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• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  approximately where you are now. A summer of waiting to start at MIT had finally ... upcoming semester. I can't imagine my first week, month, or year at MIT being ... operating as a remote community. Even though your first semester at MIT will

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  My Favorite Spots in Cambridge/Boston well-trodden and well-hidden alike

  

  I was at MIT, I barely explored the city, so my knowledge of my ... 's super fun to hang out at and also makes for an unconventional date spot ... Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge, which is brightly lit at night. The Paul

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a spectacle-r weekend exploring the Boston Harbor Islands

  

  , ferries are available at 10 am, 12 pm, 2 pm, and 4 pm, although the last ferry leaves at 5, so I'm not sure why anyone would want to spend only an ... at the wharf literally two minutes before the ferry left, so don't be

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 5, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  oversharing first base what have I been up to for the last 2+ years?

  

  my time at M*T. All this has been fine, until this week when I've been ... worried about) sort of had ideas of studying chemistry at first, but then ... on questions of life or uncertainty or being-at-MIT (hint, it was

  • by Jude H. '21
  • December 11, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries

  

  is the smallest on campus, but it's the one that I eat at most often ... first time eating at Baker. Even after being on campus for a whole year ... Although eating at Next House involves a 15 min march to the end of dorm row

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  first impressions of LA the struggles of moving cross-country for an internship

  

  discounts woooo"]start my internship at PlayStation's Santa Monica Studio on the God of War team.[/annotation] after dropping all of my stuff at my ... only crosswalks at the traffic lights, which are all very far apartthere

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 31, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Somewhere in between Trying to find out where I belong at MIT

  

  after MIT, and doing a bunch of ‘lasts’ here at MIT (last DT dance show ... of their life, but at the same time…. I don’t want to say bye just yet ... about looking back at my pictures from CPW and that many of those people

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 13, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  8 / Fresh start A month of eating and sleeping and other fun things

  

  -hour workshop at the Beaver Press located in Barker Library. Our group ... Fahrenheit was cold). I also volunteered at a Bruins game selling tickets for ... Normatec recovery pants, had lunch with the Language Conversation Exchange at

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 3, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  First Midterm of The Semester Here I go...

  

  . I missed dining hours this morning so I'm at Anna's Taqueria because I ... going through the same practice exams over and over again, but at this

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 1, 2019
• Blog / How to School

  Today Was A Long Day and it's not over yet.

  

  morning. I went to bed at around 1 am last night (or I guess this morning ... subconsciously conscious. I managed to carry myself out of bed at around 8:30 am ... checked off only about half of my to-do list. At some point, I escaped to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  [GUEST POST] CPWgCPWaCPWyCPW huh...there are some lowercase letters in the title. that's odd.

  

  organized on campus. There are four main clubs: G@MIT (Gays at MT) This is ... shortened (and not at all nuanced) way of putting it is that East Campus is ... . Come join our gay cults! We will throw* rainbow candy and gay pins at you

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Managing a Full Plate Both Food and Life

  

  job at TSR^2 (Talented Scholars Resource Room.) I mentioned this at the ... ’t think I’ll ever escape drawing at least one Gaussian surface a week ... at this point to try new places for dinner every friday night and

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The final stretch ...of 2017

  

  -up was due at 21:00 sharp. At 20:50, I was putting last-minute touches to my write-up and cleaning up my code. At 20:55, I uploaded my work and ... , and at 20:57, the code was still uploading. I panicked some more. For

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 21, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Beaver Nation An intro to athletics at MIT

  

  to hear that 20 percent of the undergraduate population at MIT plays a ... hold practice at the same time everyday, without worrying about academic ... at 5 and starting at 7. Still, I can’t complain. I know how lucky we

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • November 12, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Staying in Touch Family back home or here in Boston!

  

  . At a school like MIT, people are from around the globe, so I know I am ... landed at Logan. The whole week prior was us saying prayers that flights ... every night to update her on what major I now am looking at (It literally

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Turbo)Votes making voting easier by/for MIT students

  

  initiative. Because I was involved a bit at the beginning, and because I think ... ) immediately below.   Last September, at the height of election fervor, I received an email about civic engagement at MIT. Passions were high on both

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  100% Completion It’s pretty hard to do, but I’m going to try.

  

  complete - gym registration usually opens at 8 AM, and when I logged in at 8 ... ’m preparing to double my collection at the Career Fair, which is apparently the ... and being Good At Stuff. But all it took was one step onto campus, and

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Ringing in the second half of MIT The Class of 2019 gets their brass rats...at last

  

  ...a realization that is at the same time frightening, humbling, and empowering ... . This year, ring delivery was held at the State Room on the 33rd floor of ... . The year's design is debuted at Ring Premier, a festive celebration

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 23, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leslie Jones Was Here and I Saw Her can't believe I haven't posted about this yet

  

  A couple of months ago I got an email saying that Leslie Jones (from SNL and Ghostbusters and others) was doing a show at MIT and that ... pics for proof At the end of her show (which was great, as expected

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Recap: SHASS Lightning Talks @ CPW some projects in the social sciences and humanities at MIT

  

  consequences of international trade? universal grammar? Last April, at our ... new admits at a reception to discuss classes and undergraduate research opportunities. The goal of the event was to help survey the kind of work done at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2016