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  The View From the Other Side of Hell If MIT is a 400-meter race, am I really at the beginning of the home…

  

  get to know the tools that they'll be working with later on, but I think ... Two days ago, Sophia '10 drove Kathy '10 and I to Cape Cod, where we ... would be worrying about how much stuff there is still to do tonight." I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Working at a Toy Company! I promise you, my job was cooler than yours.

  

  lucky enough to get onto a team. We teamed up with the RP lab (Rapid ... to be fun time at MIT. I wrote a large chunk of this entry back at the beginning of the semester in August but never got around to finishing it. I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 2)

  

  I don’t get to make much during the semester, except on slow weeks or ... my mom doesn’t have a timepoint to run catch they get to hang out, my mom gets to learn new recipes, and my dad, my brother, and I get to eat

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Magic Of fluorescent cells and robots

  

  or the coming spring, don’t hesitate to ask your supervisors or ... and freshman year is the time to build your foundational research skills ... since I arrived in Boston. I have been up to my ears in work, dance

  • by Linh V. '13
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Like Burger King – Only Not (Guest Entry) That ain't no Etch-a-Sketch. This is one doodle that can't be un-did, homeskillet.

  

  down your bags and sigh because it feels so good to be home? Yeah. That ... want to get technical about it, CPW served no other purpose for me other ... there for an hour. Or if you don't think you're the Greek type, go to a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doors of East Campus a la Humans of New York

  

  individuality and how you choose to represent yourself, and your door is perhaps ... Google Form out to the residents, and here are the responses! (a la Humans ... may not have much 'deeper meaning', it is still a way to express your

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Lost in other people’s stories My brand of escapism

  

  else’s head. You get to experience what they experience–the fear during a ... experiences, though. It means you get to be that person for a little bit. You get to be that person who always has a quippy remark locked and loaded

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 28, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  residential exploration, but without a residence on burton conner culture continuing to thrive

  

  the period where freshmen get to meet and join living groups they ... just gotten to campus and was enjoying getting swept up in the excitement ... traffic around them and were trying to get the interest of freshmen who hadn

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  to scan it in yourself, though. Submit your entry either by leaving a link to it in the comments, or by emailing me your file. My email address ... favorites on New Year, so get me your entries by midday on this Sunday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Lyrics to my MIT experience i definitely never, ever wrote songfics when i was in middle school

  

  't really like, and didn't end up pursuing in the long run. I worked hard to get into MIT, but really had no idea what it was like. I looked to a ... onto fictional worlds to motivate me to soldier on. MIT surprised me by

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 15, 2020
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Will I receive AP/IB college credit?

  final before the class begins. If you do well you get to keep your grade ... opportunities. If you're using your resources in high school, you're going to ... MIT doesn't require applicants to take advanced courses beyond what
• Blog / MIT Life

  Clinging to the Coattails of Identity Who am I now?

  

  !"]FPOP applications[/annotation], advisor forms… You thought the get-to ... culture. If you’re in the market for somewhere to be from, I give Hawaii a ... . “Oh no! How dare they ask a simple get-to-know-you question instead of

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 29, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The One Where I’m in Russia a brain/photo dump of me running away from school

  

  Lima students, to a website that promotes local artisans and their ... ’ve seen of the archaeology site, I thought it was going to be underwhelming ... entrepreneurship and technical program designed to give undergraduates around the

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 28, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Burnout (and what to do about it) learning how to recharge a low battery

  

  likes to say, your get-up-and-go has got-up-and-went. The last time I ... to stop doing, which I'll get to in a bit). One thing I've learned ... this publicly, to your benefit, dear reader."]even to myself

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT and the SAA HOORAY FOR ACRONYMS

  

  , you won't get the result you want on your first try, but you have to ... applied to MIT in the first place. And now that you're in and you've sent ... , mmmk?), you're steeling yourself to leave all your cameras and

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  ? Senior spring is supposed to be the best semester of college, where we get ... submitting to the harsh campus restrictions and getting to live on campus with ... never getting to live on campus again otherwise, forced my hand. Since I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  maintain a balance between the two groups. The best way to get to know us is ... , you'll get to interact with a sampling of the most active groups on ... offered at MIT will be there to address your questions. There's always been

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.

  

  highest suicide rate? The answer to that question is: No, this is not true ... . Most people who come to MIT are happy, well-adjusted people, and leave MIT as happy, well-adjusted people. That's not to say that MIT is never

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Premed and Me (frankly speaking) MIT is hard, but MIT premed doesn't have to suck. Here's why.

  

  lies the curse: if you're not comparing your performance to something ... ?) getting better grades than you? It's enough to make you feel like maybe ... gonna need a lot of help to get to where you ought to be." It was more

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 29, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  …More CPW The last of my photos from the weekend.

  

  Before we get into it, I need to address a question I've heard a few ... , your UROP. MIT tells you that you have a chance to show off these groups ... to take that opportunity? Of course! You love everything you're

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2007