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Welcome our new bloggers! Huzzah!

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After much deliberation over the 66 applications we received this summer, we are happy to announce our new bloggers! Please give a warm welcome to: Hala K. ‘29 from Michigan, who…

by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
September 16, 2025

Blog / Challenges

cookies life lessons through six scrumptious sayings

Call it big-boned or call it taste, but I’ve always loved cookies.⁠01 ice cream is so meh why wouldn't you eat a cookie instead?? I grew up as a massive…

by Aiden H. '28
September 13, 2025

Blog / Uncategorized

albums i like and why i like them pov: i ramble about music and won't shut up

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I like music. A lot. And I like telling other people about the music that I like. I message my friends fairly often asking if they’ve listened to [insert mildly…

by Kayode D. '27
September 8, 2025

Blog / Academics & Research

getting back in the groove 🎵groovy groovy🎵

Once upon a time in a land far, far away A group of schoolchildren gathered to recount their days. One says they cried, one says they laughed, but they all…

by Aiden H. '28
September 3, 2025

Blog / Classes

[Guest Post] This is Junior Lab, not Junior Theory By Jorian B. '25

8.13, or as it is more commonly known, Junior Lab or JLab, is the first experimental class in the “standard” 8 path. Most 8s take it Junior Fall⁠18 hence the…

by Ellie F. '28
September 1, 2025

Blog / Challenges

New Year Resolutions in Fall An ambitious list of things I wanna do that probably won't get done

With the school year coming back around, it only feels necessary to pretend it’s December 31st and start making a list of things I want to accomplish by the end…

by Richard O. '28
August 31, 2025

Blog / How to Food

I LOVE TATTE💖💖💖 back in boston baby

A Love Letter to Tatte August 30th, 2025 Dearest Tatte, It has been an awfully long while since I’ve graced upon your tiled floors, and I know that you could…

by Aiden H. '28
August 30, 2025

Blog / MIT Life

Clinging to the Coattails of Identity Who am I now?

The summer before you come to MIT, there’s a bunch of forms to fill out–housing preferences, FPOP applications⁠39 First Year Pre-Orientation Programs–totally not required to apply, but they're super fun!…

by Allison E. '27
August 29, 2025

Blog / Academics & Research

my semesterly planner mentally preparing for the trials ahead

In less than a week I’ll be hopping on my flight back to Boston, and I’m so excited that I’m just about ready to kiss the Logan Airport floor, maybe…

by Veronica P. '27
August 18, 2025

Blog / Travel

Rejection Therapy and my insatiable urge to collect trading cards

Today I flew back to campus! I returned earlier that most students because I am an Orientation Captain. I have to come early for training and to help prepare everything…

by Kayode D. '27
August 16, 2025

Blog / How to Human

proof of life hmm :thinking-face:

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preface: this blog is comprised of various snippets I wrote in May, very loosely stitched together because I gave up on trying to have a thesis. also the writing is…

by Gloria Z. '26
August 16, 2025

Blog / People & Identities

first time in cdmx and first time out of the US, but not the first time having an ethnicity…

Last week, I left the country for the first time! This was really important to me for a couple of reasons: I had a premonition that I was never going…

by Aiden H. '28
August 15, 2025

Blog / Summer

The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

Last summer, I got into running. And it was really fun! I enjoyed it a lot! So much so that when my friend offered me her ticket for the Cambridge…

by Kayode D. '27
August 11, 2025

Blog / Travel

clownazoo part 2 this post is two years late

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In case you have not seen part 1, I posted it near the end of my freshman year. I am now going into my senior year. I think I may…

by Anika H. '26
August 1, 2025

Blog / Community Projects

[Guest Post] Because Racecar, Friendships, and Family By Monica C. '25: "What I’ve learned about being an engineer, friend, and teammate by…

This is a blog by Monica C. ‘25 about her experience on the MIT Formula SAE team! Eight years ago, her brother, Kevin C. ‘17, wrote a guest post of…

by Gloria Z. '26
July 31, 2025

Blog / Rural and Small-Town

[Guest Post] Take Me Home to the Ballgame By Claire S. '25

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Of all the things to happen in college, I never expected baseball to become the antidote to my homesickness. I’ve always been a fan of the St. Louis Cardinals—it was…

by Nicole Cooper
July 31, 2025

Blog / Art, Literature, Music

Robots, Space, and the Stories In-Between Using Sci-Fi to Procrastinate

One thing about me is I love science fiction. Whether it be movies, books, shows, or short stories, science fiction always gives me an opportunity to imagine life in a…

by Richard O. '28
July 30, 2025

Blog / Miscellaneous

my hottest STEM takes actively starting internet wars

I famously have perfect taste, and with little to do over the summer, I’m left to just sit around and ponder endlessly, refining my taste and opinions indefinitely. I offer…

by Aiden H. '28
July 28, 2025

Blog / Miscellaneous

My design won an MIT merch contest I don't know why

Author’s note: The original title was going to be “I DUPED THE COOP!” but I decided that was too much. I still wanted to mention it though. Back in…

by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
July 23, 2025

Blog / Personal Projects

[liveblog] presenting at the Open Sauce maker expo! built a funky microscope with my friends

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Jul 20, 2025 at 11am My friends (Asal V. ‘25 and Isaac L. ‘25) and I built Waterscope, a microscope that uses water instead of glass for magnification. It’s cool…

by Kanokwan T. '26
July 20, 2025