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• Blog / Academics & Research

  close your eyes and put your finger on the map and other ways to make grad school decisions

  

  disclaimer in case the title doesn’t show this, I am writing this blog to show that there *isn’t* a ‘best way’ to choose where to apply, and that even after…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 22, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Noise and time chaos and peace in a silver package

  

  On time and noise I’ve been meaning to write a post recently about time and what I want this semester to be like. And then Gloria Z. ’26 wrote this…

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 15, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Better ways to get around campus as in "better" i mean "objectively worse"

  

  I’m now in my third year at Next House, so the long walk to campus is nothing new. Usually I enjoy the walk, but when the weather sucks or I’m…

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Walk Across Rhode Island 12 hours, 33 miles, a million aches and pains

  

  Last Sunday, some friends and I walked across the state of Rhode Island! This idea originated last year, when my friend Xavier and some of his mates realized that states…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  sitting down no more sprinting

  

  I’ve been back on campus for about a month and a half now, and it’s been about what I expected: seeing friends, going to class, psetting… all the classics! I…

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • October 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prizes in your pocket Computers are so cool omg this is why I’m a course 6

  

  Do you ever stop to think about how incredible computers are? I don’t just mean software innovations like generative AI or the internet. I’m talking about the hundreds of billions…

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 9, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In many ways on average-posting

  

  In many ways, the work of a critic is easy.  In the summer of 2022, I was living in Chicago. I didn’t know anyone I was living with. Over the…

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 7, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Baseball!! a blog about baseball and internet games and embroidered hats and New Zealand Indie Rock.

  

  Hello world! My name is Kayode Dada, and I am one of the seven new MIT Admissions Bloggers! I started writing a very sentimental, highly anticipated introduction blog, but that’s…

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 4, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Attack of the Acronyms and the space between the letters

  

  “Massachusetts Institute of Technology” is a name with 37 characters, 12 syllables, and a state name that I am still completely incapable of spelling. Luckily for the sake of our…

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 3, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  My Summer in Japan Tokyo, Spaceships, and Lots of Ramen

  

  ようこそ、みなさん！⁠50 Welcome, everyone! It is my pleasure to welcome you to Japan: the country of neon-lit karaoke bars, culture spanning thousands of years, and heated toilet seats. This summer, I…

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Setbacks head hurty

  

  I’ve gotten a little better at planning. I use a Notion now like all the cool kids, and it’s great because I get to customize my planner the way it…

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  I first stepped onto MIT’s campus in the summer of my junior year, and it was my first impression of what college life could truly look like. I didn’t visit…

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to make a glass pumpkin In celebration of the 2023 Great Glass Pumpkin Patch

  

  Last Saturday was MIT’s annual Great Glass Pumpkin Patch! So many pumpkins! Every year, the MIT Glass Lab sells over two thousand blown glass pumpkins to fund ourselves. The revenue…

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  river and rainwater a rainy walk home

  

  Living off campus this year means that I don’t head home until my last on campus Thing, which is almost always late into the evening. I turn on my blinking…

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  browser archaeology a non-comprehensive analysis of the 95 tabs I have open on my phone

  

  I’ve always been pretty picky about managing my tabs on my laptop—I don’t like having too many things open, since this inevitably slows down my computer more than I would…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 27, 2023
• Blog / Events

  dogg number there is no one better to be than myself!

  

  In 2022, Snoop Dogg changed the course of human history by releasing his song “Affirmations”. Today, we honor him by calculating every Spotify artist’s “Dogg Number”. That’s the header for…

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 20, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  This summer, I became obsessed with climbing. Climbing is an exercise in creativity and fitness originating from a very simply defined objective: “Get to the top of this wall, in…

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Fall Sports at MIT Roll Tech!

  

  Hi, everyone! My name is Emiko, and I am one of the new bloggers :) I am a junior, and I play midfield on the Varsity Women’s Soccer team. I…

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 15, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Strands literal and metaphorical >:)

  

  a/n: this post is a little outdated – my hair is currently a faded blue. I recently got my hair re-dyed. My mother usually insists that I get my haircut…

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 10, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  walking into the MEng thoughts about a 63-mile trek

  

  This past Sunday, at 4 AM on the side of U.S. Highway 1 on Badger’s Island in Maine, along with Nathan S. ’25 and Jonathan H. ’25, I took my…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 8, 2023