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• Blog / IAP

  what I’m doing this IAP mostly physics and musical theater

  

  floating in a fluid (which is what we’ve been talking about for two weeks ... full runs of the show. I’ve wanted to audition for a musical since I got ... special medium. I was looking forward most to singing and dancing, but I’ve

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

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

  

  . The season is flying by, and we’ve played a whopping total of 18 games ... . I’ve figured out that I basically won’t be able to play this season ... on an 8 game win streak and they are the first team we’ve lost to in

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

  Collections Simple

  

  things I have been doing both inside and outside the confines of MIT. I've ... first, I wasn't buying into it. I've always considered myself a very ... getting rejected by a lot of things. I've been dating the same person for a

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 23, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Chalk of the Week chalk art at the welcome center

  

  . Every week, I've been putting chalk art up on one of the boards, as well ... ="76996" /] Drawing: Sailor Tim Right after I finished this, I remember thinking, I've ... Archive is such a good series, but there are so many good books that I've

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 27, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  tryharding but still not enough

  

  .601/5.602, Thermodynamics and Kinetics. They're both notoriously hard classes. I've heard ... really could've prepared me for the reality of it. It's a genuine timesuck ... 'm still doing Tech Callers and I've been consistently fulfilling my shift

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 20, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  tired and busy and tired and busy and tired and busy and

  

  things by myself. I've already dropped jobs I really enjoy, like my CAPD ... them to graduate on time, and I can't drop extracurriculars because I've ... money and I genuinely like my jobs. So. There's a lot. I've found that my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 15, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  love languages in the little things

  

  station, macarons in hand. I've been yearning for the Le Creuset ... because, well, I was overthinking. In hindsight, I should've listened to ... : I've been trying my very best to romanticize all the little things in

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 6, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  regrets about college and the pandemic

  

  — every top search engine result i’ve seen has cited either anne frank or ... home ruminating about things i could’ve done differently in college, and ... god why didn’t i do the thing i should’ve done god i wish i did that

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 30, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  level as you, have an advantage in that they've been through what you ... ? :/   after it ended, an upperclassman asked me what I could've been told ... for me to make new friends and maintain my friendships, I would've

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

  goal setting and organization how i organize my life!

  

  's more convenient to just stick to the norm. I've tried to get into ... , and daily goals/tasks. I've found that tracking goals like this helps me ... can look back and see all the genres I've traversed and all my new first

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  play dough

  

  exactly where I've put things even if it's messy and out in the open and not at all where it usually is, but I know because I've put it there and I've ... . I had the urge...to mix them. Which I've never done before. And I

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

  As the City Slumbers thoughts while walking in a park

  

  surprising, given that I’ve only lived in Tucson half the year. My cousins ... ="at least I assume this is high school as opposed to college, but I’ve never ... without thinking that you’ve gone with someone else to that same spot. Now I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Lyrics to my MIT experience i definitely never, ever wrote songfics when i was in middle school

  

  the bright light that was East Campus and all the friends that I've made ... hard. I've struggled to scrape by with passing grades, and have failed ... the communities I've been a part of have been there to provide love and

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  CP* restored my faith in the universe i read...My Immortal...with prefrosh

  

  the most fun I've had in literal weeks. I'm so grateful that I've had ... kind of memed with everyone for another hour or so. I feel like I've always been "the young one" in most environments I've been; I took a lot of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  leaving home, coming home I jump from the train, I ride off alone // help me hold onto you

  

  "Paper Rings."   Here is an actual thing I said recently: "I've ... , then your phone is gonna crash. Oops. So I've been using the break to ... friend or an acquaintance from Toronto. I still do this sometimes, but I've

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 25, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  🎶Jauntily Sauntering Ambling Shambler🎶 Yes, those are actual lyrics from the musical I was just in

  

  -show depression :( If you’ve poured your life into some sort of seasonal activity ... weeks have passed and I’ve gotten over the stomach flu, I’ve realized ... because I loved to paint, to write, to perform; I’ve always prided myself on

  • by Powers '23
  • December 20, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Burnout (and what to do about it) learning how to recharge a low battery

  

  Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (WHO 2019) I've been ... personal, why that's been the case. At this point, I've been able to ... first time I've felt burned out in a (metaphorically) clinical way, so it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  Two Years and how it's changed me

  

  there are so many things that come to mind that I've been pressing ... feeling of being overwhelmed by not only how much I've changed, but also how ... were less stressful there than here. I'm not sure if that's because I've

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Life Changes, Described by a Frosh Yultide Day 3

  

  . __________________________________  Part 1: Freshman Fall I’ve only been here for a semester, but things have ... think of future days at MIT without homework as thrilling. I’ve also had ... academics, I’ve made more of life-changing decisions this year than during all

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wearing the apron This was written on an empty stomach

  

  just one?” Or maybe, “I’ve put two years into this soufflé, but I don’t think I’m into it anymore”. I’ve been fortunate in that I sort of ... episode where you've just been told you have to finish your seven problem

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 8, 2017