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  39 windows and 2 friends a love letter to simmons's architecture

  

  ; many of MIT’s buildings have their own quirks and eccentricities. none of ... atrocity, whether it’s tastefully provocative or just an eyesore, simmons has ... .   there’s a lot to unpack in this building, so let’s start with the

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • December 2, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Communication Intensive Jumping on the semester-in-review blog train

  

  , not about the “at MIT” part.) As part of MIT’s general institute ... to their majors. The requirement’s purpose is to make us more effective ... ; essentially, it’s a short paper outlining a complex issue (the end of Moore’s

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 4, 2023
• Blog / Events

  hero’s journey with a splash teaching for ESP

  

  incident Some friends and I were sitting on the floor of MG’s room. I was ... they desire. There’s Intro to String Theory, Ballet in the Soviet Union ... classroom. We would sit in on each other’s lectures, mostly for the formality

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 2, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  ambition finding direction

  

  extremely wealthy? i wouldn’t mind, but it’s not a goal that motivates me day ... good possible; that’s why i’m not an effective altruist of course there ... really” and asking for clarification on what ambition means. i think that’s

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  train of thought on feeling deeply

  

  ’s San Francisco. My stomach churned her sorrow and joy and love until ... myself take whatever train of thought arrived at my mind’s platform.  I ... Connecticut and the harbors of Rhode Island, the sky’s infinity was steadfast

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 26, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  fall semester in the form of those modern poem books you buy for $15 at Urban Outfitters

  

  every day.  Now I worry that it’s been too long, that I’m getting ... never enough.   it’s not that I don’t encounter creative work I ... , or the kitchen or just to the other lounge to see if anyone’s around

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  get what she’s saying, but what? What does that even mean?!? I’m not ... ’t put into words at the time. That’s always what I thought they were ... god, it’s Valentine's day. Do you really miss your ex? Yeah, you do. You

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainly i am writing a blog post about another song

  

  it’s been a while since i talked about my life. the east campus ... you when it’s safe again.” i love the ec house team. our move out day ... in the summer. baker isn’t east campus, but it’s more than i feel like

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  SUMMER ROSES stop and smell 'em

  

  ’ve found myself with a lot of time to “stop and smell the roses.” There’s ... that my January was more representative of the average student’s here. I ... pleasantly surprising. It’s been incredibly low-stress. More often than not

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  that all my psets got done, and I learned that it’s okay to get an extension from S^3 when you’re literally too hosed to function. There are ... Structures) this semester - it was Chris Terman’s last semester teaching, and

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week Robot and sports and owls, oh my

  

  It’s been a whirlwind of a week. I initially planned for this post to ... or worse, it’s going to be over in three hours.  Projects, however ... (I say this lovingly, it’s an awesome class!).  All semester we have

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 9, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Some Saturday Thoughts a meandering, journal-type blag post

  

  better day, because it’s still a good idea lol) but maintain the self ... struggles exist, there’s still a deeply personal perspective problem that ... .”” Though this insight was shared through the lens of writing about women’s

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last Five Days aka How I Spent My Summer

  

  effortlessly. Maybe the answer is in setting the stage early. Here’s what I did ... of Hokusai. Lounged on the cold polished floor of the Library’s ... friends keep me company. That’s more than the number of my personal cells

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interphase This entry has nothing to do with cell division

  

  ) getting an early start. And that’s where the OME comes in! The Office of ... catch those marathons on VH1! (It’s OK, we’re cool here, you can profess ... Cod and Martha’s Vineyard). The OME plans cool things for the students

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  My Unusually Long Prequel to Sophomore Year Soccer pre-season and rush!

  

  ’m on the MIT varsity women’s soccer team, and our move in day was on ... ="346"] Last year’s pre-season, when we were scrimmaging D1 Harvard within ... on campus with us: women’s volleyball, field hockey, football, men’s

  • by Lauren W. '29
  • October 1, 2026
• Blog / How to Human

  experiments on a sample size of one im gonna warn you it's a lot of words and no pictures about maybe getting…

  

  from not wanting to disappoint them. That’s what this blog is ... accountable. I hope it’s also entertaining. Phoneless Friday It’s Phoneless ... “it’s not Friday”--Phoneless Friday is a state of mind.  I’m pretty

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 4, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  , because this box is sad and boring, and there’s a whole wide world of ... into the vastness of the box that I’m in. But it’s possible ... -M + Institute Lab, 12 units): This one’s a synthetic biology class where we

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Intertwined Relationships — for me — have always been about choices.

  

  promised myself that I wouldn’t throw up again without my dad there. It’s a ... -right. It’s a story about two people, in love but breaking up anyway. There’s ... because I know the consequences of settling in. Because that’s what you do

  • by ana~
  • February 14, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  a conversation with my mom at 1 am about cacti, writing, meche, and chess

  

  On New Year’s Day, I got a tattoo of a saguaro. Saguaros are massive ... being New Year’s, most tattoo parlors were closed. I joke with my friends ... getting New Year’s tattoos. It’s called Sacred Art, on 4th Avenue, which is

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  It’s a Wednesday afternoon, and I sit in my dining room and stare at ... my ears is loud—too loud, frankly—but it’s all I can do to block out ... , and my eyes both dart to and from material and see nothing at all. It’s

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020