Search

Search Results

• Blog / Admissions

  The Other CPW CPW guest entry by Sam Range '13

  

  , I'll instead attempt to demonstrate the part of MIT that can't be ... supposed to be sleeping in suite 223. From about midnight to 4am, there was a ... without the booklet as it contains, in addition to useful maps of campus and

  • by Bryan
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Rrrrrrr. CPW! [UPDATE] CPW Smoke. Don't breathe this.

  

  ahead of me" days. A quick break from 2.001 will be good though, and I ... much fun MIT can be. Being the blogger that I am (willing to spend far ... exactly CPW is going to be like, give it a read. It also includes links to

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Good Advice On Advisors

  

  it myself. But you'll quickly learn MIT isn't meant to be done alone ... them about ways to do things. Advisors come in many different flavors ... there's anything I could suggest to incoming students who'll soon be in

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  will.i.am: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston The Black Eyed Peas' frontman hangs out at MIT.

  

  Intelligence. Be sure to play the video on the Peas homepage. Anyway, when Will ... Slice of MIT). You may recall his previous guest entry. will.i.am by Professor Patrick Henry Winston ’65, SM ’67, PhD ’70 Will likes to see stuff

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to be Tim The Beaver anyone can wear the mask.

  

  wondering how you know you're meant to be Tim- the answer is, you'll feel it ... . Find a partner! Being Tim is Hard Work, and you need someone to guide you ... 1. Reply to random email asking for Tim volunteers. As soon as it

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to PNR First semester in review

  

  the hard way that it’s really not like high school. Surrounded by the ... and tried miserably to do it all, Getting new emails by the hundreds, on ...   What I'm pretty sure next semester will be like. No offense

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT is easy if you study rastrology. Getting into awkward positions, at the Bank of London, with penguins.

  

  . The Rime of the Ancient Mariner can be sung to the tune of the "Gilligan ... " but "Friderick." 3. The male emperor penguin must hike 80 miles to the ... . After yoga, I decided to go running for half an hour, which was of course

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Telethon Live Blog Where we call you --

  

  YOU'RE A PREFROSH AND WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO TALK TO YOU AND I WANT TO ... roll your eyes at us. In all actuality, I am really excited to call you guys, but the phones are kind of all busy right now so I have to wait a

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Maker Faire 2012 the Dean is going - are you?

  

  be there! Oh yeah, its got everything. In addition to all of the ... :00 pm. You can see it on the schedule here. By the way, Chris P (King of ... huge convention/fair of creative people getting together to show off the

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Overcommit Responsibly sidequesting like a pro

  

  , this can also be a good refresher. Some of the following is specific to ... ’t be able to do much. When your MP and HP drop below a certain threshold ... positive ones (buffs: ex. motivated, well-rested) that can be gained by

  • by Anika H. '26
  • October 6, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  swatches of MIT collected like paint chips

  

  . This place is hard, in all senses of the word. It cuts you to the quick ... , it was to have the title You Knew What MIT Would Be, and it was going to be about how you predicted many of the pitfalls of this place. It

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  why write about this on 03/13? Tomorrow, you are going to be able to ... the best, and we all say it in diffferent ways. Hope to see you in the ... Yuliya K. '18 To Those with Dreams Deferred by Selam G. ‘18 Let's Go

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m so ill. like, in the bad way

  

  obvious drawbacks of being sick, it's impossible to catch up during the ... my email to find that the due date for the algorithms pset, by a ... to finish my algorithms pset by Friday. Also, I have to listen to some

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advanced Standing Exams: know your stuff, get out of a semester-long class! You should really consider taking them.

  

  there’s no way to wiggle out of your eight HASS subjects.) This is all ... lower-level classes, but it instead serves as a quick way of fulfilling ... comfortable with, or one that you doubt will be of much relevance to you in your

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary an image a day keeps the psets away

  

  to them being like, "wow, I see you :O" 9/10/21 A completely different ... mentioned I moved to EC on the blogs... oops, that might be an important piece ... fitting it to how I wanted things to be. It was pretty rough, but I was very

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living in Random Hall or: i really miss loop

  

  much I miss Random Hall. I miss walking out of my double to be greeted by ... beautiful, but allows for movies to be projected onto the building next to ... groceries online and they'll be delivered to the dorm once a week for free

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Room, A Short Story This story is somewhat weird and slightly dark. Reader's discretion is advised.

  

  , shall we? *** Teddy Purdue had much reason to be nervous. The confluence ... perfunctory to energetic and adorably unabashed. But by some stroke of luck he ... out his eyeballs. When he got a hold of himself, his tears giving way to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 2, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Unedited notes on gravity, etc. Brief thoughts on gravity, science, and consciousness that I plan to elaborate later when I…

  

  and walked home under soft, acidic streetlights to an empty house with ... laptop display I searched for comfort amidst the suburban silence of post ... .] consciousness at the scale of gravity, if neurons could tune to the fine geometric

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 11, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Brief Retreat How a short trip to Block Island left me revitalized

  

  any excuses, I've been looking for ways to recharge myself and face the ... sinking feeling that I was able to shake off by taking a few swimming ... daydreamed about what it might be like to own a yacht many years from now, and

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two answers on a Saturday night Because SNL's a rerun and we just finished our movie from Netflix

  

  't. And you get to pick to which group you belong. If you don't want to be ... the "A+". Well, first, the ex-boyfriend thing... it was supposed to be a ... it's not necessary to be perfect to apply to or attend MIT -- I may

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 2, 2006