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Blog / Personal Travel

this ain’t (not) Texas yee, and I cannot stress this enough, haw

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.

"Howdy, how can I help?" I meekly smile at the word usage, and answer his ... -out but it is true okay']answer:[/annotation] people, lots of them. I can ... can be hard to remember that every product we use is ultimately made by

by Kanokwan T. '25
September 29, 2024

Blog / Summer

turning back time now your clock can follow the right hand rule!

wrong. But everyone can choose exactly how much and what type of math they ... wrong, then the advisors win. Otherwise, they DIE. The advisors can create a strategy beforehand. How can they ensure that they win

by Ellie F. '28
September 27, 2024

Blog / Art, Literature, Music

lots of words and a tungsten cube monologues and dialogues.

A head-and-shoulders illustration of Fatima. She has medium brown skin and is wearing a dark blue hijab with a bright purple and blue shirt. She has glasses and is smiling with her mouth open.

? is it? but a second, more skeptic thought going, it can’t be, it can ... telling it because i find it funny. how a silly little review can make a ... employ to make their points. (if you know me, i hope you can deal with the

by Fatima A. '25
December 20, 2023

Blog / Athletics

‘Til the Net Breaks Championship Szn

A head-and-shoulders illustrated portrait of Emiko. She has light skin, and long wavy brown hair. She is wearing a necklace and a dark tank top.

the game like a crack of lightning, and you can instantly tell what type ... weekend, and something about how good we’re playing makes me think we can ... Carroll. Everything is on the line this game, and you can feel just how

by Emiko P. '25
December 3, 2023

Blog / Challenges

climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

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

you should subvert it to go beyond what you can do. — I'm stuck on the ... . [/annotation]It can be easier to just listen to your gut and do the safe thing ... improvement is part of how you can jump to the next step of adulthood. I think a

by Uzay G. '26
September 16, 2023

Blog / Academics & Research

Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

A head-and-shoulders illustration of Petey. He has light skin, short brown hair, and is wearing a green shirt.

-create the Center Evolves over time: a creative foundation that can grow ... scales from inexpensive DIY LEDs (like the kind you can get from Adafruit ... are currently building out that curriculum into something that can

by Chris Peterson SM '13
February 19, 2023

Blog / MIT Life

Fun things I’ve done lately! life isn't all being hosed

and over, but I can instead just put together whatever feels right, a ... flowing with poi, it's almost like I can flow with the glass. (No pun ... can't justify just why it should be so beautifully satisfying to be

by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
November 8, 2022

Blog / Uncategorized

Today A Trader Joe's monologue

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.

walk as fast as I can, my feet barely grazing every second stair. The ... favorites, because I can hear them trotting behind me. Soon enough, they will ... smoking a Marlboro Red. I can tell without looking, because I remember

by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
April 23, 2022

Blog / Uncategorized

(Guest Post) esolangs oh man

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.

can be said about a good number of esolangs. I’m sort of working on a ... that can be traversed by a pointer (the current position in the list ... -complete, meaning that it technically can be used to write any program you want… but

by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
April 5, 2022

Blog / Announcements

We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

A head-and-shoulders illustration of Stu Schmill, dean of admissions. He has light skin, short grey hair and a beard, and is wearing rectangular glasses and a blue collared shirt with a darker blue tie.

highlighted in transparent red, you can hover over it on desktop (or tap, on ... efforts to understand how we can best evaluate academic readiness for all ... course, we can never be fully certain how any given applicant will do: we

by Stu Schmill '86
March 28, 2022

Blog / How to Human

love languages in the little things

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

, and physical touch--are fine, but love can be found in so many places ... . It means my friends can call me out when I'm looping Mitski and vice ... friendship. The same goes for collaborative playlists--you can see the other

by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
February 6, 2022

Blog / Miscellaneous

romanticize a quiet life i want to be okay

if forever is something you can even conceptualize. ... ... change the subject before anyone can dig deeper.) maybe it's silly, but ... because you can't go home because your parents are both overseas now and

by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
December 28, 2021

Blog / Challenges

regrets about college and the pandemic

simply stop regretting — i can look back on all the times i’ve deeply ... it, and then over time i can train myself to notice and let go of the habits associated with regretting. i can learn from the consequences of my

by Vincent H. '23
September 30, 2021

Blog / Miscellaneous

incremental game support group let's distract ourselves with games!

two in the game. You can play this for over a month and still have ... 't take too long to finish; you can even finish the game in one sitting. As ... 's worth playing just for the story. Rather short; you can finish in one

by CJ Q. '23
November 6, 2020

Blog / Challenges

how to get to Boston the VERY HARD way

it, that you can't understand until they happen to you. And then there are some things that, even while they're happening, you can't begin to ... can't imagine something happening in the future -- the fun trip that I

by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
September 19, 2020

Blog / How to Human

Lyrics to my MIT experience i definitely never, ever wrote songfics when i was in middle school

The innocent can never last Wake me up when September ends [annotation ... can't ever be sure. And now my fur has turned to skin And I ... on my bullshit. I can be commanding and confident. Outside of East

by Nisha D. '21
August 15, 2020

Blog / How to Food

food diaries pt. 1 ...adulting?

circumstances, I can't help but feel that the tone of this blog is strange and unprecedented, but I hope you can read and enjoy nonetheless Ever since I moved ... ingredients, and putting it all together is so satisfying, especially when I can

by Ankita D. '23
June 2, 2020

Blog / MIT Life

four semesters in music and food just some lists and reminisces

playlists can come to define, and bring back memories of, semesters that are ... lot. (You can call my parents if you want to fact-check me, but be ready ... that often, I hum the title couplet (all will be well / you can ask me

by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
April 28, 2020

Blog / CPW

I’m nervous to meet you A letter to the prefrosh at the dawn of CP*

filled with all kinds of MIT students in the line up! I think I can speak ... can belong at MIT, so can you. I’m good at all of that! Over the years I ... wish there was an in-person CPW, but can still navigate CP* pretty easily

by Powers '23
April 17, 2020

Blog / How to Human

on regression the to your shitty high school self, and not linear, kind

need to gain control of every aspect of my life so i can be fulfilled ... tangible outcome like expanding the art display above my desk? can i chill ... reading challenge target; yes, i enjoyed everything i read, but i can hardly

by Ankita D. '23
April 7, 2020