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• 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…

  

  Lydia here: some of my favorite things I’ve learned at MIT, from my friends as much as from my classes, have been things I wouldn’t expect to be ... one of my favorite things I didn’t realize were math: paper art. The

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

  MIT Bloggers Sniped Wrapped in which people take a LOT of photos of me around campus

  

  wild. A bit of jolly fun, right? [💀💀💀💀💀FORESHADOWING 💀💀💀💀💀] I ... Captains, and one for the MIT Admissions Bloggers team. So I thought it would ... snipes submitted to the channel. AND I WAS 30 OF THEM.   [caption id

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • June 2, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  notes from a week of new classes the prettiest peril of higher education

  

  during lecture. I'm taking three technicals this semester, and if there ... ="111203" image3="111200" image4="111201" image5="111202" /] I do enjoy this class ... the info on the slides (but not all of it?). Already, I don't know if I

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 15, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  chasing the aurora a celestial hunt

  

  This past Friday evening, I wished I didn't want to see the aurora because the trip seemed logistically inconvenient, I was tired, and I had ... the beautiful is one I can't pass on. [caption id="attachment_100807

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 13, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  spring break in San Juan journeying to none other than the most popular MIT spreak destination

  

  college spring break is everything I wanted it to be and more, which is unfortunate since I just came back from my second and final one :') I went to [annotation note="there's a lot to be said here about PR

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 11, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  gratitude happy thanksgiving

  

  I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about gratitude. That’s not to say I don’t spend time feeling gratitude; what I mean is that I don ... gratitude gets overlooked. There have been many moments where I felt

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MITWE Goes Digital We stan Fred in this household 😤

  

  -ever rehearsal with digital sheet music this Monday! When I joined MITWE at the ... " align="aligncenter" width="225"] Spot the clarinet. (I'm using a drawstring bag here, but I had to use a literal trash bag with an elastic band

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 21, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Anxiety Level: High A play-by-play of emotional diffusion

  

  Phase I: Recognition I sit down on my bed. My heart is racing. I am anxious. For a little bit now, I’ve been taking stock of my anxiety levels at the end of every day to see if I can find any patterns. I take a

  • by Powers '23
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Signs of Life communication in a covid world

  

  occasion, I’ve used Zoom or FaceTime to get a sense of realness in my ... ="53276" image3="53274" image4="53275" image5="53273" image6="53277" /] I’m in the middle of packing my life up, ready to ship myself back to New York, but I

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT launches AI Education website I worked on this cool thing for my UROP!

  

  I usually don't make *official* posts, so I'll try to keep this one ... some frequent readers of the blogs might know, I have a UROP at the Media Lab that I adore and pour a lot of my time and energy into. Recently, a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 6, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nothing Gold Can Stay some reminders

  

  The semester is over and I'm back at home, spread out on my much too familiar living room sofa. At this point, I should be familiar with how ... process thing as they happen. But all of a sudden I'm at home again, with no

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 28, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Tips for a Pleasant Olfactory Experience how to make your room smell good

  

  Back in the fall, I wasn't really sure if I made the right choice regarding my dorm. Now, I'm very sure I made the right choice. I like all the ... . I have complete autonomy over my living space and habits, down to the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 9, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  How Are You? because it's not just a simple question

  

  the past few months, I feel like we’ve really gotten to know each other. So let me ask you, how are you? How are you really? Because I genuinely want to know. I want to know if things are rough. I want to know if

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 19, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Reuse Poetry Giving things away

  

  "I got it on Reuse," people say, with the emphasis in the word falling on the re-. When I see the word elsewhere and say reuse in my head, I'm reminded of the times I said 'UROP' and my grandparents thought I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  I received the following question on tumblr the other day:   ... deeply consider why I found MIT so hard--and exactly what it is that causes people to buckle under the pressure. I’ve adapted the response I created

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 2 TableTop, Net Neutrality, Complexity Theory And More

  

  Top Crowdfunds $1m+ A few months back I discovered the Geek And Sundry Youtube series of TableTop and I fell in love. Every week Wil Wheaton would gather ... kindle a deep love of TableTop gaming. I burnt through all of the episodes

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  TEDxCambridge! 1. How TED talks can improve your life 2. Recently hosted and filmed right here…

  

  remarkable people, free to the world." I started watching them in high school ... technological initiatives than I ever did in class. They really opened up my mind to not only ways I can cause change on a large scale, but also within

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some virtuosos play $4 million violins, and some Trojan heros wear brass rats $4 million violins, not 4 million violins. Joshua Bell isn't *that* intense.

  

  the great fortune to be an MIT Arts Scholar I attended four EXCELLENT ... Choir Thursday night, I destroyed both of my knees running three miles on a very inclined treadmill. I paid for my improper shoes / insufficient

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Turning on the Light A note to the MIT community.

  

  :45 last night warning me to stay inside, I couldn't really process what was ... head. MIT, the place that I call home, the place where I learn and live, the place where I felt safe, threatened by armed people? And all this

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 3 A Valentine's Day surprise

  

  Astley 4. If I Ever Fall In Love by Shai 5. Somebody to Love by Justin ... Green The Muses - a female a cappella group - offered these options: 1. I Touch Myself - Divinyls 2. I Wanna Have Your Babies - Natasha Bedingfield

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 18, 2013