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  CPW Recap (Guest Entry) "a perfect introduction to MIT"

  

  two days prior to the start of CPW to visit family and such. One quick ... . :)So, I officially arrived at MIT on Thursday, only to be greeted by my ... registration desk. I got a booklet of the several hundred events going on during

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  . You would think someone who writes stuff read by plenty of people on the ... "]capable of most exercises[/annotation] but not push-ups by any means, and I ... being said, there was a sense of accomplishment felt by the end. https

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  perfunctory to energetic and adorably unabashed. But by some stroke of luck he ... predict the turn of events by fiddling with a can of Budweiser and pacing ... physical manifestation of a terror only hushed by rationality. He’d lived in

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 2, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  greta gerwig’s barbie and insecurity aka moving to college

  

  , for better or for worse (as proven by my continual use of ‘beige flag ... As of this weekend, I have watched Greta Gerwig’s 2023 blockbuster ... rekindled my love of the movie and feel inclined to revisit it. Now I know I

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  My second year of college just ended. I’ve been trying to think of a ... to have things sort of figured out in my mind, so I can say something ... pretty tough. I went through a rough breakup. I felt like my circle of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Twins Chandler ‘13 and Taylor ‘13 The fifth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Continuing our series Introducing the Class of 2013, today we have a pair of stories about a terrific pair of young women... Chandler '13 and ... -valedictorians set for MIT Originally posted on: Friday, May 29, 2009 by Adam Freeman

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  oh, the crash and the burn

  

  COVID, but there is some sick part of me that is relieved that I have gotten it since it gives me an excuse to not go to any of my responsibilities and just sit for a couple of days. This week has exploded in my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 26, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Survive a Nor’easter New England hath no flurries like a winter storm

  

  more skyline. Everything has been consumed by a blanket of white, and ... some of my friends from warmer climes, you may consider scarcely one centimeter of precipitation - enough to finely coat the Earth's surface with a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 11, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Moves and Music(als) Illustrated with tons of images and a video, and not *as* many words

  

  perform on a particular week, you can drop by at the beginning of that week ... , not-so-involved career. I got my start in the second half of senior year, when my high school staged its production of Guys and Dolls (this will be

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Fighting Indifference MIT and MLK day

  

  be) be representative of today in history as told by a twenty ... religious ceremonies, different in that the population of the former is ... , difficult to sing, requiring of the vocalist loud, straining pitches to match

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fact: Architecture majors have to code I don't remember signing up for this

  

  MIT, it’s that time flies by - whether it’s funtymz or ... ...with programming languages. A few of us have some programming background, but for the rest of us (me!) it’s like … I don’t know, catching up with the rest of

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  I’m on a boat! It was only a matter of time

  

  that by the end of the night I was going to be forced to dance. Some ... conga line that tricked me by disbanding right as I was in the middle of ... ? maybe sad? I'm not sure). By the end I was tired, grabbed another cup of

  • by Snively '11
  • May 3, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back to back to back maybe i am doing too much

  

  The last post I made was kind of a lot. Even beginning to write this ... ’ll continue my theme of talking about my problems in public, and I’ll walk you through my mess of overcommitment so far. February has just been a blur for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 27, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  71 More Things to Do Before You Graduate the 101 things expansion pack

  

  In a very institvtional gesture of welcome, each incoming MIT student receives a stack of flyers and documents and charts and posters as soon as they set foot on campus. One of these papers is the famous list of "101

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 Classes For 0 Credit: Beethoven to Mahler and Paradise Lost That can be rearranged to say: Paradise lost to Beethoven and Mahler.

  

  one of my physics classes. My friend Ben H. '14 was in a similarly ... 's wonderful, right?) "That sounds wonderful to me!" As a result of that e ... this seems so strange to me, but it's something like this: each of those

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 17, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  in French House, celebrating the beginning of my week off by (finally ... ." Why today?  Today is Friday: the most glorious day of the week. I woke up at 8:30, sat in bed cooing at pictures of adorable baby zoo animals

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Days My traditional end-of-summer recap post, in technicolor.

  

  is actually run by a bunch of zombies. Since the original plan of ... , began exercising on a daily basis, and even quit pulling the pigtails of that girl who sits in front of me in class. I also took out the trash and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  print “Hello, World!\n”; Everything you ever needed to know about me

  

  time of day. My name is Lydia. We have a lot to catch up on. I was born in Moscow on March 12, 1992, into a demographic hole created by World War II and deepened by the collapse of the Soviet Union. Russia

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  (COUGHMITCOUGH), which, I mean, is a kind of a big deal and will in fact influence the rest of your life. No pressure or anything. I will weigh in with how ... suddenly felt very old. To add to this, I have to declare a major by April

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Is This, a Crossover Episode? Jacob Collier and Yo-Yo Ma come to MIT

  

  special event sponsored by Professor Anantha Chandrakasan (dean of the ... beautiful song by itself, so this was my highlight of the evening. (Kind of ... , Fred Harris (the director of MITWE) was going through the semester

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 23, 2025