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  Tour of an MIT student’s notebook my brain is a mess so my pages have everything

  

  , and the white dotted pages are from the current one I’m using right now ... I’m using feels on the page. Especially for technical classes, I like ... I’m using. [carousel image1="116738" image2="116747" image3

  • by Anika H. '26
  • July 8, 2025
• Blog / Financial Aid

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  highly variable, skewed, and has outliers (which are noted). I'm assuming ... aid. I'm not an expert on the aid process and everything should be ... heavily based on how much i’m getting paid per week lmao…" Happy spending

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Bad Ideas events I went to (another late IAP post) i can’t believe ellie beat me to the punch

  

  pain. I’m extremely glad that I’m not lactose intolerant, because if I ... there because of how bad it was. I’m very very happy I didn’t get soy

  • by Anika H. '26
  • March 8, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Night at da Opera A Jolly Splendid Time!!

  

  This semester, I’m taking a class called 21.01, “Love, Death, and ... Rick and Morty reference, but I’m not quite sure.  [caption id ... come to this realization, but I'm glad that I changed my focus to my self

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 1, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  . I’m a senior in college now, meaning I did my recruiting process ... , and how I eventually committed to MIT. I’m not entirely sure how other ... I happened to meet the coach at a camp. I’m beyond glad I kept an open

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  Things I did instead of thinking (about decisions)

  

  me. Maybe it could help you too? Minesweeper Okay to be fair I’m not ... devouring airplane videos like my cat devours food when I’m ten minutes late ... .  I swear I’m not being paid by Big Puzzle, but if any of this sounds

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  the Big Rocks are calling and I must go MITOC winter school!!

  

  walking" well, Big Rock walking again, so I might as well... What I'm having ... worries about school, life, and things that I usually think about when I'm ... seconds. But I'm glad to have felt such cold up in the Big Rocks, as the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  it’s STEM homework—it feels like I’m just using two different halves of my brain. And now that I’m at MIT, I can only occasionally do this ... “The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August,” by Claire North. I’m a massive

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Mist in the streets of Boston monday wanderings

  

  gathering in Allston. I’m at Life Alive in Cambridge now, writing this, while ... work alone now. Most evenings I’m surrounded by classmates ... me describe the projects I’m working on but some will have a mechanical

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 20, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  17 Ridiculously Useful Tips Every Blogger Should Know i am the entire circus

  

  . It's a great example showing everything I'm talking about! 1. Begin ... , you have way more to undo." He shrugs. "I only fill in things I'm sure ... ' Day, after all, and I'm making light of my style of writing blog posts

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  making art for fun what a crazy concept!

  

  and design, which is what i'm planning on majoring in."]Course 4 ... Technology” is a delicate one, not an impossible one. I’m still holding on to that burst of motivation to create, and I’m excited to see where that

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  ="79779" image2="79778" image3="79780" /] Meanwhile, I'm spending my fall working ... built around the lights (Victor is the lead instructor, and I'm the lead ... major investments of time and resources. I'm so thrilled that, because of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  winter in Brazil adventures in WGS.245: Race, Place, and Modernity

  

  This IAP, I’ve gone to Brazil!  I’m taking WGS.245: Race, Place, and ... [/caption] In the past two weeks, I’ve absorbed a lot, and I’m still processing. I ... further, and I’m grateful for that.  After class, we return to the hotel

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 10, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  positive and negative energy revisiting midnight gospel

  

  , ‘Are you sick?’ that doesn't mean say, ‘No.’ It means say, ‘I'm getting ... previous post, for example. i’m pretty cynical by nature, so during high ... actionable, and that’s what i’m prioritizing right now

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  “So what’s being a blogger like?” i spill the (lukewarm) tea

  

  . Today I'm here to answer those questions! (Spoiler alert: we're not really ... students have never even heard of the blogs, and I'm not signing autographs ... being a blogger for the past five years (yikes I'm old). There were many

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 1, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i don’t know where you’re going but do you got room for one more troubled soul?

  

  world."]to stay here[/annotation] and so now I'm back to [annotation note ... maximizes my happiness? I'm finding it harder and harder to be more decisive ... do it all over again. I don't know where I'm going, but I hope

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Worms, Revisited a reflection on decisions from here

  

  and am. I'm usually the sort of person to either hold onto a passion so ... worms so much, is because I'm someone with a lot of regrets and worries. I ... check. Because I'm not who I could've been. I will never be. Sure, you

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 18, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A poem for every day of August or nearly; I wrote 25 in all

  

  ’d originally intended, so I’m excited to be pushed to try more forms in class ... I had time to give. I’m hoping that this fall, with a weekly critique ... , I learned a lot from this experience, and I’m excited for the work to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 5, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Chalk of the Week chalk art at the welcome center

  

  Chalk of the Day). The gig I'm doing kind of extends that part of student ... . Honestly, I'm proud of how it turned out! Inspired by the "Retro ... than I expected. Turns out that I'm just surrounded by night owls, so I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 27, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  to build a (taste of) home ft. some topologically challenged zongzi

  

  ="Dylan, thankfully, does speak Mandarin, but I think I’m going to live by my pinyin and ... oddly like I’m home and away from home all at once in the best way

  • by Alice L. '24
  • June 24, 2022