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  I’m only happy when it rains. You can't take pictures in Boston. Don't even try.

  

  So, we had this great idea of going to Shakespeare on the Common, a ... , what could go wrong if we headed down to the Common to see it? On the ... . As a purveyor of primarily wrapped items, they're even nice enough to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Philosophy Things liberty, property, consent - that kind of stuff

  

  , economists are of course concerned with gathering empirical data to support or ... considerations to cover. Correspondingly, economists deliberate on an additional type of question, the normative (as opposed to the “positive”) or the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 11, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Dance at MIT!!! [Collab with Ben O. ’19] hip-hop? contemp? bhangra? lion dance? MIT's got it all

  

  Ben O. '19 and I decided to team up to talk about all the dance teams ... involved in dance, we thought we’d talk about all the opportunities to ... dance, from traditional Asian dance to K-Pop; members perform at a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 30, 2020
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Because Racecar, Friendships, and Family By Monica C. '25: "What I’ve learned about being an engineer, friend, and teammate by…

  

  and Computer Science (6-2), and I wanted to write a blog about MIT ... from the design stage to two annual competitions in May and June, where ... , which means I am responsible for what I like to call “the soul of the car

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my hottest STEM takes actively starting internet wars

  

  I famously have perfect taste, and with little to do over the summer, I'm left to just sit around and ponder endlessly, refining my taste ... to no explanation. Feel free to argue in the comments...I'm ready to

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • July 28, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  rearview reflections newly-minted cruft rambles on post-mit life

  

  Somedays, I check to make sure my diploma is real and I didn’t just ... of the cruft (for now 😳), I wasn’t too sure what to write about. I don’t have some great life wisdom to share or huge post-MIT takeaways. Or

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  Mystery Hunt mile markers portrait of the blogger as a young puzzler

  

  Not only the blogs' birthday—in trying to decide what to write, I discovered one of my old draft blog posts turned 10. Ten years ago, almost to the day, I was trying to figure out how to tell folks on here what the

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i (kinda) studied for finals brought to you by "a PNR mindset"

  

  transcript. hence, don't try to get a 100"]A, B, or C[/annotation]) or No ... would be a D or F). There are a few existing camps of advice on how to abuse your PNR experience: Go AWOL all semester and then just try to

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 22, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  How I lost aura points i confess my sins

  

  state that I have been reduced to[/caption] For people who aren't caught ... . I lied to someone's parents It was[annotation note="Parents come to ... brain is too sleepy to think, but too awake to fall asleep. [-100 aura

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 14, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  my first year, in slices ft. ruminations on the freshmen friend group

  

  “The muscles of my soul, longing for the opportunity to feel and fear ... line roughly a month before move-in, in an effort to capture just what it ... - bored. I craved excitement, wanted my life to take the shape of any proper

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • September 18, 2024
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many incredible applicants to the MIT Class of 2028, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. The comments on this post are an open forum for those of you who want to talk with us

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  in a “draft” blog post when I applied to be a blogger. That draft never ... fun models, from the traditional orizuru (paper crane) to Christmas ornaments. I was amazed by how the satisfyingly geometric creases gave rise to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Somatic My spread for MIT's Infinite Magazine Issue XI

  

  different way, I feel like I have time to write about it. I've been a part of Infinite since I came to MIT, and I highly recommend it. There's a role for ... was Rebirth. At first, I had no idea what I wanted to do with that. But

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • June 17, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  memorial for a dorm goodbye east campus (for now)

  

  need to have some sort of memorial service to commemorate the death of ... years that this room has lived i've only been here to bear witness a ... , but i do know enough to have gotten to know you i've done enough in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 6, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  ways of saying goodbye joint post with CJ '23!

  

  of our favorite media. goodbye mit :’) for a fun challenge, try to ... And I still think back to that summer And I hate that I still remember ... 's laughing in the background So this is how it ends I promise to never go

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [guest post] on undergrad by laura c. '23

  

  constantly doing is that it’s often hard to put aside time for small things ... feels very tempting to put off tasks like these which require creativity ... to say, I’d like to write more now that I’m transitioning from college

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainty becoming a boring adult

  

  college recently, and i realized that all of them seem less interesting to ... where i’m attracted to uncertainty. blog ideas and unfinished drafts ... ’m working on a half-finished project i tend to assume a positive outcome for

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Putz and Tetazoo are friends!! field notes from a faraway land

  

  involves many a prank and snark. During their stays, each resident is to ... to find a souvenir store in the faraway lands of Putz, but I will send ...  one flight of stairs ok maybe that's a lie, i used to live on stickmen (which is

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Immaterial Girl in a Material World There is an imposter among us

  

  computer science). So why am I taking (and planning to take) so many course ... taking the chemistry GIR? To answer that question, let me tell you the ... be to invest all my energy into understanding the “artificial

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 1, 2022