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• Blog / Challenges

  actual conversations i definitely had last night happy new year i guess

  

  A: god it’s already new year’s eve B: yeah there’s still some people around campus A: i mean we’re around B: no like B: other people B: doing work A:…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Friendly Body Pillows body pillows are my love language

  

  If I had a dollar for every body pillow I’ve purchased in the past six months, I would have four dollars. For a net decrease of approximately $40 because those…

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of My Junior Fall stream of consciousness

  

  My semester has officially ended and I can happily say I’ve wrapped up the most successful MIT semester I’ve had to date. I’ve gone through a series of ups and…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 31, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  it is okay to not know a note for hs seniors (and others, too <3)

  

  This year, I’m volunteering with the MIT Educational Council to interview students applying to MIT. During one of my interviews, a student asked me for an “uncommon piece of advice that…

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  lifting heavy objects and the grungy basement gym

  

  cw: talking abt chronic pain   Everyone derides the EC basement gym, but I kinda like it. The paint is peeling off the walls. Thick dust gathers in the corners.…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  processing in which I visit home and take time to think

  

  MIT is overwhelming. Though this sounds painfully obvious, I don’t think I actually fully realized just how much it all is until the first time I went home this fall.…

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  romanticize a quiet life i want to be okay

  

  the truth— you want to be needed so badly that you think you might choke on it. you need to be wanted so badly that you think you might keel…

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 28, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  tw suicide mention and angst!! to the skeletons in my closet, it’s taken me days to even get started on this⁠13 hello cami here. this is? a different kind of…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  excerpts

  

  I haven’t been doing a great job of blogging this semester for a variety of reasons (grad school is busy, life is hard, writing isn’t my highest priority in life…

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  insanity tldr some of my habits make no sense

  

  a few weeks ago i asked my friend what kinds of people i should date and they replied “probably non-stem people”. and the moment they said that a glass wall…

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  No Snow, and on singing badly me? singing? and posting it online?!

  

  Yesterday I recorded myself covering Reese Lansangan’s “No Snow”. I first mentioned this song in a blog post two years ago, and it’s always been one of my favorite Christmas…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Write Academic Papers a look into how i wrote my final paper

  

  Over the past couple years at MIT, I’ve had to write a lot of papers, and while I’m not the best writer, I’ve found that this formula works really well…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  mask on, mask off my used-to-be-virtual, and now post-virtual-but-still-neurodivergent life at MIT

  

  prelude. I used to be a (slightly) strange child. I once failed a hearing test because I named the pitch of the note being played instead of the ear in…

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  snippets from a semester minus academics, of course

  

  this semester was a blast! here are some things that happened :)   weekend trips Maine — for Veteran’s Day weekend, my burton conner floor went to some random town…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 21, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2021 another year another book post

  

  This is my third year doing this; see the 2019 post and the 2020 post I made. UPDATE: Here’s the 2022 post. Things I read for class I took only…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  I Could Never Do it Alone People of a semester, thank you

  

  I finished my first semester at MIT. There’s so much to write about. I could write about my IAP UROP. Or the Infinite Magazine. Or getting a 45% on the…

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • December 19, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2026 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 18, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  You got in…wait…YOU GOT IN!!! You might be wondering, “What’s next?” Well, later today,⁠28 or now, depending on when you see this you’ll receive an email with details on what’s…

  • by Decisions
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, our Early Action application pool is very competitive, and unfortunately, we can’t admit everyone. If your decision was deferred, you are one of the applicants who are…

  • by Decisions
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  “It’s all right. It’s just a small pebble in your path. Just a tiny pebble. The place you want to be is farther than this, right? That’s why it’s ok…you…

  • by Decisions
  • December 18, 2021