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Noise and time chaos and peace in a silver package

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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 / How to MIT

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

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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

A head-and-shoulders illustration of Gloria. She has light skin, shoulder-length black hair and is wearing a light green shirt and several necklaces.

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

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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.

A head-and-shoulders illustrated portrait of Kayode. He is smiling with his mouth closed, has medium dark skin, and short curly hair. He's wearing a light blue collared shirt.

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

A head-and-shoulders illustrated portrait of Emiko. She has light skin, and long wavy brown hair. She is wearing a necklace and a dark tank top.

ようこそ、みなさん！⁠45 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

A head-and-shoulders illustration of Jessica. She has light skin, long black hair and is wearing a light blue tank top. She has glasses and is smiling with her mouth closed.

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!

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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 / How to Human

Strands literal and metaphorical >:)

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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

Blog / Announcements

welcoming our new bloggers! baby bloggers? baby bloggers!!

Summer has come and gone,⁠89 in academic calendar only. it is definitely still meteorological summer. it was so warm last night and MIT is coming back to life. Students are…

by Paolo A. '21
September 7, 2023