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• Blog / Advice

  It’s cool to care but maybe care a little less

  

  One. In October 2017, I left home and lived on my own for several ... , and the pain was still there. I felt hot. I held my hand against my neck, and felt warmth radiating through my palm. I would've grabbed a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Monologuing a mock-up for the MITMonologues

  

   Monologues themselves and some written pieces, but since last year our pieces are all ... MITMo last year and I love this post so definitely give that a read. This year I decided to write another monologue to give at the performance, and

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 13, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  experiences, or the lack thereof flailing around in a sea of adjectives trying to find the noun

  

  't name, I open up a blank Wordpress file and start typing. It barely feels ... stops I look at the words I've typed and I see my own vomit on a screen ... tab and don't reopen it for a year. i've been thinking a lot about race

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 13, 2021
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Declared My Major :D aw yeah i'm a College Student™ now

  

  was going to keep me from declaring [annotation note="Computation and ... need for students to understand both the science and engineering of ... and how we may be able to replicate intelligence in machines. 6-9 is an

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 21, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

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

  

  twinkle lights and I occasionally guilt myself into putting my phone down ... friends- and I go back to bed.  [video width="640" height="1136" mp4="https ... under a rock for the past few months and only just came out to read my

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 6, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  A lively Dead Week what i've been up to

  

  a luxurious full week off between the end of classes and the start of ... , but we still call it Dead Week, and I'd say we manage to cram about a ... all the things I've been up to -- and there is some studying, I promise

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waiting Game hit submit time to quit

  

  was the only light reflecting over my anxious face, and no one dared ... 's kind of assuring to think of it like this. It's a yes or a no. And I ... sent it over so it could be edited and within 5 minutes I got a hearty

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  Food We Made! a photo dump of non-aesthetic pictures

  

  In high school, we liked cooking and baking. We also liked ... to try to take nice pictures of the process and final result. But ... had the time for it. And hence haven't blogged any food related content

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 29, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  first impressions of LA the struggles of moving cross-country for an internship

  

  three days ago, after i finished squeezing all my summer clothes and ... stuffed backpack, and a very stuffed guitar case, i hopped on a 6 hour ... (nicer than expected) Airbnb, i spent an afternoon and the next day

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 31, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Art of Waiting how to burn some time

  

  December. It was torturous, and the clock seemed to tick too fast and too ... spans now from our phones and need constant stimulation. Which perhaps is ... terrible happened to them and they’re in the hospital and…you get the point

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Love Is Hard (A Sequel) wherein anon feels different from how he felt seven months ago

  

  Continued reflections on love at the Institvte (and really just love ... trials and tribulations with dating, which includes the many times I have felt like I was in love and similarly the many times that I was wrong

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 3, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting Through a Difficult Month Study, Study, Study

  

  same week, and in some cases the same day, and I felt overwhelmed beyond belief. Now, as Spring Break comes to close, and the month of April has ... March, a presentation that accounted for 30% of my grade, and what felt

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 1, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  places at mit (favorite) places (to work/study)

  

  the buildings are numbered, and at first glance, the ordering of the numbers seems unintuitive. Buildings 3 and 4 should be next to each other ... and 4. This is one of the small things I love about MIT: its building

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Augmented Reality in Action one step before holograms

  

  objects onto the real world. And it's pretty freaking cool. I've been following augmented reality and virtual reality closely since the beginning of ... Earth floating in the room, spinning it around and stopping it to look at

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  jr fall classes &c

  

  .33 - Research and Communication in Economics a sort of pre-thesis class, where we ... stay focused and not let work from this class pile up, because the work is heavily concentrated in two assignments (a small project and a final

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 19, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  on February 28th, the 18,239th and final piece was placed into the ... took Simmons 40 days and 5 hours. I am incredibly grateful for the help and support that so many people provided in order to make this the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  It's Career Fair season, and that means hundreds of companies are ... , and oddly-formatted emails.  I've been reading a lot of job descriptions lately, and I've noticed that recruiters regularly provide "success

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Before You Arrive on Campus: Orientation Edition On REX, safety, free stuff, and making the most out of it all!

  

  and Chris Peterson here -- On the Conservation of Frosh by Rachel D. ‘16 ... friendly upperclassman will help you compare and contrast. Even if you know ... friend. Ask the names and experiences of older students and peers. No

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  MIT, this is a problem I wrestled for a while.  And I've learned that it ... weather - only inadequate clothing." Sure, cold weather is cold (duh), and ... learn to love winter (I do!) and its beauty: ^ I visited Ouray, CO over

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Struggles Starring a broken scanner and the Urban Dictionary

  

  It was 2AM. After a heart-warming and tummy-filling Thanksgiving break with my parents and my favorite sister (she’s kind of my only sister ... , the room empty, and my roommates still gone. The glare of my laptop

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 2, 2013