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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest blog: “Me, Marvel, and MIT” Jade's experience working on a SHASS UROP for me

  

  Today I’m hosting a guest post by Jade Durham ’25, who — alongside Cami ’23 and Shayna ’23 —  spent the last few years working on a UROP that I…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  november again conversation with myself

  

  we’re halfway through the semester. november always feels like the point where the new-semester excitement wears off. there’s something about novembers that make you remember, something in the sudden, bitter…

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  tim’s wardrobe legend has it, TIM changes clothes annually

  

  I’m going to pretend I have not been AWOL. Life updates shall come in another blog, so for now, let us get on with the content. Each class year at…

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  A Week in the Life of a Student-Athlete feat. women's soccer & meche

  

  What up, squad!! It’s been quite the week for MIT Women’s soccer. The season is flying by, and we’ve played a whopping total of 18 games — 4 of which…

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 31, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  requiem for the desert as temperatures rise higher

  

  Written early September after a presentation by Spencer Glendon from Probable Futures. I am from the desert. I was once enamoured by green trees but now I am aware of…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 30, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  How many MIT students does it take to figure out how to rotate a cube? (More than I’m proud to admit)

  

  “@Andi you know how with ultra hand you can rotate objects in 45 degree increments?” my friend Fatema⁠16 The question was originally proposed by Fatema’s older brother Sayeed, also an…

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 29, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  After two long years, it’s time. It’s dark and raining slightly, the only light on the Harvard Bridge coming from the streetlights and the Boston skyline. The Charles River drops…

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  Obligatory Swim Test Lore:  The MIT Swim Test was created in the 1940s after a high volume of drowning-related deaths at war. It’s been around since then, and despite many…

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  and i’d do it again differently

  

  song: that funny feeling covered phoebe bridgers, by bo burnham every saturday or sunday my freshman fall, i’d go over to have dinner with my friends and their family. every…

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 25, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Collections Simple

  

  I think I should be blogging about the relevant and interesting things I have been doing both inside and outside the confines of MIT. I’ve reached this strange turning point…

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 23, 2023
• 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 / How to MIT

  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！⁠77 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