Search

Search Results

• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  VEDA In which I try to vlog every day in April

  

  VEDA (Vlog Every Day in April) is a thing in some parts of the You ... little descriptions (in case you want to pick and choose which videos to ... , I've kept to the daily video filming/editing/posting without too much

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 24, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  opt to cook for themselves and the drop off in who uses meal plans is so ... lot of things have changed since that time—so much is in flux right now ... form to reflect two scenarios: one in which New Vassar construction is

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  the Norwottuck Rail Trail from my house in Belchertown to school in Amherst or to see my girlfriend in Northampton. At the time, it seemed like ... rusty to boot, I quickly fell in love with biking as a means of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This Bathroom Ceiling Some science, some fiction: traverse the space and time of our bathroom ceiling.

  

  the whale is one of my favorite characters. Here is its short part in ... had to come to terms with not being a whale any more. This is a ... for things if I want to make any headway in what for the sake of what I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brief Wondrous Lives A little too much thinking brought to you by four in the morning.

  

  "Spoonsassins", in which one is given a spoon and a victim and told to "kill ... person is left. This creates all sorts of interesting mind games in which ... across it in red. I am lucky to still be alive, having brought my spoon

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  ambition was to be an officer in the British army. Despite his repeated ... reader is in when they peruse your essay, or what the rest of that year ... a school you love is crushing, and it can often be framed in the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  exactly what needs to be done. I stick my cell culture media in the ... the answer is no -- even if you wanted to move in, everybody in the dorm ... -- spots need to be freed up in order for people to move in. 2. Charlotte

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  In 2015 I got to experience a longtime dream of mine, finally finding ... window, curl up in blankets with something good to eat, and escape to ... means it is customary to make wishes and toasts. I toast the adventures

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  ? the fact that i don’t have enough desk space in my room and need to work ... longer. As someone who feels the need to have control over the time in my ... my ears is loud—too loud, frankly—but it’s all I can do to block out

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Reading aka inhaling all the books i can before school starts

  

  writing phase in middle and high school. I eventually moved on to RPG video ... by James M. Cain - This is a novella, and was originally published in ... I ran out of time to read at all, let alone in Japanese. I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  let that go when I went to college, so I knew that I needed to minor in ... every single cookie jar of majors that MIT has to offer in one way or ... in the undergraduate curriculum, as well as giving opportunities to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  tons of nooks to study in on every floor of building 9 (except maybe the ... ="87002" /] again, first pic credit goes to Joonho Pros the cafeteria is right ... display I'd use to play dance videos whenever I needed a break. Pros

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  wrestling with my ego it takes so much energy to drop a class

  

  it because I want to learn as much as I can in a limited period of time ... need to take 8.022 to major in physics. She said I was not in danger of ... this particular topic. She is going to guide me in how to make circuits

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  fish metaphors on queerness

  

  differently, and I no longer hated it as much, because, to be frank— Imagine a ... extremely clear, '28th best high school violinist in South Dakota' is not a high honor, but it is one which I received."]play in the all

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 18, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A (Belated) Letter to July In which I start blogging again with an angsty video

  

  worries in a tangled cloud around me. I'm trying to sort through them one at ... of miles away from family and friends and not really in a place to make ... in nostalgia, to bask in the carefree memories, to avoid facing the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science Out Loud! On teaching/making/producing educational videos and why it's so much fun

  

  one idea. Which is easier said than done. Listen to Ira Glass – He ... is the only organ that can regrow large amounts of cells in vivo and ... to the B-Entry lounge in MacGregor to film with some cow livers, and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Your last first day and your final final exam

  

  , that I would need to pare down my focus or I'd drown in the torrent of ... commit is to "bring into danger by an irrevocable preliminary act", and in ... I've been interested in taking is nowhere to be found. My feelings

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  2021 to now: CJ Q. '23. CJ is, well, me. I'm currently living in the room ... to account for the width of the radiator in my planning, so I needed to ... posters. it’s also right next to the lounge, which is a plus. it’s an

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  Reddit comment needs to be published here, so here it is, reproduced below and available in its original form here.  I won't attempt to dilute his ... has become painfully clear that I stand next to no chance of getting in

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HERE LIES P/NR September 2018-December 2018

  

  , but where I come from, the closest you get to snow is shredded ice in ... economics class in addition to everything else, and it was too much for me to ... up to in every aspect of their lives and reading their books is like

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 16, 2018