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• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions to be Posted Tuesday, 12/17/24, at 6:28 PM ET exactly what it says on the tin

  

  Sometimes I feel like an alien because I don’t really listen to music.⁠01 a fact that many, if not all, of my dear friends make fun of me for and…

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 10, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint liveblog] finding the BALANCE with 2.009 watching the 2.009 annual showcase (with Kayode D. '27)

  

  A live DJ. 1000+ sparkly pompoms. One of the biggest events of the year. What more can you ask for? Tonight is the 2.009 presentation.⁠04 Product Engineering Process, an Mech-Eng…

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  we made things and want to show them to you 2.009: an iconic mech-e senior capstone class!

  

  Tonight, mechanical engineering seniors will showcase the culmination of 3.5 years of hard work in our 2.009 Product Engineering Process Final Presentation. Everything you need to know lives on this…

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Aiden Wrapped a year in review

  

  It’s December, which means it is time to (drumroll please)…   🎉🎉HAVE AN MINOR EXISTENTIAL CRISIS BECAUSE SOMEHOW 11 MONTHS HAVE PASSED (cue airhorn noise)🎉🎉   As someone who loves…

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 3, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what’s in the box? why is spring cleaning a common phrase but not fall cleaning hmm

  

  today yesterday thanksgiving was a few days ago, and in the world of this post it is still thanksgiving day,⁠19 so i started writing this post a few days ago…

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 1, 2024
• Blog / Personal Projects

  How to Build an LED Acrylic Sign Your Complete Beginners Guide

  

  I absolutely love the design process. Everything from coming up with an idea to bringing it to life are things I don’t think I can ever get sick of. So…

  • by Richard O. '28
  • November 30, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I love musicals! Wicked just dropped and I am LOSING MY MIND

  

  worry not: there are no Wicked spoilers in this blog Last Friday, I saw Wicked on opening night with two friends (Caitlin O. ‘25 and Oris S. N. ‘23), and…

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • November 29, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Haunters what it takes to scare MIT students

  

  Preface from Jebby: In addition to participating in Next Haunt with Andi and Aiden this year, I was also fortunate to have two Next Haunt staff members reply back to…

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  Things I did instead of thinking (about decisions)

  

  I know a lot of you are stressed. You have busy brains with rodent teeth that need to chew on something or you’ll grow wild and mad, and so you…

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  chances the point is to let yourself be helped

  

  There’s a clear, one-to-one correspondence between the semesters at MIT I consider “successful” and the semesters during which I accepted the most help from and collaboration with others. Freshman spring:…

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 26, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Unveiling the New Varsity Weight Room let's get buff !!!

  

  After a seven-ish month renovation, the new Varsity Weight Room is now open! Accessible to all those who participate in a varsity sport at MIT, the new VWR is now…

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 23, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  FYI: Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting in 2025 what it says on the tin

  

  First, let me start with a venerable and ancient blogger apology: sorry for not blogging much lately. With my new-ish role —  Director of Communications and Special Projects — I…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2024
• Blog / Residential Life

  🦆🦆🦆🏳️🏳️🏳️ 🦖🦖🦖 SIMMONS!!! RETREAT!!!

  

  153 minutes before the deadline to sign up for the Simmons Retreat, I got an email. We noticed you filled out the interest form, it said, but that you haven’t…

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 17, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  *THE* double a room tour from an (only slightly) obnoxious duo

  

  Meet my roommate and me: layla: the awesomest roommate ever, nyc native, collector of hobbies and lover of clothes veronica: now known by many as ronnie after she told layla…

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • November 17, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  tick tick tick and the euphoria of it stopping

  

  content warning: mental health, academic stress, burnout tick The institute is always churning.  tick There’s a constant sound in the back of my head, a whirring that keeps my mind…

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • November 16, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mathisms and other linguistic quirks of the nerd incubator

  

  There exists a nontrivial subset of the MIT population for whom the intersection of their everyday language and mathematical jargon is non-empty. In other words, MIT is overrun with math…

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 15, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  How I lost aura points i confess my sins

  

  The state that I have been reduced to For people who aren’t caught up with Gen Zalpha slang, or people who are reading this in the far future, or people…

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 14, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  “what if I get rejected” for everyone nervous about admissions decisions

  

  I’ll cut to the chase: it’s November, which means that a lot of the people stumbling across the blogs are among the tens of thousands of anxious students and family…

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 13, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I tried* to run to the airport *thank you Noah and Sydney for saving my life

  

  I wrote in an earlier blog that I took up running. Since coming back to MIT, I am sad to report that the habit has ceased and I no longer…

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  If I ever come back on being away from mit

  

  Cross-posted from my blog, which is where I write these days. One If I stay, will you go? And if I go, will you stay? I don’t know If I…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 12, 2024