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• Blog / MISTI

  a day in my life as a MISTI student ft. research and friends

  

  support to live and work abroad for a summer or a semester, without worrying ... for your enjoyment. 6:30 AM I wake up at an ungodly early hour ... ??"]month[/annotation] since I’ve arrived at the institute. It’s entirely on me for

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 17, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Be a Blogger 2022!

  

  time for those of you who might want to be bloggers to share your garbage ... advise creative projects in the office and serve as a touchstone for student culture. We pay you for this work. It's a pretty good gig, to be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  ode to grocery stores the loneliest sweet potato

  

  up dropping my UROP--a story for another time--I started cooking. A lot ... default meal when I was too busy or tired for other things. But even though ... ignore the rest of the world for a little bit and, as I peruse the aisles

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Everything Everywhere All At Once a free early screening from lsc and a q&a with the directors

  

  to watch the movie! As for the movie itself, I sobbed like a little ... movie since I think everyone should see it for themselves but this movie truly felt like it came at the right time for me. Everything Everywhere

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 29, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on fitness, health, and food a couple of moments over the years

  

  seeing the way that this person took the heat for their weight made me ... scale, but I digress. For the most part, my family was pretty heavy. Filipino food is not really known for its healthiness -- we douse food in oil

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  this blogger does not exist join me in the uncanny valley

  

  generate blogger avatars, just for the fun of it. also there are different ... up my alley in terms of what I do for my UROP, so I gave it a shot this IAP. For context, CycleGAN is a conditional image-to-image translation

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 28, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  ,[/annotation] so be on the look out for that. In meantime, enjoy the moment and

  • by Decisions
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  a small moment in time on failing...*very long sigh*

  

  because I was looking for sympathy, kind words, or anything like that. I ... created for myself had collapsed. Oh, and remember that void I was talking ... chapter of The Prophet when I first read it. I held on to it for a future

  • by kellen manning
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I Know to Be True Introductions and peanut butter Oreos

  

  to be true. Some truths are easy. For example, the addition of peanut ... be best to eat Oreos upon waking up for class. But if you slather ... ? Easy. On the other hand, some truths are difficult. For example, MIT is

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • September 29, 2021
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain the context of my grades/scores, and/or provide additional information?

  would be helpful for us to know about your circumstances, you are welcome
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer doing all the things

  

  and for all. For the last several summers, I’ve floundered in a soup of ... research. Some of it provided clarity for what I didn’t want to do—my destiny ... responsibilities or commitments. This summer, I decided I would make up for my

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 6, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  9.00 with no context are you a cool rat?

  

  best quotes from lecture. Shout out the 9.00 group chat for all of these. And thank you to Ken for linking it again and contributing to it! "When ... dangle a string for their cat to play with, Thorndike flexed his cats

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  this is fine some thoughts at the end of the semester

  

  coherent thoughts, yet. But in this moment, I feel a lot of resentment for ... end of the semester, stressed about grades, annoyed at myself for taking ... ’m jealous of the 23’s for having at least experienced a normal freshman fall

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  549,033 words how do you measure, measure a year?

  

  next day. For the most part, I don't look back on old entries ... "]November 16th, 2018[/annotation] or [annotation note="I auditioned for acapella ... on my current streak; that is to say, for each of the past 1000 days

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 7, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a brief walk to Caffè Nero alternatively titled: life update since i am comically bad at blogging this semester

  

  [/annotation] and i stapled into an eight-person group (the maximum number for BC ... , and they also do not get first priority for their dorm choice, unlike BC ... -BC person behind. since we all want to cook for ourselves, our options are

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2020 blogger wrapped, wrapped

  

  , so I'm honored to be able to take up the mantle for what will be my ... [/caption]   It turns out the bloggers really like the 2000s - except for Paolo ... [/caption]   What do the bloggers have to say for themselves

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 12, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  rethinking perfectionism god i just want to get things done

  

  ‘productivity youtube.’ For those of you unfamiliar, this largely consists of ... the books for me and just tell me the most important/interesting bits ... high standards for my work, despite often not meeting them. I hate

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 8, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  kitchen nightmares bugs and toasters and explosions, oh my!

  

  every meal for the past eighteen years, it's safe to say that I'm a pretty ... , spurring me to scream for Selena, the official bug person in this apartment ... . "Just freeze it for a few days to kill off the larvae. It'll be fine." We

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 5, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  self care define it or perish

  

  advantage of it for sure, but wow, being in the middle of the semester and ... members choreograph/learn dances for a virtual set, but it's a "mess around for 20 minutes and sit down for six hours" kind of deal. in terms of a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 2, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  preserving student community what does it take?

  

  experiences on the Burton Conner Transition Team, which is responsible for ... Conner is seeing a few changes that have implications for its ability to preserve its communities. For one, our murals are being painted over, and we

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 20, 2020