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  one weekend in March a play-by-play

  

  I’ve been too hosed to write a post that requires beyond ... drive with Mira, another pika resident, to a nearby lake. I’ve been ... to be calmed by a swim in cold water. Mira tells me about her past

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  hokey pokey is the best ice cream in the world (unbiased take)

  

  The school year has begun again. I’m glad to report that some things ... ,[/annotation] the massive flurry of dormspams as clubs begin to campaign for ... can pretend to be friends with each other in a 30 person class.  The

  • by Janet G. '27
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In which I “get a life” again reclaiming my childhood hobbies

  

  “get to know you” forms for roommates and advisors and whatever other MIT ... beginning!! We were going to college!! I obsessed over my answers to every ... was kind of sad to think about for a while. Really, Allison? You have no

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 12, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  djent is not a djenre or is it?

  

  Sometime in high school, I was trying to break the ice at a group meeting. I asked everyone, “what kind of music do you listen to?”  Someone ... was confused as to why that would be the case. I considered myself

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 22, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  making art for fun what a crazy concept!

  

  When I was applying to be a blogger in September, one of the first questions was about why I wanted to be a blogger in the first place. Amidst ... ."]blogging would be an excuse[/annotation] to continue pursuing art while attending

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  yo-yos, comics, and other adventures my junior spring schedule!

  

  have all semester to CAD our designs, CNC molds for them, injection mold ... iteration. I met with my team this weekend to finalize our design: the moon fish Tui and La from Avatar. Shout-out to Audrey for designing the fish

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 24, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every Piece of Media I Consumed in My First Week of Class that was relevant to my studies, i guess

  

  This semester, I'm taking a wide array of classes, from music to media studies to English, and as a result, I've had to consume a lot of ... music-ish classes, 21M.150 Intro to Music Theory and CMS.S60 Rap Theory

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 13, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  the npc life office hours with lupe fiasco

  

  In middle school, I repeatedly listened to Lupe Fiasco's hit singles ... MIT this spring, I had to take his class. My friend Wenjun H. '25 had ... various ridiculous schemes to get in, since we were sure it would be

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 26, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21M.285: The Beatles the most enjoyable class i've taken at MIT

  

  discography whatsoever. When I got to MIT, my music taste evolved to include ... 't interested in them enough to take an entire class on them. In May, I watched ... -finals, when I had absolutely nothing to do, I started reading a lot about this

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 3, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  the first day of work lessons i'm learning

  

  one. it's nice to have slack in your schedule. and by slack, i don ... referring to free space in a schedule, like a buffer period. but there's a ... wanted to do a big task XYZ. they split it into three tasks, X, Y, and Z

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  snippets from a semester minus academics, of course

  

  conner floor went to some random town in Maine for three days. our Airbnb ... concerts firefly — four friends and i went to Dover, Delaware for three ... . the music slapped though dance kinematix — i biked to Northeastern

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 21, 2021
• Blog / Personal Projects

  things i’ve made and/or consumed art, movies, shows, and more

  

  watercolor and graphite, so I tried to experiment with other media ... of the piece was to illustrate accents and the uniqueness of accents ... person with some escaping her mouth.  I’ve been wanting to embroider for a

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 28, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  wants to be like, "Oh my god, I can't let other people know that I have ... love my favorite pieces of media. Turning to fiction for comfort has ... last year. So it's because I hold these things so close to my heart that

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome

  

  started to get shin splints, which, scientifically speaking, is when your ... then I moved to Boston, where it wasn't 100 degrees from 8 am til dusk, and I began to run long distances again. I kept ignoring the pain, not

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thanksgiving a different way All the cool kids call it "Friendsgiving" now, right?

  

  , Thursday and Friday, to make a four-day long weekend. This year, breaking tradition, we got the full week (to allow for on-campus students to pack and move out). In the days leading up to our unprecedentedly luxurious break

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 2, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope My reflections on the death of Amaud Arbery

  

  to find who had killed this man, and how they were going to be punished ... routine. I knew what to do. #runwithmaud spread across the internet like ... may still be at home toasting a couple of cold beers to the fact that

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  For those whose applications have been interrupted by disasters and disruptions providing what information and comfort we can

  

  , and civil unrest around the globe, just to name a few. This is, alas ... blog post to remind applicants that last year we published an FAQ ... everyone here wants to make sure our application process is as fair as

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 29, 2019
• Blog / Best from staff

  Ten years at MIT for me 🎂 a few notes on the occasion of my 10th anniversary at MIT

  

  wanted to put in this blog post for some time. The problem is that talking ... this institution and the work of admissions has meant to me, is too ... Rosenberg, had gone to MIT. I went in to talk with him and told him and he

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  3.A03 Metalsmithing Throughout Time come to MIT, get to forge metal with your bare hands!! (and a hammer)

  

  that at MIT, unlike some other schools, you're required to meet with your ... (where you and your advisor meet one-on-one occasionally to chat) or an "advising seminar." (There also used to be RBA/residence-based advising, where

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: What do those ROTC kids do during summer…? guest post by Karen C. '20

  

  on our plates as well - training to become officers in the United ... do we do? While I’m sure you’re dying to know all about of our ... , I’m here to introduce you to a few of our MIT and Crosstown cadets

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 23, 2018