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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons Learned in Lab Applicable to life.

  

  for help. I've asked so many questions at lab that I've probably driven my grad student crazy at times. When something doesn't make sense, it ... solvent buffer in and then the 2 microliters. My grad student just looked at

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Linkdump: Smart Leaves, Burritos, and Shaq cool things on the Internet

  

  from every song I ever heard at a dance from 6th-8th grade. Could my ... them. Others are just cool links for things that happened at MIT. The ... organized by students — at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology." And

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Sneak Preview (to next) Weekend let's just pretend I managed to backronym CPW in the title

  

  and compacting all the fun parts of a year at MIT into three days. Thusly, five minutes at CPW will leave you far more informed about campus ... . At least I wasn't dropping his class. Know this: average MIT frat

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 3, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  News for Admitted Students Some next steps for those who received the good news.

  

  MIT Portal: Over at MyMIT, you'll find a bunch of stuff only available to ... (s) before enrolling at MIT (for a gap year, military service, or other reason ... visit through our Overnight Program. Please register at least two weeks in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Help! Learn from my mistakes...and from the Beatles.

  

  “Help!” by the Beatles. Relevant verse reproduced at the bottom, for your ... time at all, I could bang out essays that I was proud of, and loved ... . Phew. That first one WAS just a fluke. And then I looked at the comments

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life as an Artist things I discovered about myself as it relates to the artsy stuff I have in…

  

  before). I also get the chance to sing at my church (Pentecostal ... friends are in a band at MIT that is affectionately known as Love and a ... I am a PRO at stick figures. Just wanted to show you some of my

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 2, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some things to do now if you were admitted to the MIT Class of 2014.

  

  MyMIT Portal: Over at MyMIT, you'll find a bunch of stuff only ... to request a deferral/gap year(s) before enrolling at MIT (for a gap ... Overnight Program. Please register at least two weeks in advance, and we'll do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello? Pick up your phones!!

  

  work at it. If you have three tests coming up in next week, you might ... to get all As at MIT, and I know people who have done it. Plus, there ... office hours are more or less lifesavers. What exactly happens at CPW? The

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Few Words

  

  action decisions came out last year, I was at a debate tournament, with no ... couldn't find her; she'd disappeared to go eat lunch at a nearby Mc ... it this far :) I can't wait to meet some of you at CPW! To those of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  On Time That which I do not have.

  

  ?! I'm sitting here, in my room, at my desk. It's nearly 11:30 pm on a ... reading assignments with only a moderate degree of success at remaining dry ... color pencils and drew for fun. 7. Learn how to iron my clothes - At

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 7, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  My Entirely Unexciting IAP see title

  

  essays while you're at it) FUNNNNNN. (especially after spending the entire ... read through at least 3,000 pages of material this break. if you think ... regret that I have but four IAPs to spend during my tenure at MIT. =p

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  at the College of William and Mary before swiftly transferring) so when ... woods shooting fireworks at Jewel Trolls. Ah, youth. Why am I posting ... . I can't wait to get back up north and start skiing with my family at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week It's the final countdown.

  

  painfully large stacks of notes to review. I'm feeling slightly panicked at ... in that class! I'll be glad when it's 12:01 PM on Thursday, at which ... for EA decisions: yes, they're still scheduled for Wednesday 12/16 at 9

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to a Package of Dial Soap Substantial entries will come soon!

  

  It was my freshman year, not long ago When I arrived at MIT, complete ... farewell speech at grad I will thank my mom, for saving money Target, for ... soap, soap cleanliness, - that is all Ye know at college, and all ye need

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 6, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Top Ten Reasons I’m Thankful for Thanksgiving Breaaaaaaaaakkkkkkk!!!!!!

  

  .112 (Principles of Chemistry) class at the moment. Luckily, my TA is awesome, and he ... through break. Do I have a physics project too? Not at all :) I'm spending ... 'm notoriously awful at doing my laundry on a regular basis. I basically wait until

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  LIFE! is my favorite entry title.

  

  how I imagined my first test here. I know I’m really slow at math, and this is college, and this is MIT at that, and there are tons of smart ... people at their high schools. And I’m pretty sure I brought along whatever

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Turn around and pretend it wasn’t you Words of Wisdom

  

  weekend I attended "CollegeFest 2009" at the Hynes Convention Center, just ... angry at the live band. They were SO loud that I was having to shout ... wisdom, decided that shooting an elastic foam rocket at the band would be a

  • by Snively '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  And now, for a brief interlude from our regularly scheduled finals whining. I should be studying E&M right now, but this is much more fun.

  

  with this is that I am literally in a pair of free Crocs I got at Notre ... promise to drop off the pants at Baker when I get a chance. Fast forward to ... yes, this is a conversation between two sorority sisters… only at MIT.

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fresh Food! Here at last!

  

  likely you'll be at the mercy of whatever treats the school gives you ... body at large use this and see it have a positive impact on health and wellness at MIT," said Modi. "We would also like to see this become a

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 31, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Lots of good and important stuff for both EA and RA admits.

  

  financial aid applications) Check out your MyMIT Portal: Over at MyMIT, you ... at MIT (for a gap year, military service, or other reason -- see future ... Overnight Program. Please register at least two weeks in advance, and we'll do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 16, 2009