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  simfinite hopscotch! hippity hoppity blue tape grandiosity

  

  MIT is about risk. It’s a place where you put yourself out there, face possible criticism, to realize your full potential. In my case, I sent my very first email…

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • December 15, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Saturday Night in Simmons it's so busy here tonight [i really need to study or go to sleep]

  

  Y’all. Simmons is bustling tonight. I realized while going to get new shoes for Gatas [explained below] that this would make a great blog post! So I went to snatch my…

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 15, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2024 Episode 7: The Apple Music Awakens

  

  Oh boy, it’s finally here! Everyone’s favorite time of the year that we’ve all been awaiting anxiously for so long… The fall final exam period at MIT! wait… that’s not…

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  a blog from the universe aka me + my tarot cards + finals season procrastination

  

  Finals season is well and officially upon us, but I couldn’t help but feel the itch to blog. So, I turned to the world’s best enabler- a coin flip- because…

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  DO YOU WANNA BUILD A SNOWMAN?? I KNOW YOU DO

  

  RAHHHH IT SNOWED AGAIN!!! As the blogs’ resident snow enthusiast, I consider it my sacred duty to announce the FIRST(ish)⁠02 i.e. the first one where snow actually collected on the…

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  a text convo on failure and other stuff i guess

  

  My friend Miguel T. ’25 and I were texting about random stuff this morning, and failure came up. I thought to share some excerpts with you. M K 2:46 AM…

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 12, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  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.⁠11 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.⁠14 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. '26
  • 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,⁠29 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. '26
  • 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