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Blog / Uncategorized

scuba do or scuba don’t? under the sea

A head-and-shoulders illustration of Taylor. She is smiling with dimples, has long dark wavy hair and light-tomedium-toned skin, and is wearing a yellow tank top.

double the amount of PE points (4 points! I’m halfway done). Included among ... record since writing this, at 10:30pm!! I'm so cooked"] 10:42 pm ... afterwards. I’m usually scrambling for the entire morning Thursday trying to

by Taylor L. '29
November 17, 2025

Blog / Research & Work Abroad

one hour of musings we're so back

A head-and-shoulders illustration of Kano. She has medium brown skin, long brown hair and is wearing a darker yellow jacket. She has glasses and is smiling with her mouth open.

subsided, at least for a wee bit, and I'm excited to be back. — Is this ... to unpack. Fortunately, thanks to modern medicine, I'm back on my feet ... . Classes are so fun this semester. Here's what I'm taking: 2

by Kanokwan T. '26
November 10, 2025

Blog / MISTI

alone in cologne homesickness, better late than never

her?” “Of course I’m going to miss her, but why would I be sad? I’m too excited for her.” My dad had moved even further for ... breaks even further away from Texas. When I reflect on my adventures, I’m

by Veronica P. '27
June 26, 2025

Blog / Life after MIT

You always have been hi everybody!

Dear Reader, I'm writing this in the Wordpress portal and this is an ... current now, etc. I'm always slightly amused seeing what things I was ... to me for product direction. I'm actually working on a humongous

by Cami M. '23
January 28, 2025

Blog / Residential Life

🦆🦆🦆🏳️🏳️🏳️ 🦖🦖🦖 SIMMONS!!! RETREAT!!!

us went outside to draw trees. I don’t know what I’m doing, we all said ... . Since we had apples, of course we had to bake, and though I’m mostly useless in the kitchen, I’m something of an artist, myself. Jesus CHRIST

by Ellie F. '28
November 17, 2024

Blog / Challenges

my first year, in slices ft. ruminations on the freshmen friend group

those bonds that didn’t last, I’m a firm believer in the notion that ... Periodic Table Song all night I’ll pass my 5.111 final?” “That’s not what I’m ... Delts guys I’m an MIT student, right? Like, give me a major.” “Omg yes

by Veronica P. '27
September 18, 2024

Blog / Advice

Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

A head-and-shoulders illustration of Jessica. She has light skin, long black hair and is wearing a light blue tank top. She has glasses and is smiling with her mouth closed.

) [annotation note="I'm hosting this with my roommate! Come say hi and paint with ... "]stickers,[/annotation]tote bags, and snacks. This year, I'm on the other side of Midway and helping ... , which is what I'm doing this summer! Alsooo, go to community

by Jessica Z. '27
April 10, 2024

Blog / Art, Literature, Music

Semester of poetry

A head-and-shoulders illustration of Uzay. He has light skin, long brown hair, and is wearing a blue shirt.

've been meaning to write about poetry. I'm taking the 21W.771 Advanced ... images and seeing where I'm taking, picking some things to add on as I go ... poem. Maybe it's a bit confusing, it's kind of late as I'm writing but I

by Uzay G. '26
November 24, 2023

Blog / Art, Literature, Music

How to make a glass pumpkin In celebration of the 2023 Great Glass Pumpkin Patch

pumpkins before – I’m basically an expert now! First, you’ll want to ... .) This semester, I’m lucky enough to take the intermediate glassblowing class at MIT. I’m super excited to continue honing my glassblowing skills

by Andi Q. '25
September 29, 2023

Blog / Events

dogg number there is no one better to be than myself!

A head-and-shoulders illustration of Mel. They have light skin, shoulder-length or slightly longer brown hair, and a green shirt.

repeating the affirmations does kind of help. I've had many a night where I'm ... coding project out there! Honestly, I'm super proud of us for coming up

by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
September 20, 2023

Blog / Art, Literature, Music

Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

After folding more spiky origami balls in my freshman year than I’m ... summer, but it’s now the last day of my internship, and I’m preparing to ... “adoption” in my company’s Slack. And I’m pleased to say they’ve all found new

by Andi Q. '25
August 4, 2023

Blog / MISTI

quiet moments out in the rural English countryside

this summer, i’m living in a small, cozy house out in the medieval parish of st ives. it’s a town that’s around 10 miles outside of Cambridge ... city counterpart in Cornwall. you may be wondering why i’m here. i’m

by Kanokwan T. '26
July 19, 2023

Blog / How to Human

defining the future stop being vague

want—how convenient! I’ve found myself seduced by this easy illusion. I’m ... there without building the rocket ship. I’m probably too young to be ... , and I love being in this inspiring, intellectual environment. I’m

by Rona W. '23
May 22, 2023

Blog / How to Human

stories and decision paralysis

have enough time to get to know everyone i wanted to even though i’m ... empirically speaking it seems like i’m equally good at picking up both kinds of ... the world. but i’ve been happy with the results so far, and i’m not sure

by Vincent H. '23
May 8, 2023

Blog / Miscellaneous

DRAW TIM (the beaver) behold the artistic talents of MIT staff

A head-and-shoulders illustrated portrait of Ceri Riley. She is smiling with her mouth closed, has light skin, and long light pink hair.

guard again"]come up with two truths and a lie,[/annotation] I'm gonna be ... -sharing because I'm the only person who knows everyone in the room. So my strategy ... -centric study break, so that led to the creation of some pie-centric Tims. I'm not

by Ceri R. '16
April 5, 2023

Blog / Art, Literature, Music

gesturing around MIT drawing sights and sites around MIT

is 21M.601, Drawing for Designers, our first assignment was to do ... . But I was running out of ideas to draw. I’m not sure if I’ve ever mentioned this here before, but I’m a rather big Avatar the last Airbender fan

by Waly N. '24
March 6, 2023

Blog / Challenges

i was sick when i wrote this :( a largely unedited post where i ramble about getting covid

A head-and-shoulders illustration of Jenny. She has light skin, medium-length brown hair pulled back into a ponytail, and is wearing a dark pink hoodie.

Covid, but because I'm still feeling weak, I'm gonna just write this post ... crummy because the semester's about to start, and it looks like I'm going

by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
February 7, 2023

Blog / Extracurriculars

Purgatory My 2023 IAP

A head-and-shoulders illustration of Ella. She has light skin, short brown hair, and is wearing an orange-red tank top and a necklace.

doing some things. I'm taking a class on prosody, which can be transcribed ... going insane. I'm going to minor in it anyways. I am also cooking loads ... graduate and I've only taken one. I'm taking Yoga and Meditation, which meets

by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
January 20, 2023

Blog / Academics & Research

academic struggles zig-zagging in a world of straight lines

this is all cope. Like, maybe I got a B in that one class because I’m just not that smart, not because I’m unique, but also, I don’t think the underlying reasons really matter—my point is that I’m starting to believe that

by Rona W. '23
January 20, 2023

Blog / Personal Projects

writing gary wang’s wikipedia page why did I fill out the wikipedia page for the ftx cto?

it out. Then I got banned from Wikipedia for vandalism. I’m not ... the MIT alumni directory, although I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t count as ... progresses, I’m sure more information pertaining to Gary will surface publicly

by Rona W. '23
January 11, 2023