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  Mist in the streets of Boston monday wanderings

  

  My friends and I met at noon on the Harvard Bridge, shoulders hunched against the cold. Two of the group had work or meetings so it was just three of…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 20, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  yo-yos, comics, and other adventures my junior spring schedule!

  

  I signed up for a healthy and sane schedule of 48 units and a UROP, but then I realized I could also sneak into a comic book class with the…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 24, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  winter in Brazil adventures in WGS.245: Race, Place, and Modernity

  

  This IAP, I’ve gone to Brazil!  I’m taking WGS.245: Race, Place, and Modernity. It’s a class focused on Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous Brazilian culture, with tons of readings, movies, and museum…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I failed an exam last week and it will be okay

  

  to do any of this anymore v. acceptance So I've failed an exam

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  myself to all the people around you at the same time.  V. did you know

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Impressions of a Harvard Class I’m taking Irish Folklore and a writing seminar on fairy tales!

  

  As they said in the old, more hardkore days of MIT, you all might have heard of a liberal arts school down the road. It’s got buildings of red brick…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 12, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Joint Post] Build a robot boat with MIT Arcturus! Q&A with Arcturus captain Audrey Chen

  

  Hi all! You may have encountered Arcturus, the robo-boat team, at the Activities Midway or on Instagram. Arcturus is revving up recruitment this fall, and to spread the word (and…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A poem for every day of August or nearly; I wrote 25 in all

  

  Don’t tell, but I’ve never written much poetry before. I read poem books, from a tiny copy of The Rubaiyat bound in leather, to a weathered e e cummings collection,…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 5, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I went to a motorcycle festival don’t worry, parents, I didn't see other MIT kids there

  

  The other day, I skivved off studying for thermodynamics and instead biked to D-Lab to weld. I’d started a new project two weeks before finals, and planned that it would…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 23, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  swatches of MIT collected like paint chips

  

  I am going to put this together haphazardly, work on it in drips and drabs.   This is for people on the fence, for those who aren’t sure what MIT…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of My Junior Fall stream of consciousness

  

  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blTWy7zyssg[/embed] My semester has officially ended and I can happily say I've wrapped up the most successful MIT semester I've had to date. I've gone through a series of ups and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 31, 2021
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  statement of purpose, her C.V., and a few sentences about why she was asking

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center

  

  in a paragraph! Melody W. , Sangita V. , Rachel S. We are a part of ... in general)? Melody W. , Sangita V. , Rachel S. I really love ... . , Sangita V. , Rachel S. We wanted to particularly highlight the intersection

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  head down, marching on highlights of spring semester

  

  From my journal the other night– It’s 2 am, and I should be asleep. I’m listening to SJ Tucker on my headphones that only play in the left ear. I…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 21, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  The River Freezes Over and other nifty things about being on campus

  

  The river freezes over, but it isn’t frozen solid. My roommate and I gestured at it through the window of our Uber, wondering aloud if water flowed beneath the sparkling…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  As the City Slumbers thoughts while walking in a park

  

  I was at the park near my grandparents’ place today, picking up graphic novels from a squat library. I gave a wide berth to a mom with her kids at…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome

  

  In cross country, you hear a lot about running through the pain, but at the same time, avoiding injury. I have deep scars on both knees, from times I’d scrape…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Fixing a trapeze! then hanging upside-down on it

  

  One time in Boston, my roommates and I were studying outside near Harvard, where there was a tire swing on a tree. We laid aside our physics psets and played…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 29, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Eating Too Much Cake Just kidding, this post is about physics

  

  Sixteen months ago, in April, I made a promise to myself: if you choose MIT, you get to take a gap year. You’ve been selling your soul to science for…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 25, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Regrade Request Analysis points, please?

  

  question, happening only 13% of the time. v. Was it even worth it? This is

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 3, 2020