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• Blog / People & Identities

  living the sloth life regressing to my feral weeb childhood self

  

  fall, even in spite of my tremendous workload, made me want to spend time ... 'd done in many months. i wasn't sure what to do—i always prioritized ... with my free time. i hadn't done anything creative in ages, and i never

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

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

  

  've been dancing...unofficially...for much longer. as I've mentioned in ... studio just wasn't something in the realm of possibility for me, so using YouTube to practice dancing seemed like my best bet. as said in my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 4, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  one with nothing making peace with unproductivity

  

  seven. in magic the gathering, a player's hand size is seven cards ... means "i shouldn't be procrastinating on my work". i mean it in the literal sense, where "being productive" means "producing things". in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 5, 2021
• Blog / Events

  MIT Mystery Hunt is happening! watch the kickoff at 12 PM EDT today, 1/15

  

  Hunt is a time-honored tradition, which you can learn more about in CJ ... in order to do it. Puzzles have some sort of answer, which is usually a ... answers in order to find a new answer. A large puzzlehunt like the Mystery

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Iron Mask what i learned from MF DOOM

  

  the draft saved in a folder outside of the vortex folder on my desktop ... in my mind, DOOM was a myth. DOOM was an idea. DOOM was one of those ... off-guard was in that moment I finally realized everything I learned

  • by kellen manning
  • January 2, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  and i am afraid of falling a long winded chess metaphor

  

  follow. I think to myself, as I'm hunched over my laptop and holed up in ... and strumming a guitar like the sounds playing in my ears? What if I ... in southern Californ--"Where?" I grew up in Los Angeles. "Okay

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 21, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA decisions to be posted Saturday, 12/19/20, 3:14 PM ET

  

  ,’[/annotation]it’s anime. Can you do this for me?” And, with a tear in my eye, I looked at my ... .mitadmissions.org/apply, click the link to Log In, and then hit “Forgot Your Password?” and follow ... yourself and the people around you. We’re all in this thing together, and we

  • by kellen manning
  • December 14, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  “I’m vegetarian now!” Two months, twenty-four days, and goin’ strong

  

  This semester I’ve lived in an apartment with three roommates: one omnivore, one vegetarian, and one vegan. I decided on the day we moved in ... ). I tried to go vegetarian once before, in February, when I stayed on a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Got Us iPads! [UNBOXING VIDEO] ft. my cat and my new apple pencil

  

  Back in July, when the Institvte first accidentally leaked their ... will tuition be?", and "will we get grades in the fall?".  Many of us had ... correctly: MIT announced that students in the dorms would be able to bake

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  setting up a house will it take an entire semester? stay tuned

  

  ="the laundry app we used in dorms"]WashLava,[/annotation] the bane of my existence—and living spaces. It's pretty litty. My group started moving in on ... . We had some people come in the day after, so we rented a UHaul for the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  a recipe for making yourself extremely hosed or, what i'm doing this fall

  

  extremely[annotation note='(adj.) bogged down in work. comes from the phrase ... between the courses you're interested in and major requirements. At MIT, a ... 36 units, tuition is the same no matter what; in general, most students

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 2, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Taking a Step Back Using Avatar: the Last Airbender to talk about my feelings

  

  's that** In the TV show Avatar: The Last Airbender, Zuko, the show’s main ... build a simple, happy life in the Earth Kingdom.  The visual and ... , fundamental level. Just as the body fights infection, Zuko is engaged in a

  • by Powers '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Starting Over it feels like this every time but this time it's different

  

  requirements to mostly [annotation note="these were course 6 classes at the time"]in ... all weekend and getting lost in the tunnels trying to get to a far-flung meeting in the rain. I want February 2020 frozen in amber. I want everything

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  so i guess fall is happening kinda hard to believe, huh?

  

  in april, i was sure that in september, i'd be on MIT's campus again. in may, as many things dawned upon us all, i realized i wouldn't be. as ... could better enjoy that "real" mit when it finally came. in an unusual

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 23, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  Quarantine and Social Life trying to maintain some connection

  

  face-to-face interactions in the hallways and classrooms. Obviously, this ... compilation of some of my favorite calls/interactions in the last few months. I ... either by the technology used or the reason. In addition, I will only use

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 26, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  Cooking with Cami learning to adult part 1

  

  with friends in Washington, D.C. and wanting to save money for future ... 's video on eggs, I was pretty confident in my abilities. I unfortunately don ... 's and H-Mart, for some supplies. I had some ingredients in mind, mainly

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Taylor Pons from the First-Gen Program #FirstGenPride

  calls) getting to know staff members who work at MIT in different roles ... community what it is!   Hey there MIT Blogs! I’m Taylor, and I work in ... the first person in their families to go to college, their university

  • by DJ Rock
  • April 14, 2020
• Blog / Events

  To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before: P.S. I Love You THANK YOU LSC

  

  to the ShowPlace ICON Theatre in Seaport, a super nice venue that made me feel very bougie. In the Lyft, we excitedly chatted about classes (which is coming up in a blog post very, very soon!!!). Soon enough, we

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Fashion Free For All like the hunger games but we love each other

  

  come in and get clothes for absolutely free. From formal wear to scarves ... moment I got the e-mail, I put it in my Google calendar because the ... wrench a cute skirt from the hands of some other vulture. It was, in fact

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 26, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  The Art of Juggling please take away my balls

  

  string is everywhere, splayed out in front of me like...like...well, I was gonna say like guts in a murder scene, but maybe that's a tad bit too ... calendar. I like checking off tasks in my bullet journal. I like my string

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2019