things i’ve learned as an mit student
Now that my first year is officially over and i am a real person now (conservation of frosh or whatever), i feel like i am finally qualified to give children (aka frosh) advice and tell old people (aka non-’27s) about my experiences.
Revisiting il dolce far niente at Tanglewood
Besides the rich music I got to hear, what made Tanglewood special was that the concert going experience made me embrace il dolce far niente — the art of doing nothing.
The Matter Family is Back!
For those of you who are wondering where Auntie Matter went, she’s doing great. She graduated in 2019, dabbled a bit in 2023, but has been disappointed that none of you ever volunteered to pick up where she left off... Anyways, after scrolling through last semester’s MIT Confessions, she started to get worried.
Radio Silence
I could scream and yell and plead for help all I want, but I will never get a response. All I will be met with is radio silence.
(A Bit Of) Attention Is All You Need (To Give)
When giving someone space they might not need is the default option.
Voices, Voices
What more glorious purpose is there to behold than the all-consuming act of eternal war with oneself?
Career Dilemma
What the executive leader at my internship said made me think a lot about how many people pursue jobs for money instead of personal fulfillment.
Last Night
Hearing my senior friends talk about their last semesters and futures made me enter the mindset of a soon-to-be graduate, even though I have one more year of undergrad.
Music Listening
On my good days, it was punk. On my bad ones, it was goth. At my worst, it was Penelope Scott.
Dear Ex-Girlfriend
When I met you in the fall, you were just what I needed.
I Was The Token Man And I Had to Leave
The Group crystallized me, froze me, before their ocean dissolved and diluted me into…nothing. Or something, but something expendable.
Free Listening
A strange loneliness crept over me when I noticed the man with a "Free Listening" sign sitting on the steps of Lobby 7.
A librarian of human stories
Meet Ms. Emilie Songolo, Head of Distinctive Collections
Friendship reaches far and wide: An interview with Margaret Zheng and Wide Tim
Don’t let Wide Tim catch you wide awake! He’d want you to get a good sleep!
a portrait painted in nonexistent colors
“do you know who you are? looking back at you now, you spend too much time thinking about this question; there is no reason, at least in my mind, that you need to prove that the answer to this question is “a good person.” all you really want, in the end, is to be heard and seen, and for someone to tell you that you deserve to be happy.”
Dear Mom
I will share the epistolary thoughts I had in my mind this past month, thoughts that feel like an imaginary conversation with you, except you are silent.
You see right past me — or through me
“You know how much I hate that everybody just expects me to bounce back.” (Taylor Swift)
Bursting the MIT Bubble
It’s one thing to get to places without relying on Google Maps, but it’s another thing to know the people and stories that make up a place.