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  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,⁠10 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
• 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. '26
  • 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
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [joint post] blogston commons with Allison E. ‘27, Ellie F. ‘28, Jebby ‘25, and Sara N. ‘28

  

  creds to Allison for the post title <3  welcome to today’s episode of m*thbusters!⁠79 censored bc idk if it's trademarked or not today, we’re clearing out some classic misconceptions that…

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 11, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  someday fate of friends

  

  This summer, my friends in LA kept telling me I hadn’t changed at all since high school. I expected to feel annoyed: in an objective sense, I’m a lot better…

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 10, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  24 Pumpkins a journey through the streets of Boston

  

  As a person who hails from a land devoid of seasons, I consider it my utmost duty to take advantage of any fall-related activities that come my way. Amongst other…

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 9, 2024