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  meet the simmons elevators! aka me thinking wayyy too much about elevators

  

  I’m in one, I have no choice but to ponder the machine surrounding me

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 12, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  sticker stories adorned on my water bottles

  

  's also an interesting creative challenge to decide what stickers I'm

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  someday fate of friends

  

  since high school. I expected to feel annoyed: in an objective sense, I’m ... to my room is one I recognize every stroke of. Now after I’m away for a ... ’re plucking at your bass, I’m palming a glass of juice I won’t finish. At the

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 10, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Secret Lives of Machines 🤖 In which the machines in my life get the spotlight they deserve.

  

  improving. Yes, I’m still the same clumsy person I was before. But I genuinely ... ."]not trying to attract any attention[/annotation]. Pauline Whether I’m taking 2 ... she was [annotation note="manufactured?"]born[/annotation], I'm just

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 22, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Doesn’t Feel Real getting from one place to another

  

  mom used to say that I’m directionless; not in life, but by foot. I ... . It’s there, and I’m here. Be here. It also becomes abundantly clear ... course, MIT. I can see where I am going, and I’m with nice company too

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 24, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Pirates and Pi and Rats and Pie and Rats (except there are no rats) 3.1415926535897932384626433832795… idk the rest.

  

  Court, but the sun was causing too much glare so i’m in the library right now. This last week has been a doozy.  Pirates This semester I’m ... . It’s great. I’m learning so much about sea songs, and sailors and

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christmas in February Shiny new toys MIT gave me this semester

  

  Yesterday, we were promised a snow day at MIT. Although the snow never quite materialized, I still got to experience Christmas in February after all. Because [annotation note="Yes I know I'm cutting it real close

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 14, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  in this coming year we run and rest and make and keep up the relentless pace

  

  I’m comfortable with the material I’m presenting. Likewise I haven ... love everything that’s going on — the classes I’m signed up for, in ... I’m going to finally have time for; the weeknight hangouts and weekend

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Simmons Cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat

  

  , silly me – I forgot to introduce myself! Hey there, little guy. I’m Andi

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Gala a premiere event celebrating fashion, arts, and culture

  

  a lot. That's why I'm impressed how the MIT Gala board was able to ... , so I was a bit out of my element; even though I'm a dancer, I felt like ... makeup, but my stylist did a way better job than I ever could. Figures. I'm

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 1, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  clubs and this entire flavor of career. I’m still on the mailing lists ... level. While I’m sure these clubs appeal to a large variety of people ... say I’m a nerd for caring so much about learning certain topics outside

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  church gardens some paintings!

  

  is “plant” (pronounced like “plang-nt”). I’m not a linguist, but I bet

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  hike the desert pretend i am a lifestyle blogger

  

  experimented and grown during my time at MIT, and I like where I’m at. Even so, I want to experience more. I feel ready. I’m hopeful that pruning down my ... people’s needs the way she does; I think I’m close, but I have more books

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 2) notes from the second day

  

  Well, here we are. I’m taking a brief stop in the Great Hall of Union ... , so I’m gonna go get some food and do some brief sightseeing. See you ... note="I did not go up. Skydeck is expensive, and I'm cheap

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 1) two trains, twelve states, 540 pictures, one Speaker of the House election, and more!

  

  ="notably, I’m watching the House Speaker election very closely."]find some way ... sonnets, accompanied by clear explanations. Still, it’s dawning on me that I’m ... about mergers & acquisitions, which I’m not convinced is better, but

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  every book I read in 2022 all nine-plus of them

  

  time to read it. Turns out, I’m still the same person that grew up on ... grounded in that world. I’m a fan of flowery, (often needlessly) complex ... 't really have a good sense of its history beyond the Cold War years. I'm glad

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 8, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  plastic knives spraypainted silver and other poems from 21W.762

  

  tipped her extra”    i message my manager saying that I’m taking the ... immigrant parents to tell their children “we found you in the dumpster!” I’m ... demeaning way of doing so, that is. Or maybe I'm reading too much into this

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  why do you do what you do do androids dream of electric self-awareness

  

  lot of time inside my own head: I always want to know why I'm choosing ... takes a long time before I get to the bottom of why I’m so upset. When I ... much of a case for why self-knowledge is important, and I’m not sure I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXachusetts Institute of Technology your guide to the daily confusion

  

  I'm spending the day meeting with my first-year advisees before classes begin next week. But over the last week, the Class of 2026 arrived on campus for their orientation, of which one major component is Residential

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  five things I love about New York welcome to New York, everybody walks in New York

  

  to be growing in popularity. And although I’m not certain, I think leg ... beautiful end table off the street myself and I’m still very proud of it), but ... street festival, a tiny park concert, and the Dyke March" /] I'm writing

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 28, 2022