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• Blog / Personal Projects

  Filling an Empty Nest my parents tried to replace me with literal birds

  

  In April of 2018, I left home for a few days to attend [annotation ... , when I did finally get home, I was in for a surprise. Although I was only ... from home, I didn't really think my parents would miss me (and I honestly

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 10, 2020
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  . It wasn't deliberate in the beginning but I wrote the third entry ... . Allen was my sailing partner in the Sailing PE class that I took during ... up and down in the water!). When I first arrived at MIT, I must admit

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  sk8 jebby on a skateboard

  

  The first time I ever stepped on a skateboard was in 2015, which was ... Future Part II. I was in seventh grade. It was a week before Halloween, and ... I knew it, I’m in front of the Samuel Tak Lee balancing on the board

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 29, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [joint post] blogston commons with Allison E. ‘27, Ellie F. ‘28, Jebby ‘25, and Sara N. ‘28

  

  last but not least: sara Just going in, I knew this challenge would be a ... note="and i must clarify with the pain in my heart that i now also ... was very consistent in the pace at which she was writing. i think this

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 11, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m Kind of a Big Deal Leaves and famous people alike think so.

  

  ? A NERD? Why, I've never been called a nerd in my life! Good heavens ... writer ever since I wrote my first "book" in fourth grade, I take pictures, I sing, I dance, I'm in a sketch comedy group. I took all the AP

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  summer side projects a nonzero amount of them are final fantasy related

  

  [annotation note="a game that i'm independently developing in Unity ... bookstore in NYC and bought it for me on the spot. i finally got around to ... thinking about the CMS thesis that i am soon to write and how much i would

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 12, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Dance at MIT!!! [Collab with Ben O. ’19] hip-hop? contemp? bhangra? lion dance? MIT's got it all

  

  Jackson in the rainy closing scene of Step Up 2. I would walk around the ... Mocha Moves in Fall ‘19 and are members of Dance Troupe, but I’ve done it ... ) How did you start dancing?  I honestly can’t remember a time in my life

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 30, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  self-taught dancing: a how-to how i learned dance through YouTube

  

  've been dancing...unofficially...for much longer. as I've mentioned in ... of myself for my Instagram. I would learn a few dances a week since ... that I have at least 15 new dance videos in my subscriptions every day

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 4, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Experiment… featuring Emily '22, Felix '23, and Alison '23

  

  work in admissions last July, and by mid-July I was part of the team to ... -Emily"]Everybody, meet Alison.[/annotation] With these three in mind, I ... ended up in my spam folder bc I guess my email decided that it doesn

  • by kellen manning
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  in me being asked to take a year off. If I came back, I had no idea how I was going to graduate in any reasonable time, and in which degree ... , excelling. It was a lot of work, but it felt right. I graduated in 2011, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  things i have been consuming this summer random bits of media i have eaten

  

  would do homework in school, I would always put on YouTube videos or ... pandemic. In an effort to, well, not do this, I've been revisiting some old ... , really nailed it with this show. I see myself and my friends in a lot of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Simmons Cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat

  

  I love being back in Simmons after a long break. I get to hang out with friends in the 4AB lounge, eat dining hall food in Simdin, and ... ? That’s okay. I think I saw a sign with your picture on the way in. Let

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  go alone or you may never go at all

  

  in the moment. It's also nice being able to think "I would like to do ... glow. I’m sitting on a cold concrete slab, where the tides would normally ... often think things like... How would I want to spend time with my best

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • January 6, 2024
• Blog / Events

  AND THERE WAS A PILLOW FIGHT!!! Didja catch the reference?

  

  March 22nd in Copley Square. "Hm," I thought, "wouldn't it be cool if ... stood behind the girl in the sweatshirt. Michelle and I just stood there ... thing. I'm the only new one in this picture, I'm sporting my new red

  • by Snively '11
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Pre-Sophomore Year in anticipation of the sophomore slump

  

  kicked in, my brain began to register that I would be going to school out ... for this summer being done, I haven't quite settled in yet. In fact, as ... leaves in a few hours. Instead, though, I've spent the past few hours

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 1, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Steve and Me remembering steve jobs

  

  thing he put up there was his treasured Mac IIsi. Later, I would come to ... of this was because I grew up on Macs, and so I've always thought in ... products, from my Macbook to my iPhone, are omnipresent in my life - Steve

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2011
• Blog / Events

  I’m embarrassed to be writing this entry. The one where Matt regresses back to being a 12 year old boy.

  

  intrigued. When I came to MIT, I knew there would be lots of famous ... appropriate moment I yelled "LSC!" and got a reply from somewhere in the large ... ). I hope you don't think less of me for going to a talk about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That fear of “falling behind” Exploring options @ MIT

  

  existed! People live in houses! Dogs exist! Babies exist!" Here, I am ... teenage dream. I've just always loved art and design and cities, and in the ... , interning in China allowed me to really step back and re-evaluate what I want

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  on happiness and well-being Coursera attempts to cure our depression

  

  since high school; in sophomore and junior year, I would put every facet ... class, though. I would spend 6+ hours in office hours every week working ... During quarantine, I enrolled in The Science of Well-Being, a free

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 11, 2020
• Blog / Events

  eclipse chasing, undergrad edition compilation post by Kano '25, Allison '27, Amber '24, Ali '26, & Audrey '24

  

  would be in college and mostly have the ability to go wherever I wanted ... and being neck deep in stuff (which I would honestly still prefer over ... , would my friends and I have woken up at 4:00 am to drive for 4 hours to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 22, 2024