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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Room Where It Happens my two year tale of student governance, up until the bitter end

  

  because of its student governance and autonomy. At what other institution do ... , and I just finished my second year at MIT. Until recently, I was the ... . You might notice, as you read this, that I switch between House and Haus

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 13, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  All the food in my cabinet Like an unboxing, but an uncabineting

  

  our communal items like pots and tupperware, plus enough room for each ... are full. I have my own big cabinet, and baby... it's like Tetris in ... shopping, and try to defend my hoarder tendencies. You'll have to be the one

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 24, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living in Random Hall or: i really miss loop

  

  source of Random content) and I feel like that was partly the reason I didn ... . So, I've decided to try and take on the reigns and show my process to finding, moving in to, and living in Random Hall! It's a mixture of the move

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  i (don’t) want to be alone on loneliness

  

  feel two opposite feelings? how can we both want and not want something ... anxiety and feelings of depression often feel at odds with each other. in ... feeling like my life repeats the same problems, and yet i'm so worried that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] Duolingo Champion How to immerse in education while learning nothing

  

  crazy or stupid or maybe even a little bit of both and i b e g g e d him ... ’t know, Duolingo is the result of some talented programmers and language teachers attempting to combine Rosetta Stone and mobile games and doing so

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Three of a perfect pair Biking! Clothing! Exploding! A day in the life.

  

  I did three things on Saturday, and each one of them rocked. Better ... benefit concert involving REM, Cake, and the Clash. Okay, maybe I ... and Steer Clear Ruth ('07), Matt ('08), and I went down to Chinatown

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  *john mulaney voice* Cause we’re delta airlines, and life is— My delta flight this IAP, a couple of weeks late oops

  

  bring more stuff home And the lady tells me that I've missed the checked bag cut off or whatever and there's no guarantee my bag will get to the plane So i might lose that luggage I look at her, tears in my eyes, and

  • by ana~
  • January 18, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Antics! The title is pretty self-explanatory, isn't it?

  

  !) and I were hard at work in his suite lounge on Conner 4: Then Aaron ... snow had melted. That didn't stop us. Aaron strapped on the skis and made ... and I passed the time by having a swordfight with Aaron's ski poles: We

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  a university–raw intelligence. MIT–intelligence and creativity, which ... prospective students and their families, as well as hosting events, lectures, activities, and workshops for Cambridge residents and visitors from around the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  science than usual but more about relationships and who I am. It was a bit ... of some beautiful ideas, I settled into my life at MIT and now have a circle of people who inspire me and illuminate my life, and I feel more

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Womanhood

  

  TW: Detailed Descriptions of Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Assault, Brief Mentions of Pedophilia and Disordered Eating   This ... grappling with the same struggles over and over again, each iteration

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 28, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  your best american girl on my first boyfriend

  

  the state, so I learned the rules and sat across from him at the board ... Last month, my friends and I saw Mitski live. I didn't know that many ... was checking IDs glanced at me and said, "You're definitely under twenty

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 13, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A reading list for a week at MIT All my classes have required reading this semester!?

  

  of it is technical, it’s a really sharp break from the math-and ... regularly exposed to challenging and cutting edge ideas and being asked to ... mainly about two things: how to make interfaces that are intuitive and easy

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • February 27, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] MIT THINK Scholars – A High School Research Program! From one side of it to the other

  

  , I’m on the committee that runs the program (along with Cami, Alan, and ... receive $1,000 in seed funding for their project and mentorship from MIT students and faculty throughout the spring semester. Applications for the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  telling the tale some thoughts on acting, change, and meaning

  

  so many feelings. thinking about love and how relationships can be ... musical this spring! i have always loved musicals, and during my junior ... . but then covid happened and we never got to put it on in full, and in

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • August 3, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Episode 4: A New Hope Addressing the concerns of undecided students.

  

  concerns? Etc. Look out... this one's going to be lengthy, and I'm not even ... food and where?" The boxes you saw came from one of the campus food ... truck in front of Lobby 7; it's cheap and convenient, and really hits the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I Wrote an MIT Application Essay on Getting a B in Calculus College Search 2KChel, how I found MIT, and how I turned the B around

  

  visit a few more out-of-state schools—I’m from Maryland, and didn’t want ... further away for me, so in the interest of research—and inspired by a bunch ... transfer to my most recent laptop and could only be found in my old Hotmail

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 12, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 1 Never be afraid to go straight to the top.

  

  because this particular episode flows better and will work nicely when ... , we all packed into the charter bus (and by packed I mean sat comfortably in a bus designed for twice as many people as we had) and chatted

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  21W.762 Poetry Workshop some poems from the class!

  

  on Bay State to get flour, and discussed void fraction on our way ... workshop has taught me to really lean into those feelings and that discomfort and so I have decided to share my (bad) poetry and my peers' (good

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 22, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Ranking Every Class I Took at MIT it's that time

  

  ) CMS.621 Fans and Fan Culture (Ed Schiappa) My favorite class of all ... extensive blogpost on why I love this class and why this class is great. Ed Schiappa is a great professor and he's honestly helped me through so many

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 24, 2023