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• Blog / Challenges

  social groups a different angle on the 'i found my people in college' trope

  

  : we can replace traditional capitalistic and commodified forms of value and support by organizing into small squads of people that hang out a ... the notion of squad wealth has been increasing in popularity recently

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard Me trying to find a balance between work and fun

  

  have always loved just spending a bunch of time hanging out with friends and just kind of doing nothing but chillin. However, on the other end I ... number of reasons I feel like my ability to balance work/school with

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 6, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ten Things I Hate About Europe Well, not really. More like, Ten Things I Like About MIT. You've got to accentuate…

  

  "prawns" in Australia. However, the incident of a dingo eating someone ... cleaner than the Charles, I really miss the 17 miles of running paths set up ... doubt that any of the pizza places at which I will probably be eating will

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time in a bottle. A Newbery-medal-winning collection of short stories.

  

  of it like a box full of memories. ...and the Trumpet of Coffee On ... 't come out of it. That's not really a terrible thing, except that with the ... walk around carrying a trumpet out of its case in one hand all day. Of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything I Miss and Don’t Miss About MIT Frolicking in nostalgia

  

  If you know anything about MIT, you know that there's a lot of ... their numbers than anything else, that the courses of study span between 1 ... (activities include hanging by the pool at the Cosmpolitan, Red Rock Canyon

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sore Subjects state of affairs isn't so good. But here are some telescope pictures!

  

  ) symmetries of the hydrogen atom, using just symmetry and algebra of groups to ... of Sunday-night realization you dont want). I was clearly expected to ... light, is definitely by far the fewest number of units I've stood to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  , I still had a blast; so, regardless of weather, get ready for the most jam-packed days you'll have until you come for Orientation of course ;-) Here are a few tips to making the best of your CPW experience. Rule #0

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This is a song about being happy. Not a song about a whale. Sorry. But there's haute couture.

  

  Pennsylvania, is an alumnus of the Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity. I wonder if he ... premiere of Beauty and the Geek 2, which Matt's friend Ankur '03 is on. I don ... he saw my blog entry last August, regardless of what his bio says. Ha

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  High Stakes Because it’s you who makes you.

  

  winter around here. I'm done with yet another MIT Wednesday, consisting of ... mid-afternoon. It's been a busier than usual couple of weeks though ... after running to Building 35 for a quiz. I've since spent the balance of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Question me an answer. I try to help somebody, for the first time ever.

  

  tap dance break or something in the middle, and at the end of the song ... old adage "Chemical engineering is the practice of doing for a profit ... metal-ligand catalyst via spectoscopy (5.04), finding the best set of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Visit

  The coolest spring break ever? Visit a College Campus!

  While I’m sure some of you have a good sense of what I do as an ... more agonizing) - that is all actually just a portion of my day ... other aspects of our office. As a counselor on the Visit Team, I get to

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 26, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Generally Unrelated to General Relativity In which I am not a graduate student.

  

  fundamental particle of his universe is sugar. 4.Lowercase Greek letters all ... repeat that for emphasis. Conflicts. With. Lunch, the refuge of covert slackers since time immemorial, an oasis of idle leisure amidst the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 15, 2010
• Blog / Advice

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

  

   really tired. This isn't a universal experience—a lot of my friends spent every moment ... my CPW! Interspaced between pictures of Boston and campus were other assorted pictures—midnight karaoke, bleached hair, and lots, lots, lots of

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

  Underwater Dreams an MIT event

  

  and Planning), and a young woman who had studied at the University of ... -campus premiere of the documentary Underwater Dreams. The film follows the journey of four high school students from the Arizona desert, who in 2004 won

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Jonathan Gruber ‘87 (CPW Preview!) Our second CPW Keynote Speaker, Economics Professor Jonathan Gruber '87, answers a few questions in…

  

  one of the smallest economics programs of major universities, so that ... talks, I'll feature a mini-interview with each of them. Prof. Jonathan Gruber received his Bachelor Of Science in Course 14 (Economics) from MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are we going?

  

  . Our housemasters of several years, Prof. Julian Wheatley and his wife Marjorie, will be leaving for South Asia at the end of this school year ... housemaster will be chosen by a committee, which is comprised of other

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…

  

  , University of Pennsylvania, Harvard, and Princeton. Ironically, every girl that ... their kids start going to school. Many of them believe that a woman must ... mediocrity in both. In fact, 60% of interviewed students said that they planned

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Home(sick) for the Holidays winter break was weird: time capsule 2

  

  of my friends live!"]Next[/annotation] to hang out for a while. Around ... Here’s part two of my “I wrote this but procrastinated on editing and ... On Wednesday, December 20th, I took my last final of the semester. I

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 24, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Unremarkable things are you "jaded" yet?

  

  after experiencing two or three years of it. It means losing your ... you tend to notice and find significant in life are partly reflective of ... situations this theme of realizing that a past self had been naïvely idealistic

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 25, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.

  

  Class of '10: getting super ready and excited for school? I hope you ... !) so here it goes. IТƒфd like to preface this all with the statement of ... everyone an equal footing, regardless of prior education. It will also

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2006