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• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  're getting to campus. If you're arriving by air, you can take the airport ... ? And how did you get to be hosts? Are all the bloggers automatically ... matched up based on answers to a questionnaire that you completed and we

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor ‘13 The sixth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  in renewable energy. Wants to: Get a good-paying job so he can afford ... during a class barbecue to celebrate the success of their woodworking ... , too, with a penchant for chess and crossword puzzles. He's headed to MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Things Fly for a living.

  

  get to do this every day. You get to do one double-pset and a lab each ... * *creeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaak* And off it went. I tried really hard to get a picture of the ... Unified Engineering your sophomore year. Mostly, you get to wake up at

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  letter to my 2023 self from: 2024 janet

  

  also observe that this is supposed to be a letter from 2024 janet and it ... in 2024 and wrote most of it then; but then i had to work on a bunch of ... who has experienced the upcoming year, and I write a response letter to

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 2, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coming Soon! In which I briefly account for my I-haven't-been-blogging-so-much-recently shenanigans

  

  intermittently ever since IAP. In fact, I was able to get a taste of neuroscience ... we can assume is a constant, akin to death and taxes. Naturally, almost ... other events.I'm not one to spoil a surprise, but I'll be covering about

  • by Emad T. '14
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The root of all evil Money, money, money, money... money!

  

  State on my full scholarship, she was planning to get a pool in the ... of getting a room there? Well, that varies from year to year -- it ... know a couple of his professors fairly well by going to talk to them

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  a fun bet spicing up the admissions process

  

  the bills and counted them one by one. While it hurt just a tinge to see ... quite enough. By the point I was halfway through trying to woo the places ... by the end of this.” “Dude you’re literally going to lose.” “You

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  I went to the Arnold Arboretum!!! i become one with nature

  

  in me was hyped to hear that. The arboretum is a good ~5 miles away, so students usually get there by the T, Uber, or even bike. Thankfully ... spent a couple of blissful hours there. The area is HUGE—281 acres, to be

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  in remembrance of the body affirming the mind–body connection

  

  downstairs and took a walk, and the sun was setting. so i tried to find as high a point i could stand on to watch the sunset. i ended up walking to, i ... my hunger. stand up every once in a while. remember to blink, because

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  1 of the 101 Quincy Market, Mike's Pastries, Giacomo's, yummm

  

  to do before I graduate and one was to get through this list. Last weekend, I made a little more headway on this goal by tackling Item #51: Eat ... , I'm probably going to go back this weekend (and maybe actually get

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  “How to CPW 2012”…a Guide for Parents CPW can be overwheming...a parents' guide to making the most of it.

  

  the iceberg...to get a head start on your plans check out the schedule ... those same questions just a year or so ago. They are also easy to locate ... . A great place to find a parent to talk to would be in the Parent

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 15, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a brief walk to Caffè Nero alternatively titled: life update since i am comically bad at blogging this semester

  

  it's a cloudy Tuesday morning and i'm walking to Caffe Nero to get a ... my house in Central, and the latte is conveniently free thanks to a voucher sent to me by an upperclassmen. as i walk, a thought pops into my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  i’d like to write a happy post a sestina

  

  has been quite a difficult one and I haven't really had the headspace to ... this meager offering. I'd like to write a happy post. Some light fare ... takes your hand and dances. You'd get to come along on my adventures. The

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Stomp the Yard, MIT style The Divine 9 and NALFO organizations on campus

  

  Sorority, a newer organization to campus, promote adult literacy efforts. In an effort to introduce you to a slice of our Greek community, each ... pursuit of innovative ways to serve our community. During a time when

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • January 26, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Woot! My t-shirt is funnier than your t-shirt.

  

  of getting mail. Well, for one, I wanted something to take my mind off of linear algebra and eigenvalues for a little bit by blogging. And ... college life and high school life is that getting mail is incredibly

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2008
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How good are the academics at MIT?

  MIT is one of the best places in the world to be a student ... able to do everything on your own, so you'll find (or make) a few friends in the class and go work together to get it done. We do this because
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Welcoming Environment Because the best way to feel at home at MIT is to know that you…

  

  really easy for her to get what she needed." Such a need has been around ... guide curious students to available services. As Laura, a blogger alum ... of LGBT Services and a strong advocate of the campaign, talked to me

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  lab or get a paper published in a top journal. I have to admit this ... has helped a little. Aditya is right, it's hard to get straight answers ... 't get a good sense of proportion there, you do get an excellent sense of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  …and other things you can do with your four-day weekend context around the marathon

  

  , and so I would have to cram work into the corners to get it done by ... , with a break for lunch. In the morning, I managed to get some work ... stopped by Target to buy some snacks for the marathon walk. I ate a few

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / Events

  On Latin American Things Hablas español? Do you want to?

  

  raffle to get a free 32GB ipod touch. Yeah. I know. Wow. If that's not an ... 'm trying not to get my hopes up. But dang. So anyway, a list of some of the ... , because I'm leaving for Mexico in a few hours and I have yet to pack and

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 21, 2008