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• Blog / About Decisions

  swatches of MIT collected like paint chips

  

  senior year of high school, saw that every blogger seemed to have at least ... building things more than I liked chemistry, and another year to feel at home ... . Three years ago I was eating cookies at a midnight gay cookie event on 41W

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a quick and dirty guide to MIT jargon what is a 6-3 anyway?

  

  of words we made up and toss at each other — here are a few you may hear around campus here at CPW! contents: glossary: a random ... away, typically lab equipment and electronics found on reuse or at Stata

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 7, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  (Guest Post) esolangs oh man

  

  Hello world! I’m Song, I’m currently a freshman here at MIT, and I ... /memory) and has 8 commands:  + adds 1 to the memory at the current position - subtracts 1 from the memory at the current position > moves the pointer 1

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Rush Course 12 what it’s like to study Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at MIT

  

  Sciences (EAPS) and it’s one of the smallest majors at MIT, despite the ... and present their research at conferences, like the American Geophysical ... people do research on campus, at REUs on other campuses, or at places like

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 6, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Friendly Body Pillows body pillows are my love language

  

  Nero. My internship was remote, so I often worked at Caffe Nero and did ... with mangos and oranges. To quote Eren '23, body pillows can be sold "at ... returned to Target to retrieve my beloved. Someone yelled “nice pillow!” at

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  applying sideways, beyond admissions a rendition of Petey's hit blog

  

  months at school, I was so star-struck by all the opportunities and cool societies that existed that I threw myself at absolutely everything that ... was going at life totally unscripted, without the controlled structure

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 22, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  The River Freezes Over and other nifty things about being on campus

  

  gestured at it through the window of our Uber, wondering aloud if water ... other place I've been, but now the cold bites at my shoulderblades and ... placed at exactly the distance it takes for your body to warm up, so that

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a compilation of creative projects creativity? at MY institute?

  

  —here are a few of them, organized by class: 21M.401: Concert Choir At the ... we learned, practiced, and got feedback on throughout the semester. At ... . [annotation note='given my noted penchant for bursting out into song at anything

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  food diaries pt. 1 ...adulting?

  

  like adding pureed strawberries at the bottom for some extra sweetness ... golden brown and I could fit maybe 10 of the 40 pieces of tofu in a pan at ... living at MIT since it's so easy, healthy, filling, and storable. Quinoa is

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 2, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  semester 4, take 2 positivity edition!

  

  to my big technical, which recorded lectures we could watch at our ... classes, at varying times, has made me happy for its own specific reason. I ... lot better at Spanish, to the point that I think I can learn on my own

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 23, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Last Minute Rehearsal music in the time of corona

  

  happening (at least not in their originally intended form), and the work that ... show at the beginning of the semester and our response was “OMG YES!” We ... powerless! . . . Look at the fireworks... Abuela, are you alright? Light up

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 18, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  on realizations and learning in which i say a bunch of things that might seem obvious

  

  is always calmer than the ones that follow. For now at least, I ... further combined with reflective time at the gym while I work out) has got ... more slowly than everyone else and stare at the sky -- this is its own

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 10, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting always waiting

  

  to take an exam tonight at 7:30 pm, but I'm also waiting to go home for ... the Stranger events calendar. I would highly recommend Concerts at the ... . Here is a photo I took of a collision at Weeks.[annotation note="as far

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 12, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Downtown if you could see it then you’d understand

  

  have to do today/do you want to meet at like Downtown Crossing between ... : we can meet Two hours later, we’re at Park Street, one of the stops on ... central park in the middle of the city. We talk. He just came from debate at

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  at night, I pause to take a deep breath and look at Boston from across ... such a huge deal when you’re just a kid staring at the things around you. Look up at the night sky. At least that mostly stays the same. 5. Be okay

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  3.A03 Metalsmithing Throughout Time come to MIT, get to forge metal with your bare hands!! (and a hammer)

  

  At MIT, every student has an advisor -- in fact, throughout their ... that at MIT, unlike some other schools, you're required to meet with your advisor at the beginning of the semester and have them approve your course

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / People & Identities

  H I C C U P S takeaways from a Bollywood film

  

  A few Fridays ago, I sat down (as I normally do at the end of a long ... , when do you add salt to your okra? At the beginning? Or the end? (student replies that she adds salt at the end to prevent okra from getting watery

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 15, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  the top presses down like seram wrap blades for a clean rip at whatever ... . Until someone shouts at you with concern as you've walked into a dressing ... I am not at home. Reminding me that I am different, and this place is

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Self-Discovery Within An Internship guest post by Grace C. '21

  

  guest post series*   It’s the end of finals. I’m sitting at a ... as I stare at my completed 7.014 exam. I get up to hand the thick ... York City. Fast-forward. It has been three weeks at my new job where I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  fix it. That being said, Monday through Friday now start off at this ... my cereal and stuff and head down to the Country Kitchen at Next to eat ... weekly PSet for my two courses. I try to get at least a problem done while

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018