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• Blog / Academics & Research

  three things i made recently lasers, radio, and a chocolate chip cookie loaf

  

  dish. Use a knife to draw a pattern on top if you're feeling fancy. Bake ... in session yet. the snow's only just turned to rain and we've had two ... package of semisweet chocolate chips INSTRUCTIONS: Preheat oven to 375

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 15, 2017
• Blog / Hacks

  A couple of hacks from a couple of hacks CPW tends to bring out the best work from the esoteric pranksters

  

  for me, seeing all you guys excited to be here and the prospect of studying here reminds me that I'm pretty fortunate to have had the opportunity myself. That's an easy thing to forget when you've got your head

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  notes from a week of new classes the prettiest peril of higher education

  

  sitting across MIT's campus struggling to write for more than 30 minutes ... (highkey) bad. The structure of the class really is made to give students as many materials to learn as possible, which is noble but very messy. Every

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 15, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a hell week do not try at home

  

  let me take a second to talk about the week i've had: last thursday, i went to not one but two P.E. classes because it was the last day of ... thursday evening section of CMS.307 coincided with a 6.867 exam, so i had to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 27, 2016
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  On Tortillas and Community An update from a year and a half ago.

  

  being the first in your family to go to college. Sigue leyendo. The ... my transition from pueblerina to big city girl. A year and a half has passed since that blog post and I’d like to give you an update. When I

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus visit, revisited In which I dissect the campus tour/ info session and forget to clean up afterward

  

  your hands*. So you give up and just tell people to come to CPW. *Sorry, does this sound too angsty? Should I change it to “but it makes your ... unsent drafts and attachments old and neglected enough to be hanging out in

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in MD Summary of the end of the year, and a look ahead to the summer.

  

  single, and I do not have to use the Saferide or MBTA. Yes, I am home ... up from your little desk and seeing a line of caffeinated beverages ... I subject my body to can be justified by the increase in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  “It’s just so effortless!” Apples and ziti and pies, oh my!

  

  for me while we sampled some AppleBake treats: I'm ashamed to say that ... eating to be done once I woke up, though! Right after hearing the AppleBake results, the Conner 2 freshmen rushed back up to our floor to work on the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Newest Member of Our Family What could possibly be more exciting than prefrosh?

  

  !!! I did not get one (although I was very tempted to do so), but Kayla E. '15 drove Kerry N. '14, Jes P. '15 and I to the animal rescue place in Boston today to help her pick out a little companion for the new semester

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 17, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Reporting from… Doha! 🐫🐫 ft: the first time I ever rode on a camel

  

  Labs, a program that gives MIT students the chance to teach students in ... decided to visit Doha, Qatar, with Jade B '26, a friend also going to Kazakhstan for GTL. Doha was the most common layover when traveling to

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • January 18, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Math. by Joy ‘13 I’m not a complete nerd…but I am convinced that math is a language

  

  to is a composition of numbers. In general, when we need to get in ... knowledge…we are almost like the people of Babylon. We are able to communicate ... different combinations using these digits to express a manner of things. For

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Remember? A Blast from the Past

  

  they're awesome. For 21W.755, I get to write a short story every week ... I like it: 7.013 (Intro to Bio) has been kind enough to assign psets ... .00 (Psych) is filled with cool videos, neat facts, and references to one of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 16, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poems Robert Creeley today.

  

  today, say, I got up at 5:30am to start studying for my 8.06 midterm tomorrow, but, writing a response to Robert Creeley's "A Wicker Basket" just ... out to be my favorite class that term (the others were 8.04 8.044 18

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Leavetaking and homecoming

  

  through a thick nostalgia to get myself in my car, start the ignition, ease ... from Los Angeles to Tucson when I was three"]once.[/annotation] I was ... printed on semi-trucks, Fry’s and Coke and Target, coming in to the city

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Last Night What I did last night, on my last night. CambridgeSide Galleria & Brokeback Mountain

  

  unintentionally danced around in black ice before getting back to our dorm. (In ... "Last Night" -- get it?! I took my 14.41: Public Economics final in the afternoon, so I wanted to go out after and celebrate. (I am so

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  1.1 miles as the crow flies and it takes me forever to run there

  

  . I feel like I’ve slogged through so much high school just to get to ... , alerts me that my microphone is off. This is the MIT I’ve come to. When I ... week ago, and I’m more settled in now. I’m still getting the feel of my

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friday was a good day

  

  get the opportunity to do a more prolonged project where we get to ... a SaveTFP (which stands for Save This F***ing Place) event to get free ... ’s assignments were the first ones where we had to include sound, which gives

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Quad Life four girls become roommates, hilarity ensues

  

  , whatshouldtimcallme.tumblr.com, get ready to go out at night, or just stay in to karaoke ... paired up for their room assignments within Baker. "Want to be my roommate ... sided sheets of paper with prompts like "Who do you want to live with

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  End-of-Summer Camping Temporary escape from my “cruel, insufficiently damp world"

  

  already boarded. I rolled up to the driver. “Can I get on this bus?” He ... idea it was to get that close).   The world often gives us a gentle ... emailed a friend in lab to put away the agarose gel I’d poured the night

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 28, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Happy 375, Boston! Turning 375 years old is no easy task.

  

  browsing through some stores, I returned home to get ready to head to an ... when I hit 20). To kick off part of the festivities, free hot air ... balloons, the balloon crew let us know the weather was going to be unfriendly

  • by Bryan
  • July 1, 2005