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• Blog / Challenges

  on success, meaning, and time existential musings about big questions with no answers

  

  This post is a culmination of many things that I’ve been thinking about throughout college and high school, but things which that have become much more urgent⁠01 when i say…

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 15, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA decisions to be posted Saturday, 12/19/20, 3:14 PM ET

  

  So, I’m sitting around watching Sephiroth⁠12 After Nisha and Sabrina told me about it. get announced for Smash and a Slack message from Petey appears saying, “Kellen, I need you…

  • by kellen manning
  • December 14, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Celeste the best video game i've played in months

  

  I have run out of things to write about because nothing is happening in my life right now, other than finals week and Celeste. Celeste is the first video game…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 13, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2020 blogger wrapped, wrapped

  

  At this point, Blogger Wrapped posts are sort of becoming a tradition, so I’m honored to be able to take up the mantle for what will be my final (?)…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 12, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  taylor swift songs as applicants emergency evermore post

  

  24 hours ago, Taylor Swift came out with a new album and everyone lost their minds. If you haven’t listened to it yet, please go do that right now and…

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  On Greek history, and this strange end-of-semester sprint  tl;dr nerding out over a final essay

  

  I’ve just taken the luxury of lavishing two full days on an essay about Alexander the Great. It could have taken far less time, but it was really fun to…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  We have extended the Regular Action deadline to January 6th, 2021 in order to give our applicants (and our staff) some extra time around the holidays

  

  I am popping my head out of committee for a moment to tell you⁠21 We have already emailed everyone who expressed an interest in applying to us for Regular Action,…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Watch this year’s 2.s009 final presentations designing kindness during a time of covid

  

  This is a very brief blog post to remind you —  as our announcement on the right hand side already says —  that the 2.s009 product launch is tonight! Every…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  quarantine throwback i present to you my early april 4 am thoughts

  

  [April 14th, 2020] It’s 4:14 am. I’m sitting in bed, laughing by myself at programming memes on codehub. My room is dimly lit with my twinkle lights and I occasionally…

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 6, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  finding good what i look forward to

  

  warning! suicide ment / This post originally was talking about the events of the past week. But to sum it up I thought I’d put it in short little bubbles…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 4, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thanksgiving a different way All the cool kids call it "Friendsgiving" now, right?

  

  Thanksgiving at MIT has always been just a paltry two days off, Thursday and Friday, to make a four-day long weekend. This year, breaking tradition, we got the full week…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 2, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [joint post] we visited every station on the MBTA see alan's post

  

  [joint post] we visited every station on the MBTA

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Targets shooting things and hitting them

  

  Sport air pistol, the PE class I took this quarter, was taught by instructor Mike Conti. Of the ten years he’s taught shooting at MIT, this is the first semester…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  I’ve been reading applications And I'm still reading them

  

  Under cover of darkness It’s that magical time of year: the sun sets at 4 PM, my apartment’s heaters start to kick in and create a truly alarming amount of…

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  it’s thanksgiving or something and other things happening in my life

  

  today, of all days, i feel it’s appropriate to begin with a land acknowledgement statement, as adapted from mit’s statement. the land on which i’m writing this post right now…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 26, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  “I’m vegetarian now!” Two months, twenty-four days, and goin’ strong

  

  This semester I’ve lived in an apartment with three roommates: one omnivore, one vegetarian, and one vegan. I decided on the day we moved in that I would try out…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT CodeIt or: the best decision i've made this semester

  

  This semester, I joined CodeIt, a student-run organization at MIT where MIT students teach middle school girls and nonbinary students basic programming concepts through Scratch. The last four sessions are…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  socializing over zoom it's been rough

  

  Last week, non-seniors who want to live on campus in the spring⁠38 like me! submitted their dorm preferences. The actual lottery keeps getting delayed, but the actual process of ranking…

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fall Semester Recap my classes so far

  

  I’ve really really loved my schedule this year so I thought I’d do a quick recap of how the semester’s gone for me so far since I’ve wanted to talk…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a major road to trouble exploring interests as a baby beaver

  

  Col·lege ma·jors (noun) A term that invokes pain and, as compensation, newfound freedom in class selection For many weeks, I couldn’t think of a good way to write this blog…

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 23, 2020