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one weekend in March a play-by-play

I’ve been too hosed to write a post that requires beyond-brainstem activity, so instead, enjoy my weekend foray into lifestyle blogging. Saturday 9:00 a.m. For breakfast I eat cereal and…

by Kai V. '25
March 22, 2025

Blog / MIT Life

“we have the winter olympics at home” the winter olympics at home:

When I say that snow was a statistically significant factor in my choice of MIT, I mean it. I’m on a mission to spread the New England winter propaganda, and…

by Allison E. '27
March 22, 2025

Blog / How to Food

concord market is finally here!!!!! feasting at MIT's on-campus grocery store

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The day I’ve been waiting for has finally arrived. For over 20 years, the Student Center housed an MIT treasure: LaVerde’s, our beloved on-campus grocery store. 05 The earliest mention…

by Emiko P. '25
March 21, 2025

Blog / Rural and Small-Town

[Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

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Bringing STARS to Campus: Reflections on our first STARS@MIT Fly-In As we gear up for the second STARS (Small-Town and Rural Students)@MIT Fly-In program this fall, we’re reflecting on the incredible…

by Nicole Cooper
March 20, 2025

Blog / How to Food

MIT Dining Halls my controversial ranking

One of my biggest plights with MIT is how, since they kinda know that people will always want to apply/commit, there isn’t as much of a need to wow students…

by Aiden H. '28
March 19, 2025

Blog / Art, Literature, Music

speaker talks and gallery shows + other cool stuff yay

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This semester, I’ve really been trying to take advantage of MIT’s deep well of events: book talks, participatory activities, gallery openings, film screenings… the list goes on! SHASS⁠09 MIT School…

by Gloria Z. '26
March 18, 2025

Blog / Miscellaneous

ST PATRICKS DAY RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

HEAR YE HEAR YE ALL LADS, GINGERS, AND HONORARY BOSTONIANS, LORD HOZIER, KING OF IRELAND, IS HERE TO SPEAK: It can’t be said I’m an early birdIt’s ten o’clock before…

by Aiden H. '28
March 17, 2025

Blog / About Decisions

MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

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MIT Regular Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2029 are now available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the portal and visit your Application Status…

by Chris Peterson SM '13
March 14, 2025

Blog / Decisions Day Threads

Open Thread: Admitted

YOU GOT IN!! Come celebrate with us in the comments and—more importantly—share this wonderful news with your community and loved ones! We hope you feel like you’re walking on sunshine (or dancing in…

by Decisions
March 14, 2025

Blog / Decisions Day Threads

Open Thread: Waitlisted

A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we just couldn’t accept them all. We have placed a small number of students on the waitlist. If you…

by Decisions
March 14, 2025

Blog / Decisions Day Threads

Open Thread: Not Admitted

There were many incredible applicants to the MIT Class of 2029, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. Sometimes when you shoot for the moon, you…

by Decisions
March 14, 2025

Blog / MISTI

Out and about in the fog at the edge of the world

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I like standing at the edge, stopping there and looking down at the valley till my breath comes back. Feeling the world come to life. Seeing the raw scale of…

by Uzay G. '26
March 13, 2025

Blog / Advice

Taking the L: Part ✌️ My goal was Heaven anyways.

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[i think i need to drop another class] Hey gang, it’s your favorite failure, back to fail a little bit more! I think that the weather has a significant impact…

by Kayode D. '27
March 13, 2025

Blog / Residential Life

meet the simmons elevators! aka me thinking wayyy too much about elevators

Things always seem to come in threes. The Three Musketeers. The Holy Trinity. Rock, Paper, Scissors. The Plastics. And for Simmons Hall, our three elevators, Alevator, Belevator, and Celevator, each…

by Ellie F. '28
March 12, 2025

Blog / Art, Literature, Music

Eating Studio Ghibli Foods 🌾 At a mini-restaurant pop-up by MINCE <3

At the start of this month, I had the chance to eat at a Studio Ghibli themed pop-up restaurant, organized by MIT MINCE ⁠21 a cooking club that hosts pop-up…

by Fiona L. '27
March 11, 2025

Blog / Majors & Minors

What is engineering, anyways? i promise it's more than just math

1. Why I didn’t think I would be a good fit for engineering. I came to MIT certain of one thing: I would never be an engineer. In eighth grade,…

by Emiko P. '25
March 10, 2025

Blog / Miscellaneous

moving on, as shown through free t-shirts some spring cleaning

I have never read any of Marie Kondo’s books, nor have I claimed to, but I feel like we’re connected on at least some minor spiritual level. Although it’s definitely…

by Aiden H. '28
March 10, 2025

Blog / Uncategorized

Bad Ideas events I went to (another late IAP post) i can’t believe ellie beat me to the punch

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IAP is one of my favorite times of the year, because it’s the best time to do stupid things at the canonical school of smart people with minimal consequences. And…

by Anika H. '26
March 8, 2025

Blog / About Decisions

I asked people at MIT what they were doing for Pi Day 2025 something is rising... 3/14/25 at 6:28 PM ET

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Pi Day is a big deal at MIT. Not only does it go hand-in-hand with the “nerd culture” that MIT is known for, but it’s also tradition to announce Regular…

by Jebby B. '25
March 7, 2025

Blog / Academics & Research

Birds Are Real, and So Is Quantum Physics Monkey see, monkey believe

I believe in quantum physics now. The past few weeks have changed the way I look at the world. Experiment after experiment has confirmed that quantum phenomena, as absurd as…

by Andi Q. '25
March 6, 2025