Search

Search Results

• Blog / How to Human

  hike the desert pretend i am a lifestyle blogger

  

  experimented and grown during my time at MIT, and I like where I’m at. Even so, I want to experience more. I feel ready. I’m hopeful that pruning down my ... people’s needs the way she does; I think I’m close, but I have more books

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 2) notes from the second day

  

  Well, here we are. I’m taking a brief stop in the Great Hall of Union ... , so I’m gonna go get some food and do some brief sightseeing. See you ... note="I did not go up. Skydeck is expensive, and I'm cheap

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 1) two trains, twelve states, 540 pictures, one Speaker of the House election, and more!

  

  ="notably, I’m watching the House Speaker election very closely."]find some way ... sonnets, accompanied by clear explanations. Still, it’s dawning on me that I’m ... about mergers & acquisitions, which I’m not convinced is better, but

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  every book I read in 2022 all nine-plus of them

  

  time to read it. Turns out, I’m still the same person that grew up on ... grounded in that world. I’m a fan of flowery, (often needlessly) complex ... 't really have a good sense of its history beyond the Cold War years. I'm glad

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 8, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  plastic knives spraypainted silver and other poems from 21W.762

  

  tipped her extra”    i message my manager saying that I’m taking the ... immigrant parents to tell their children “we found you in the dumpster!” I’m ... demeaning way of doing so, that is. Or maybe I'm reading too much into this

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  why do you do what you do do androids dream of electric self-awareness

  

  lot of time inside my own head: I always want to know why I'm choosing ... takes a long time before I get to the bottom of why I’m so upset. When I ... much of a case for why self-knowledge is important, and I’m not sure I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXachusetts Institute of Technology your guide to the daily confusion

  

  I'm spending the day meeting with my first-year advisees before classes begin next week. But over the last week, the Class of 2026 arrived on campus for their orientation, of which one major component is Residential

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  five things I love about New York welcome to New York, everybody walks in New York

  

  to be growing in popularity. And although I’m not certain, I think leg ... beautiful end table off the street myself and I’m still very proud of it), but ... street festival, a tiny park concert, and the Dyke March" /] I'm writing

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 28, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  I did not graduate on time

  

  I did not graduate on time. At first, I thought, I'm not one of ... but MIT.  I'm digressing onto a silver lining here again, but it's essential to note. I am incredibly fortunate to have found my spot at MIT. I'm

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 13, 2022
• Blog / Personal Projects

  I painted my door! and it only took 2.5 years

  

  a kind of fade-out, but I'm not sure how noticeable that ended up ... here, almost exactly four years later as I graduate college. Overall, I'm happy with how my door came out. You can certainly tell I'm not the most

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 19, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  random thoughts about choices why mit? why not mit?

  

  being in mit. despite that, i'm still happy i chose mit. the other day i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 29, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

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

  

  running and I have never really gotten along but also I'm incredibly lazy ... and go "I'm getting so fat" even though I weighed 20 pounds heavier than ... making progress. And now that I have COVID, I'm really scared all my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  a conversation with my mom at 1 am about cacti, writing, meche, and chess

  

  then says, 'I don't remember anything about classes, honestly. I’m pretty ... times, but also tedious and difficult. So I’m not missing out on ... ,” I said, “I’m pretty good at asking for help. And people at MIT are

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  blogger wrapped 2021 taking on the legacy

  

  . jenny and i are really hitting that 2000+ mark huh[/caption] i'm not

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 9, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  breaching discomfort

  

  that seems to scream "I don't know what I'm doing." But really that has ... are only paying attention to me because I'm Raymond's accessory, his +1 ... this after dwelling on it for so long and I'm very grateful to all the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 16, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  rice cooker cooking or, how to cook for yourself with zero skill

  

  , rice is great. I'm a Filipino, so I love rice. Second, rice cookers are ... cares? I'm not cooking for Instagram, I'm cooking for myself! Did I follow ... a six-inch knife right now, and I'm making a variety of things. Here

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 19, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Homecoming some musings on memory

  

  things. Five. I'm taking 21W.755 Reading and Writing Short Stories this ... : refreshing, distant, but probably just something I'm making up to make myself ... worrying about anything for a few minutes. Seven. Behold, I'm coming home. I'm

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 13, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  self-taught dancing: a how-to how i learned dance through YouTube

  

  styles of dance purely through YouTube. I'm pretty organized about things ... screenshot of my YouTube subscriptions. I'm subscribed to so many dance studios ... better/measure progress? I'm less convinced about this part since I never

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 4, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fall Semester Recap my classes so far

  

  .021, but I'm still deciding. I'm really grateful to 8.021. I really feel as ... really big reason why I don't think I'm doing super well in 18.02. I lose ... ...also admit I'm not trying my hardest in this class. This class has an

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  preserving student community what does it take?

  

  and many other communities I'm familiar with at MIT, a lot of traditions ... one: finding new people who share the same values. I'm not really ... virtual rush, I'm confident that cultures can reestablish themselves. Having

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