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🗓️ Our Regular Action deadline for first-year applications is January 6.
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FYI: Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting in 2025 what it says on the tin
- by Chris Peterson SM '13
- November 20, 2024
First, let me start with a venerable and ancient blogger apology: sorry for not blogging much lately. With my new-ish role — Director of Communications and Special Projects — I am doing more writing than ever, but the kind that is often read by a half dozen people within MIT. Read More
🦆🦆🦆🏳️🏳️🏳️ 🦖🦖🦖 SIMMONS!!! RETREAT!!!
- by Ellie F. '28
- November 17, 2024
153 minutes before the deadline to sign up for the Simmons Retreat, I got an email. We noticed you filled out the interest form, it said, but that you haven’t filled out the binding form. I had already accepted that I couldn’t go—I had promised to go to… Read More

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*THE* double a room tour from an (only slightly) obnoxious duo
- by Veronica P. '27
- November 17, 2024
Meet my roommate and me: layla: the awesomest roommate ever, nyc native, collector of hobbies and lover of clothes veronica: now known by many as ronnie after she told layla "nobody's ever been able to make that nickname stick", currently writing this blog An arrow pointing right Previous An… Read More

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#Burton-Conner House

#dorm life

#friendship

#roommates

#thrifting
tick tick tick and the euphoria of it stopping
- by Kanokwan T. '25
- November 16, 2024
content warning: mental health, academic stress, burnout tick The institute is always churning. tick There’s a constant sound in the back of my head, a whirring that keeps my mind thinking about what I need to do next, instead of what I’m doing right… Read More

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#breakdown

#dinner

#friends

#friendship

#music
Mathisms and other linguistic quirks of the nerd incubator
- by Allison E. '27
- November 15, 2024
There exists a nontrivial subset of the MIT population for whom the intersection of their everyday language and mathematical jargon is non-empty. In other words, MIT is overrun with math people who cannot help but speak in tongues math gibberish. It’s almost… Read More

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#mathisms
How I lost aura points i confess my sins
- by Jenny B. '25
- November 14, 2024
The state that I have been reduced to For people who aren’t caught up with Gen Zalpha slang, or people who are reading this in the far future, or people who time-travelled from a year before 2024: “Aura points” dictate how cool you are. You gain aura points… Read More
“what if I get rejected” for everyone nervous about admissions decisions
- by Aiden H. '28
- November 13, 2024
I’ll cut to the chase: it’s November, which means that a lot of the people stumbling across the blogs are among the tens of thousands of anxious students and family members who are going through the college application season, and are either trying to vibe out whether they want to… Read More

Affordability + MIT

MIT is taking new steps to enhance MIT’s affordability for students and families. Starting with the 2025–2026 academic year, families with an income below $100,000 can expect a $0 parent contribution and students with a family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free, thanks to newly expanded financial aid.

Combating climate anxiety with engineering

Solar Electric Vehicle team crosses ASC finish line in 2024

MIT's Edgerton Center clubs empower students to engineer devices that are powered by cleaner forms of energy, from a 100% solar car created by the Solar Electric Vehicle Team to hydrogen gas turbine engines created by the Sustainable Engine Team.

Playful theater design classes

Theater arts students sit around a set design.

From physical sets to auditory soundscapes, MIT's Theater Arts professors use the power of play in their classes. Students experiment with mundane objects and ideas beyond reality to develop design skills—like iterating flexibly—that they can use beyond the stage.

I tried* to run to the airport *thank you Noah and Sydney for saving my life
- by Kayode D. '27
- November 12, 2024
I wrote in an earlier blog that I took up running. Since coming back to MIT, I am sad to report that the habit has ceased and I no longer run everyday. I realized recently that I lack discipline. I’ve been burnt by the burn-out of too much work… Read More

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#Just run on campus

#you don't have to go that far.
If I ever come back on being away from mit
- by CJ Q. '23
- November 12, 2024
Cross-posted from my blog, which is where I write these days. One If I stay, will you go? And if I go, will you stay? I don’t know If I can keep going down this road At the beginning of senior year, I began tackling the… Read More
[joint post] blogston commons with Allison E. ‘27, Ellie F. ‘28, Jebby ‘25, and Sara N. ‘28
- by Janet G. '27
- November 11, 2024
creds to Allison for the post title <3 welcome to today’s episode of m*thbusters!⁠25 censored bc idk if it's trademarked or not today, we’re clearing out some classic… Read More

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#BlogstonCommons
someday fate of friends
- by Kai V. '25
- November 10, 2024
This summer, my friends in LA kept telling me I hadn’t changed at all since high school. I expected to feel annoyed: in an objective sense, I’m a lot better adjusted now than I was in high school, and I might have wanted this to be recognized. Instead I just… Read More

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#friendship
Never Got Forks or bowls. got hella plates though
- by Sara N. '28
- November 9, 2024
I came to MIT forgetting at home my power bank, a charger for my TI-84, my eyeliner, and my shampoo-conditioner set – this last one was remedied expeditiously, trust. What I did remember to pack was: a 96-piece assorted disposable cutlery set, a sizeable stack of disposable bowls & plates… Read More

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#BlogstonCommons
24 Pumpkins a journey through the streets of Boston
- by Allison E. '27
- November 9, 2024
As a person who hails from a land devoid of seasons, I consider it my utmost duty to take advantage of any fall-related activities that come my way. Amongst other things, I’ve been taking pictures of the changing leaves (for some reason, the trees on campus are sad… Read More

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From the community

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.

Recognition for sustainability work MIT’s Anna Kwon '24 and Nicole Doering '26 are the first undergraduate students to receive Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s Jane Matlaw Environmental Champion Awards.

Student-athlete excellence Kristen Palmer '23 has been named a finalist for the 2023 NCAA Woman of the Year award.

MIT’s top Tetris player In this Q&A, Justin Yu '25, a computer science and engineering major, talks about how he became the 2023 Classic Tetris World Champion.

Mark Rober visits MIT’s makerspaces Follow along as Mark Rober—engineer, educator, YouTuber, and MIT’s 2023 commencement speaker—gets a look at a few of our makerspaces.

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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.

Recognition for sustainability work MIT’s Anna Kwon '24 and Nicole Doering '26 are the first undergraduate students to receive Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s Jane Matlaw Environmental Champion Awards.

Student-athlete excellence Kristen Palmer '23 has been named a finalist for the 2023 NCAA Woman of the Year award.

MIT’s top Tetris player In this Q&A, Justin Yu '25, a computer science and engineering major, talks about how he became the 2023 Classic Tetris World Champion.

Mark Rober visits MIT’s makerspaces Follow along as Mark Rober—engineer, educator, YouTuber, and MIT’s 2023 commencement speaker—gets a look at a few of our makerspaces.

MIT’s Hobby Shop New and improved, this makerspace is ready to welcome all members of the MIT community seeking to build their personal projects.