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• Blog / Advice

  a blog from the universe aka me + my tarot cards + finals season procrastination

  

  paraphrase now: At this point in the journey, the nymph feels dissatisfied with ... notion of a ‘lukewarm life’ jumped out at me. As a freshman, I found that ... . On paper, I’m at a place in my life that should feel fulfilling and

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  this ain’t (not) Texas yee, and I cannot stress this enough, haw

  

  "Howdy, how can I help?" I meekly smile at the word usage, and answer his ... Product Design Engineering Intern at Apple. My job felt meta: working on Mac ... culture. Austin is awesome at three main things: water activities, food, and

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 29, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  dance dance dance! a weekend of trying to try everything

  

  school, I danced at home for fun, twirling through my kitchen in socks and ... some Latin dances at CPW. He mentioned he was going to his club’s Casino ... slow exercise at the center of the floor"]adagio.[/annotation] We also

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  how not to be a mathematician on taking time & not running away

  

  learned anything in my classes at MIT. By the end of my sophomore year, the ... . Eventually, I decided to study abroad. I was going to be at Imperial, meaning ... that at all. I also wanted to see what the math community looked like

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 15, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  loveallurfriends <3

  

  Now Playing: Talk to Me - Cavetown   I stared at the river for ... first time in a while, was crisp and cool, the temperature at which you ... large rock. Bodies of water have an unwritten contract: if you look at

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 6, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In which I “get a life” again reclaiming my childhood hobbies

  

  could find at Michaels or Joann’s. I made friendship bracelets, string art ... stop. At the beginning of sleepovers we’d build a blanket fort, and then ... no psets at all to do, I picked up a pair of needles and a ball of yarn

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 12, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  djent is not a djenre or is it?

  

  Sometime in high school, I was trying to break the ice at a group ... is for everyone! it’s not that deep lol. at the end of the day i think ... at how self conscious bloggers are of their Spotify Wrapped data. I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 22, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  november again conversation with myself

  

  walked to campus today and let the mid-fall breeze bite at my face. i could see my breath misting in front of me. when i looked up at the sky, it ... 'm just really bad at managing unexpected stress. something goes wrong and i

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  A Week in the Life of a Student-Athlete feat. women's soccer & meche

  

  Engineering! At the beginning of this semester, we were given a problem, a ... straight to the bus for our first game of this week — an away game at Lesley ... megging people).  We really popped off at the Lesley game, though, with a

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 31, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  've gotten pretty good at it over time. Most importantly, however, to break the ... least socially acceptable. Feel free to reuse them at your own risk. Tier ... ", but people (probably) wouldn't bat an eye at them. Sending love to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Joint Post] Build a robot boat with MIT Arcturus! Q&A with Arcturus captain Audrey Chen

  

  Hi all! You may have encountered Arcturus, the robo-boat team, at the ... ="aligncenter" width="300"] Arcturus’ first ASV. Ship Happens, at RoboBoat 2022.[/caption ... student or not!) feel free to send me an email at [email protected]! [caption id

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A poem for every day of August or nearly; I wrote 25 in all

  

  called it — and I thought, why not? We met on Sundays at 10 pm for me in ... creature at the end."]form[/annotation], others more complex, such as ‘write down lines at a specific place, as they come to you, and from that craft

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 5, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Friday Night, Off-Campus Style come along on our evening of fish and wine

  

  that has assignments [annotation note="truly the worst"]due Friday at ... met up at 7pm at a place called Dear Annie, located just off the Red ... they’re nailing it. At the center of the room is a large table, with most

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  growing over time continuing to become myself

  

  of why I chose to come back to MIT. Wandering around campus late at ... up with joy and relief. At the first chance for audience participation ... I can be good at it when I have the right environment to help me

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 31, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  processing in which I visit home and take time to think

  

  and I have no regrets"]bathtub.[/annotation] Laying there, staring at ... just how exhausted I was, from just over a month of being at college. It ... together and it’s just too much, all at once. Not only am I keeping up with

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  school projects aka why i havent been writing in the last few weeks

  

  theory classes at mit. it assumes the ability to read knowledge as well as ... classes i’ve taken at mit - at the beginning of the semester i wrote code on ... -designed grading scheme of any assignment i’ve seen at mit, in the sense that the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  as a student and/or community member." At MIT, we do have strong ... simply explain it. You also don't have to do this at all —  this is just something you can do if you feel at all worried or anxious about what we might

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule 2: Electric Boogaloo the one rule you should not break (take it from me, kids)

  

  Rule. in a pretty egregious way, at that⁠—it was a [annotation note ... how to be an independent person in your first semester at MIT is ... high schooler with limited experiences and no clue how to handle life at

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 23, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  the last twenty days burning out before the semester even starts

  

  only virtual REX at Next House, not to mention the UROP I was working on at the same time, or the summer camp I was running. This year, I ... presentation on Friday, and I generally felt okay at the end of the week. I

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  socializing over zoom it's been rough

  

  isn’t to say that I haven’t made friends, not at all. I’ve made a couple ... . The main problem, I think, is that Zoom fatigue is real. Staring at a ... classes, emailing professors, doing random errands, the last thing I want at

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 24, 2020