climbing and becoming
This summer, I became obsessed with climbing. Climbing is an exercise in creativity and fitness originating from a very simply defined objective: “Get to the top of this wall, in any way possible”....
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dogg number
In 2022, Snoop Dogg changed the course of human history by releasing his song “Affirmations”. Today, we honor him by calculating every Spotify artist’s “Dogg Number”. That’s the header for our HackMIT...
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I’ve always been pretty picky about managing my tabs on my laptop—I don’t like having too many things open, since this inevitably slows down my computer more than I would otherwise like. These days, I...
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i dissected a roach
content warning: discussions of roach uwu Roaches are curious little creatures. They’ve nearly perfectly adapted to an urban environment, with a sturdy carapace, unparalleled scavenging prowess, and...
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river and rainwater
Living off campus this year means that I don’t head home until my last on campus Thing, which is almost always late into the evening. I turn on my blinking bike lights, flip my kickstand, and pedal as...
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How to make a glass pumpkin
Last Saturday was MIT’s annual Great Glass Pumpkin Patch! So many pumpkins! Every year, the MIT Glass Lab sells over two thousand blown glass pumpkins to fund ourselves. The revenue from these pumpkins...
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Misconceptions
I first stepped onto MIT’s campus in the summer of my junior year, and it was my first impression of what college life could truly look like. I didn’t visit many colleges outside of my local area in...
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Setbacks
I’ve gotten a little better at planning. I use a Notion now like all the cool kids, and it’s great because I get to customize my planner the way it fits me best. This is one of the pages I’ve made for...
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My Summer in Japan
ようこそ、みなさん！01 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 interned...
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Attack of the Acronyms
“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 collective sanity,...
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Baseball!!
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 taking longer than...
View ArticleIn many ways
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 course of the summer, I got very close with my roommate...
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Nobel Prizes in your pocket
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 of silicon...
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sitting down
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 was only a ten-minute walk away during the...
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Walk Across Rhode Island
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 up in the North East aren’t all...
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Better ways to get around campus
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 coming back from a long day, I wish I could move faster...
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Noise and time
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 post that I really enjoyed, and related to a lot....
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close your eyes and put your finger on the map
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 going through the undergrad application...
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Collections
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 in my life where I want to...
View Articleand i’d do it again
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 saturday or sunday my...
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