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• Blog / MISTI

  [JOINT POST] Travelling as a black female "Alexa, play Brown Skin Girl..."

  

  country a little more, in a similar way to how I am accustomed to the bias ... parallels to Nigeria in how colonialism has seeped into the language, beauty ... later on in life. Context matters- not to serve as an excuse for how

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 3, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  is everyone growing up without me? we're only getting older

  

  later than us get engaged already. What happened to my Facebook feed? It ... someone my age getting a new promotion, moving up in the world, and have a ... potential wedding dresses. She recently got engaged to her boyfriend on their

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Undecideds VI: The Undiscovered Country Even more undecided students' questions & answers.

  

  as any to the students who are still undecided: How can we help you ... difficult to get into the program, because it seems like every other person I talked to at CPW was interested in this field. I just want to be sure that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Special Edition! Speaking of Valentine's Cards . . .

  

  many times can get a little repetitive and even confusing (after about 350 you start to forget how you normally write your name). That's why I ... listening to when I signed that card. 1 of the cards says "IHTFP" in binary

  • by Snively '11
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainly i am writing a blog post about another song

  

  house team sent care packages to the residents housed in baker. there was ... ) submit a request to remain in on-campus housing. i applied. i also ... getting sick of dining hall food, or getting used to it. i will be eating

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PE classes are…great!? catch me at the 2028 summer olympics

  

  a syllabus just gets me going idk."]to itch the little part of my ... .[/annotation] So imagine me flabbergasted when I learn that in addition to all the ... . Naturally, when people starting asking me about how many classes I had to take/how

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  wow. my first three weeks being an actual student actually at mit

  

  cool - the process that brought me from my hometown, to getting accepted ... 'm still in a state of shock (so try to forgive me if this post is all over ... . I didn't know what to expect going in to it, knowing literally not one

  • by Joe B. '18
  • September 19, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  packing for the road looking back on nights that last forever

  

  basement. I went to get water and two people were switching shirts in front ... 've been thinking about how it's okay to be in different spaces, especially ... you get to MIT. I've seen how this is true for some. But for me, the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  positive and negative energy revisiting midnight gospel

  

  our energy is going to flow in, so when you're doing magic, you want to ... in a week of widespread nausea, largely because i kept expecting to ... . similarly, there was a period in college where i was focused on trying to find

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

  There is no solving for x thoughts on moving to and away from Maine

  

  Context: I wrote a post in March called "I Moved to Maine" . You can read it if you want, but tl;dr: when COVID hit I went to live in Maine ... in with my parents. About a month ago I decided to go back home for the

  • by Powers '23
  • June 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’ve got Mail! And a LAPTOP! Why I can breathe again, and the 10 most recent emails in my inbox.

  

  /Treasurers/Important People in student groups on campus, where they will discuss how to apply ... a few times to me. One of these was when I was in high school and ... account. I should probably get around to getting rid of that account someday

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  What If… I Met Randall Munroe? ... Something would have to blow up

  

   called “What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions,” in ... thought for a while about if I wanted to attend. Pro: get to meet Randall ... originated at MIT (which was more than a little ironic to hear him say aloud in

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites

  

  my solution will get graded. To my delight, my theoretical training in ... our solar system, and getting a broad introduction to the universe using ... . In college, I think it's important to take classes that are special, in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  We’re So Back a collage of preseason

  

  to lead the team in spirit. Yours truly was the bearer of Hood Beav ... preseason is the time to get to know each other better. [carousel image1 ... proud of how our team competed against one of the top D1 teams in the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Global warming? ...or just a weather anomaly?

  

  free time to participate in competitions, take a class in something you’ve always wanted to learn, hang out with friends, or do research in the lab ... get to some of the area’s most fun and picturesque spots, including the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 9, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Take 1.618: Film at MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] There are very few things for which I would get up…

  

  - should I go to art school, or should I do the "safe" thing and get a "real ... ? Somewhat consoled and way too hyped about getting into MIT to be feeling too torn up, I happily made my way to Boston in the fall of 2005. However

  • by ARTalk
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  everything i know about friendship, i learned from the wellesley-mit toons twenty two notes to myself

  

  schedule regular times to see my friends, weekly or biweekly. put it in google calendar. (toons has rehearsal 2x a week) check in with my friends and ask how they're doing. do this regularly (toons does this

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 14, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ramen this is a ramen post.

  

  shorter walk, but the santouka in harvard is easier to get to through the ... 're sad and need to get inspired in your life. the ramen is not the point of ... curry and donkatsu fills your nose and you smile. are you going to get

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  “i can only draw stick figures” musings on learning to draw

  

  . Changing the view settings in Fusion360 allows me to see how shadows fall to ... pieces, and how drawing connects to everything. From 7 to 10pm, the class ... my mind—so clear, they felt real—but they would get lost in translation

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • June 4, 2023
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Becoming a better programmer and why i'm excited about software engineering

  

  need to think about what each word means, and how to arrange them in a ... remember how each word is announced. I also want to vary my tone of voice ... . For example, in our codebase we use Redux Toolkit. To understand the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 24, 2022