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  Fredventure, Part 1 MITWE (+ FJE and VJE) go to Brazil

  

  Prologue “Guess what, gang?” Fred Harris – the director of the MIT Wind Ensemble (MITWE) – announced one day during our regular Wednesday rehearsal, “We’re going to Brazil!” Suddenly, samba…

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  crazy party weekend from 2019 to now

  

  when i attended cpw as a senior in high school, my favorite events were cpwacc, firehose, next sing karaoke, and handwhistling. this past weekend was my last ever cpw, so…

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Too busy to write a blog, check out my playlist instead stuff I listen to when I code

  

  (not by me) Explicit lyrics. Don’t play this in front of your church pastor.

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 14, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Homestuck Day! and advice about college decisions / cpw

  

  This is your reminder that your reason for choosing a college doesn’t have to be deep or profound or whatever. Vibes are important. It’s 100% acceptable to choose based on…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2023
• Blog / CPW

  Hottest ever CPW ouch global warming

  

  This chart first appeared in my CPW history post, but I wanted to republish it to show how absurd this CPW's weather will be. I updated the temperature scales and…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  spring break in San Juan journeying to none other than the most popular MIT spreak destination

  

  college spring break is everything I wanted it to be and more, which is unfortunate since I just came back from my second and final one :’) I went to…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 11, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  False Precision ...and the advent of the cherry pie scale

  

  Very early on in my Admissions career I happened to take a slice from a cherry pie that someone had brought into the office to share. As one might expect,…

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 7, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  avoiding responsibility writing this blog to procrastinate on stuff

  

  I’m not hosed I’m no longer neck deep in school work, and I finally have a manageable workload, but I have spent the past few hours doing nothing in particular…

  • by Anika H. '26
  • April 6, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  DRAW TIM (the beaver) behold the artistic talents of MIT staff

  

  I am not a fan of icebreakers. It already takes a not-insignificant amount of energy for me to psych myself up enough to interact with a large group of people—especially…

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 5, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  Reaching for the STARS* *Small Town And Rural Students

  

  Today, (April 4, 2023), marks the public launch of the STARS (Small Town and Rural Students) College Network, a collaborative effort of a select group of 16 colleges and universities,…

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 4, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  miserable and magical oh, to feel moved

  

  then what to feel  with every shard of grief,  and every speck of beauty,  it is as though with this overwhelming pain and love and beauty, i have never felt…

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  dinners with friends my wallet is crying

  

  i spent spring break writing. writing blog posts, writing things for our informatics olympiad, writing emails for the puzzle club. the time i didn’t spend writing i spent eating dinner…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  winning embracing positive-sum

  

  for most of my life i was very prone to envy. part of that was because of the academic environment i was raised in – other people doing well on…

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  17 Ridiculously Useful Tips Every Blogger Should Know i am the entire circus

  

  Whether you blog for a job and get paid by the hour, or you’re writing yardlong screeds in a blog that no one reads, you probably know how hard it…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Announcing new blogger avatars! all-new, all quality

  

  The bloggers’ old avatars were drawn by a talented professional in a recognizable and well-liked style. But some of us thought, what if we could do a worse job? Wouldn’t…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 1, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  [joint post] part 1: a jaunt across Europe see Kano's post :)

  

  [Joint Post] A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 1)

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  CMU / Parallel Universe i am not a clown

  

  I visited CMU this weekend! This is pretty long, so here’s a table of contents: One Two Three Four Five Six Seven One It doesn’t seem to make sense Everything…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Beantown. sketchbook showcase!

  

  When my friends asked me what my spring break plans were, I said something along the lines of, “Oh, you know. Gonna roam around Boston :)” as if I was…

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  [Joint Post] A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 1) vomiting in Venice and other Italian adventures

  

  Intro [Gosha] It all started with a dormspam.⁠15 dormspam refers to emails sent out to the entire MIT undergrad population, which usually amount to advertisements of events and programs and…

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it’s been thirteen days since the Eras Tour began

  

  It has been 13 days since Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour began so in honor of that, I am ranking my favorite three songs (I can’t pick one) in alphabetical order…

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 30, 2023