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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the luxury of bad art nothing but the truth

  

  . I became interested in songwriting after listening to Olivia Rodrigo ... among dark churning waves. In tenth grade, I entered a writing contest ... validation I ever received for my writing, and it helped me later in college

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 11, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  self care define it or perish

  

  looking back makes me feel like i'm in another universe right now. i mean ... week and walking to classes every day, but now i just sit in my room ... childhood anime, Inuyasha, is currently airing. when i heard about it back in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 2, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hot Dogs Or, how I fail at eating hot dogs.

  

  to try and find an easier way to consume bread. Perhaps if I dunk it in ... : Notice how I stare at Zach in awe as he scarfs down dog number 7. I am just ... 'll try to get funding, but bring some money along in case I can't. It

  • by Snively '11
  • February 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I saw a turkey the other day… hello, world!

  

  ’t wildlife in Boston; I’ve seen my fair share of creatures, including the ... bus driving through Boston. I’m not kidding- it was early in the morning ... Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, but maybe I’ll save it for later, since I realize

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Comments-ment Webcast A few comments on the past week.

  

  hours. As an exercise in uncreative writing, I will demonstrate this by blogging in real-time for ten minutes: 10:23 pm: I cough for approximately ... typing it out in words if I calculated it in my head right now. Guess I won

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 5, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Song of Myself All we need is music (sweet music).

  

  out that somehow along the line I managed to answer them all in the ... high school, I had the pleasure of singing under Dr. William Cutter in ... . Exactly how good is MIT's music? Well, I've performed in the Concert Choir

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hi again (and goodbye) (For real this time!)

  

  graduating from Course 20 in 2013, I ran an educational media outreach program ... the MIT Media Lab’s then-called Learning Initiative. In 2018, I started my PhD in Course 20. Just the other week I had a lovely lunch with Ceri

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  am i doing this all wrong? thinking thoughts and feeling feelings

  

  'm very grateful that this is the stress that I have in my life, as opposed ... oddly still, like time has slowed and all that’s left in the world is you ... ...blah. I don't even feel a right to feel bad about those days because nothing

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • March 4, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where have I been for so long?

  

  Sorry I haven't posted in such a long time. You see, I've been very ... with what's going on in the UA. And I'm in the Assassins' Guild's ten ... SpazBot, in pegboard form. I think Spazbot is trying to read green

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Trains Make Me Think Of Bringing the focus away from miles and minutes - and onto more enriching things

  

  job site in Needham, where I catch one of three trains between the hours ... accompanying sights beckon my eyes to rest. Each day that I work in Cambridge ... amount to something more. I thus turn those train trips into exercises in

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 12, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  actual conversations i definitely had last night happy new year i guess

  

  myself from saying that because i'm normal, haha A: in a sense aren't we ... never made any real friends in mit A: oh B: i mean, do you feel like you've made friends in mit A: uh A: i mean A: well, no, not really A: but like A

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT = The American Dream As usual...we procrastinate like mad before finals.

  

  My 5.60 Final is tomorrow at 9:00. In just about 18 hours, I will be DONE with my seventh semester at MIT! (I am currently trying to study ... , I think I'm in plenty good company :P) Anyways, one of my favorite

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Sunrise If a picture is worth a thousand words (minus inflation), that makes this post much…

  

  IAP, for those who are just tuning in, is one of the greatest times ... so much of the "frak it's 4am and I don't understand the material I have a test over in 5 hours". IAP in fact stands for "It's Awesome

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  i [don’t] have covid?? in conclusion, i am the absolute worst at managing stress

  

  back at home instead of my new place in Cambridge. I think it's ironic ... fun I've had in a while. But it also was the first time I'd moved for ... the day—I felt like a sandbag... On Sunday, the fevers kicked in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tribute This is not the best joke in the world... actually, maybe it is.

  

  that I need to have written by tomorrow, I spent the afternoon in the ... was covered in the Boston Globe and slashdotted, MTG had quite a larger turnout than they expected. Luckily, I reserved my 12 tickets early... here

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  avoiding responsibility writing this blog to procrastinate on stuff

  

  I’m not hosed I’m no longer neck deep in school work, and I finally ... nothing in particular except think about all the things I need to do. They ... of being reasonable and going to sleep, I’m going to write this in one

  • by Anika H. '26
  • April 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out of the lab and into the internet Confession: I actually listen to music from the movie Ice Princess. I'm not even kidding.

  

  I know well in MIT graduate programs are cheerleaders or former ... I'll be interviewing there in three weeks. (All of the schools at ... run-in: I ran into Bryan yesterday on the fifth floor of the Student

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time and change

  

  Term's over. Almost. I've always felt that term wasn't truly over until all of my grades were in, and I'm still waiting for two of them (out ... been in many others, so it feels more or less over. I'm in Louisville

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 23, 2006
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Haiti Day 2: DINEPA and mosquito bites

  

  Our first full day in Haiti yesterday was exciting and informative, but also exhausting - I actually fell asleep while writing this last ... meeting was with a man named Jean Francois, who was in charge of the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 27, 2010
• FAQ / Transfer

  What college should I attend to improve my chances for transfer admission?

  and extracurricular opportunities in your areas of interest. In other