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• Blog / Hacks

  The Stars Look Very Different Today Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing we can do

  

  , I spent three weeks at nerd camp. I was what multiple exes have ... far away from home for a bit. One afternoon that summer, while about ... listened and watched as this happened, amazed at how well a single song had

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Do We Fall? so that we can learn to pick ourselves up

  

  have to kick it into high gear for my 6.042 exam on Wednesday. I spent all of Monday night from 8pm to 2am studying. I woke up promptly at 7 ... taking the exam at 1pm. I went through all the problems, thinking hard

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 26, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  makes sense when you think about it. I arrived on campus for freshman ... need a tour for, I was "living the dream" and could find everything I ... their helpful faces at the end of my information sessions. The time had

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The Coop What's a coop? You'll find out!

  

  can't very well talk about the ENTIRE INTERNET because you'd be here for the rest of your life, which for a lot of people, is perfectly acceptable. Don't look at me like that, I know you're one of them

  • by Snively '11
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wolverine Wolverine, creme brulee, Ina Garten, BOOM. You symbiotic patriotic slam book neck, right?

  

  pset, woke up for no reason at 6 AM, and finished the rest of it in under ... some repeated pumping noise somehow, and I was only just at that moment aware of all the different sounds in the laboratory at any given time

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer reading: “The Language of God” Consider adding "The Language of God" to your summer reading list!

  

  As some of you may know, this summer I'm working at the NIH National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), which is best known for its ... . It's otherwise known as the coolest and most useful project ever, at

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  (another) postcard from GTL spain and an unexpected crossover with the Edgerton Center

  

  be left with a heightened appreciation for the 4 years I get to have at ... thing that helps is to pick your head up, to stop staring at the sidewalk and instead look at the faces that are right there with you. Sometimes

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 1, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Learning about the ABCs Apple Bake Competition, At Burton Conner

  

  note="one of the dorms at MIT, also where i live ... -picking outings that MIT dorms help subsidise. For most people, it’s a great reason ... the delicious dishes that people have cooked up. For Conner 2, my floor

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 29, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  goodbye after so long and with so much love

  

  somehow. Thank you for reading, today and at any and every time in the past ... . When I got into MIT, visited for CPW, and finally comMITted, the biggest ... and liked at CPW, but also the people I hadn't met yet, whose pictures

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Rush Course 12 what it’s like to study Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at MIT

  

  , working in policy, science journalism, or even working for the government at ... Sciences (EAPS) and it’s one of the smallest majors at MIT, despite the ... and the possibility for life beyond Earth. [caption id

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking Forward and Backward 10 Memories and 8 Resolutions

  

  back at how much my life has changed in just twelve months. It has, by ... that I was in! 2. Arriving at CPW and getting escorted to the second floor of the student center, where I saw Petey. I remember staring at him

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  wayfaring a pile of stuff that's happening

  

  name for a general inscriptive strategy, one that uncovers the ... and incoherent crap at the foot of the reader. In doing so, a tiny part ... to prepare for reading and selection, which has already begun for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  November summary: books, playlist, gratitude

  

  's much easier for me to justify skipping a workout when all that's at stake ... friend who's at the gym waiting for me--well, I can't just not show up, can ... constraints imposed by the rest of my life. Welp.) Sappho At some point in

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 25, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  an ambassador for such a cause. Now I am at home in Tulsa, OK interning ... For a lot of you (maybe not all), interning over the summer will be ... you get to pretend to be an adult for a couple months before returning

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline MIT's regular action deadline is January 1.

  

  The Office of Admissions is currently closed for the holidays, and is ... site -- for example, about standardized test requirements or statistics ... recognize that processing can take 2 weeks. You do not need to worry at this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events That You Should Come To! totally biased, but hey, it's my blog

  

  to throw at your friends for the whole duration of CPW, here is your ... highlighting done for you? ;) THURSDAY night, 7-9pm+, iHouse International ... : Come for a great night of international dinner, featuring cuisine from

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals Week, from my perspective My finals.

  

  sure. For example, on my first test of the year I got two standard ... actually try to recover from bad test scores and working at it all semester ... out of the summer all happy from working at Hasbro and building toys all

  • by Snively '11
  • December 20, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Making Tracks

  

  destiny forward one step at a time. But in a way, the past eight months have ... spectrum of introductory classes as you established a track for elective ... , academic or not, and you leave for college in the fall, on a plane, train

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Events

  total eclipse of the cruft

  

  this post is a little delayed, for which I plead CPW Like millions ... ="alignnone" width="768"] what if we gathered in vermont and stared directly at the sun ... pictures. But some of our cruft are better at words and cameras than me, so

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  what your favorite study spot says about you badly stereotyping places to work on campus

  

  problem you've been staring at for hours. god, you just need to graduate ... . you're a charcuterie board devotee and have at least one weird niche ... hearing about it. regardless, everyone admires you for being super

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023