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• Blog / People & Identities

  a jaunt to Philadelphia We went to the AWP writing conference!

  

  I’m sitting on the floor of my dorm [annotation note = "I am actually ... conferences. I had a thermo pset and an essay to work on the night I found out ... full of thoughts on how to iron out the next several chapters, how would

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 26, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  glassblowing & me a series of memories

  

  . February 20, 2020: I write my name on a little piece of paper, sit in 10 ... prompt for our weekly poem; this week, what we write is up to us. Purely on ... , a glow, a feeling of heat on the hand. I add the line I am the glass

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 18, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  this blogger does not exist join me in the uncanny valley

  

  thousands, if not millions of images to train well, so 148 images was on the ... GAN reported evaluation metrics on had >500 images, so I wasn’t confident that CycleGAN could be trained on the tiny blogger dataset. So I decided to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 28, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  lifting heavy objects and the grungy basement gym

  

  lot of stepping on and off of chairs. I didn’t really know how to set ... on my part. I happened to pod with someone who knew how to do squats ... ’t started on my own for fear of injury. As soon as the Next House gym allowed

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to put together an ohms concert apparently we have a concert this weekend

  

  on trying to produce a score which is as close to the original song as ... and more active sound, and so on. in the case of the ohms this also ... will usually find an existing arrangement of the song on the internet

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 17, 2021
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Leavetaking and homecoming

  

  printed on semi-trucks, Fry’s and Coke and Target, coming in to the city ... , running my finger through the thick dust on the empty shelves. I wound up ... garage, munching on bugs that skirled around the pavement, drawn by the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m a physics major (for now) feeling scholarly, part 2/2

  

  myself having a lot to say about the impact those classes have had on how I ... I expected: I’m still focusing on physics, CS, and earth science ... how much I enjoyed my math classes. I was always planning on taking the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 26, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Things That Made Me Happy (and Sick) It’s me and my infection’s TWO MONTH anniversary!! 🎉😍

  

  suck (like sitting on a beach all day). Things that used to suck are ... two things. it’s like a venn diagram: (excuse the dark photos. I'm on ... . Tons of stuff is on the positive y-axis, too. It hasn’t always been like

  • by Powers '23
  • January 4, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Be Social awkward and anxious

  

  out each other's names on sight and placing air kisses on each other ... had fabricated something out of nothing. I clung on to my friend because ... 've got a pset I forgot about!" "Whoops, left the stove on haha..." "Yeah

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 26, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes, we care about your stories Reflections from the road

  ’s because I’ve been on the road for several weeks! Every year, admissions ... ). I cried because I reflected on the time I went to a small carnival in ... interacted with on the road would experience their own world-shifting when they

  • by DJ Rock
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  just another manic wednesday yes, i am absolutely stealing from joon

  

  [/annotation]in order to write down the poem on the paper i keep by my bed. here it is ... on MITConfessions. 9.35 - 9.45 am: i reluctantly get out of bed ... on some clothes. 9.45 - 9.57 am: i walk over to the[annotation note

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  CPW Advice 2k19 come party wildly and/or play wii and/or perceive wonders and/or...

  

  all of campus puts on a bazillion fun events for them!) I wanted to ... afterwards. My parents didn't come with me; they stuck me on a plane by myself ... exploring a new city on my own (I'd always been picked up at the airport

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 8, 2019
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Poemtober! the only thing harder than writing is not writing

  

  it has colour. i tread carefully on my way to the bathroom, my legs ... froze over, I wrapped myself in a warm wool coat and pulled on gloves and ... stars reflected there in that icy mirror. I laid down on that polished

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 17, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Smile Worth 1,550 Words guest post by Mariam D. '20

  

  ’s a myriad of expressions on their different faces that I’m trying to ... out supplies, building bathrooms, and helping to treat people on this ... treasured moments (sprawled on the pitch black sand in Wadi Rum, gazing at

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Reflections

  

  of embraced that perception -- we call ourselves “da twins” on these ... people on a regular basis this past semester, without right away revealing ... did learn we are twins. Two instances stand out. Allan: One person on

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 5, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life during IAP i dump my brain a little

  

  of the instructors. The first two lectures or so were focused on using ... are usually based on the Chinese pronunciation of the Kanji, i ... to realize that so many more Korean words than I thought were based on

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Coolest Thing I Bet You Didn’t Know Was Math (guest post by YQ L. ‘16) Clickbait title by me, not by YQ, because I really, really, really want you to…

  

  can follow him on Flickr, Facebook, and Instagram. Enjoy! Hi everyone ... months ago, Lydia asked me, “do you want to write a guest post on your math ... origami artists on campus! Last winter, ‘organic origami’ artist Vincent

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the (New) Bloggers! CONTENT COMING IN HOT

  

  . Here they are - we're super excited to have them on the team! Say ... sharing with you what it means to be a student here at MIT. It was here on ... one of the most amazing places on this oh so amazing planet

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  think and comment publicly on science and technology, i.e. to be a public ... culture. Discussions focus on students' writing and address topics such as ... and news writing, focusing on science news writing in general, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  on campus as of late concerning how to best achieve a safe, caring ... post on a happy note, in actuality, the relief of spring break only ... asked me the scores I received on our recent exams and psets, and I told

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015