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  Christmas in February Shiny new toys MIT gave me this semester

  

  Yesterday, we were promised a snow day at MIT. Although the snow never quite materialized, I still got to experience Christmas in February after all. Because [annotation note="Yes I know I'm cutting it real close

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 14, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  in this coming year we run and rest and make and keep up the relentless pace

  

  I’m comfortable with the material I’m presenting. Likewise I haven ... love everything that’s going on — the classes I’m signed up for, in ... I’m going to finally have time for; the weeknight hangouts and weekend

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Simmons Cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat

  

  , silly me – I forgot to introduce myself! Hey there, little guy. I’m Andi

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

  MIT Gala a premiere event celebrating fashion, arts, and culture

  

  a lot. That's why I'm impressed how the MIT Gala board was able to ... , so I was a bit out of my element; even though I'm a dancer, I felt like ... makeup, but my stylist did a way better job than I ever could. Figures. I'm

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 1, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  clubs and this entire flavor of career. I’m still on the mailing lists ... level. While I’m sure these clubs appeal to a large variety of people ... say I’m a nerd for caring so much about learning certain topics outside

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  church gardens some paintings!

  

  is “plant” (pronounced like “plang-nt”). I’m not a linguist, but I bet

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 3, 2023
• 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