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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Guess who can legally drive alone in Maine now? Learning to drive on hard mode (i.e., in Boston)

  

  ’s car and have the friend sit in the back seat during your road test ... you get if you’re under 18). I only briefly skimmed the JOL part of the ... are many of them missing road markings (so it's hard to tell where you're

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  tick tick tick and the euphoria of it stopping

  

  , temperate weather of Boston? How's family? Your brother still asking you to help with math homework? Do you have a favorite fruit? Is your high ... together. As they say, I guess time flies when you’re around people you love

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 16, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking this spring study abroad edition

  

  for each class in the entire term. this is because a lot of your grade ... ), and then adjusting your views or beliefs after looking at the data to a ... your code to run, then try more things. i was able to get guidance from

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 22, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Noise and time chaos and peace in a silver package

  

  try to add it to your bag, but with everything, in a short sighted way ... you for once go to sleep early enough to hear crowds chatting out your ... all those things. Most one off things won't change your life, and change

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 15, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  four ways to unstrip a screw tΞp work week tales

  

  and slander your peers) in hopes of securing a bid (an invitation to ... screw head instead of actually rotating the screw. Sometimes you're not ... screwdriver and screw. Then use the power of your bulging arm muscles to unscrew

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  existential cubes a daily encounter with Ernő Rubik

  

  perpetually caring about your future self. Like, will brushing my teeth right ... have found or will find your “cube,” something that brightens your day

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10,000 Ways That Won’t Work

  

  “So, Andi, let’s talk about your accomplishments from this semester. Was your research output impactful enough to lead to a start-up?” I ... norm. “Oh, just publish a few good papers in your field.”, I recall one

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 27, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  —it’s possible to want to cultivate your professional prospects while still being ... towards your “real” career in STEM, to instead write. I was writing because ... . But of course, if you’re reading this blog post, you probably already

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  difficult difficult lemon difficult the end of senior fall

  

  so hard to remember that "you do not have to walk on your knees for a ... , told me that "you're lucky know exactly what you're interested in," which

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Growing Pains And Every Other Type of Ache

  

  arrived at the level of hunger where your sides begin to tingle as if they ... bottom of a sigh, when you can feel some structure in your chest actively ... recognize that you’re stuck. Today is one of those days, when I have far too

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • December 6, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [guest post] The Random Hall Milk: Gone But Not Forgotten an obitu-dairy for Pecker's oldest resident

  

  better job eulogizing the Milk than I ever could. If you're a milk-enjoyer, please take a moment to think of our beloved Milk as you drink your own Milk in the bottom of your cereal bowl, mug, or biohazard bin. The annual

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on the question “where are you from?” and the answer: neither here nor there. alternatively, about being a missourian.

  

  to answer and ask the same set of questions: what’s your name? where ... when I say which state I’m from. You hear your fair share of “Bay Area ... supposed to leave the lid on your tupperware when you microwaved something

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House (on Wheels) *vroom vroom*

  

  is a full-blown saga. First, you’re given a temporary room in an arbitrary wing in Next. You’re allotted one week to wander around and figure ... your room”. He says “the room was completely inferred”"]ride to my room

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  field notes on all the fruit tending to plants, self, others

  

  you're spending your day caring for yourself and other things you love ... channel I know.  If you like, you can post your favorite video below in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  fall semester in the form of those modern poem books you buy for $15 at Urban Outfitters

  

  , honor me.   Do you remember in spring how your body wasn’t your ... your drama even when it’s mostly petty and they’ve heard you hash it

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i ran out of social energy and other great ways to say no

  

  such a large scale, sheerly because you're interested in doing so. at ... said i got rejected a bunch. they were like, but your resume's so good! but you've done a lot of great work! you're so qualified, etc., etc

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 18, 2021
• Blog / Summer

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

  

  engineer, you’re often working on one piece of the codebase and don’t have ... your life together…I’m trying to clarify my values and truly figure out ... haven’t texted you back. I'm sorry if I ignored your Slack message, but

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 6, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  remember me on family

  

  Know that I'm with you The only way that I can be Until you're in my ... faces and names. There is something cruel in watching one of your role ... I would do for more time. and if you're curious about one of the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 1, 2021
• Blog / Personal Projects

  reflecting on 2020 goals and planning for 2021

  

  vitamin supplement intake to affect your skin. So, I decided to settle on ... interest. I read Your Money or Your Life as a brief intro as well as articles

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  fun facts about random stuff sometimes i just like learning new things

  

  stuff, and had a blast doing it...) If you’re feeling burnt out from ... your interpretation); Jacob was given that name after he wrestled with an ... part two :P Good luck finishing all of your applications!

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 5, 2021