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• Blog / MIT Life

  the world is blooming! and so am i?

  

  –a single, static image is enough to capture at least the heart of those ... flowers bloom all at once and all in one place. It’s truly one of the most ... at the sun with dark pink veins reaching up towards the white tips

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 17, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  in this coming year we run and rest and make and keep up the relentless pace

  

  this at all, but this fall I was in 2.009 [link]. We sent that project ... deeply. I’ve been wanting to have this group project experience at MIT for ... of [annotation note="not the final presentation, though. That had at

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  branches was it easy to let go?

  

  everything everywhere all at once, the rock scene was apparently inspired by ... things will be okay even if the listener has left. but this feels at odds ... frontend developer for the same place i worked at last summer, for they

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Starting over sucks but sometimes you have to do it

  

  . That’s been something eating away at me lately whenever I think about my ... mediocre at most. [annotation note="Student Support Services"]S^3[/annotation ... change myself at a fundamental level because of the crushing vulnerability

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 16, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  pole dancing and punching things trying out new classes in Copenhagen

  

  yourself up far easier. I thought the issue at hand was my grip strength ... something and now your arm is twisting backwards at a concerning angle. I was ... against it. You and your partner take turns practicing on each other. At the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 16, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2021 another year another book post

  

  at their speaking house. The questions were the following: 'What is the ... kinda sketchy at times, but it has been a real page-turner. Oz? Like ... to appreciate without at least some functional programming background

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  breaching discomfort

  

  note="Which still feels crazy to say."]a junior at MIT[/annotation] I ... amount of time at the pool table in Simmons, the pool table in Random, as ... not fault them for this. Overall, everything felt bad. And so at the end

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 16, 2021
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Leavetaking and homecoming

  

  liked the house we already lived in, an old adobe building at the edge of ... most of the day, at home only to change, shower, eat, sleep.  # I didn ... man at the covid testing station said, ‘Wow, aren’t you lucky!’, surely

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 28, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  Campus and Memories low-quality pictures and some memories

  

  samosas from cafe spice at least twice a week. After a certain point, I ... these halls since the pandemic felt both new and deeply familiar at the ... was so basic and common to me at one point in time. It made me realize

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  preserving student community what does it take?

  

  't necessarily vibe with the floor culture at the time. Cultures aren't static ... at all, and it would be sad but indicative of the fact that there's a ... and many other communities I'm familiar with at MIT, a lot of traditions

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 20, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  the classes among us reflections and too many flashbacks on classes ft. ESG

  

  this thought, but at the same time, [annotation note="not a coronavirus ... continuously am an absolute expert at clowning myself in large groups. Basically ... at the same time, I felt that ESG would make for a less road bumpy

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  a peek in a week of my summer trying to enjoy it while it lasts

  

  ’t feel rested at all, and I’m not ready to be trapped in the [annotation ... meetings at 1:00 pm and having breakfast afterward. Other things are more ... nontrivial, but at least I will die happy. 8:00 - 11:00 pm At some point in

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare

  

  places in the area are scarce, and those that were good contenders had at ... wouldn't feel safe biking to my boyfriend's apartment at night. My group ... Zoom calls at random points in the day when there are only three bedrooms

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 11, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Write an Original Song (ex?)-emo kid gone rogue

  

  , ranging from absolute flaming garbage to (at least in your opinion) pretty ... that night, and the piano is glaring at you from across the room. You ... . I really really believe that anything worth getting good at is also worth

  • by Powers '23
  • June 14, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  THE FINAL FANTASY 7 REMAKE IS OUT since 6/15/15, i have literally lived for this moment

  

  glaze over at best or widen in terror at worst. Note: we literally do not ... at 18:53. this was actually one of the best moments of my life, mostly ... that at my peak, i was answering reading comprehension questions on

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 16, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  yet i maintain composure manu tenere “i hold by hand”

  

  to lead me through any steps. i was taking a phase two waltz class, at ... , and saying “thanks.” sometimes life throws shit at you that you ... felt, at least, to me. i’ve seen members of the esp team put in hours

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Can Save the World a post on Kanye West

  

  's question regarding [annotation note="Kanye recently held a Sunday Service at ... mentions MIT.  "So many people at MIT, let me tell you, MIT right now. Y ... "sellout" or "money hungry" get thrown around left and right at Course 6's

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  look at the message and don't respond. In Spanish as in English, you ... you. UROP early and often. In the life sciences at least, it's crucial ... , I might have done a semester or two at other labs to network a bit and

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  12 / Let’s try law school What's a computer scientist doing in DC?

  

  took 6.S978 to try my hand at the intersection of law and technology ... the video conferencing setup, with two of us at MIT, two of us at ... ="1000"] A contemplative moment at the Lincoln memorial[/caption] [caption

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Off six months of things being just a little weird

  

  I'm approaching the end of the first month of my internship at a ... freaked me out at first. Usually there are chairs there, but sometimes there ... atrium at that moment. Only bipedal black screens, continuing [annotation

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 23, 2019