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  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.⁠31 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

  

  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 Fall⁠48 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 applications⁠69 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:

  

  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 / 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

  

  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