most of things we threw our annual rager in, uh, Minecraft

  

  I just wanted to quickly share something that brought me a lot of ... occurred. This party is typically a huge affair that thousands of dollars go ... best we could to do honor this tradition was talk for a couple of hours

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 20, 2020
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  YOU GOT IN! Feel free to drop a note yelling in the comments below, but also, and more importantly, to go celebrate with your loved ones.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Battle in The Bay a comic

  

  AM-6PM days begin with a long but beautiful commute through the ... charm to it. In addition to experiencing what it's like to be a "real adult" in the "real world", I've been able to spend a good amount of time

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 1, 2019