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  Play hard…and then work hard! There's no excuse not to have an AWESOME time this weekend!

  

  , Dec. 22. Monday marks the beginning of the end, but why not have some ... campus on the last semi-sane weekend of the semester!: Friday: 2 ... Committee) presents a showing of "The 40 Year Old Virgin" in 26-100. 10:00 PM

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  10 Red Balloons Gotta catch 'em all!

  

  first team to locate all of them, by any means necessary. The balloons ... of the money MIT collects goes to charity. I've now invited all of you ... is time for us, all of us, to band together under a common dome and

  • by Snively '11
  • December 4, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Behold, a day job! Still with ultra-short travel time!

  

  spent more time than necessary looking into the origins of their name and ... the time. As it turns out, the name is simply part of this 50s ... nerdiness is futile, so I might as well be unabashedly proud of it. The second

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Your CPW Host The host assignment meeting was tonight.

  

  Tonight, as MIT's Spring Break was wrapping up, we gathered up all of the student hosts who have returned from vacation (hundreds of them ... . Take a look at the schedule -- the bulk of events are put on by student

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When September Ends on career fair, life, and other occurrences

  

  folder of resumes in the hopes of getting a dream job. There are always ... , The New York Times, U.S. Department of Energy… And 400 more. They come ... walking advertisement. (For the most impressive collection of Career Fair

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break Good times all around.

  

  This past week was, hands down, the best spring break of my college ... and arrive safely in the ever-humid city of Houston, Texas. Enter: sleep, food, an absence of psets, and the realization that my younger

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 31, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  Harry Potter and the Infinite Corridor (updated!) Don't even try to post a spoiler.

  

  Currently at Au Bon Pain in Harvard Square awaiting the arrival of ... ... try the Kickboxing PE Class Looking for History of Magic, try: 21A.211 ... Numbers Looking for Muggle Studies, try any one of the many classes the HASS

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining Hall Alchemy The art of turning cereal and chicken tenders into slightly tastier cereal and chicken tenders

  

  One of the many things I love about MIT's dining halls is that they ... a rush, I find it helpful to do a quick scan of the entire dining hall ... . For example, the stir-fry station at Simmons only has a selection of 8

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Filling an Empty Nest my parents tried to replace me with literal birds

  

  was not ready for it.[/annotation] The intensity of the weekend didn ... of my parents had raised chickens before coming to America, so the ... chicken coop in the wooded area of our backyard. My parents have always

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 10, 2020
• Blog / Community Projects

  MIT Mini Maker Faire Celebrating STEAM and creativity

  

  the event justice in this blog because of my general inexperience with STEM maker culture (although I’ve had plenty of immersion with the arts ... the additional component of technology. Instead of traditional

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hwæt! Did you know that you can study Old English at MIT? The language of Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien's Rohan

  

  of the Old English epic Beowulf, and in this class you will learn to read them. Besides being the language of Rohan in the novels of J ... of unshakable resolve in the face of insurmountable odds. It is, in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Sleep is Overrated (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ann '14!

  

  ,” it sounded pretty vague to me. Despite the massive listings of events ... course, the most valuable part of the experience was meeting future ... about such a rich campus culture together. The book of events also

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Conner 2 Trip to the North End Bother bother bother bother

  

  A bunch of people from my floor decided to go to the North End to get pizza and pastries the other night. I didn't feel like writing about it so ... look like if you were an MIT student and went to the North End. Enjoy!

  • by Snively '11
  • February 1, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Regular Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2020 are now ... , 19,020 students applied to join the MIT Class of 2020. As of today ... . These 1,485 students are truly exceptional. The admitted Class of 2020

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action this year I'm so impressed with our applicants

  

  students represent some of the best minds and exceptional stars of our future ... exceptionally talented, intelligent individuals. The highly selective nature of ... to take. We wish all of these students the best of luck in the rest of

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Our favoirte applicaiton spellnig errers If this title bothers you - or more importantly, if it doesn't - you should…

  

  Every year, the MIT admissions staff reads tens of thousands of ... captain of the team, but not the captian. Someone might be on the school ... secretery/secertary/secratary. Perhaps one of the funniest misspellings is

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just Dance! Dance = Awesome.

  

  bags underneath their eyes for quite some time now. Saturday (the day of ... for all the teams. MIT Natya is one of several dance teams on campus; I ... there. And dancing with the other members of MIT Natya is rejuvenating

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 23, 2010
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What career services are available?

  that can help. Approximately 44% of graduates go directly to employment, and 49% of the Class of 2024 went directly to grad school. The average starting salary for an MIT undergraduate—regardless of major—is $126
• Blog / Events

  APPLE BAKE channeling midterm stress into baking, sculpting, and completely destroying apples for decades

  

  of Burton-Conner compete to create the best apple dishes and apple art ... the event, providing each floor of the dorm with staple ingredients such ... of which falls into one of the following categories: Appletizer

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW! The greatest shopping list ever.

  

  for details. ;-) I was really hungry. Such is a day in the life of a ... . You just can't top the experience of spending that much money on ice ... .03 (Vibrations and Waves) exam of the term, but once that's over it's officially

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 12, 2007