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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  moving on, as shown through free t-shirts some spring cleaning

  

  I have never read any of Marie Kondo's books, nor have I claimed to ... . Although it's definitely some form of undiagnosed anxiety or minor mental ... freshman year of high school, I didn't put up any decorations on my walls

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 10, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Happier Than Ever on quitting and long-ish distance biking

  

  ’s final projects hell month, my stack of moving boxes are begging me to fill them, I am running on the delightful concoction of sleeplessness, instant coffee, and anxiety. Suddenly, the faint siren song of summer beckons me

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  dread about the passing of time and a lurking fear that I am wasting my life. So, there. I’m a big fan of Saturdays. I often have a PSET due ... lot of time eating brunch in Next dining, and proceed to mess around in

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023
• Blog / Class Projects

  Make a Lamp! and cart the pieces of it from IDM to IDC, the forge, Metropolis, and back…

  

  learned about all types of making, from woodworking to 3-D printing. I was ... ourselves. The head lecturer, Andy MacInnis, had a lot of woodworking ... other topics, he brought in various experts: one of the TAs had worked in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  short term / long term on growth and learning

  

  out of place with recent events. I've tried a lot to figure out how to ... exactly pinpoint my feelings, tired of repeating the same old "I don't feel ... internship, like I've been telling people. It's a subgenre of sorts, meant for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 10, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits i answer a bunch of random blogger prompts

  

  IAP yet, and I couldn't think of a single unified topic to write about, I decided to answer a bunch of questions from the blogger bot that Lydia K. so generously created for us bloggers who can't think of anything

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 18, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why I Love Taylor Swift I finally explain the reason...or at least try to...

  

  Mass Ave, from Random Hall to wherever the exam will be held. A lot of ... -to stress-relief jam is usually Shake It Off, and after several hums of “I ... better already. It’s largely the lyrics, but it’s also the vehicle of the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 6, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  The American Astronomical Society’s Winter Conference: 2013 Edition THIS IS SO EXCITING I THINK I'M GOING TO CRY

  

  , listening to the Prince of Egypt soundtrack (Hans Zimmer AND Stephen Schwartz ... seem very nice; the lady offered me one of her crackers. We're flying ... of Mountains In The Continental United States, so I stopped a random

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  that getting into MIT would have been "the ultimate recognition of all ... sympathize - I know how it feels to pour a lot of yourself into something, and ... . And embarrassing. One of the worst parts is when people who believe in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Let’s do a puzzle. Ready to flex some cranial muscle?

  

  novel and one eye on the TV, which is showing the latest episode of ... 's boring, because you've already solved both mysteries and are tired of ... Anna H. '14, the MIT blogger, spend the weekend of Jan 13-15 doing? Your

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Though the Odds A survival story.

  

  semester at MIT. In retrospect, I realize that - in spite of reading the blogs, in spite of talking to upperclassmen and alumni, in spite of going to CPW - I really had very little idea of what college life is like

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2007
• Blog / Events

  “Freshman Musical Dorms” A question inspires an entire entry about housing. But I threw in some other stuff…

  

  people, but happy for me, because I'll actually be attending FEWER hours of class once the semester starts. Of course, there will be those pesky ... means I finally finished my EMT training! Yay! Of course, I still have to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m taking this semester! senior fall

  

  of time. I've also grown an "idgaf if you think I'm stupid, I'm just ... improved my state of mind. And honestly, there isn't a single class that I ... Computational Photography [6.8371] Art of Comic Book Writing [21W.744] Intro

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

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

  

  . So I try to turn to the thing that usually does a good job of making me ... covered by soft ice. But if I can get myself out of the house and into the ... the promise of skies with no end, soft ice touched only by the wind, and

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  Over this past summer, I spent a lot of time filling out all of those ... question, as if I’d never snapped out of the trance of college apps, and one of the most common ones I noticed was “what are your hobbies?” But

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 12, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fall Adventures a day in rhode island, maine, and boston

  

  baking cozy desserts, love comfy sweaters, and generally love all of the ... during late September, I made it a goal to make the most of autumn ... exploring Boston more than I did the first few weeks of school

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  included a list of creative touches we had added to the space to make it feel ... ) Today is the day of that loud blog, because last week we officially ... Illuminations in MIT News where I am quoted telling some of the story of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an album a day the only new year's resolution i've ever completed

  

  thought this would be a good idea because I enjoy the entire process of ... ,  and organizing any noteworthy finds into one of my 150+ carefully ... prospect of consuming 365 new albums in a year. what if I found it tedious

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Video games I’ve played this semester trimps, mother 3, hades, and vampire survivors

  

  Slay the Spire Bundle for Palestinian Aid I'm the kind of person who ... hours. Sometimes I play new games too. I have a huge backlog of games ... to battle. You colonize more and more of the unfamiliar planet you find

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  at least it’s not covid sick day

  

  on thursday morning, i woke up at 9 am, after only six hours of sleep ... , and mucus discharged from my faucet of a nose. unsurprising, given what ... be a flagrant violation of rules to attend class, and a bad idea anyway

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2022