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  my last first day every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

  

  This weekend, I moved into a new apartment. This academic year, I’ll be living in Central Square with three roommates - one of us a teacher ... of did them for the last time, and this time it’s different. As a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 5, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  welcome to new york went to nyc & all i got was this blog post

  

  When Taylor Swift's 1989 album dropped, I read a review describing "Welcome to New York" as the musical version of a peppermint latte. It was ... . As a kid, I thought peppermints were spicy until I found another word

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 12, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus No exams woohooooo

  

  home, I'd just be playing Minecraft all day. So I set myself a basic ... semester a little less hellish, and (3) exploring Boston and Cambridge. UROP ... schedule. I used to watch a lot of the Media Lab's content back in middle

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 8, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  6.0001 is Done I learned a bit (or should I say 8-bit)

  

  The first quarter comes to a close at MIT. I am crocheting winter ... from seeing a 100% on a tricky part of a MicroQuiz is unparalleled. The ... feel like I grew a lot in a few weeks. I came into MIT with a basic

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things in My MIT Household that just make sense

  

  This fall, I moved from my [annotation note="There's a running joke that my friends and I are in a sitcom. We refer to every school term as ... house in the Boston Cambridge area. Here, I'm renting a 2 bedroom/2

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  SOFT HOUSE five college students doing burpees on gravel at 1 am vibes

  

  Guys, in spite of everything that's happened, I'm having a college ... community are living in near MIT in a place we've dubbed "soft house," since ... watching Harry Potter for the nth time. On a normal day, there are at least

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 28, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  food diaries pt. 3 amazing restaurants around MIT

  

  pastries. i'd die for a sticky bun"]Flour,[/annotation] [annotation note ... "]discover[/annotation] new places now. Here are some of my favorites! Brookline Lunch A ... was pitched to me as a "cute place with baklava pancakes that have a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sounds like home Quarantine songs, from my home to yours

  

  hoped to meet you in, but since I’m already stuck in a staring contest with my computer screen for 12 hours a day, now seemed as good of a time ... blur together in a clumsy mess. Lately, I've been feeling a sort of

  • by Jeremy W.
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nisha’s Restaurant Review: February this is extra but i'm doing it anyways

  

  few nuanced opinions about it.  I mentioned this briefly in a previous ... a LOT of new ~culinary experiences~, and I've gotta say that going out to dinner with my friends has been a much more productive bonding

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Places I Became Human Hey guys, I think I'm back :)

  

  it, I was just taking a shower. It came on quickly; I blinked, and then ... to scream. In a single moment, shaking under a stream of hot water, an ... entire life, and I was angry about all of it. I’m never angry. I took a box

  • by Powers '23
  • November 21, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waiting Game hit submit time to quit

  

  A year ago today, I was anxiously crouched over my laptop on the ... does. She has a common saying, "It's a fifty fifty chance -- yes or no ... 's kind of assuring to think of it like this. It's a yes or a no. And I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  seattle ➞ mit an epilogue in bullet points and pictures

  

  for a brief moment over the summer i think i truly believed that i was a working adult, living the 9 to 5, subconsciously looking forward ... feeling of transferring income to a savings account. by august i grew to

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 8, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Art UROP and an Animation Job Yes, these exist here!

  

  UROPing is a very MIT thing to do. “91% of MIT graduating seniors ... it’s a great opportunity, and it almost felt like an MIT ... UROP in a field [annotation note="Many people use UROP as a way to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  college is how many opportunities you get to live in a new place for a month or a few at a time. I specifically sought out a summer internship in ... that Seattle is a gorgeous city. I was not disappointed. A lot of what

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / People & Identities

  Fortin’ with Mimi Let’s. Talk. About. Queer stuff.

  

  So, in Massachusetts, there is a law called “An Act Relative to ... frequently used examples of this is restrooms. A transgender woman can’t be ... Massachusetts will vote to repeal or keep the law. As a transgender woman, my

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • September 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Four September 13th shall henceforth be known as National Gauss Appreciation Day.

  

  credit limit. To give you a glimpse of what a week of my life looks like, here is my schedule: (NO 9 A.M. CLASSES HEHE) Every weekday, I start ... here under Pass/No Record because I have not taken a biology class since

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 19, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Sexy MIT Engineers My

  

  Freshman fall I decided to join a sport. I had never played sports in my life. My family wasn’t at all “sportsy or outdoorsy”. But on a whim ... one day. It was such a struggle. I could not throw a single disc. I

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  The other day I was watching a video about typography and the speaker ... a second thought to the spaces between letters. We don’t think about the inky blackness of words on a page because honestly, when we have 198

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Alumni Barbecue I love living in a place with so much history!

  

  A few weeks ago, I organized a 140+ person barbecue for the many ... of 1968. East Campus has a lot of history, and my floor Tetazoo is no ... current residents to keep pushing forward and doing great things. I found a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 6, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eastward ho! Don't US people normally go to Canada or Mexico before they cross an ocean?

  

  world am I? Two days ago I won a prime cut of meat by winning a game of musical chairs against a group of about 40 people (the majority of whom have ... into a vending machine and received 6 (apparently expensive) slips of

  • by Stanley G.
  • July 20, 2013