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  A Random [Hall] Sophomore’s Guide to CPW OMG! CPW! OMG! CPW! OMG! :D

  

  stop by Random Hall (and I happen to be home, and you recognize me) I ... , double-canopy umbrella. It was, according to Amazon, the BMW of umbrellas ... out to amazing music. I ate free food. I got Chris M. to autograph my

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 19, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  list of things that refill my will to live things to do when i don't want to do anything

  

  from chipotle with the app, i will have enough points to get a free ... ), just listening to the soundtrack or watching other people play it talking to a friend with more sense than me, which, as it happens, is most

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  [Guest Post] Things to do while waiting for decisions by emily '22, alison '23, felix '23

  

  backpack for a week Try to get over your fear of how ugly the titans are and ... mine is make a plan to lessen that 😌 Try out every pen in your house and ... to finish an entire [annotation note="impossible - emily"]Pamela Reif

  • by kellen manning
  • February 1, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  to the 2019s in anticipation of pi day with love

  

  music and a breeze of spring from the courtyard. i’m talking to a ... no role in a student’s success. “you can make it anywhere,” we want to say to you. it’s true. i have proof from an admissions officer (from 50

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  . To the point where it feels like I never left for winter break at all ... no more than an inch or two of snow at a time, figuring out how to stay ... . I’d like to think that I’ve finally nailed it. So for those of you

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / Events

  How do you convince MIT students to dress nicely? as with most things in life, the secret involves free food

  

  sometimes get a bad rap with regards to social interactions.  We ... Charm School, a series of classes during IAP that aims to help members of ... minute, though, I whipped out my blogger "media" credentials and managed to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 30, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: the creative process for Pi day videos

  

  arriving on campus, upperclassmen are returning to campus, admissions ... splits video), and the V4C folks wanted to know more about the creative ... philosophy and strategy behind how we communicate to prospective students (i

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fantastic Course Numbers and Where to Find Them A List of Ways MIT is like Hogwarts

  

  was feeling a more light-hearted, nonsensical post to take my mind of ... Hogwarts! (I also recently watched Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them ... corridors and staircases move I used to have to take the 3rd floor

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Events

  I’m embarrassed to be writing this entry. The one where Matt regresses back to being a 12 year old boy.

  

  ). I hope you don't think less of me for going to a talk about ... intrigued. When I came to MIT, I knew there would be lots of famous ... 'd expect to hear talk at MIT. But there have been lots of speakers here on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit a school profile?

  Your school counselor (or equivalent) should submit the Secondary School Report and transcript. Most counselors also attach a letter of recommendation and a School Profile, describing your school’s curriculum and…
• Blog / How to Food

  LET ME COOOOOOOK 🍳🍳🍳 I am stupidly excited about learning this Basic Life Skill, and not ashamed to admit…

  

  “On a scale from one to ten, where one is ‘Eat to Live,’ and ten is ‘Live to Eat,’ where would you rate yourself?” The question was asked at ... [annotation note="A program that sends MIT students to work/teach/study in other

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 16, 2024
• Blog / How to Food

  Write about Tea (with tea (with Paige))

  

  I started writing blogposts when I came to MIT. I wanted to be like a ... MIT Blogger now etc. I literally get paid to contribute to my own ... blogging, nearly everything I wrote was about coffee. Literally to an almost

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 24, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Experience with Real Analysis epsilons, delta, and the technique

  

  . Throughout my entire time in high school, I used to complain to my math teacher ... decided to take the course that honestly was overbearing at times, and I even have decided to change my primary major from physics to mathematics

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 10, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A typical first semester more or less

  

  , and I haven't been to 6.0001 lecture in two weeks. Actually, most of ... of time management. For me to put in the maximum amount of work into all of my classes (which includes going to all the lectures, reading the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  All the Feels introduction to me and my thoughts

  

  inside the MIT bubble, I feel myself growing in so many ways. I want to ... you ever wanted to know what someone was thinking when they met you ... honor of listening to a professor who was involved in the discovery of

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  See You Later

  

  This Friday, August 10th, will mark three years to the day since I ... buildings east to the Media Lab, where I will spend a year as a graduate ... privacy on networked social intermediaries. When I came to MIT Admissions, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Terrascope Save the world. Go. (:

  

  , you could answer in a multitude of ways and I wouldn’t be able to say ... to ask you. What do I mean by “meaning”? Do I mean to ask what the ... life is? You can’t prioritize to determine whether you should answer it

  • by Ana V. '15
  • January 3, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What Do You DO All Day? A guest-author entry by Joan Horvath '81.

  likely to be, or perhaps a sense that maybe it's best not to know. As for me, I'm trying to get everyone so familiar with what scientists and engineers do that they won't have to ask! I graduated from MIT in aeronautics

  • by mitblogs
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-MIT prep How to prepare yourself for life at MIT -- hint: watch Chappelle's Show. Everyone else…

  

  As I sit back and reflect on my four years at MIT, I would like to ... numerals -- On some forms and posters, people refer to their course (major ... trip to Zambia had seen this show and quoted it nonstop. I had never seen

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Minesweeper Monday Episode One: Quantum of Solace Emulator

  

  Hello everyone and welcome to episode one of Minesweeper Monday, a bit that I might never do again! In this episode I talk about Coffee and Radio and Movies and try for far too long to get an emulator of a game to

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 30, 2024