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  Is CPW a lie? I asked for opinions.

  

  self arrives to campus, you’re given a booklet with pages and pages of ... , they come with a price tag of your time and an expectation for them to be ... even if you go to every recitation and lecture, you might still fail your

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 17, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Different Voice some words about MIT, by someone who's not me

  

  mythical legitimacy–we’re those kids. the ones that grow up to be new ... you change your mind about yourself, again. success here is so hard to ... out. march on, march on. guest post by Piper ('17) -- a new friend, and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 24, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The end of a chapter

  

  farewell to all my friends. I then flew back to Boston on 20th June and ... focus on biochemistry, molecular and cell biology. Physiology to me, acts ... to the new environment weren’t easy! I also received tons of emails of

  • by Linh V. '13
  • July 8, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Christianity at MIT An intro to Cru!

  

  committed to sharing the love of Jesus Christ with people on campus. We do ... ="101923" /] In the fall we also went to a retreat with these students to New ... -Caribbean student community but legit anyone’s more than welcome to join), New Vassar

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  on this one, just because a) it's a fun way to get to know your ... since you can just store them on your computer, but it's nice to have some ... have it shipped to your dorm room, but make sure your sheets are twin

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  (Bitter)sweet home meeting high school teachers again, and visiting my hometown for (probably) the last time

  

  ’m ultimately glad that we’re moving on to other places. I visited my high school ... , to dealing with bad authority—both the principal and the new ... that people once tried to renovate but eventually gave up on to let them

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Do I have a story for you… *SPOILER* I do

  

  myself it's been 3 years since I failed to follow through on this ... .009 classrooms in the fall to help teach the class that set me on this path. I ... feels an odd mix of distant and weirdly close. Like the first time your

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A (Belated) Letter to July In which I start blogging again with an angsty video

  

  new ones. I mean, I have a job. A job where I'm paying to work for them ... to help nudge me along on adventures and help find warm food for my ... hope your brothers and sisters will be kind, July. I'll try to be kind to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  like I just stepped on campus to begin preseason, and now I’m handing in ... conference tournament champion.  To get our hands on that trophy, we had to ... completely, landed on the side of my foot, and limped away while trying to play

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  activities and qualifications against which it runs your application to see if ... have to be creative. There are a lot of ways to show your creativity in ... , outstanding intellectual aptitude, a desire to use your knowledge in the world

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  your experience was like mine, many people were doubting you. To you ... to catch up on work became a weekend of shambling around grasping for ... ways to change your happiness: change your life, or change your mind

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This story has to do with professor accessibility. And something awesome that I got in the mail.

  

  astronomy. Fast forward a few weeks, to the New House front desk, where I stood slack-jawed with my new book as it dawned on me where I had seen the ... letters with actual human handwriting. I was therefore super pumped to find

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  my last undergraduate monday and everything i did!

  

  semester and I want to make them special, I put on my very favorite shirt ... throw on a light jacket and head to class. This year my earliest class is ... about making it to my 1 pm on time, but I get in line. Luckily, it moves

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 10, 2022
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  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  This next week and a half promises to be electrifying. We’re on the ... minutes for him to identify a medication I’ve been on that sometimes causes ... Tech, the Russian counterpart to MIT, he went out to Moscow on weekends just

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 29, 2012
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  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  documented their murals accordingly. Even so, we won't be able to paint on the ... panels for us to paint on, but...it won't be the same. Preserving culture ... Coffeehouse Lounge, a space open to student groups on campus. Also, we were told

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  Chorallaries? Did you know that she is a foodie and loves to try new restaurants ... exploring new countries (like when she went to Iceland last summer!). She ... to immerse herself in completely new cultures and environments. It

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  short, Shahab, yes, we will value your poetry. I look forward to hearing ... look forward to reading about your passions, too. Finally, with a month ... perspective on the reading, go on over and visit Ben. Shahab commented with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  tripping over a new on-campus job opportunity and falling on your face. And if you somehow manage to miss out on all of those opportunities, you ... is "Don't stress out too much about numbers; you're not going to go to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How To Make Mediocre Furniture well, maybe i'll let you be the quality judge

  

  , you choose to live with a[annotation note="One person who lives on Putz ... ."]Putzen,[/annotation]this is what you get. I carefully brought all the wood to our new apartment ... on it. Plus, I wanted to be able to use the empty space underneath the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Today I hit my TA with a door I didn't MEAN to.

  

  -value level of what you're about to learn is on a par with the Tooth Fairy not ... amount of knowledge on the subject they need to have in order to field your ... happened to be standing right there, going on about amide formation. And then

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007