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• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  hardcore, but I'm glad I ended up visiting. I've lived in EC for three years ... '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

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  . Get up, turn it off, pull out laptop, and work on reports for the Public ... , but you seemed unimpressed. I signed up for you at the last minute ... remember) here?" A brunette near the front of the room slowly stood up, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Challenge Accepted I even put off writing this post.

  

  . That is, no matter how much time is given for an assignment, it will ... must say, is endemic on campus. This semester, for the first time in my MIT career, I dropped a course. There were a variety of reasons for

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • December 10, 2010
• Blog / Events

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

  

  1ish, then stayed up until 3:30 AM studying for physics. Luckily I ... of class a week... so since the deadline for our project is coming up ... -day weekend! Wooohooo!!! Yesterday, I decided that today would be perfect for a

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  gallery of my notes note taking progression

  

  necessary, I type them up. And it's really ego-boosting for people to see my ... very least), I never really developed a proper system for organizing my thoughts for future reference. Pages and pages of loose leaf college ruled

  • by Victor D. '27
  • April 8, 2026
• Blog / CPW

  From First Visit to First Week A Reflection on Independence and Making Decisions

  

  campuses have found their way up to the start of classes for this semester, I ... prepare for my 4-year journey that will probably include a lot of late ... preparedness for this next stage of my life. More specifically, the independence

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]

  

  I wasn't sure I was up for dealing with a cape for an entire day of ... -or-treating and mooch candy from all your GRTs? Aww yes. I, for one, opted for ... intended for females. That's actually one of the best definitions I've seen

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Concourse, of course or how to make the most of your freshman year at MIT

  

  program for his junior year that would allow him to merge the arts with his ... and students stood up in front of us weary workday parents, who were ... the academics that he doesn”t feel much affinity for otherwise. It was a

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  intimidated by coding, I’m also genuinely excited for what I come up with ... Well...if there’s one thing you can know for sure about studying at ... realize... Spring semester so far, the new battle for architect majors in

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

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  late. And now, to hit the road for Vermont. Hope this helps with those ... time for 2010 (think about it -- the writing of this post spanned almost TWO YEARS. I should get a raise for that), it's Cam's thoughts on the

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Time Management Reading this article adds +15 to Time Skills

  

  this comes as a surprise you may have been looking for that other Institute of Technology......) But one of the largest challenges, at least for ... psetted, whilst having plenty of time for movie-thons and Guitar Hero on a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pie No, not pi.

  

  almost died for the three weeks leading up to decisions. March 15th was ... always enjoy a good laugh, March 15th was definitely not a laughing day for ... else was. I was thrilled for Aditi, Omar, Star (aka Tamara), Isshak and

  • by Snively '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  Friends, Carafes, and the Infinite Corridor What a week! Watch Tim play his instrument after a morning of camaraderie and cheap…

  

  to the Z Center with nothing to show for it, I headed up Mass Ave to ... met up with a certain Tim. You see, this fellow has a passion for ... rained for the majority of the week and everyone generally stayed indoors

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 16, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  i have slept 30 hours in the past two days or: cutting myself some slack

  

  on thursday i assembled foamboard posters for esp cascade for two ... decide that i don't want to go to class. i ask sean to ask around for cough drops; he gives me two handfuls from an. i set another alarm for 1pm and

  • by Suzuko O. '30
  • October 3, 2026
• Blog / Events

  Candies and Costumes and Pumpkins and CATS Princess Leia and Orphan Annie ran around with laser guns and threw candy at people.…

  

  housemaster, dressed up and handed out papers for us to fill out to determine ... wearing a firefighter costume I bought off Amazon for a separate occasion ... ever, after having dyed hair for more than six years now. I've always

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Family Weekend 2014 family weekend 2014, day 1 and how I had fun

  

  staying up till 4am each night for the past week.     Ok, I ... . Well, not really free time. I COULD be studying for my 8.02 exam on ... waaahmbulence for a bit, I got straight to work. I traded away sleep hours for

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  locked it up for me, after which we took the bus to Harvard to see a comedy show. We spent quality sister time together for a bit before I rode the ... resolve my issues for the night by taking it up to my room, effectively

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Pythagorean Triple of Awesome Otherwise known as the weekend of the 4th of July. Just another long weekend in…

  

  for the holiday weekend, and Jen ’13 came up with the awesome idea of ... just catching up. Robin took a year off last year and went to Paris for a ... for by the fact that right outside our theater were stand-up blow-up

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • July 18, 2010
• Blog / Events

  The Third Side of Fraternities The way I see it...

  

  something that you get just because you show up to all the Rush events for a ... think the most challenging thing for me is to divide up my time between my ... apologize for that in advance. --- Paul joined a fraternity, and now lives

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Joint Post] Build a robot boat with MIT Arcturus! Q&A with Arcturus captain Audrey Chen

  

  Activities Midway or on Instagram. Arcturus is revving up recruitment this fall ... (@audsphotography).   Amber: Yo Audrey hi what’s up! :D Audrey: Hi hi hi! Pretty vibey, it’s going! Amber: Let’s start with your elevator pitch for

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2022