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  Events, Food, and Awesomeness: CPW A story about how CPW is more awesome than lobsters

  

  When people ask me where I grew up, I hesitate for a moment before saying Orange County, California. I was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, but I ... reliable information. I have one memory of me crying in the kitchen while my

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Paul’s Top Ten Common-Sense College Application Tips Patent pending.

  

  suggested that I should write a book on college applications. Although I ... the summer, I had ample opportunity to compile what may (someday) be the ... upon us, I'm proud to present you with - drum roll please - my very first

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First term freshman year A horror story, I guess... but one with a happy ending

  

  in point: At 1 AM one night in November freshman year, I was studying ... friend Akhil '05 MEng '06 IMed me and asked if I wanted to go explore campus. I said yes. I ended up pulling an all-nighter the night before a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  cute date ideas or like. hang out ideas

  

  Official Actual First Date here at MIT. Because I’m sentimental, here’s a ... that you love, for any definition of love <3 I’ve roughly grouped these by distance from where I live. Let me know if there's anything else

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 11, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Halls are Alive with the sound of mischief :)

  

  of all college campuses. I personally like the mix of ultra ... less aesthetically appealing–I think MIT has a vendetta against ceilings ... . Again, it’s not beautiful. But I would argue that it’s something better

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  falling in love with october swooning over foLiAGe

  

  we fell in love in october that’s why i love fall looking at the ... fall. It's so beautiful though. I love this time of the year when trees ... ="80643" image3="80644" image4="80641" /] While I’ve always enjoyed fall, I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  No Snow, and on singing badly me? singing? and posting it online?!

  

  Yesterday I recorded myself covering Reese Lansangan's "No Snow". I ... . Let me get this out of the way, first: I think this cover isn't great. I'm listening it right now and I don't like it. Do yourself a favor and listen to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Stories That Made Me My identity in books

  

  I am a huge reader. I love hearing stories and telling them. I love reformulating them, retelling them, carrying them alongside me. I love storytelling so much that it's become a pillar of my identity — it's why I chose

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fangirl Moment kinda silly, kinda wholesome

  

  event. I was initially hesitant about going since it seemed like the event was for grad students/postdocs/researchers/profs to nEtwORk, but I was ... pizza and Indian food, we raved about how much [annotation note="I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  Over the past few months, I have become obsessed with crochet. Before I came to Boston, I dedicated quite some time to ironing out the logistics of crocheting at MIT. How will I pack all my yarn? What project

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  SOFT HOUSE five college students doing burpees on gravel at 1 am vibes

  

  Guys, in spite of everything that's happened, I'm having a college ... closest friends is more fun than I could've imagined. We're all equal ... also work out together!! One of the guys I'm living with is in ROTC and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 28, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Remembering Woodie Flowers they say don't meet your heroes, but some exceed your expectations

  

  died after medical complications. He was 75, and one of the finest men I have ever known. For many of our readers, I suspect Woodie needs no ... . Woodie was one of the most gentle, thoughtful, kind, peaceable people I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  I've never been to Seattle before. One of the things I love about ... or a few at a time. I specifically sought out a summer internship in Seattle because I wanted to try something new. I'd heard from many people

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  elephants what I've been up to

  

  I've been pretty busy lately doing stuff like this a little of ... life that I end up just sleeping through the stress (last semester), I ... brain itch. I was going for Dali's "Los Elefantes", but of course I had

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 27, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Watch Ceri on SciShow! teenage mutant YOUTUBE NERDFIGHTERS

  

  Longtime readers (i.e., those of you who didn't first tune into the ...  as part of a science quiz series. I watched it and found equal parts educational and adorkable so I thought I would post it here too as a little

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 4, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  All the Feels introduction to me and my thoughts

  

  I am currently a ball of feelings. Some people might call me an emotional wreck, but I think it’s just something that comes with being in a ... old me. There’s change in the air too, and with every breath I take

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 14, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding a Second Home love is where you least expect it

  

  my dreams, and senior-year-me couldn’t be happier to be there. I was seeing campus through rosy colored glasses, and because I had already decided that MIT was the place for me, I spent my weekend traversing the

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Seattle: Land of the Strange, Skies of the Free where pirates roam the streets and dogs play the bucket-drums

  

  I was walking to the Pacific Science Center with a friend one ... : "..." Friend: "...I freaking love this city." Here in Seattle, you see, there ... minute -- did I mention F/A-18s? Those would be the Blue Angels, the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Round 2 Microsoft, brains, British accents, hiking in the Alps, weightlifting, HIMYM

  

  Microsoft, working on Surface keyboard (that's all I can say, the rest is confidential…) I won't ask any more questions about that, then. Let's talk about ... ; knit a scarf I wish I knew how to knit. Anything else you want to say or

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Ending it's the last day of classes and I am having some feelings.

  

  So here we are. I'm sitting in the AeroAstro Gelb Lab ... . In about a week, I'll be home in California again--in three, I'll be working an internship in Seattle. It hasn't exactly settled in yet that I

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 15, 2014