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Shoulder Season Treat A little something for rising seniors to jump-start their exploration of MIT

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I have heard the term “Shoulder Season” to characterize the time between peak and off-peak travel seasons, and the fleetingly brief periods of time here in the Northeast between heating…

by David duKor-Jackson
May 12, 2025

Blog / Athletics

MIT is a jock school the secret is out

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As MIT Admissions’ one and only “jockblogger,” I have decided it’s my task—no, my duty—to finally say what needs to be said: MIT is a jock school. Yes, that MIT.…

by Emiko P. '25
May 11, 2025

Blog / How to Food

Dining Hall Alchemy The art of turning cereal and chicken tenders into slightly tastier cereal and chicken tenders

One of the many things I love about MIT’s dining halls is that they are buffet-style, allowing you to get as much food as you want from several “stations” around…

by Andi Q. '25
May 11, 2025

Blog / Uncategorized

SHE CAMPUS ON MY PREVIEW TIL I WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my freshman cpw post turned east campus love letter

My Campus Preview Weekend (MIT’s admitted students weekend, also known as CPW) was a whirlwind of constant adventure. What I wouldn’t have guessed was that the first CPW I’d spend…

by Angie F. '28
May 6, 2025

Blog / Uncategorized

sophomore accumulations because i miss show and tell

This week, as classes began to die down, I told a friend: “the only thing I gained this year was academic hardship.” Sophomore year tends to be the year when things…

by Veronica P. '27
May 6, 2025

Blog / How to Human

Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

For a while now, I’ve had this realization that I tend to overthink a lot. And I think this is something a lot of people can relate to. There are…

by Richard O. '28
April 30, 2025

Blog / Art, Literature, Music

Behind the Scenes of MIT Gala liveblog - how a fashion show is made!

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Over the past three years, I’ve been on the organizing board for MIT Gala, our student-run fashion show! Originally conceptualized in 2023 as the launch event for Infinite Magazine, the…

by Gloria Z. '26
April 27, 2025

Blog / Academics & Research

Every class I’ve taken at MIT RANKED!

I’m doing exactly what the title says: ranking every class⁠10 excluding any class less than 6 units (a normal class has 12 units) I’ve ever taken at MIT! Feel free…

by Emiko P. '25
April 26, 2025

Blog / Rural and Small-Town

[Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

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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…

by Nicole Cooper
April 23, 2025

Blog / Academics & Research

I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY!! and also my major and also indecision

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…

by Aiden H. '28
April 20, 2025

Blog / Blog Projects

ASK US (the MIT Bloggers) ANYTHING! YES

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In the spirit of Campus Preview Weekend,⁠20 This weekend, high schoolers who were newly admitted to MIT get to visit the campus and experience student culture up close, from exploring…

by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
April 18, 2025

Blog / Blog Projects

[Announcement] The MIT Bloggers are hosting an AMA! Ask us anything this Friday and Saturday!

Days until Blogger AMA: MIT Blogger AMA Link: Coming soon! The MIT Bloggers are hosting a 2-day AMA (“Ask Me Anything”)⁠23 If you don't know what an AMA is,…

by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
April 15, 2025

Blog / Financial Aid

The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

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,…

by Aiden H. '28
April 14, 2025

Blog / Athletics

Lax bros and their workflows

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…

by Emiko P. '25
April 14, 2025

Blog / Academics & Research

doctor worm not a real doctor but i am a real worm

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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,…

by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
April 8, 2025

Blog / MIT Life

the best thing i did for myself as a pre-frosh the one where i gush about burton one

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…

by Veronica P. '27
April 7, 2025

Blog / MIT Life

Food, glorious food In which I learn that Simmons Dining is not, in fact, the best that Boston's…

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 recently⁠36 Simmons Dining's quality…

by Andi Q. '25
April 6, 2025

Blog / Challenges

am i boring or just overstimulated?

“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…

by Aiden H. '28
April 5, 2025

Blog / Athletics

Exploring MIT’s sports facilities there's so much to see!

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…

by Emiko P. '25
April 4, 2025

Blog / Challenges

poem snippets searching for hope amidst darkness

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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…

by Fatima A. '25
April 4, 2025