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[Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25
- by Nicole Cooper
- April 23, 2025
We’ve been busy at the STARS College Network at MIT! This past year marked our second year as part of the consortium, and we’ve received a lot of great questions about the partnership—questions like: “What is STARS?” “What does MIT do as part of it?”… Read More
I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY!! and also my major and also indecision
- by Aiden H. '28
- April 20, 2025
This coming Tuesday, the major declaration form is due for freshmen. What follows is the very long and detailed crisis I had in picking my major, organized by what I considered, in a roughly chronological order: Course 8 (Physics) Okay I never seriously considered physics while at MIT, but in… Read More

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#happy easter

#hop is the greatest movie

#peeps are gross
ASK US (the MIT Bloggers) ANYTHING! YES
- by Jenny B. '25
- April 18, 2025
In the spirit of Campus Preview Weekend,⁠08 This weekend, high schoolers who were newly admitted to MIT get to visit the campus and experience student culture up close, from exploring dorm… Read More
[Announcement] The MIT Bloggers are hosting an AMA! Ask us anything this Friday and Saturday!
- by Jenny B. '25
- April 15, 2025
Days until Blogger AMA: MIT Blogger AMA Link: Coming soon! The MIT Bloggers are hosting a 2-day… Read More
The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT
- by Aiden H. '28
- April 14, 2025
A couple months ago, I wrote about how to make money at MIT. Much to our collective dismay, there is another side of the coin: spending money. For most students, college will be their first experience largely handling their own finances in a day-to-day sense. As someone who notably… Read More

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#happy Lady Gaga Coachella
Lax bros and their workflows
- by Emiko P. '25
- April 14, 2025
The start of spring is an important time — not because summer is drawing near, not because the temperature is heating up, and not even because the sun stays out past 6 pm. No, the start of spring means one thing and one thing only: it’s lax season!!… Read More
doctor worm not a real doctor but i am a real worm
- by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
- April 8, 2025
life has been weird. life has been extremely busy. it feels like things are clicking into place and falling completely apart all at once. i worked all through spring break, including weekends — i think from monday the 17th to saturday the 29th i went into lab every single day. Read More

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The MIT women's track and field team wins first NCAA Division III Championship.

The MIT women's track and field team won its first NCAA Division III National Championship in program history at the 2025 NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships. The men's track and field team placed seventh, and the women's swimming and diving team took home two more National Championships and set a new national record.

Bridging STEM and policy

Kevin Guo '25 and Erin Hovendon '26 share the crucial perspectives their political science and public policy minors provide on their research and future careers.

MIT-Brazil Global Classroom

MIT student, right, examines vegetation in Brazil.

As part of MISTI's MIT-Brazil Global Classroom, students traveled to the Amazon where they explored local flora, studied in labs, and developed a new plastic-making process in collaboration with Brazilian undergraduates—all within the three weeks of Independent Activities Period.

the best thing i did for myself as a pre-frosh the one where i gush about burton one
- by Veronica P. '27
- April 7, 2025
The cherry blossoms are out and the students are slipping onto Kresge Lawn again, accompanied by instruments to strum and bubble teas to sip and soaking in the Boston sun on one of those early spring days where the warmth still feels like a tiny miracle. Campus is starting to… Read More

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#b1ners

#burton one

#Burton-Conner House

#CPW

#dorm life
Food, glorious food In which I learn that Simmons Dining is not, in fact, the best that Boston's…
- by Andi Q. '25
- April 6, 2025
If you asked me before spring break where I like to eat around MIT, I would have told you Simmons Dining (or maybe Maseeh Dining more recently⁠24 Simmons Dining's quality really fell off… Read More
am i boring or just overstimulated?
- by Aiden H. '28
- April 5, 2025
“There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby *** I have come to the profound realization recently that I think I’m boring. I’m not entirely sure where I sit with that. More importantly,… Read More

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#oops I put on Sufjan Stevens and now I'm having like a moment

#what am I supposed to do without more severance

#you will not catch me awake after 11:30 PM
Exploring MIT’s sports facilities there's so much to see!
- by Emiko P. '25
- April 4, 2025
It’s a beautiful spring day here at MIT – the sun is peeking through the clouds, I was woken up this morning by birds, and we’ve now mostly exited heaviest-coat-in-the-closet weather (and are now entering bring-your-rain-jacket-everywhere weather). What better way to enjoy this good weather than… Read More
poem snippets searching for hope amidst darkness
- by Fatima A. '25
- April 4, 2025
something silly, something weightless, i want my laugh to echo and not hit me back. i am not a very avid reader but i have lately collected lots of short poems. i don’t think i have many words of wisdom or consolation, so here are some poems that i… Read More
PE classes are…great!? catch me at the 2028 summer olympics
- by Aiden H. '28
- April 3, 2025
Upon admittance, I dedicated a fairly serious and borderline-obsessive amount of time to look through the course catalog and major requirements for every major. Most of this was out of curiosity and to itch the little part of my brain that loves… Read More

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#mirai nagasu was my hero as a kid

#natty or not

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An underwater robot with a mission Developed by MIT Sea Grant, SeaPerch is a maker project that provides an approachable path for middle and high school students to learn more about sensors, robotics, climate science, and more.

Engineering joy Watch as MechE remembers the late Dr. Woodie Flowers who led the way for hands-on engineering education at MIT and spread the joy of designing and building things to students—not only on campus but around the world.

Robot research MIT AeroAstro associate professor Luca Carlone and his students in the SPARK Lab are working to expand a robot’s awareness of its environment in ways that approach human-level perception.

Blending coffee and science In class 3.000 (Coffee Matters: Using the Breakerspace to Make the Perfect Cup), students explore coffee chemistry and what makes a good brew through hands-on experiments.

“The Whole Student Experience” The latest issue of Spectrum delves into what it means to educate the whole student at MIT.

Mind and hand Rhea Vedro, a technical instructor of metalsmithing, aims to transform the lives of her students through the art of making.

The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch More than 2,000 handblown glass pumpkins are sold each fall to benefit the MIT Glass Lab.

Ride on! The MIT Bike Lab is a student-run bike shop that provides bike repair and maintenance services to the MIT community.

Reshaping the future of clothing manufacturing MIT's Fabric Innovation Hub aims to foster a community of experts in fibers and fabrics and build a network of knowledge that will revolutionize the textile industry.

Sky is no limit MIT alum Sheila Xu '14, who was born deaf, never imagined she could become a pilot, but says MIT put her on that path.

Log Log Land Tap along as the MIT Logarhythms debut their song, "Hall That Never Ends."

Advancing aquaculture Santiago B. '26 and Unyime U. '27 are working with MIT Sea Grant to develop image-recognition tools that will help aquaculture hatcheries monitor shellfish seed.

Life on Mars, together As part of Crew 290 at the Mars Desert Research Station, two MIT students learn what it’s like to be a Martian during a Mars analog mission.

An unusual piano lesson Advanced piano tech offers new ways to engage with music and study live performance data.

The positive power of math MIT alum José Esparza Lozano ’19 is spending a year in Rwanda to help train its math olympiad team, with the aim of using math to bring positive changes to the community.

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An underwater robot with a mission Developed by MIT Sea Grant, SeaPerch is a maker project that provides an approachable path for middle and high school students to learn more about sensors, robotics, climate science, and more.

Engineering joy Watch as MechE remembers the late Dr. Woodie Flowers who led the way for hands-on engineering education at MIT and spread the joy of designing and building things to students—not only on campus but around the world.

Robot research MIT AeroAstro associate professor Luca Carlone and his students in the SPARK Lab are working to expand a robot’s awareness of its environment in ways that approach human-level perception.

Blending coffee and science In class 3.000 (Coffee Matters: Using the Breakerspace to Make the Perfect Cup), students explore coffee chemistry and what makes a good brew through hands-on experiments.

“The Whole Student Experience” The latest issue of Spectrum delves into what it means to educate the whole student at MIT.

Mind and hand Rhea Vedro, a technical instructor of metalsmithing, aims to transform the lives of her students through the art of making.

The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch More than 2,000 handblown glass pumpkins are sold each fall to benefit the MIT Glass Lab.

Ride on! The MIT Bike Lab is a student-run bike shop that provides bike repair and maintenance services to the MIT community.

Reshaping the future of clothing manufacturing MIT's Fabric Innovation Hub aims to foster a community of experts in fibers and fabrics and build a network of knowledge that will revolutionize the textile industry.

Sky is no limit MIT alum Sheila Xu '14, who was born deaf, never imagined she could become a pilot, but says MIT put her on that path.

Log Log Land Tap along as the MIT Logarhythms debut their song, "Hall That Never Ends."

Advancing aquaculture Santiago B. '26 and Unyime U. '27 are working with MIT Sea Grant to develop image-recognition tools that will help aquaculture hatcheries monitor shellfish seed.

Life on Mars, together As part of Crew 290 at the Mars Desert Research Station, two MIT students learn what it’s like to be a Martian during a Mars analog mission.

An unusual piano lesson Advanced piano tech offers new ways to engage with music and study live performance data.

The positive power of math MIT alum José Esparza Lozano ’19 is spending a year in Rwanda to help train its math olympiad team, with the aim of using math to bring positive changes to the community.