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Blog / Academics & Research
Thinking Positive Sophomore year was kind of awful. But there were happy things! I'll focus on the…
campus. But I still found myself overwhelmed a lot of times. If I didn ... love working with this group of people. LOOK HOW PRETTY WE ARE! I ... - with the incredible Professor Bill Corbett. It was one of the last -
Blog / MIT Life
Faith Embracing uncertainty as the world changes around us
earth was catching a glimpse of heaven. I felt safe, warm, and full of ... the room and attached another bag of morphine to the plastic tube which ... weeks staring at the ceiling, pondering life, pain, and the existence of a -
Blog / Admissions
Shelby’s Amazing CPW Adventure A CPW Guest Entry by Shelby '13
photo of me outside of 77 Mass Ave. (So this is where my application ... time to chat in the Office of Minority education, where I was able to get ... , I will highlight some of my favorite events of the weekend! The Stata -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Sabar drums, Rwanda, and the C.I.A Can you guess what all this stuff has in common?
:00 a.m. EST- Sabar Drumming Class Before you graduate, the Institute not only wants you to be able to use maths to solve all sorts of problems ... ethnomusicologist. It's a fascinating examination of the relationship between culture -
Blog / Life after MIT
What Do You DO All Day? A guest-author entry by Joan Horvath '81.
and astronautics a thousand "internet years" ago, when those of us who ... place called a library to get information. It was, of course, uphill both ways in the snow to get to the Institute back then. After a stint in -
Blog / How to Food
How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible
of the post offers ways to feed yourself in a non-dining community for ... variety of diets. They all offer cheaper options and discounts for first ... on the presence or absence of dining (unless cost is an important -
Blog / How to Human
Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.
of in awe of the fact that I'd apparently survived almost a full year at MIT. I did not, shall we say, come from the most stringent of high ... . (Hey, speaking of my sleep statistics -- (awesome) Professor Wolfe, who -
Blog / How to Human
“There is No Place Like Home” ...especially when you are a long way from home
Esplanade and leaving The Institute behind at the end of the day for a few ... This is the time of year where goodbye posts are pretty common on ... admitting our students. I had at times been a bit jealous of my friends and -
Blog / IAP
One Extraordinary Week, Plus Ferrets I suit up for surgery.
much been a whirlwind of activity. For once I have absolutely no problem ... of free time to socialize, relax, and simply enjoy everything that ... little bit more about my UROP, but also show you a small sampling of the -
Blog / How to MIT
Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.
Class of '10: getting super ready and excited for school? I hope you ... !) so here it goes. IТƒфd like to preface this all with the statement of ... everyone an equal footing, regardless of prior education. It will also -
Blog / Challenges
Unity
, but do you go regarding each new person you meet with some degree of ... Some lessons, we learn by virtue of way of life. They’re the kind of ... simplicity of daily routine, implicit enough to be anything but noteworthy -
Blog / Life after MIT
Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19
previous posts why I decided to take a Leave of Absence this year. The event ... undergraduates were sent home last March. I was frustrated that so much of my ... 's response and the new reality of being an MIT student during COVID-19. At -
Blog / Academics & Research
A Recap of the 2.009 Final Presentations rough, tough, messy!
Institute of Health (NIH) found in a study that 52% of participants that ... . If you want a summary of what 2.009 is about, Chris made a post. 140 ... ." Each presentation was seven minutes long followed by four minutes of Q -
Blog / How to Boston and Beyond
sundays in the parks with friends a post title based on a musical based on a painting
of downtown Boston. I knew that this semester would be particularly tough though, and that I would struggle to get myself out of my room if I ... with a total of[annotation note="these also have associated numbers -
Blog / How to Human
re-orienting REX et al.
offer, instead of focusing on what it requires you to give. When I was ... earlier return in case of limited flight availability or other extenuating circumstances']move in.[/annotation] I was one of the first people to move in and -
Blog / MIT Life
Finding a Second Home love is where you least expect it
of what each community has to offer in just three days, but you can ... Let’s flash back to a sunny weekend in April, where the grills of MIT ... , or CPW as it’s often written, was a scene that had unfolded in many of -
Blog / Events
Halloweekend and the 7 weekends prior!
the FRESHEST of fresh, like the Fresh Prince of Bel-air eating crisp ... game character or piece of sushi. As a winged version of myself, I had the incredible luck of flutterskating with a Viking, a pot of gold -
Blog / Admissions
Get psyched, stay with it, do whatever it takes Adam's dad's advice is succint. Mine isn't.
without a car. Isn't there a delivery-to-door option offered by some of the ... I have to admit that I don't have fifty pieces of advice for anybody, but I do have a couple of things to say about starting college -
Blog / Academics & Research
Back to work
CPW was a lot of fun, and it was great meeting so many of you in ... guys got to see some of the nice weather we have hidden around here ... grumbling for part of them because of having to wake up at 7am. ;-) April 21