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• Blog / Challenges

  avoiding responsibility writing this blog to procrastinate on stuff

  

  of being reasonable and going to sleep, I’m going to write this in one ... Initial Dissection After crawling my way to the freedom of spring break, I ... bag of popcorn, imagining what might happen next, what I’m supposed to

  • by Anika H. '26
  • April 6, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Flip Side I'm a host instead of a prefrosh this year - but CPW has still been…

  

  crazy-successful at taking advantage of everything CPW has to offer ... 's Leadership Brunch, I got a chance to speak with some of the female admits to the Class of 2014. Again, it felt odd to be among the ten or so student

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 10, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  Another hack Snow and hacks and exams.

  

  close to the amount of brain-shocking work that your two math classes will ... really early when I got to the front door of the dorm and saw: No ... sections of roped-off turf around campus- to increase campus greenery. This

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  avatar a weird metaphor for careers

  

  ingredients to the restaurant, and you didn’t cook any of them yourself. you ... people had to do all of those things for you you know how in ‘avatar ... hard to improve the world (said grad student was probably one of best

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT this summer (part 1) It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of…

  

  It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of entries on how to visit MIT and Boston this summer. For those of you who ... and universities in Greater Boston, making it easy to visit a variety of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42: The Answer to Our Changing Educational Needs a school with no teachers, no schedules, and no rankings

  

  Office of Digital Learning designed to facilitate awareness, deep ... person ready to have such an influence? Or is utilizing the power of the ... deemed to be cheating. All of these aspects date back to Italy in the 11th

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 24, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Emily Levesque- How megastars evolve Emily spent the summer of 2004 conducting astronomy research at the Kitt Peak National Observatory…

  

  result of a $54 check to the International Star Registry. Rather, Emily has ... stars nearing the end of their lifetime. The goal of the project was to find the temperature range of these stars to settle disputes between

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting en route to North Carolina Sectionals vs. Midterms

  

  and trek over to the Skating Club of Boston, a 20-minute Uber-ride away. Here's me at one of the club's rinks, with the ice all to myself--one of ... went to one of my morning classes, went back to my room to pack, took a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 13, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning packing, housing, strategy, and events

  

  week!!! We are thrilled to meet and host you, Class of 2022! GET HYPE ... a reasonable fraction of the 700+ events to attend? I was definitely ... be helpful to post a Mini-Guide to CPW for your final hours of prep

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / People & Identities

  am i doing this all wrong? thinking thoughts and feeling feelings

  

  nice way to still connect with those close to me outside the world of ... being able to tell longer-form stories and play around with the media of ... good to clarify...']digress.[/annotation] This was on one of the days

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 4, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Re-halloween Reuse, reduce, recycle, remember not to leave junk outside your door.

  

  was to create an political statement about the troubled state of Random ... the eve of the eve of the eve of Halloween, I chose to execute a feat of ... daily parade of Cambridge traffic to an early morning class (early = 10 AM

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Almost a Real Engineer my foray into the world of professional conferences

  

  ), that was supposed to bring a quarter inch of ice. But I made it here ... Blue), and I am ready to begin a full week of transportation. For some ... Course 1. There are a lot of Course 1 grad students who come to TRB every

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool People. And Lunch! visiting committees = awesome.

  

  faculty separately to assess the state of the department. Your feedback is ... respond to this e-mail with your name and your year. In the case of too many ... be taken care of. People will seek you out, ask to hear your ideas

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 26, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Choose a Laptop for College your companion for all four years

  

  bootloader. After three days at the mercy of How-To Geek and Super User, I ... school ran out of vouchers to take these exams so I never got certified but ... refer to it as the brain of the computer as a simple analogy, but it

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Events

  LeaderShape 2012 Six unforgettable days.

  

  Power of All Day 3: Challenging What Is, Looking to What Could Be Day 4 ... lucky enough to have two of the most awesome people ever: Chancellor Eric ... of MIT. The last day of LeaderShape also happened to be my birthday

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  everything i cooked this summer it wasn't gourmet but it (mostly) tasted good

  

  being. A big part of this was learning how to cook and bake. I tried a ... time getting the hang of simple things that were easy to make and tasted ... , with a kitchen all to myself and lots of free time and mental space to

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 14, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: When in South Africa guest post by a fellow '21

  

  still want to travel the world but am now thinking of pursuing medical ... language besides English I turned to one of the better suited places to do ... and reading about it and comparing what I learned to the demographics of

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 31, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  growing over time continuing to become myself

  

  to hear the ramblings from the inside of my head, maybe they won't find them relatable or interesting. But when I expressed this worry to one of ... -vaccines and terrified to interact with anyone outside my household, in a lot of

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 31, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Lost in other people’s stories My brand of escapism

  

  I listen to a lot of audiobooks. In 2023, I listened to 28.6 days ... MIT. Why do I listen to so many audiobooks? I think part of the reason ... place with an enormous amount of freedom. You have to make so many

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 28, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why Apply? Putting your hat in the ring if you're not so sure

  

  myself to you. The ghosts of Uncle Labs and Beatriz have haunted me all ... radar (or I've created the perfect search terms to draw you here or one of ... bio as well. I used to think that if you wanted to have a variety of

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 9, 2013