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• Blog / Uncategorized

  field notes on all the fruit tending to plants, self, others

  

  saliently connected to the blooming of new life, a cycle of renewal and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  friday afternoon in the town of beans i'm freeeeeeeeeeeee

  

  can we base our stories on real-life experiences, and how does this

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  quality of life once I declared 21E. This semester I've been really

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  mmmm wikipedia i ramble about my favorite wikipedia articles

  

  If you can’t tell from the title, I love scrolling through Wikipedia. Yes, the website that your middle school English teacher probably rained hellfire on about how you should never…

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask me anything about portfolios Go ahead—don’t be shy!

  

  different types? Sure! But, as is true for many things in life, please focus

  • by Jeremy W.
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  a week of summer ft. cafes, lab, and assorted thoughts

  

  This summer has been busy, this summer has been full. I’ve been writing, and working, and meeting many people. I want to preserve it, like a flower pressed between pages.…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 8, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i ran out of social energy and other great ways to say no

  

  just gonna talk about things i’ve been up to lately. fall is already coming so quickly. we’ve been planning for rush since the spring, of course, but right now it…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m a physics major (for now) feeling scholarly, part 2/2

  

  'm doing, what I think I might want to do with my life. Back in September

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 26, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  scootin’ and zoomin’ a transportation saga

  

  , attempting to escape the zoom rooms which fill my life now. i love the color

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 18, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  …and other things you can do with your four-day weekend context around the marathon

  

  This post is intended to accompany⁠07 consider viewing them side-by-side! this one. Spring Semester, 2021 This semester has been extremely hard; the exhaustion in the undergraduate community has been palpable…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at CSAIL

  

  friend's life, and getting the sense that despite being amazing in many

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  one with nothing making peace with unproductivity

  

  resources, like energy or life points. being a card game, cards are the most

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 5, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  walking, walking, walking walking and/as coping

  

  Walking alone ’cause the night is dead. Crossed my mind when I crossed the bridge. fun.,⁠14 yes, another blog post that includes lyrics by fun. “Walking the Dog” Yet whenever…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 31, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  318 memorial drive a historical rabbit hole

  

  Back in November, after our adventure visiting every stop on the MBTA, CJ and I promised that we would write a post full of wonderful facts and obscure lore about…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Celeste the best video game i've played in months

  

  I have run out of things to write about because nothing is happening in my life right now, other than finals week and Celeste. Celeste is the first video game I've picked up in months, mostly because my friends

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 13, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Twenty thousand paper cuts and twenty thousand leaves

  

  One. Two weeks ago my phone’s charger suddenly stopped working. I ordered a replacement from Amazon. I accidentally put Baker as the address, because that was where I stayed last…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  kitchen nightmares bugs and toasters and explosions, oh my!

  

  A few months into living on my own, my roommates and I have learned many important life lessons about food, mostly through trial and error. A lot of error. Here's a list of my very own freshman housing horror

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

  the classes among us reflections and too many flashbacks on classes ft. ESG

  

  Personally, I have always found it ironic how universities tout their student: faculty ratio. For freshmen and prospective students, how significant is this number? Does a ratio of 5:1 mean…

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  oh, the places you’ll go

  

  coding for her lab for her computer science class at MIT. My life could

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Designing dead ends A look into the "misc." folder on my desktop

  

  In August I celebrated my four year workiversary⁠44 🍰 as the in-house designer on the communications team at MIT Admissions and Student Financial Services. Essentially, in the months when I’m…

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 24, 2020