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• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  ]) Before I write about my experience at CPW, I have a disclaimer to make ... to make contact with the balls represents how much I was overwhelmed by ... Weekend, but you're wrong. CPW really means "4 days of Pure a

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

  Spring cleaning and miscellany The Brass Rat club, sending 4-inch heels to Goodwill, and picking a new food-providing graduate…

  

  entertaining than making a pile of clothes to give to Goodwill while singing ... . I got to hear stories about my UROP professor as a graduate student (I ... members who are MIT alums -- they all asked to see my Brass Rat. (One walked

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The fight’s begun but not yet won me vs. vista

  

  resource right at my fingertips. You see, MIT offers free MATLAB to its ... . The catch is you have to be connected to the MIT network, that's where they keep the licences. Installing MATLAB on your personal computer

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 12, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Engineering leadership: the one-hour edition President Hockfield makes a surprise appearance!

  

  , you have my permission to put down your AP study books and take a look ... trying to invent a different way to make the helium blimps they saw race ... even faster - as they had decided to make a 'robotic' arm from their

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weather Sensitive I know you think that I don't care, but I really do.

  

  , it gets cold in that wet, drippy way that makes you feel like you're ... said, I present to you three pictures of the view from my window. Early

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  DME SoccerBot Championships 2006 (Or, How Does Justin Timberlake Live With Himself?) All we are saying is give Pluto a chance.

  

  in Freshman Leadership Program you're not going to swim back from the island to hone your creative writing skills). When you all get into MIT ...   It was an epic battle, a tournament to the death. Tens of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 30, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Trip to Princeton U Taking advantage of the three-day weekend by taking a trip to Princeton!

  

  basically when someone holds the rope that is connected to your harness. Your ... Three-day weekends seem like the perfect opportunity to catch-up on ... works out that way. Instead, you have one more day to procrastinate and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  an unnecessarily detailed normal friday finding things to blog about when you're swept into normalcy

  

  to recognize your face and recommend drinks. [annotation note="i think ... seconds to annoy[annotation note="my roommate"]caleb[/annotation] as i go back to sleep without even thinking. eventually, though, it's 9:30 and i

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 27, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  oh no the future obligatory “i am old” post with pretentious morbing

  

  lied to my entire life? You’re telling me I must sit here now and accept ... to make an art installation for a museum someday. I want to adopt a cat ... to be? My legs are tired and I want to sleep in your arms.” Next year

  • by Anika H. '26
  • October 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thinking Positive Sophomore year was kind of awful. But there were happy things! I'll focus on the…

  

  easier way to put that. I wrote about my first semester in my post called ... allowed me to stay calm, I started seeking help to manage my stress, and I ... 't have anything to do, I felt guilty - like I should be doing work or

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 17, 2014
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  A Year away from home An intro video rant to my time in China

  

  Lunar New Year!!! I finally made it around to making this video about my ... figure out what was the best way to make this video, and settled on doing ... . As of right now I have two big posts I want to make, “being black in

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 5, 2019
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 2) Where the music is richer.

  

  system in Madrid. Puts the T to shame. 9. I love the Starbucks employee who would always give me free muffins just because I'm Taiwanese and I try to ... have on the Metro with Chinese emigrants to the city. 7. I love the 75

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Living la vida lab rat So the moral of the story is that freedom is relative in science. And that…

  

  your competence to a greater degree, so good luck just walking into the ... , professors, and grad students?" The easiest question there to answer is how I ... to be my biology advisor (if you have two majors, you get two advisors

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 25, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What kind of student support services are available?

  support for MIT students. Whether you're struggling with a pset because of something going on in your life, you feel too ill to take an exam, you're ... hose and Student Support Services (S3) is available to help you manage
• Blog / MIT Life

  DO YOU WANNA BUILD A SNOWMAN?? I KNOW YOU DO

  

  ="106857" /]   Of course, I had to make an obligatory snow angel: [caption id ... semester ends can do… things… to your sleep schedule. Also it was the weekend ... consider it my sacred duty to announce the [annotation note="i.e. the first

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Above MIT The sky's the limit.

  

  frequents these blogs! * The word "prospective" doesn't distribute to parents ... really, don't plan out your child's future that far in advance, dude. Wait ... Admissions blogger. If you want to read a little bit about me, you can check

  • by Piper '13
  • May 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello? Pick up your phones!!

  

  have to sacrifice a couple of your weekend plans. It's entirely feasible ... labs. I'm sure there'll be more CPW-related entries later; try to make it ... over to the Bush Room to join several other MIT students in calling youuu

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

  Fixing a hole First figuratively, then literally.

  

  I walked into 21M.302: Harmony and Counterpoint II today to find this ... at the time because I had to finish this problem, due in less than four ... my activity coefficient away. He explained to us that this was a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more physics It was Day 2 of classes when I got kicked out of one! (Only it…

  

  .) The professor said he was willing to make an exception but that the ... So this is what an Add/Drop form looks like: Now, I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, "But Laura, even though you haven't written in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  I LOVE TATTE💖💖💖 back in boston baby

  

  A Love Letter to Tatte August 30th, 2025 Dearest Tatte, It has been an awfully long while since I've graced upon your tiled floors, and I know that you could only be awaiting (all of) my money to support your

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • August 30, 2025