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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Art Imitating Art well, at least blogs.

  

  dramatic monologue. "Wait...beat! That's it!" I called my friend David - a ... told him to bring his guitar. My plan? To defeat the zombies with a logic ... enough to cripple the living. I took a gamble by thinking death metal could

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 5, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  I Can Save You Possibly.

  

  barefoot and promptly tripped over a friend's size 12 shoe. I ended up ... ), a white polo, and waterproof boots and help those in pain, instead of being in pain myself. Undoubtedly a nice change, I must say. Having just

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  TLM The Land of MIT. It's a planet.

  

  traveling to different planets, perhaps living in a ship for years until reaching a completely different planet and moving there. Until about two and a half months ago, I thought that was just one of my many fleeting

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  25 things and another reason to come to CPW. FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS. OH GOD.

  

  come to CPW, in case a weekend of free food, free shirts, and hanging out ... itself. "Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note ... school procrastination. Yes, I am a terrible person. 1. I am not the

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 3, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Internet is Weird My first attempt at using eBay, or, how I'm trying to profit off of sad…

  

  ...cuddling with his laptop. I'm not kidding. Okay, now I'm going to make a huge jump to what might appear to be a TOTALLY different subject, but it'll all come together in the end. I promise. I have a gift for this kind of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Surviving CPW Tips and tricks on making the most of your CPW experience

  

  For the record, during my CPW, it rained for a little and despite that, I still had a blast; so, regardless of weather, get ready for the most ... ;-) Here are a few tips to making the best of your CPW experience. Rule #0

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Global Poverty: ‘This Is Our Crisis’ People lead busy lives, and fighting poverty is hardly an extracurricular activity to which most…

  

  opportunities. He began his amazing journey in 1974, loaning $27 to a group of 42 ... sophomore year, she developed a strong interest in international development ... gripped Niger in 2005. After taking a few classes at MIT that focused on ID

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Take THAT, Microsoft Firefox rules.

  

  was last night, which is always a lot of fun. I was in class until 9 PM, so I only made a couple of phone calls, but I really enjoyed talking to ... 've known you for like a year and we've never actually met." "I know, you

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Photographic evidence Warning: trig ahead.

  

  , I have a confession to make to my fellow VMars fans... ...Ready? I think I have a fictional character crush on Piz. I can’t help it, he ... hear from Marilee only a few times a year, usually around crucial dates

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Are you sure you don’t want to cancel? Double whammy.

  

  Airport. Fly to Houston, TX for a day long interview. Now keep in mind, I ... parts of the trip. I exit baggage claim, and there someone is holding a sign that reads: "Mr. Bryan O." I wanted to take a picture of him and

  • by Bryan
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT & Boston colleges Some tips for checking out MIT and Boston this summer.

  

  Summer is a great time to visit colleges in Boston. There are more ... visit a variety of colleges from one base. Most of the major universities are on subway lines, so renting a car (and trying to navigate Boston

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  "starter child" (pre-frosh) for CPW? Is it a personality match or just random ... matched up based on answers to a questionnaire that you completed and we ... many FSILGs as strike your fancy. Find a community! There's definitely

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Followup To Mailing Disaster Answers to your questions from my last post, regarding the recent mailing of EA decisions.

  

  - but there are still a lot of you and only a few of us. Can my parents ... I haven't gotten a tube yet, should I assume that I have been rejected ... . Committee starts in February. If I was missing a teacher rec would I

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s "Do we start and end at the same place on the river?"

  

  I have so much work to do tonight, but I just fell off a treadmill in the Z-Center (no, really) and I'm so disheartened by this that a ... environs. I'm fine, Sam's Mom. But I'm obviously not a natural runner, and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  And it’s all beginning…

  

  't care how much you like your temp assignment. I'm sure Mollie, who's a ... versions of a lot from new frosh, is "I love my temp living group and am ... are interested in FSILGs don't have a hard time understanding why they

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-med, Everybody’s Best Friend If you are considering a career in medicine -- and not as a pharmacist.

  

  News Office). Congrats, Farhan! I took 21A.453: Anthropology of the ... . (I liked her so much that I took her class 21A.348: Photography and Truth the next semester.) Anyway, our 21A.453 class had only 3 students in

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Western Union A celebration of marriage, nanotechnology, and acrophobia in Seattle, WA.

  

  (I should note that I stole this title from a People article on Kate ... .") Their wedding took place in Bellevue last Saturday, and was a bittersweet ... : Nuclear Engineering) -- the original person who put a laptop on his door, no

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  film is primarily a love story, but there are major themes of justice and ... about a student's essay I had read the day before about the India ... the Indian subcontinent in the film. Peace has been on my mind a lot

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  “What the hell is water?” Thinking about and understanding your own context…

  

  . How’s the water?’ And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then ... ?'” (DFW went on to deliver a timeless and celebrated address that is well ... that a) applicants simply don’t understand what information we are

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 27, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  chasing the aurora a celestial hunt

  

  looked forward to entering ~introvert hours~ all day... alas. A chase for ... solar geeks are on this list I thought I should share… it’s a [Kp9] night tonight, and if my tracker is accurate, we should have a chance of seeing

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 13, 2024