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• Blog / Advice

  It’s cool to care but maybe care a little less

  

  One. In October 2017, I left home and lived on my own for several months. It was my first time living alone, actually alone, without anyone else. I rented out…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  Meet the baby bloggers! you have to read that to the tune of meet the flintstones

  

  Hi everyone! It is that time again, the time of my annual⁠01 okay, so, this is only the second time. but it's been a year okay excitement: I get to…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule 2: Electric Boogaloo the one rule you should not break (take it from me, kids)

  

  The November Rule is the unspoken rule we have on campus that freshman-upperclassman relationships are strictly forbidden until November 1st.  three years ago, my sister wrote the November Rule blog.…

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

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Junior Fall we're back in person baybee

  

  Classes 21G.704 – Spanish IV; Estamos de vuelta en la Spanish Grind, bebe!!! Estoy muy emocionada por esta clase, especialmente porque tengo amigos en esta clase y mi profesora es…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 20, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  perception but who *are* you?

  

  Over the summer, I’ve centered on a fear that I have in graduate school — the idea that people will judge me solely based on my research, and nothing else.…

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 18, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  on mit’s mailing list culture update: tetazoo glounge

  

  i think i have achieved a state where i feel like i should be blogging more and yet don’t want to spend my free time blogging more. like, i’ve already…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 17, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  breaching discomfort

  

  Lately I’ve been occupying space. Many spaces, in fact, especially ones I didn’t previously used to occupy. I’ve found myself laughing and crying and sitting in silence and really experiencing…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 16, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  culture within culture i moved to east campus

  

  as a former Burton Conner resident, i had a two options in dealing with my dorm being offline due to renovation: find another dorm on campus, or move off campus.…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 15, 2021
• Blog / Summer

  this summer a recap of sorts

  

  It’s September, school has started, and I know that before long I’ll get sucked into the ridiculous whirlwind that is this school. I’ll get busy with classes, and clubs, and…

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 14, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [joint post] the MIT picture scavenger hunt see alan's post

  

  [joint post] the MIT picture scavenger hunt

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  the last twenty days burning out before the semester even starts

  

  One year ago, before sophomore year started, and before I became a blogger, I was REX⁠15 REX stands for Residence EXploration, where we welcome first-years to the dorms around campus…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  [joint post] the MIT picture scavenger hunt or, how to drive yourself insane by looking at floorplans

  

  introduction CJ: Gods, how did this start again? Alan: Are we really doing another conversational-style joint post? CJ: There’s literally no other way we know how to write a joint…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  A Place happy thoughts on East Campus

  

  The last week and some are a blur, a long, joyous drink of EC. When I read the old blogs, the ones before my time (even those written by people…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  day one welcome back

  

  Day one, again. Campus is different than before. The doors don’t always open. Everybody wears masks. Many of my friends are gone, off to new adventures in far-flung cities. Most…

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  residential exploration, but without a residence on burton conner culture continuing to thrive

  

  if you’ve read any of my blogs, you know that i’m a former resident of Burton Conner, a dorm that is currently under renovation and will be until Fall 2022.…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2021
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have letter grades for some of my coursework or have chosen to take a class pass/fail?

  At MIT Admissions, we understand that there have been many disruptions over the past few years. Some of these may have impacted your grading systems. We want you to know…
• Blog / MIT Life

  and i’ve come to terms d to the phi! phi to the e! d! phi! e!

  

  Well hello there it’s been a while and I’m am ridden with guilt and embarrassment that I haven’t blogged in a while, BUT in my defense there has been endless…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 7, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  today is my birthday & i still don’t know who to become

  

  i. The days wheeled past like a flock of starlings, and suddenly 2021 is two-thirds over. To celebrate the newly abandoned month, I play august by Taylor Swift on repeat.…

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  ungestalt twenty-one years of wandering

  

  there’s this psychological concept, gestalt, the name of which comes from the german word for “shape” or “form”. the famous example is kanizsa’s triangle. this single figure, in isolation, looks…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 4, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2026 is now live

  

  I’m writing to announce that the application for first-year undergraduate admission to MIT for the aspiring Class of 2026 is now live. You can access it here. You can review…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2021