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• Blog / Advice

  Lies in MIT, lies about MIT these are the lies that i tell myself at night

  

  all my time working on classes, I believed it. Two. On registration day ... 's not true that I spend all my time on classes. It's not even true that I spend most my time on classes. And it is true that most people don't take

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 27, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  and i’ve come to terms d to the phi! phi to the e! d! phi! e!

  

  shiny new return offer to go back and work on Minecraft next summer. Yes ... to post this update since I kind of left off on a somewhat unsure note ... top ranked on the second day, and then finally narrowing it to your top

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 7, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Homecoming some musings on memory

  

  loosened their grip on my leg muscles, enough that my mental map of what MIT ... your eyes on it and make sure you actually hit it, how you have to bend ... Field on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, and I have to push myself to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 13, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  one with nothing making peace with unproductivity

  

  's fine. well, depending on what your view is of "much", this isn't true. i wrote a really long post, which is now my longest post on the blogs ... -thirds of the way into book 3 of a practical guide to evil. i went on lots of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 5, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Write an Original Song (ex?)-emo kid gone rogue

  

  post. I just had a laptop, phone, and the microphone on some earbuds to ... great. It’s nice and cool outside, so you go to sit on the front porch ... . It’s so on the nose, so cliche. You abandon all of it and start over

  • by Powers '23
  • June 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  failure, but apparently not comfortable enough. So, I'm working on writing ... this moment I am on the couch. I've been here since March 13, and I don ... being a positive thing for me in the long run. What are you working on

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  A week told through food warning: lots of food pictures

  

  people who aren’t on meal plans. One of my friends cooks spectacular dishes ... , almost all of my friends are on meal plans, so I don’t really know exactly ... snacks to munch on in between the dancing. Most of it was gone by the time

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 18, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Surprisingly enjoyable experiences exactly what it sounds like

  

  . I mean, you put on a hard hat and wear glasses. To use a power saw ... out i sit on the floor. It was so fast I didn’t even see who they were ... of the upperclassmen living on our floor invited me to go to the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 15, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to change majors in just five easy steps!

  

  . Second semester, D's and F's do not show up on your transcript, but A's, B ... thought about pros and cons and graduating on time and optimizing my needs ... dreams of airplanes and satellites and robots, I settled on [annotation

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Applying While Transgender #InHonorOfMarshaP

  gender identity, and there is also room for additional information on our ... know in other places on the application and use your essays to write ... something that has been on my mind recently when thinking about supporting our

  • by DJ Rock
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A recipe for disaster Behind the scenes of the "giant pie" video

  

  peaches so Petey had Costco put them all on a pallet and forklift it into ... sugar and flour, and 7 large cans of shortening. On the way back, Kristen ... frame. We designed it on Solidworks over winter break, and then she

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • March 11, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Up, Up, and Away how to get out of the 'tute (temporarily) and out into the world

  

  tricks to getting yourself around the world on MIT's dime. Start: 0 mi ... another line on your résumé, a language immersion, and free travel and ... opportunities will land on your doorstep, or your inbox in this case, so pro tip

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Ode From A Science Fair Junkie in honor of intel isef 2018

  

  impact on me, it’s science fair. This weekend, approximately 1800 high ... kids. Attending Intel ISEF was on my bucket list. The summer after 8th ... her life. So on the brinks of entering high school, she had a new

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  How to not love CPW but love MIT (for the most part at least)

  

  procrastinating on this. Feeling #1: Everyone seemed so comfortable with themselves ... /social sciences person in high school (thought that I would go on to study some ... micronaps (or macronaps) in lecture. I also often sleep 10-12 hours on the

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give MIT Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences a Chance Yultide Day 5

  

  , students spend a semester on just regression. We discussed four additional ... working on my Political Science thesis, which is an original research ... implementing a social science field experiment on racial bias in non

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2017 FAQ You've got questions, I've got answers

  

  from your rank list because if you do not match with any school on ... your full name and "QuestBridge" on the cover sheet if you are mailing it ... interviews on a case-by-case basis. When contacting your interviewer, please

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-Guide to CPW KAPOW! GET EXCITED!!!

  

  been clarified, here are things you should bring: One carry-on bag. Travel light. A carry-on suitcase with a backpack is the max reasonable ... more on weather below). You’ll be out exploring both during the day and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome People of 2016 part 1 of an incomplete list of the greatest and coolest

  

  , and youth competent care. We had discussions on identity ... centers and facilitated workshops on providing culturally competent care for ... ) and February of this year. Last semester, on a whim, I decided to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Tips and Tricks to MIT What I have learned in my first semester at MIT

  

  living alone, if you are not on the meal plan you have to make your own ... you can enjoy that!). No one can move from living in a house to on their ... always technically a pset that could be worked on or a test the next week

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 5, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  on the internet, I was surprised in the last couple years to find an ... student "studyblrs" on tumblr, and I applaud them for being very specific ... , but I have to rest well on weekends. If there is a test the next day

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015