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  Eating my words at Area Four Mushroom and fontina pizza my beloved

  

  perplexingly, the tip of the slice always flops down and [annotation note ... years ago. I was left with pieces of pepperoni and cheese on the ground, a large stain on my pants, and a burnt-and-undercooked slice of tomato sauce

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  Liminal Activities Period IAP is a mindset and you can keep it forever

  

  , full of promise and mystery and challenges that I'm not prepared for but ... from the bubble to glimpse the wider world and plot real moves. And ... the fall semester, barely able to believe that I passed and do not in

  • by Joel G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  This blog post was written by a winner my entry for #BlogstonCommons

  

  with Janet '27, Allison '27, Ellie '28, and Sara '28! I won by hitting ... molasses exploded and flooded the streets of boston, and it straight up [annotation note="According to Wikipedia, 21 people were killed and 150 people

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Purgatory My 2023 IAP

  

  and the most pleasurable month of the academic calendar, but I don ... . Yet, most people do neither. They stay in purgatory and do some amalgamation of everything and nothing all at once. It is also worth nothing

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  beauty is overrated

  

  beautiful. There were moments I wished to be desirable, and I suppose that is ... band stretched and released within their abdomens. That was powerful, to ... high school has never hesitated to call me out on my bullshit, and I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking 3 math classes this semester as someone who isn't a fan of math

  

  amount of logic and reasoning. It's satisfying to see things line up with a ... math itself is a lot rockier, swinging between begrudging acceptance and ... 's understandable, since math is what you need to understand old systems and build new

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 3, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Working With WashLava Time management in low places

  

  Thinking and Data Science"]6.0002.[/annotation]By the time I realized it, it ... that time? Not really (See #2). So, with a hefty bit of insecurity and ... . This semester, I am taking 8.01L, 18.01, 3.091, and 6.A01, which is a first

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 7, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  6.0001 is Done I learned a bit (or should I say 8-bit)

  

  attire. My radiator churns and hisses through the night. Hundreds of students submit their final problem set. Held breaths are [annotation note="And ... Python"]6.0001[/annotation]class recently ended, and it's time to unpack

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Talent Show ua innovation gets lit

  

  "]UA Innovation[/annotation] committee planned, organized, and hosted an MIT-wide digital talent show. It was a huge success and a great means of bringing the community together via Zoom! The categories it included ranged from music and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  highlights of a hellish semester it's OVER. IT'S FINALLY OVER GOSDAIUOSDSOIJD

  

  tedious to outright AWFUL and i'm still recovering from struggling through a ... grade for the second midterm. cue instant panic and regret mode...and let ... and a mf pandemic??? ANYways. as i've talked about in previous posts

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 28, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  Wandering through the Infinite 3.5ish years of wandering MIT, squeezed into like one month

  

  walls of the Infinite that I hadn't actually bothered to stop and read. In ... needed to be, and all of the words written on the walls of the Infinite ... four easy classes and a return offer under my belt, I had a lot of extra

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 22, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  night, which sounds kind of creepy on the surface and definitely raises ... asleep, when I wake up, and my trends throughout the years. If you asked ... sleep deprivation and procrastination. I stayed up late to do my work, got

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 12, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  food diaries pt. 3 amazing restaurants around MIT

  

  Somehow, I've explored more of Boston and Cambridge while living in ... 's basically flatbread"]Oath[/annotation] and [annotation note="Greek food with ... closest to campus, as well as [annotation note="sandwiches and delicious

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  food diaries pt. 2 recipes for people tryna Little Chef it up

  

  favorite things to do. You get to put ingredients together...and then feed yourself...and feel satisfied that you're being #healthy and #adult-y. What ... weeks! Panko-Crusted Fish and Roasted Potatoes   This recipe is

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 19, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Remembering Woodie Flowers they say don't meet your heroes, but some exceed your expectations

  

  to science education and best known for its eponymous robotics ... died after medical complications. He was 75, and one of the finest men I ... , and to the decades of MIT students he taught in Mechanical Engineering

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Room 251 a room tour!

  

  , and it was a lot more fun than I expected it to be! I might blog about ... specifically, I live in 2 East, or 2E for short. 2E is like a family to me, and I ... will give a shoutout to my roommates Caleb R. and Cory L. (both 2020s

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Seniors let's talk

  

  year left and a whole lot of stuff to do. And whether you choose to ... life-changing. You started in one place and will end up in another. You ... sad. You’re going to miss your family. And your friends. And home cooked

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 17, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding Inspiration encouraging motivational inspiration

  

  filled with too many midterms for me and too many college applications for many of you, I’ve watched motivation jump off of a building, and with it, inspiration and optimism. I’ve searched high and low, from Facebook to Instagram

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

  A Note of Hope for Freshmen at Career Fair Yes, freshmen can find jobs!

  

  campus is already gearing up for the mad rush for jobs and free goodies. People are lining up in Lobby 10 to collect their booklets and nametags ... Thursday evening; and companies are already staking out meeting rooms around

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Chris inspired me to do dumb things I went to Disney World. It was fun, I guess.

  

  Disney World and Disney Land do an unthemed series of runs.  Disneyland does a 5k, 10k, and half marathon in November while Disney World does a 5k, 10k, half marathon, and full marathon in January.  The Goofy

  • by Snively '11
  • July 20, 2016