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• Blog / MIT Life

  Current State of Mind ewoufbwu iyfh[things I must do]w39478ry3927rhiwf83tr

  

  I feel like doing is sitting back for a bit and letting it soak in. I ... BROUGHT ME ORANGE JUICE because we have a lot of Terrascope work to do ... Yesterday, (or was it a few days ago?) I reached into a pocket in my

  • by Ana V. '15
  • May 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To the future! and beyond?

  

  to eat and most importantly, what to do with my life.  I've had a taste of the real world this summer when I had to track down a place to live ... fellowships.  I took the GRE a few weeks ago, which though not necesarily

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Battle of the Bands "Rock on and come to CPW!" ~ Thomas Jefferson"Chris, you made up that quote from…

  

  food than you'll know what to do with (hint: give it to a hungry ... , and whatever the heck you do with a theremin to raise the potential ... we do throughout the year into one gigantic weekend extravaganza with

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Seasons of Spam Next up: a Nostalgic entry about my frosh year. After Finals. Maybe.

  

  getting a free T-shirt shoved into my arms. I felt like Napoleon, doing his ... -hours How do you measure, MIT time? In psets, in physics In midnights, in ... thousand thirty-two hundred eighty semi-hours How do you measure, measure

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor quotes The spurious wisdom and even more spurious wit of MIT professors.

  

  , and that this is going to make me either a good scientist or a raving ... '05 (now a first-year grad student in bioengineering at Stanford) always ... friends said on a daily basis (note: I was going to link to it, but then I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ We've been getting a lot of questions about our testing requirements; here are the answers.

  

  't English. What are my testing options? A. You have two options. You may do ... an international student, do I have to take the TOEFL? A. No, we do ... calling with questions. In an effort to answer these questions, here is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Adventures of Comic Artist Girl (+ Doodles!) In which comics class gets a talk from an award-winning cartoonist

  

  concept of devoting yourself to something you love and making a living doing ... . I realize that I do have a story I’d like to tell via webcomic ... This week was a four-day week, which made it extremely weird. It

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Magic of Those Ivory Keys (Guest Blog!) Part 2 of 3 of "Why I Declared a Humanities Major at MIT" series!

  

  This week I bring to you a guest entry from a very talented musician from my class, who is a double biological engineering (20) and music (21M ... has music been a passion for you? Tell us about your musical journey

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  lord, it is time for a blog post the huge semester has gone halfway by

  

  .[/annotation] I genuinely enjoy doing all of this work. I care a lot about my dorm ... harder, driven by a lack of breaks and the persistence of pandemic conditions. It was "worse than anything I had seen in a long time." I promised

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 13, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics professors have a charming sense of humour Excerpts from relativity problem sets

  

  I'M DONE WITH FALL CLASSES! and am now back home in London, doing ... .033, Relativity. Relativity is a great class to teach, if you enjoy designing ... into strands of spaghetti. Our professor obviously had a good time

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  How I lost aura points i confess my sins

  

  future, or people who time-travelled from a year before 2024: "Aura points" dictate how cool you are. You gain aura points when you do something cool and socially confident, and you lose points when you do something cringe

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Face Book And Study I have been doing all this and more. But mostly not this.

  

  Okay, hold up. I have a really good excuse for not blogging in ages. Two excuses, actually. Yes, I took my last final over a week ago, and ... weeks before finals simultaneously doing 3 final projects. First excuse

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW on the Web CPW comes to you...ON THE INTERNET

  

  Other than spending a few hours last night brütally annihilating ... well over 600 events over the course of a few days, and the prefrosh add ... MIT community is incredibly devoted to CPW, hosts a ton of excellent

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 2, 2010
• Blog / Advice

  applying sideways, beyond admissions a rendition of Petey's hit blog

  

  doubted myself a lot more- I still do. Rejections will always hurt ... , or both. Even so, I know that having time to do things that I like is a ... many, many, many more. My life as a college student has pretty much been

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 22, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Virtual Fall, Real Performances coming soon to a zoom very near you!

  

  Guild is doing a virtual play of The Theory of Relativity, a musical about ... typically perform a wide range of songs, and although they have do auditions ... I've mentioned briefly on this blog before that I'm part of a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Mas33h Hall A quick look at life in the Castle

  

  for later): 1) Do I need a mini fridge? Are you on a meal plan? If the ... room is a triple. It’s on the 3rd floor. ~~~coincidence?~~~ Yeah, probably. I want to talk about The Dorms though, because, a) It’s housing

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  . I know that’s not a lot, but do your best to be concise. How do I ... second quarter. (If your school uses a trimester schedule, please use your ... . Do I still need to submit the form? Yes. You are still required to

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 17, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  250 words. I know that’s not a lot, but do your best to be concise ... available for the fall semester or second quarter. (If your school uses a ... sent my midyear grades. Do I still need to submit the form? Yes. You are

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form some things you should know

  

  250 words. I know that’s not a lot, but do your best to be concise ... available for the fall semester or second quarter. (If your school uses a ... sent my midyear grades. Do I still need to submit the form? Yes. You are

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Notes and Updates Form every applicant needs to do this

  

  . I know that’s not a lot, but do your best to be concise ... your school uses a trimester schedule, please use your first trimester ... ’re available. My counselor/school already sent my midyear grades. Do I still

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 13, 2014