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• 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
• Blog / Uncategorized

  an infinite nine year old and the infinite nineteen year old he became

  

  The first time I walked down that hallway, the world was white. Many years later, I’d learn that that hallway was actually a ‘corridor’—an infinite one, at that. Dramatically, slash…

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • September 23, 2025
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  My First Few Weeks at MIT … one year ago

  

  Every freshman’s first few weeks at MIT tend to follow a predictable pattern – hunting for the best shortcuts across campus, making daily trips to Newbury, creating long notes lists…

  • by Hala K. '29
  • September 22, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  September Equinox Appreciation A Cambridge Autumn

  

  Two years ago in freshman year (:O so long ago), I wrote this poem. I had just moved to Cambridge not even 3 months before, and was adjusting to a…

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 22, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  i made a dress out of target bags i also edited a video about it

  

  Hey yall. It’s been a while. On Sunday June 21st I texted Ceri that I was planning on dropping an effortpost “in the next week or so”. (: It has…

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 21, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  i became british for a summer featuring an internship at bristol robotics lab

  

  I worked in Bristol Robotics this summer through MISTI, MIT’s travel abroad program. I figured this could be fun, getting to work somewhere cool and also play tourist on the…

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 18, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  3 Simple Steps for Making New Friends Guide to Meeting People

  

  “You can do whatever you want—well, maybe not anything you want. But you can come and go. You can do anything and you don’t have to do anything.” – Maria…

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Rediscovering en Plein Air Painting by Elisa X. '26, MEng '26

  

  This post is written by the wonderful Elisa X. ’26 / MEng ’26! Since I started college, my go-to fun fact when introducing myself is that I enjoy painting &…

  • by Allison E. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  Welcome our new bloggers! Huzzah!

  

  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.⁠56 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