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  Musings on Colorful Balls (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ramya '14!

  

  ). Basically I wanted to get the most fun out of my stay per unit time. Hey, from ... to make contact with the balls represents how much I was overwhelmed by ... that getting into MIT was for real, and not an accident. I didn't want to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside The Bubble Life? Oh yeah, I forgot I had one...

  

  world is a double-edged sword. You get to be around some of the most ... perpetual state of studying and exam-taking from your first exam to your last ... ’ll take what I can get.) Additionally, every once in a while it’s nice to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF, BAMF, and other west coast adventures planning my next two weeks

  

  , come say hi; if you're in the area, definitely stop by the competition on ... . ISEF will take up lots of my time, so I won't get to do much else in LA ... typically visit the big Faires in Bay Area and New York to give versions of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Year in Review blogs, bhangra, and a baby monkey

  

  for its signal of the year coming to an end and the promise of the new ... . 5. Blogs and more blogs. I love the new look of our admission website ... Holidays to all and best wishes for the New Year.

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Forget These I forgot to bring them when I first came to MIT.

  

  new room at my fraternity giving you a list of things you need to make sure to bring to MIT or to buy as soon as you get here. I conducted a ... . So when you're cutting down on the things you're bringing, make sure to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 19, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  registration day! aka "registration day blues", but like, only in the good sense of blues

  

  that each September I seemed to get acclimatized more quickly: the newness wore off faster and faster, until by the end of the first week of ... ! (Note: this is a long list; feel free to skim if your interest wanes

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Curbing Hunger at MIT food for thought

  

  not be following a recipe by the book while a chef scrambles to finish ... when you’re walking from Building 16 to Building 1, or before class when you get there three minutes early, or when you’re brushing your teeth

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 6, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT is live we're ready for you to begin

  

  ’m looking forward to reading your applications!    ... Good news!  You can now log onto MyMIT to access the application for freshman admission to MIT. Many of you may have received a shiny

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkeys and babies But no baby turkeys.

  

  night becaue you thought you'd get better rest on the plane, when you're ... for now, since it'll probably change by tomorrow and we'll be back to ... 's probably time to get my shoes back on. Three weeks filled with neuroscience

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Allegiance "No, I'm not one of /those/ people."

  

  not. I am going to sell all your stuff when your back is turned.) Are ... -love way of saying, "You've only been there a week; you'll get used to it, and it will get better," which was, as it turns out, what I needed to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 24, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  college is how many opportunities you get to live in a new place for a month ... by rocky peaks[/caption] To get to the top of the cliff, you have to ... Seattle because I wanted to try something new. I'd heard from many people

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Perfect Match? because the right CPW host can make a huge difference...

  

  sure that you get to eat while at MIT by hanging out with people who have ... programs have had their own App developed by a participant, just to keep ... would like to get out of the experience, have a preliminary idea of

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  WTHBBQ! Chinese Buffet! Spring 2008 courses, with a really bad analogy, haha. (super long post o___o)

  

  difficult to get As in certain classes. However, in 8.02, you're told from the ... actually get assigned a letter grade by your research supervisor for the ... -you-can-eat, but instead of being able to leave after you're comfortably full, the

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

  21M.285: The Beatles the most enjoyable class i've taken at MIT

  

  thrilled to learn what had shaped this new sound and how the group's creation ... so I'd be able to get it! My team's analysis ended up being seven pages ... Before college, I was by no means a hardcore Beatles fan. When I was

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 3, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  The Fringe that Stole Christmas hair @ MIT, and several hair-raising puns

  

  aftercare. Her article goes by the catchy name 'How to dye your hair like an ... Supercuts or whatever. In the summers I’d get a buzzcut to stay cool, and my ... with its absence, which is by choice and the product of me trying to do

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 25, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  actual conversations i definitely had last night happy new year i guess

  

  construct invented by big time to sell more time B: sometimes i feel like i ... of the screen A: eh give it a race or two A: you'll get used to it B ... : do this, do that B: get used to it B: and we complain at first but

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Chapter Closes To open another

  

  anyway. He went into the bathroom to get some water and I returned to our ... your roommate does wonders. Or that it’s fine to go from talking about ... outside, a cup held to his chest. In response to my jumping in fright and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Operabots with Personality Ahhhhh.....music to my ears

  

  enrolled at MIT. So for all of you who are looking to merge your talents in ... the new The Beatles: Rock Band , you know where to find it ... ……errrr uhhhhh……you know what I’m trying to say. MIT is cool. One of the things

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / Advice

  the best thing i did for myself as a pre-frosh the one where i gush about burton one

  

  Lawn again, accompanied by instruments to strum and bubble teas to sip ... whizzed by like a door violently swinging open on its hinges, revealing to ... relieving— none of that pressure to 'forge new bonds' and make small talk. All

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • April 7, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Mas33h Hall A quick look at life in the Castle

  

  ) CPW is this week, so if you’re a prefrosh you’re likely going to be ... ) You need your MIT ID to access the stairs/elevator. This is petty and I ... . There’s a lot of them. On the plus side, it really motivates you to add your

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 9, 2018