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• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Yikes! It's been a month since I last wrote to you guys. In the intervening…

  

  Yikes! It's been a month since I last wrote to you guys. In the ... - which will be coming soon, I promise. But it's silly to plow ahead with ... decisions were just recently released. First of all, congratulations to all

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Perfect weekend Sun, fun, and Plymouth Rock.

  

  said, "[Totally inappropriate four-letter word]! I have to go into lab ... reservoir of parental TechCash money, and I actually have to pay for all my ... . After leaving work, I walked home along Vassar Street listening to "Summer

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 2

  

  merit aid (free registration required) On to the questions... FWD wrote ... skills weren't good enough to figure out when Caltech adopted the beaver ... answered, but how do we send in our replies to get it in by May 1? Can we fax

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Exploring MIT’s sports facilities there's so much to see!

  

  -your-rain-jacket-everywhere weather). What better way to enjoy this good weather than by going on a little adventure? I’ve been wanting to do a blog showcasing MIT’s many athletics facilities for a while now, so I think this is the perfect time to

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 4, 2025
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Ebony Affair as a Pre-Frosh A Recap of my Experience from the 49th year of the Program

  

  As a pre-frosh, one thing I really appreciated before coming to MIT was how many programs there were to help students become accustomed to ... that I continue to interact with and get support from on a daily basis

  • by Richard O. '28
  • March 25, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  one weekend in March a play-by-play

  

  I’ve been too hosed to write a post that requires beyond ... drive with Mira, another pika resident, to a nearby lake. I’ve been ... to be calmed by a swim in cold water. Mira tells me about her past

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  hokey pokey is the best ice cream in the world (unbiased take)

  

  The school year has begun again. I’m glad to report that some things ... ,[/annotation] the massive flurry of dormspams as clubs begin to campaign for ... can pretend to be friends with each other in a 30 person class.  The

  • by Janet G. '27
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In which I “get a life” again reclaiming my childhood hobbies

  

  “get to know you” forms for roommates and advisors and whatever other MIT ... beginning!! We were going to college!! I obsessed over my answers to every ... was kind of sad to think about for a while. Really, Allison? You have no

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 12, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  djent is not a djenre or is it?

  

  Sometime in high school, I was trying to break the ice at a group meeting. I asked everyone, “what kind of music do you listen to?”  Someone ... was confused as to why that would be the case. I considered myself

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 22, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  making art for fun what a crazy concept!

  

  When I was applying to be a blogger in September, one of the first questions was about why I wanted to be a blogger in the first place. Amidst ... ."]blogging would be an excuse[/annotation] to continue pursuing art while attending

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  yo-yos, comics, and other adventures my junior spring schedule!

  

  have all semester to CAD our designs, CNC molds for them, injection mold ... iteration. I met with my team this weekend to finalize our design: the moon fish Tui and La from Avatar. Shout-out to Audrey for designing the fish

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 24, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every Piece of Media I Consumed in My First Week of Class that was relevant to my studies, i guess

  

  This semester, I'm taking a wide array of classes, from music to media studies to English, and as a result, I've had to consume a lot of ... music-ish classes, 21M.150 Intro to Music Theory and CMS.S60 Rap Theory

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 13, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  the npc life office hours with lupe fiasco

  

  In middle school, I repeatedly listened to Lupe Fiasco's hit singles ... MIT this spring, I had to take his class. My friend Wenjun H. '25 had ... various ridiculous schemes to get in, since we were sure it would be

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 26, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21M.285: The Beatles the most enjoyable class i've taken at MIT

  

  discography whatsoever. When I got to MIT, my music taste evolved to include ... 't interested in them enough to take an entire class on them. In May, I watched ... -finals, when I had absolutely nothing to do, I started reading a lot about this

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 3, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  the first day of work lessons i'm learning

  

  one. it's nice to have slack in your schedule. and by slack, i don ... referring to free space in a schedule, like a buffer period. but there's a ... wanted to do a big task XYZ. they split it into three tasks, X, Y, and Z

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  snippets from a semester minus academics, of course

  

  conner floor went to some random town in Maine for three days. our Airbnb ... concerts firefly — four friends and i went to Dover, Delaware for three ... . the music slapped though dance kinematix — i biked to Northeastern

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 21, 2021
• Blog / Personal Projects

  things i’ve made and/or consumed art, movies, shows, and more

  

  watercolor and graphite, so I tried to experiment with other media ... of the piece was to illustrate accents and the uniqueness of accents ... person with some escaping her mouth.  I’ve been wanting to embroider for a

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 28, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  wants to be like, "Oh my god, I can't let other people know that I have ... love my favorite pieces of media. Turning to fiction for comfort has ... last year. So it's because I hold these things so close to my heart that

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome

  

  started to get shin splints, which, scientifically speaking, is when your ... then I moved to Boston, where it wasn't 100 degrees from 8 am til dusk, and I began to run long distances again. I kept ignoring the pain, not

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thanksgiving a different way All the cool kids call it "Friendsgiving" now, right?

  

  , Thursday and Friday, to make a four-day long weekend. This year, breaking tradition, we got the full week (to allow for on-campus students to pack and move out). In the days leading up to our unprecedentedly luxurious break

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 2, 2020