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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a not-so-cruel summer this one's for the girlies

  

  production, the music video for ‘I Can See You,’ everything // screamed to BLACKPINK with my other sister // clowned for, anticipated and saw the 1989

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  baby steps something tender and new

  

  like a canned statement, but it couldn’t ring truer for me. i wallowed for much of sophomore year, hardening my shell and building my walls up ... made. i asked my therapist if we could switch to weekly sessions for the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  ="The Toast once said 'For the first time I genuinely comprehend that there is ... 't be surprised to hear that writing an essay or studying for a midterm ... pays for so much, and at MIT, one day you may overspend, go broke, and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  whiteout conditions forget your mission, just get out alive

  

  stage of grief so demanding" and "maybe you riot for nothing—it's just a bad hand". the chorus has been stuck in my head for the last few days

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  quarantine throwback i present to you my early april 4 am thoughts

  

  under a rock for the past few months and only just came out to read my ... on my bs and set the bar high for what I should aspire to be- the ones ... could write about how much I long for the usual hustle and bustle of MIT

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 6, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  fake it ’til you make it what is a healthy way to be happy?

  

  rebellious for staying up so late, although I do not know who I was rebelling ... , very fucking happy, and for [annotation note="the election has been ... stressed, for equally obvious reasons.] It’s not as if I’m sad most of the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 7, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  first snow it snowed on campus

  

  Happy November! Two days ago, it snowed for the first time this fall in Cambridge, MA. Wherever you are in the world, please take a moment ... England snowfall surprised me. I was not prepared for how long the snowy

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  in remembrance of the body affirming the mind–body connection

  

  , that the internet went out for a while. it was around 7:45 pm, and i went ... attention poured into a single thing. i helped run a program for two thousand ... the only times i went outside were for getting food or getting tested

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT part 3 the people who make it all possible

  

  us one-on-one for 2 hours when we were struggling with Unity. When we ... pairs artists with writers to create articles for their semesterly editions. We eagerly joined the team and created art for three of their

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Notes on Cancer rate my handwriting

  

  I'm taking 7.45 Hallmarks of Cancer this semester with [annotation note="director of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, one ... after class. Here's attempt number one, for [annotation note="it's the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 10, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pixar Pi

  

  Waiting for decisions sometimes made us feel like kids, scared of the monsters in our closet ready to jump out at us. If you’re feeling like ... . You are very brave for doing so!   But if you get sad, let yourself

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 12, 2019
• Blog / How to School

  Today Was A Long Day and it's not over yet.

  

  hall before it closed kind of a day. My alarm was set for 7:30 am this ... ). So basically I averaged about six and a half hours of sleep. And for ... Barker Library to write some field notes for my Global Health &

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 25, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Thanksgiving Nostalgia if MIT == home

  

  or unopened textbooks for GIR classes like biology or physics. I ... for nearby restaurants like Saloniki’s and Dig Inn. Although nothing ... waking up at 4 a.m. to stumble into the boathouse for morning rowing

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back-to-school special i'm a senior now :o

  

  school i've been back on campus for about two weeks now, but it ... much time with my friends as possible before 1) we get too busy for each ... for this semester, lots of research and coursework that i'm genuinely

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 17, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Walkin’ Enjoy my expository, mediocre investigative photojournalism!

  

  up buying at the store. Ice cream is a catalyst for productivity ... of these masterpieces of convincing propaganda. I, for one, know that ... meta-poster postering a space explicitly not intended for posters. Wait

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / How to MIT

  how (not?) to concentrate a quick guide

  

  food; order more Wait for more food to come; browse memes They forgot the breadsticks; call back Eat food Wait for breadsticks; try to

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • May 9, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  morning room sounds get your headphones

  

  use headphones for maximum sense of transported-ness   The ear ... everywhere, without ever having to focus. Marshall McLuhan * * * * * for more

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 14, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding Inspiration encouraging motivational inspiration

  

  filled with too many midterms for me and too many college applications for ... throwback to childhood for some positive vibes) If you ever feel like you ... , readings for HASS writing classes that don’t get done, more coffee, more

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fireside Chat with John Maeda Thoughts from former MIT graduate and professor and RISD President

  

  fireside chat, I asked him what advice he has for MIT students in my position ... consider in future semesters. Thanks again, John, for sharing your thoughts

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 25, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Taking at MIT The beauty of The Cheat Sheet

  

  while I was cleaning things out for the new semester, a gentle reminder of ... ) and 20.310 Biomechanics (the other three pages). For each exam in 20 ... , with whatever information we thought might be useful. For 7.05, we were

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 3, 2015