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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  another day of fall when canvas went down and made me think about internet and people and the seasons

  

  This Monday, as many Mondays go, felt like a terrible start to my week. For starters, it was raining when I woke up. Also, I was running on like 5…

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 25, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  oh no the future obligatory “i am old” post with pretentious morbing

  

  As I start writing this, I have a midterm in exactly 24 hours. I holed myself up in Radio Society to avoid getting distracted, and yet here I am writing,…

  • by Anika H. '26
  • October 23, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Boston, through the lens of my children Visiting Boston at 37 years of age was ...

  

  Yesterday (October 14, 2025) I returned home from Boston after 28 hours of driving, four nights in hotels (the cost of hotels in Cambridge is outrageous and is borderline criminal),…

  • by Snively '11
  • October 19, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summiting Mount Monadnock camping trip!

  

  Last weekend,  I went camping with my living community (Putz)!⁠05 2nd West, one of East Campus' 10 living communities Overall, it was a really fun but chaotic experience, largely because…

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 18, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  gently down the stream whitewater rafting might be easier than driving on mass ave

  

  Last Friday in my Concourse seminar⁠10 my first-year humanities learning community! , our topic of discussion was an excerpt from chemist Primo Levi’s memoir, The Periodic Table. I’ll provide an…

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • October 16, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  The Periodic Table of MIT It's Interactive! (desktop only)

  

  The Periodic Table of MIT Close

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 14, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  my MIT admissions essays a retrospective

  

  I applied to MIT three years ago (shudders). I was originally thinking about writing a blog post about advice for high school seniors but I find it difficult to put…

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 14, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  “Hala’s Escape from Groundhog Day” season 18 episode 98

  

  Every modern TV show with more than 3 seasons seems to have one thing in common – the Groundhog Day episode.⁠16 and maybe a painfully bad singing one If you’re…

  • by Hala K. '29
  • October 13, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  liquid nitrogen and everything else 🐸

  

  About a year ago, I posted a blog about what I thought would be my last year of Mathcamp. In hindsight, it’s no surprise that I applied to return as…

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 9, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  what is and isn’t me (rush, part 1) and the somewhat methodical unraveling of self

  

  Day 0: The Wind-Up Stop me if you’ve heard this one before—“when I first came to [insert college here], I didn’t think frat/sorority life was for me.” At this point…

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • October 7, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Overcommit Responsibly sidequesting like a pro

  

  With how many cool opportunities, classes, clubs, people, makerspaces, traditions, and shenanigans that happen around MIT on a daily basis, it’s easy to stretch yourself thin. You’ve all seen the…

  • by Anika H. '26
  • October 6, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking! (fall 2025) highways, storks, and movies

  

  When somebody asks me “What classes are you taking?” my mind completely blanks. Unless I’m actively working on an assignment for that course, it will take me a while to…

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 5, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  On Being the “Dumb” Friend and the freedom from comparison

  

  A lot of people at MIT were probably seen as the “smart” friend in high school–the one who excelled in classes, or juggled impressive extracurriculars, or always seemed to have…

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2025
• Blog / Personal Projects

  1 Fish, 2 Fish, a Lot of Fish, and a Snail Putting a Big Box of Water on my Dresser

  

  So last semester I had a radical idea to get a pet aquatic turtle. I don’t even remember what sparked my interest in wanting to get one (it was likely…

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 30, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  what to expect when you’re expecting a bad grade, that is

  

  I had a biochem exam today. It did not, uh…go as planned. What was even more frustrating was that the exam was not particularly difficult. The content was totally fair…

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 29, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  snip snip liberating the shoulder one free t-shirt at a time

  

  Dear blog readers,  I have something to confess. I, Veronica P, am an addict. No matter how hard I try to fight it, I get this uncontrollable urge. Every single…

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • September 28, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  loftblogging 3: liberation via customization i <3 process

  

  My dorm East Campus (EC) has a long tradition of radical room customization, including resident-constructed lofts, shelves, and miscellaneous furniture. Although I initially emailed the EC house manager to request…

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 26, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  rage, as explained by thermodynamics I had a bad day and soon a thermo exam

  

  Tuesday I had a bad day. I want to talk about what bad days look like right now, because what I consider a bad day has changed a lot over…

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 25, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  time dilation to the Infinite, and beyond

  

  Every roommate I’ve lived with quickly discovers my hidden superpower: I am invulnerable to alarms in the morning, no matter how loud or obnoxious. If I wake up, it’s not…

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • September 23, 2025
• Blog / Events

  picture the world my phone's storage space hates me

  

  i have taken two thousand, four hundred and forty photos since i came to MIT. my photo album conveniently lists them in chronological order, one after the other, in perfect…

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • September 23, 2025