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• Blog / Admissions

  Take Me Back to Tech (Guest Entry) So hurrah for technology, 'ology, 'ology oh.

  

  , my CPW was pretty tame. Keep in mind this is saying tame for CPW - this is a lot like saying west campus people are normal (they are, for MIT). In any case, for a trip to my new favorite place, the beginning was

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  On Latin American Things Hablas español? Do you want to?

  

  , because I'm leaving for Mexico in a few hours and I have yet to pack and ... been talking for 40 minutes when it's only been 4- yeah, there was really no hope for me. instead, i will blog randomly yet again to tell you

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bubbles and UROPs OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question, because I…

  

  slides -- when you shake up a water/protein solution (for example, by ... white water phenomenon all the time- when no one's used the slide for 15 ... stuff; or are most dorms already furnished? (Sorry for the weird question

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  another day of fall when canvas went down and made me think about internet and people and the seasons

  

  week. For starters, it was raining when I woke up. Also, I was running on ... for time management, and so had not attempted to download the practice ... ="thank you Jean and Sean for providing me separate last minute copies LOL

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 25, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  getting back in the groove 🎵groovy groovy🎵

  

  for 10B. You're done with the GIRs and starting classes specifically for ... is having! This will be nothing too crazy, but it is for sure something ... notes word for word and maybe adding an example here and there. If it

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 3, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Drawing from Life "is that the boldest stroke you can make?"

  

  !!), is also my most recent sketchbook because I've hardly drawn for myself since starting college. I've made a ton of art for my clubs at MIT and for ... for a circle of artists to sketch. Life drawing is essential to a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 28, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2022 (ok, i didn't enjoy all of it)

  

  . Things I read for class These are all taken from 21W.765 Interactive Narrative. Going for a Beer (1100 words). Content warning: domestic abuse ... there for one. In fact, he has finished it. Perhaps he’ll have a second

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 21, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  self-taught dancing: a how-to how i learned dance through YouTube

  

  I've been dancing on a team at MIT for one and a half years, but I've been dancing...unofficially...for much longer. as I've mentioned in ... studio just wasn't something in the realm of possibility for me, so using

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 4, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  ~ next to my little blogger face up there. For the record, I am still ... name that no one at MIT uses for me, so I changed it.  Throughout high ... changed over the years; at first, it was for health and fitness goals. Then

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  a peek in a week of my summer trying to enjoy it while it lasts

  

  earlier than when it's due/next one is released, but psets are hard for me okay:("]pset cycle.[/annotation] For now, here’s a brief overview of what ... for two weeks.   1:00 pm  I have daily meetings with my hosts (my

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  diversions from what is otherwise a never ending trello of things to do

  

  i have no less than three different drafts for blog posts stewing ... project with a team for the first time ever at hackMIT instead of just ... 't guaranteed admissions so swag hunters were mostly filtered out"]going for the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  the summer before senior year you've changed...

  

  A few days ago, Spotify generated a playlist for me that included a song from Bowling for Soup. This, of course, made me think lmao, remember Bowling for Soup? This, of course of course, made me get sad about growing

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 9, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  How to CPW! Advice from all the bloggers, with love.

  

  't halt for us either, and all the hosts are regular MIT undergraduate students, so it's best for everyone if logistics are handled ahead of time ... . Second, be on the lookout in your email for more specific information later

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Events

  “Where art thou, O Higgs?” *insert shimmering transition into the past here*

  

  attended my recitation for 8.012 (freshman physics), and my recitation leader—Professor Eddie Farhi, Director of the Center for Theoretical Physics—found himself ... in his lap, and began to explain the search for a bizarre particle

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 7, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  the invaders gestured for her to come out to the aisle. They crowded ... capella groups. For Valentine's Day, they took serenade requests and ran ... :30am: Dump some salad and pesto (mmm, pesto) into a bowl as fuel for the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  taking a gap year. My hope is that you will at least consider, just for a moment, taking a gap year (read on for details). If you are a member of the ... . We will grant a deferral for almost any reason (but generally not for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  physics problem sets, sketches for a full-length blues arrangement for jazz ... , I mean). Some writers try to sell childhood as prime real estate for innocence and unadulterated curiosity; for me, all the literary value of ages

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Balancing Life, School, and… More Life? Gotta start by taking advantage of Veteran's Day to... work... and, more importantly, BLOG!

  

  -day weekend! Wooohooo!!! Yesterday, I decided that today would be perfect for a ... any plans for tomorrow?" Their responses were like this: "Tomorrow ... Terrascope room at 12 and stay there until 2 or 3 to work on our final plan for

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Historic Boston This entry may be a little long . . .

  

  motivated enough, but for some reason this seemed like a good idea, so I went ... Italy) and enjoy the smells so I had to settle for going to Bunker Hill. I ... . "Cross suchandsuch a bridge for .25 miles." Yessir Google Maps, I'm at

  • by Snively '11
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  *witty title here* (Guest Entry) You want awesome? I'll show you awesome!

  

  looking for summer work. Wow, I'm beginning to like this place! My mom and I flew in on Wednesday so that we could have a day for travel and use it to ... while watching the Discovery Channel (I was meant for MIT!) until my

  • by Snively '11
  • April 21, 2008