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• Blog / How to Human

  I Get To Blog Today! Is this meta enough?

  

  "Afeefah, do you still write for the blogs?" I've gotten this ... while you guys. I'm happy to report that I'm alive and I'm actually doing well! I've just been ridiculously busy (that's shouldn't be an excuse tho

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I auditioned for a musical Oh my goodness, oh my goodness

  

  In eighth grade, I was Tessie in my school's production of Little ... partly on what "fit best" with our real personalities. I was horrified ... audience as possible. Don't get me wrong: I love to sing. I'm no good at it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 2, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I went to TwitchCon and met so many people!!

  

  Back in October of 2022, I flew from Boston to LA and drove two hours to San Diego to attend TwitchCon 2022. Perhaps to no one's surprise, I ... stuff, what have you -- I try to always keep a tab on what's going on in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  How I lost aura points i confess my sins

  

  state that I have been reduced to[/caption] For people who aren't caught ... . I unfortunately lost a handful of aura points in the past several days. I lied to someone's parents It was[annotation note="Parents come to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 14, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  i’ve joined a sorority and what that means to me

  

  You'll recall in this blogpost I talk about joining Greek life and dorm life and all of that. TLDR: I did continuous open recruitment for ... though I liked the other sorority a bit more/knew it was a better fit, did

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 21, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected

  

  A few days ago, I was talking with Nisha and other friends, and the subject of what we learned at MIT came up. Now that this semester’s over, I’ve done some reflecting on what I’ve learned throughout these past four

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 27, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  physically and mentally. I learned a lot of lessons that have forever changed my MIT experience. This semester I did all of my psets early. I ... , making sure I had understood everything. I got into a good rhythm and went

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  We’re Only Getting Older

  

  behind schedule.) Now Playing: Night Changes by One Direction I turn twenty in four days.  I always cry on my birthday. I think this is a surprisingly common behavior for lots of people. I couldn’t, really, tell you why

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 5, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  play dough

  

  I'm a very Type A person, I'd say. I tend to need to be in control of ... come later than they originally said they were going to. I'm impatient and expect promptness. I don't like sudden changes and I don't like when

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Hardest Thing Ever FOP, family, and how I'm doing so far... plus some findings on frisbee and free…

  

  I split the month of August between three states, between two coasts ... rocky Appalachians. I was all over the place. The meditation camp in New Mexico, supposedly, should have helped with that, but I'm still pretty

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Just Run With It Never waste inspiration, even if you're running with it for the first time (in years)

  

  definitely worth a read (and worth watching), but I wanted to highlight something that touched me profoundly: One of my roommates when I was two years ... I had finished watching Chariots of Fire one night at 2 a.m. I told

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  If I ever come back on being away from mit

  

  Cross-posted from my blog, which is where I write these days. One If I stay, will you go? And if I go, will you stay? I don't know If I can keep going down this road At the beginning of senior year, I began

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / Class Projects

  in which i blog again four-ish blogs in one

  

  I’ve been putting off writing. I have half-baked blogs with lists like books I’ve read this year, events I organized, art I made, and even longer lists of the books I want to read and the places I want to go, and

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 29, 2022
• Blog / CPW

  Who’s psyched? I’m psyched! It's gonna be stitchin'!

  

  Last year, about this time, I was typing a blog entry much like this ... , however. Difference 0 - I am 32 now. Last year I was 31. Difference 1 - I ... Crossing marathons or glorious relaxation. Not-so-sadly, this means I

  • by Snively '11
  • April 6, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  English up with which I will not put!"), but I'm currently listening to my old 3 Doors Down albums and I really like this song. Which is why it has now made it's way into my blog, like several other songs I can think of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Residential Life

  I Miss You, Random Hall my love letter to the dorm i got kicked out of too soon

  

  It's no secret that I am a) living in New Vassar and b) despise it. I ... and devoid of art and light. I hate it. Perhaps hate is too strong a ... unattainable because of these unprecedented times, but I have a sneaking

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 9, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what i drew this summer i took an art class

  

  This summer, I took an art class through the Student Art Association ... . (I keep putting off my Art Scholar application, so alas, I did not have a scholarship.) I missed drawing. I used to draw a lot as a kid; I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 27, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  since i’ve been home

  

  since i got home 19 days ago, i've been... playing the new animal ... but stressful, oftentimes [annotation note="i ran speedtest.net in my ... micro-interactions, i highly recommend playing new horizons. reading

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 3, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Every song I’ve referenced in my admissions blog posts

  

  By my count, there are 61 times I've referenced a song in one of my posts. I made a Spotify playlist if you want to listen to them all: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5wP6Lb5qZ0B9NXAjwsFYyl?si=2c079440422a4f32 I've had to make some

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 15, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  i [don’t] have covid?? in conclusion, i am the absolute worst at managing stress

  

  So. I had a COVID false alarm this week, which is why I'm currently back at home instead of my new place in Cambridge. I think it's ironic ... literally THREE weeks into the semester. Anyways... Last Friday, I woke up

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 17, 2020