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  MIT is a jock school the secret is out

  

  As MIT Admissions’ one and only “jockblogger,” I have decided it’s my task—no, my duty—to finally say what needs to be said: MIT is a jock school. Yes, that MIT.…

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Events

  BLOOD MOON FEST IS REAL!! "the blood moon rises and the blood moon falls but the wave of whimsy it…

  

  ://mitadmissions.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/kill-5.mp4"][/video] P.S. Neither Anoushka nor I watched the

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  concord market is finally here!!!!! feasting at MIT's on-campus grocery store

  

  The day I’ve been waiting for has finally arrived. For over 20 years, the Student Center housed an MIT treasure: LaVerde’s, our beloved on-campus grocery store. 02 The earliest mention…

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 21, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t forget to check in with yourself On living with intention

  

  Thanks for having me. P.S. Some more photos from visiting MIT in 2022

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  a postcard from GTL Spain finding myself or something like that

  

  Roses, Girona 9/8/2025 Dear blog, Last night, I arrived to Figueres by train around 9:30. With two suitcases in tow— taking full advantage of of United Airline’s weight limit— it…

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • January 9, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  hihi i’m back featuring all my favorite excuses

  

  i’m gonna keep this short so i can get to posting real content again :p Reasons why I was gone from the internet last semester: drowning in writing Last semester I tried to get all my writing requirements out

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • December 30, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  holidays in boston a photodump for you to procrastinate with

  

  "]gossiping[/annotation] our rare adventures outside of our room and the dining hall past 4:00 P

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 16, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  a text convo on failure and other stuff I guess

  

  [/annotation] P.S. Flipping Failure is a good hub of failure stories. I watch some

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 12, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  The Craziest 3 Days of Soccer Ever broken records, halloween practice, and senior day!

  

  Hey, everyone! It’s time for everyone’s favorite update… soccer season!! We just wrapped up our regular season, and I wanted to share the last three days that led up to…

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 4, 2024
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  I took a test early last week for my Japanese language and culture class.⁠08 21G.S55: Japanese V I woke up early that morning to study for it, scrubbing the sleep…

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  I Don’t Know where am i going to be a year from now?

  

  I don’t know where I’m going to be a year from now. That’s never really happened to me before. Preschool through college, it was kind of obvious that, duh, I’d…

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 27, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  my first year, in slices ft. ruminations on the freshmen friend group

  

  “The muscles of my soul, longing for the opportunity to feel and fear and push, know they would otherwise atrophy.”  I wrote this line roughly a month before move-in, in…

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • September 18, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  Have you ever wanted to see how accurate you can make a GPS? Have you ever wanted to see just how hot your PC can get before it starts messing…

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  cleats on feet, smile on face thoughts on injuries and spring season

  

  Spring season has started, and guess who got to lace up their cleats and practice for the first time in eight and a half months? You guessed it: I did!…

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 23, 2024
• 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 / MISTI

  My Summer in Japan Tokyo, Spaceships, and Lots of Ramen

  

  ようこそ、みなさん！⁠19 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 / Extracurriculars

  Purgatory My 2023 IAP

  

  my purgatory. Have a somewhat heavenly or somewhat hellish IAP! (P

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  I Feel *a* Last or at least, I'm trying to

  

  (for me) for this year, and I close my laptop. -- p.s. also, really

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  aquaporin adventures a livestream of my brain while working on my urop

  

  : oh good somebody has measured this after all: “AQP1 p f of 6 × 10−14cm

  • by Alice L. '24
  • February 25, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  sometimes when it rains I feel seventeen and seventy all at once

  

  another on flex P/NR, and sometimes I’m upset that I haven’t just gotten

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 28, 2021