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IT’S SNOWING a bit of whimsy during finals week

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stata center (center) and building 68 (right) charles river and boston skyline from building 2 killian court mass ave stata center (foreground) and somerville and cambridge (background) from green building…

by Boheng C. '28
December 14, 2025

Blog / MIT Life

the children yearn for the snow quarry 120 bricks, 80 man hours, 3 tons of snow, 2 forts, and a partridge in…

It is 12 am on the second weekend of IAP. Snow has been falling for almost four hours, and there’s almost three inches on the ground. This can only mean…

by Allison E. '27
December 13, 2025

Blog / MIT History & Culture

[Guest Post] 202.9 (slightly cursed) Tims from the Class of ‘29 by Joy X. '29

I was bored, so I made 202.9 Tim ideas suggested by the Class of ‘29 Discord Server! I was originally going to draw 2029 Tims for the class of 2029,…

by Ellie F. '28
December 11, 2025

Blog / Announcements

MIT EA Decisions to be Posted Tuesday, 12/16/25, at 6:28 PM ET it's that time of year again...

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I’m here today, accompanied by Tim’s very hardworking cousin, to announce that Early Action decisions for the Class of 2030 will be released next Tuesday, 12/16/2025, at 6:28 PM ET. …

by Ceri R. '16
December 9, 2025

Blog / Uncategorized

2.009 LIVE BLOG 2025 w/ Kayode D. '27 and Veronica P. '27

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7:24 — HELLO WORLD AND WELCOME TO THE 2.009 LIVE BLOG!!!!!!!! This is Kayode, here with Veronica and Taylor, fellow Bloggers!! We’ll be writing about the showcase as it happens,…

by Taylor L. '29
December 8, 2025

Blog / Uncategorized

2.009 LIVE BLOG 2025!!!!! ft. Veronica P. '27 and Taylor L. '29 !!!!!!!

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7:24 — HELLO WORLD AND WELCOME TO THE 2.009 LIVE BLOG!!!!!!!! This is Kayode, here with Veronica and Taylor, fellow Bloggers!! We’ll be writing about the showcase as it happens,…

by Kayode D. '27
December 8, 2025

Blog / MIT Life

day in my life except it’s a live blog

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11:07-11:33 PM: i got distracted again. here’s what i did the past few hours: read a chapter from Orbital by Samantha Harvey which is the last book for my reading seminar (infrastructure…

by Victor D. '27
December 7, 2025

Blog / Challenges

passionless had a crisis, got a tattoo

I’m not typically one for year-end reflections or goals, mostly treating New Year’s Eve as a reason to make a charcuterie board and talk to friends instead of a day…

by Aiden H. '28
December 7, 2025

Blog / Classes

Cells, Cells, and more Cells you've met me at a very course 20 time in my life

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Hello! It has been a really long time since I posted :’) My goal is to hopefully catch these blogs up to my current life, but instead of starting from the last…

by Jessica Z. '27
December 3, 2025

Blog / Majors & Minors

Urban Studies and Planning at MIT! On the DUSP: Part 2

Student Profiles from the Department of Urban Studies and Planning Urban Studies and Planning (Course 11) is a small, interdisciplinary major engaged in real-world issues. Since the posting of the…

by Victor D. '27
December 3, 2025

Blog / Travel

Acception Therapy airplanes! airplanes airplanes

see: Rejection Therapy pilot had both a321neo (the actual plane) and a320 cards!! An arrow pointing right Previous An arrow pointing right Next shiny,,, An arrow pointing right Previous An…

by Ellie F. '28
December 2, 2025

Blog / MIT Life

39 windows and 2 friends a love letter to simmons's architecture

last year, i lived in simmons hall. simmons is known for many things at MIT — its rubber ducks, its chalk, its residents’ chronically online doomscrolling — but first and…

by Boheng C. '28
December 2, 2025

Blog / Events

A Trip to AfroTech My Recap of the AfroTech Conference in Houston

About a month ago, I left campus to take a little trip to Houston for this year’s Afrotech conference with MIT’s NSBE ⁠23 National Society of Black Engineers - An…

by Richard O. '28
November 30, 2025

Blog / How to MIT

How I Made the MIT Orientation Trading Card Game The Insatiable Urge to Collect Continues...

The year is 2021. It’s a Sunday night in early January. My mother comes into my room. My floor is strewn with cardboard, canvases, markers and felt, boxes and tiny…

by Kayode D. '27
November 30, 2025

Blog / Admissions

I’m still reading applications 5 years later...

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5 years ago on November 28, 2020, it felt like my entire world was 15 steps wide. In the throes of the pandemic, I spent every day inside my cozy…

by Jeremy W.
November 28, 2025

Blog / People & Identities

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! 🦃 Yara has a peath sign on her head!

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Whenever someone wishes me a Happy Thanksgiving, I can’t help but respond “Yara has a peath sign on her head!” At around age 7, while playing games with my older…

by Hala K. '29
November 27, 2025

Blog / People & Identities

everything i think i’m not (rush, part 2) and what it would take for me to be it

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In the many days prior to Kresge Kickoff, I kept saying it, kept thinking it. Passing conversations during Orientation training—What are you looking forward to this year? I’m gonna rush,…

by Caleb M. '27
November 25, 2025

Blog / Blog Projects

I Made MIT-ish ASMR you're welcome (i'm so sorry)

by Aiden H. '28
November 24, 2025

Blog / Challenges

at a distance staying in contact with friends from home

A few days ago,⁠37 at the time of writing one of my best friends from home, Ariana, posted a picture with a balloon spelling “21.” Her birthday was about a…

by Victor D. '27
November 20, 2025

Blog / Art, Literature, Music

I Went To The Ballet! 💎 color me refined 💎

This past weekend, I went to my first ballet! Unfortunately, my previous level of knowledge of ballet was at best mediocre. I know vaguely of tutus and the word pirouette,…

by Aiden H. '28
November 18, 2025