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• Blog / Academics & Research

  one weekend in March a play-by-play

  

  I’ve been too hosed to write a post that requires beyond ... drive with Mira, another pika resident, to a nearby lake. I’ve been ... wade in. It’s the coldest water I’ve ever swum in, but it’s not as bad

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  [guest post] crumbly fruit and the importance of keeping at it by Caleb M. '27

  

  , and is a crazy thrifter (he actually has the craziest finds i've ever ... , you've done it! The sorbet is finally finished. You smooth it out in the ... an email and eat the bowl. Every time I've made sorbet, I always get

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 13, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  loveallurfriends <3

  

  a while a few days ago. I probably should’ve been doing other things ... friendships are even supposed to look like. I’ve been told that my standards for ... my day. I’ve divulged things to my friends that I never thought I

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 6, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Always the Art Kid many many many identities

  

  importance to people, but for me, I've always used it as a way to ground myself.  Recently, though, I think I've been struggling to identify myself at college ... science in high school, and a lot of my best friends are people I've met

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 28, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goodbye goodbye goodbye what's in store for me?

  

  summer looks like. And I've been trying to convince myself that that's okay ... I was four years ago and how far I've come. I couldn't have anticipated any of this -- any of the things I've accomplished or seen or done

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Mist in the streets of Boston monday wanderings

  

  beside the train tracks. I’ve never joined a sorority, but I’ve watched as ... group that could fulfill all of me. Lately, though, I’ve come to realize ... my little sister will inspire me to go to more. I’ve found outlets for

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 20, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  rating classes from this semester the good, the bad & the underrated

  

  on grades...the most I've ever taken), so I opted to stay on campus instead to meet my deadlines and work on projects I've been dreaming about ... courses again for this semester, I think I would've just taken something

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Worms, Revisited a reflection on decisions from here

  

  , four dimensions. I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently when it ... might've even had this passion for most of your life. It might feel like ... check. Because I'm not who I could've been. I will never be. Sure, you

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 18, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  oh, the crash and the burn

  

  toll on me. So much so, in fact, that I've finally crashed. So I have ... hottest fucking mess in existence right now. I've spent a lot of time ... days of quarantine, I've been finding ways to feel like myself again. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 26, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  how to adult spoiler alert: no one knows

  

  do things. take this post, for example. i’ve been sitting on this post ... what i’m doing, but i’ve come to the realization that (almost) nobody ... choice often makes you mourn what you could’ve had instead of what you

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Last Times waving goodbye to my MIT experience

  

  to the last times in my life, especially because I've realized recently ... , and they've sort of just passed into the mist of my memory because of ... , but it's strange to me that I've slept my last Sunday night - usually

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 22, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  A Running Journey ft. running 13 miles in the middle of nowhere with petey

  

  year. I've tried to pick up running a couple of times in college, most ... , in my pace, and how I felt during and afterwards. This is what I've ... understand it. I'm sure I've improved at a lot of things since coming to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 19, 2020
• Blog / Class Projects

  Final Project Demo Roll if only they were more helpful to the world at large

  

  ). This was the best class that I've taken at MIT and the one that I enjoyed ... professor I've ever had. This class was all about designing specifically for co-living and was pretty unlike any class I've taken here - I really

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 1, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  next to normal on mental health

  

  particularly common experience. i’ve certainly heard from friends, and from ... blog post a couple months back, but yeah, i’ve been talking to the same ... of my classwork, but i feel like i’m not learning anything. i’ve been

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 3, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  misti musings sugar, spice, and everything nice

  

  I’m three weeks into my MISTI, and I think I’ve pretty much got this ... what I need. It’s the first time in the last two years that I’ve stopped ... [/caption] I’ve thought about so many things that have been lurking in my

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 28, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  A Tribute to the people of South Africa

  

  way or form, I’ve been here before.” Looking back at it all, I think ... efforts within the country, I've found myself constantly imaging what this blog post would and should look like. I've explored the option of doing a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

  ’t scary. It is fascinating [editor's note: I've even declared a Brain and ... strongest suite, or that you’ve always wanted to try a capella [editor's note ... all in a week! I’ve had at least ten conversations with friends about

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Three Tales of Junior Year Accidental Harvard Class, UROPs, Experimenting in College

  

  't. I’ve mainly worked on the first of these so far, and already learned ... , and meet with my mentor for updates and advice. I've shared the research ... I do in this area for a summer job?” Experimenting in College Stuff I've

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things A collective end-of-the-semester brain dump

  

  Breathe in, breathe out. Wow. I’ve barely had time to breathe let ... some are also my own). I’ve collected here some of the responses from a ... Getting a bad grade, but still realizing how much I’ve learned to get to

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • May 20, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  that I've experienced at MIT so far. Last Sunday, I knocked out two psets, one after the other, days before they were due. If you've never gone ... . But I enjoyed it. A side effect has been that I've been seeing psets in

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016