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• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What is engineering, anyways? i promise it's more than just math

  

  – qualities I most certainly didn’t see in myself. I knew I didn’t fit the mold ... be happy, and I kept them in mind as I went back to the drawing board ... the physics of the world and of our brains is the most important thing

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 10, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

  :) Explore the different dorms!  I knew I wanted to live in Burton-Conner as ... the opportunity to ask any questions about the club or MIT life in ... decompress, so also make sure to take care of yourself in the rush of CPW

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  what we mean when we say the people why we like “the people”

  

  collaborative attitude is pretty central to the MIT experience and identity, in a ... insincere not to say this is somewhat true. I think what is meant by most ... to the avg person), have communities they're involved in and care about

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023
• Blog / Events

  The one-armed violin player and the Dalai Lama Emad's not the only blogger who got a press pass.

  

  ...(which is) very important. Then, in order to influence or impact...the ... them in the "Miscellaneous" category, and wondered if my posts ought to ... later in the day. I considered turning to the reporter on my left and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Highlight Reel Parents! A cappella! Thesis! Superheroes! Film class! And generally hanging in there @ MIT

  

  with my little sister in Spain. It felt nice to have the gang back ... . The main reason my parents come to Family Weekend in Boston year after ... years now, and this is the only time my parents get to see us perform. You

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Merritt ‘13, Carlos ‘13, Edward ‘13, and John ‘13 The final edition of a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  scholarship while also being accepted to one of the most prestigious schools in ... fashion conventions in Las Vegas to buy the season's latest looks. When he ... Cross student going to M.I.T. in the Fall By Jarett Henshaw Published

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ABCs of Senior Year friends, jobz, cats, "eight-oh-two"... + AMA!

  

  to NYC for a second-round job interview. The company put us up in the ... start of the subject line to the most valuable emails. From Reuse events ... tapestry is the closest the artist could come to painting a scene from Disney

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 23, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is an Incomplete Grade? ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations

  

  opportunity to turn in late work by an assigned date. Upon completion of the course, the grade changes to I/X, where X is the official grade which ... in, it was much more than I could produce, alone, in the hours I had. I

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yay for cheap stuff Inexpensive books make me happy.

  

  unfortunately have absolutely nothing interesting to report about it. The most ... and a half hours in the pouring rain to lose a field hockey game. Bleh ... freshman dorm here- there is complete class mixing in all dorms, so the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home is Where the Heart is In which I speak only in trite cliches.

  

  options; you may find family in the most unexpected place. And to those of ... , it is now I make my triumphant return to these blogs.The timing is ... things at MIT? Where to live is a subject that is frequently touched on in

  • by Tom R. '14
  • December 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Syllabus in Retrospect goals, guidelines, reading list

  

  Today is the eighth day of fall and the first day of winter in my ... once or twice a week Guidelines “The only dream worth having is to ... life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An old man’s thought of school Whitman. X-men. Youth. Zymurgy.

  

  't. Granted, most of it probably has to do with the sweet beard that I've grown ... with one message to summarize the most important thing I learned during ... named because a railway president wanted his trains to be considered the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Defying Gravity

  

  sweat* I know you are counting down (consciously or unconsciously) to the hour of the decision release. Many of you will be glued to your computer ... all of my years in school, especially during the seven years studying

  • by Linh V. '13
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  continued through IAP in January, something I didn't want to do. The first ... . I didn't know how to do any of it. The next day in class we got them ... practice back in the dorm, go to office hours, and do anything I could to

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  do sit-ups in the mornings. About a month ago, I got the crazy idea to ... competition they have in this category, but a winner is a winner. The store ... in the Z Center, but another thing to run in a nice shirt inside of a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I do too much stuff at MIT 1)My mom doesn't have a problem with it.

  

  to get through MIT is hard, and you'll often wonder whether or not the ... just have no patience. College is the one time in your life where you ... Near the end of winter break, I was sitting in an uncomfortable

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prettylatebuthere’sanIAPpost on MIT's independent activities period (ft. friends!!)

  

  festivals for students in rural, underserved communities along the way! to ... had no time to waste. i honestly can’t remember much from the days ... the men competed, the squad went to el jefe’s in harvard square for some

  • by Angie F. '28
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  “Nobody is going to do it, if we don’t do it.” The room is quiet ... ”, a freshman jokes in our group chat, referring to the history timeline ... you try to take them in your luggage out of the country, you can get

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / Residential Life

  Life on Campus? remastered 2021

  

  teammates to start warming up. By 6:50, I would be perched in the coxswain ... my mic while trying to keep my MIT crew hat from blowing off in the ... the stove in my suite in Macgregor. I miss speed walking to campus

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 8, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  August, Airplanes, and why not throw in Spring Break, too? My traveling styles. And, I don't even know, maybe a catch-up thing?

  

  found in the hotel! NITROGEN ICE CREAM (those of you coming to CPW ... all obstacles. It is the ability to move mountains one grain of sand at ... prepared to find the new station. Usually when I'm in these situations

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 31, 2013