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  Lessons from Loomis and Whitney a math month post

  

  Unfortunately I don’t think I will be talking about the duality between points and lines that Andi alluded to in his post on duality (though maybe I will later this…

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 23, 2024
• Blog / Events

  eclipse chasing, undergrad edition compilation post by Kano '25, Allison '27, Amber '24, Ali '26, & Audrey '24

  

  This post is very very delayed, for which I plead procrastination on my part :(. The Great North American Eclipse happened on April 8th, 2024, but better posted late than…

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 22, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what’s the point? on impact, art, external validation, and remembering to be kind

  

  part 1: impact One of my strongest core beliefs is that the answer to the question “what is the meaning of life?” is not “to change the world,” at least…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 21, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Admissions Math Month, Part 1 – Duality There are two wolves inside you

  

  Did you know? Of all 7,238 MIT Admissions blog posts before this one, only four⁠24 I’m only counting blogs that explicitly use the LaTeX tag in WordPress contain equations typeset…

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 20, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  What Your Campus Wheels Say About You skrt skrt

  

  Something I learned very quickly when I first got to MIT is that our campus is deceivingly large. Freshman year, I made the unfortunate decision to attend the 9 am…

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 20, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Snippets of Iceland some rhymes from spring break

  

  2024 has been quite a year for the Sun—in addition to the total solar eclipse, this year is also a solar maximum⁠32 when the Sun is at its most geomagnetically…

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 17, 2024
• Blog / Events

  total eclipse of the cruft

  

  this post is a little delayed, for which I plead CPW Like millions of others, I traveled to northern New England to see the total solar eclipse on April 8th.…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  radio society out of context one panel comics

  

  Triple Foxtrot (Friday Build Night) 7pm Room 50-358!

  • by Anika H. '26
  • April 11, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

  Last week, my photo gallery reminded me that roughly one year ago was my CPW! Interspaced between pictures of Boston and campus were other assorted pictures—midnight karaoke, bleached hair, and…

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Spring Break. mmmmm

  

  mom’s spaghetti.

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • April 3, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  F=-kx spring break in nova scotia, nyc, and dc

  

  the spring force, as expressed by Hooke’s Law This past spring quarter, I felt like a spring. Specifically, like an undamped oscillator. My days swung wildly up and down. The…

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • March 31, 2024
• Blog / Events

  2026 ring premiere! and what led up to it!

  

  ★ a recounting of Premiere (Oops, it’s been like 1.5 months since) Ring Premiere happened! For almost a year now, I’ve had the privilege of being on the Class of…

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an unsolicited review of the whitney biennial (not really a review just stuff I liked)

  

  Last weekend, I took a short solo trip up to New York to see the Whitney Biennial! I’ve wanted to go to the Whitney Museum of American Art for years,…

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • March 25, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Something to chalk about “These murals are f*cking rad” – Petey

  

  MIT is a 168-acre playground for the world’s brightest undergrads, and nowhere is that more apparent than at Simmons Hall – my beautiful, spongey dorm. We have cats! A ball…

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 24, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  B1ner Cribs come see 10+ rooms on Burton 1

  

  It’s been 16 years since the last installment of Burton 1 Cribs, an extensive tour of rooms on B1⁠52 For those who don't know us, we're Burton 1, the first…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 24, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding 1000 digits of pi nom nom buzz buzz

  

  On pi day, campus was buzzing with events.  That morning, I even planned out all my pie stops: a Project Manus makerspace mentor social, Laureates and Leaders Induction Ceremony, East…

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Pirates and Pi and Rats and Pie and Rats (except there are no rats) 3.1415926535897932384626433832795… idk the rest.

  

  I [started] writing this blog on 3/17, and it’s the warmest day that there has been in a while. I was outside writing this blog in Killian Court, but the…

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking this spring study abroad edition

  

  after long deliberations and email exchanges with the transfer credit examiners, i registered for what i hope will be the equivalent of 48 units at MIT. there are some key…

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 22, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Regular Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2028 are now available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the portal and visit your Application Status…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  YOU! GOT! IN! Come celebrate with us in the comments and—more importantly—share this wonderful news with your community and loved ones! We hope you feel like you’re walking on sunshine,…

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2024