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• Blog / Challenges

  Circles, circles, circles week to week to week

  

  Content warning: depression, suicidal ideation. The other day my therapist asked me about when I get depressive episodes. And I said that I got them after I’d come home from…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Student holiday! lots going on!

  

  Today’s an MIT student holiday! Years ago the faculty decided that students don’t have enough holidays, so they added some to the academic calendar, to guarantee each month has at…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  born again freshman too junior for this

  

  grades? i feel like i know about as much about navigating campus life as

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 4, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  back in east campus jiggity jig

  

  i moved back to east campus last weekend, and to continue the kinda silly tradition, here is a picture of my old room. the move was slightly less smooth than…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 13, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  20 Things I Learned In 2020 from a course 20 who is in her 20s

  

  *full disclosure: this post was mainly written for the title* We are so freaking capable of adapting to drastic life changes. It might ... . The people in your life should make your world bigger, not smaller

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 1, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  socializing safely ...but also leaving my room maybe once a day

  

  here’s the thing: most of my MIT friends are currently in the Cambridge area. however, even if there wasn’t a pandemic, I wouldn’t be able to meet up with all…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 15, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  vibe check i'm basically living at MIT again

  

  ! 2020 has been a shitshow but I am VIBING!!! Aaand there's my life update

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 19, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  deep talks , strange person

  

  ... Sadly, one element of campus life that 2 am video calls just can't manage

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  making the most of things we threw our annual rager in, uh, Minecraft

  

  I just wanted to quickly share something that brought me a lot of happiness this weekend :) My floor’s annual party, DTYD (Dance ‘Til You Drop), would have been yesterday…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 20, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  the person you are now oversharing on the internet

  

  to the boy I thought was the love of my life, or goodbye to the boy I thought was the love of my life. I've spent these past few days revisiting ... boy no longer in my life, crying as I confront the people who hurt me

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 3, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Spirited Away Guest Post By Freshly Alum'ed Wasay A. '19

  

  other people who contributed to the most pivotal years of my life so far

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 13, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  some things my eyes saw recently (this is exactly what it says on the tin)

  

  I have seen much in these past weeks. Here is a small selection: The weather on campus turned beauuuutiful this week (just in time for finals and my leaving…) and…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 24, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Tips for a Pleasant Olfactory Experience how to make your room smell good

  

  Back in the fall, I wasn’t really sure if I made the right choice regarding my dorm. Now, I’m very sure I made the right choice. I like all the…

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 9, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Morning Person rise and shine

  

  I can’t sleep in. I don’t have any early-morning obligations – I just naturally wake up very early. I know, it’s a nice “problem” to have 08 Except for when…

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 14, 2019
• Blog / Events

  some food around boston plus a random ski pic!

  

  . Like, I can't tell you how many kimchi fried rices I've eaten in my life

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 1, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  I can’t feel my face Snowmageddon 2018

  

  tldr; If you like snow and want to come to MIT, read this post. If you don’t like snow and want to come to MIT, don’t read this post. If…

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • January 5, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Cool Data Stuff, ft. Immersion I just really like data visualizations, plz don't judge

  

  I emerge from three weeks of being fairly hosed WITH MORE COOL DATA STUFF GUYS WOOOO. This time, though, I cannot take any credit for the tear-inducingly beautiful data visualization…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 5, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for transgender students in light of the military ban and our ROTC program(s)

  

  In late August, the Trump Administration issued an executive order banning the recruitment of transgender people to the military. While the implementation of this order is still under review, its…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 3, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Aliens, Bitcoin, Camps now i know my ABCs

  

  sorts of creatures with all sorts of perspectives on life, love, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 19, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  What is Simmons Hall Like? part of my freshman year experience

  

  On my 18th birthday and going away party, we had a huge cake with an MIT Logo on it. Next to my birthday cake were two robotic arms (the ones…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 16, 2016