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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  ornaments. I was amazed by how the satisfyingly geometric creases gave rise to ... ’s super satisfying to fold once you figure out how it works. Five ... ’m willing to admit, I decided to start learning how to design my own origami

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainty becoming a boring adult

  

  college recently, and i realized that all of them seem less interesting to ... where i’m attracted to uncertainty. blog ideas and unfinished drafts ... how good a post can be. i am optimistic by nature, so whenever i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  baby steps something tender and new

  

  idea how to use any of the equipment or what to do and i also hated the ... , texting people if they want to get lunch or go grocery shopping once they ... enough. four years is a lot of time to change a person; reading my entries

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Seniors let's talk

  

  meals. And the laundry you don’t have to do. You’re worried how the future ... application. Because fears and insecurities aside, you want to see how far you ... year left and a whole lot of stuff to do. And whether you choose to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 17, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  you & i will always be back then time is an illusion that helps things make sense

  

  . I loved how colorful it was. I loved how it seemed to subvert ... judgments, and how the show seemed to tut at me for it, showing me that ... shows like Adventure Time, I'm learning how to deal with change in healthy

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  When You Yourself Are Far Away Donuts, used books, and some wonderful/terrible recipes you need not try.

  

  Career Fair is a magical time: in addition to the opportunity and the stuff, the jobful and the seeking return to MIT and I get to see some of ... season with Alex S. '13, who was here to represent Boeing, Irina O. '15 and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Events

  I’m only happy when it rains. You can't take pictures in Boston. Don't even try.

  

  So, we had this great idea of going to Shakespeare on the Common, a ... , what could go wrong if we headed down to the Common to see it? On the ... . As a purveyor of primarily wrapped items, they're even nice enough to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  3 Simple Steps for Making New Friends Guide to Meeting People

  

  , identities, and conditions,[/annotation] to highlight how our expertise and ... Kalman was particularly salient to me. Horowitz writes how she was struck ... think it’s also a great set of steps for how to socialize and discover new

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Communication Intensive Jumping on the semester-in-review blog train

  

  diffraction patterns, I had a vague idea of how to structure (no pun intended ... assignment. Instead, it was meant to show us how linguists document new ... ’ve written everything there is to write. I am never writing another word of

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 4, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  Best Free Software for College Students must haves for productivity, security, and more

  

  can attest to how well they work.     Note Taking: Evernote ... One way to kill procrastination is to find out how much time you spend on everything you do. Use this app to track your day and see how much

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  ; I don’t know how to swim. I got two and a half laps in when I realized ... —not swim, walk. We had to think about how the water felt, the resistance, all of that jazz. It felt weird. No matter how hard I tried to walk faster

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Exercises in Style with apologies to queneau

  

  gathered to loudly celebrate? How can one translate the impression provoked ... , we were assigned to read Raymond Queneau's classic Exercises in Style ... style, ranging from "Hesitation" to "Tactile" to "Spoonerisms". We

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 20, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  train of thought on feeling deeply

  

  subway to and from work. I spend most of my free time wandering around the streets of NYC. I’ve made two weekend trips to and from Boston via the Amtrak train, and more recently a day trip to Providence, RI also via

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 26, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  [ hard mode ] i'm on hard mode and i'm just a noob

  

  got switched to hard mode for me after November started (and no, this has nothing to do with the November Rule). I finally have time to actually work on a blog post now, so I've decided to recap my past three

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  kitchen nightmares bugs and toasters and explosions, oh my!

  

  of us know how to use can openers, apparently. The little twisty ... every meal for the past eighteen years, it's safe to say that I'm a pretty ... , spurring me to scream for Selena, the official bug person in this apartment

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 5, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Can Save the World a post on Kanye West

  

  side of the ocean. Yet you all come to us young people for hope. How dare ... Being as musically obsessed as I am, it'd be impossible for me not to ... musical innovation, but also in his ability to continue to stay relevant and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Info Session Courtesy of Ben Jones

  

  learning how to actively learn, pursue topics, and be inspired by the ... awesome at it because that doesn't help them. They want to know about how ... to know about you, not about how much crap you can shove into your day

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] GetSimmons! Writing is hard, so here's a video game instead

  

  How to play: Use your arrow keys to move the tiles. When two tiles with ... is not intended to be a ranking (boo), but is instead based on how many ... Combine other dorms to reach the almighty Simmons Hall

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We now interrupt our regularly-scheduled programming… I tried getting ahead on my reading assignments but that only lasted so long.

  

  your questions, I feel loved. Special shout-out to my midwest friends ... it. This morning I got to go to class as it rained ice (yes, ICE ... . Speaking of 7.05 (how am I so good at these segues?), I told Chris P. about

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW and other acronyms C.Y.G.W.T.S.F? I.F.C,I.B.Y.C!

  

  freshmen class about CPW last year to give you an idea of how things will go ... be setting foot on campus, many of you for the first time, to experience what a little bit of MIT is like. Can't sleep? Curious about what to

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 16, 2009