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I Miss College Application Season The Good, The Bad, and the Casey Jones

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[The following is a collection of ramblings and memory unloadings that I wrote throughout the semester, typically whenever I missed home. I titled each document “I miss application season,” but…

by Kayode D. '27
December 31, 2023

Blog / Miscellaneous

I swear this isn’t an ad for Google But Bard is so much more fun than ChatGPT

Earlier this year, I had planned to write a blog post testing whether it’s possible to train a machine-learning model to learn Course 6’s new class numbering system. It would’ve…

by Andi Q. '25
December 31, 2023

Blog / Uncategorized

The Sophomore Stupid It’s morbin’ time

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Last Friday afternoon, I finished my last final. I’ve never been so relieved to finally be done with anything. It was both distressing and comforting that time would not slow…

by Anika H. '26
December 30, 2023

Blog / People & Identities

the pieces scattered behind you

Each time you come home, you’re faced with the self you left behind. Every hobby I picked up, except blacksmithing, lives in this room. My jewelry supplies are still in…

by Amber V. '24
December 28, 2023

Blog / How to Human

my gap year of nothing and everything certainly something

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The idea of taking a gap year, like to most, initially terrified me. Instead of spending time in school, I’d have to find other things to do. There were no…

by Kanokwan T. '25
December 26, 2023

Blog / Academics & Research

class sketching an adventure in speedrunned pedagogy

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I’m gonna go through some of the classes I took this semester and explain the kinds of things I learned, in a very simplified manner, as a sketch. If you…

by Uzay G. '26
December 23, 2023

Blog / Art, Literature, Music

djent is not a djenre or is it?

Sometime in high school, I was trying to break the ice at a group meeting. I asked everyone, “what kind of music do you listen to?” Someone laughed nervously, “woahhh…

by Audrey C. '24
December 22, 2023

Blog / Academics & Research

6.2050 – Field Programmable Gate Awesomeness Featuring my “aggressive and weird” cat robot

If I had a nickel for every time my final project for an MIT class was themed around cats, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird…

by Andi Q. '25
December 21, 2023

Blog / Art, Literature, Music

lots of words and a tungsten cube monologues and dialogues.

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in the past couple of months, my floor has found itself back in the trenches of memorizing speeches and monologues and poems (but mostly the first two), started by Jonathan…

by Fatima A. '25
December 20, 2023

Blog / About Decisions

MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

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MIT Early 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
December 16, 2023

Blog / About Decisions

Open Thread: Admitted Early

YOU GOT IN! We hope you are happy! Take some time to celebrate with those who are important to you; we’ll have more important, cylindrical information for you soon.

by Decisions
December 16, 2023

Blog / Admissions

Open Thread: Deferred Early

If your decision was deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew and without prejudice in Regular Action. Many MIT students were initially deferred; you can read some of their…

by Decisions
December 16, 2023

Blog / Admissions

Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

Today, some of our applicants learned conclusively that we will not be able to offer them admission to the Class of 2028. This is an open forum for you to…

by Decisions
December 16, 2023

Blog / Advice

Waiting… and a more serious note about pre-decisions at the end

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A few days ago, I scrolled through my camera roll to find an old picture. Instead, I found a nearly one year old video that I accidentally recorded when I…

by Jessica Z. '27
December 15, 2023

Blog / About Decisions

the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

I’ve mentioned a few times in the past about being unsure as to whether I should pursue a PhD program right after graduation or work in the industry for a…

by Audrey C. '24
December 14, 2023

Blog / Class Projects

Watch the “Wild” 2023 Final Presentations for 2.009: Product Engineering Processes something to watch while awaiting decisions

2.009: Product Engineering Processes is a capstone course in Course 2 (Mechanical Engineering) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my fellow FIRST alumni out there, it’s sort…

by Chris Peterson SM '13
December 13, 2023

Blog / About Decisions

MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/16/23, at 12:16 PM ET Your early action decisions, wrapped

I’ve stopped listening to Jenny’s cozy destress vibes playlist while psychoanalyzing the bloggers⁠41 bloggers: i'm looking at your spotify wrapped and taking in the information and creating new assumptions and…

by Chris Peterson SM '13
December 11, 2023

Blog / Art, Literature, Music

Blogger Wrapped 2023 For all of the Blogger/Spotify Data Junkies

IT’S BLOGGER WRAPPED TIME This feels almost poetic to me. The very first time I even considered applying to MIT was in January of 2022, when I received a January…

by Kayode D. '27
December 10, 2023

Blog / Academics & Research

grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

This past September, I started my master’s of engineering. At MIT, the computer science MEng is often seen as an extension of undergrad, but I wanted to compare the two…

by Rona W. '23
December 9, 2023

Blog / Art, Literature, Music

Music for Pre-decisions De-stressing manifesting calm and cozy vibes to get you through it

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Waiting for college decisions is difficult. Trust me, I’ve been there before. This is a collection of songs that helps calm me down before going into something stressful. Many of…

by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
December 8, 2023