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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Odd Jobs How non-seniors can occupy their time before and during graduation

  

  into a lot of part-time jobs. I’ll need something else to occupy time, earn a bit of money, and begin exploring some random careers. I’m ... keep track of on a day-to-day basis). I don’t really have a better way

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The root of all evil Money, money, money, money... money!

  

  time have a pool in our backyard. My parents haven't totally gone into ... . It was a great job, and I'm very glad I had it -- having a job made me ... worked both terms for credit. You can't get both money and credit for a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  major classes, I started to realize it wasn't for me. A perfect storm of ... choice. But then I realize that I'm following my passions and having a ... that I'm following my passion and having fun for a living. You will

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

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

  

  - at least at Next House - each have a thermostat. Hypothermia isn't an ... safe, though, I'm also rationing an extra large Domino's Pizza: A bit ... centimeter of precipitation - enough to finely coat the Earth's surface with a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 11, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  , no, I’m not shipping a package to Pennsylvania, but to my dorm in ... like. I didn’t visit many colleges outside of my local area in high school, and my parents also didn’t go to college, so I couldn’t ask them

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  proof of life hmm :thinking-face:

  

  , satisfied. In some way, then, I’m scared of being satisfied–not in a sigma ... cost. Every summer I feel that I get a taste of this settling. Whether I’m ... weekends. By all means a happy life, really.  Maybe I’m preempting a midlife

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • August 16, 2025
• Blog / Personal Projects

  ms paint sidequest by kayode and caleb on a monday night

  

  “The Arm”, and a base I’ll call… well I don’t really have a name for that ... .  I’m currently***** taking 6.101, a coding class at MIT. One of our ... Hallo!  My friend, Caleb M. ‘27 and I are currently in the MIT

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  The end of an era Veronica Mars was canceled. That, or the seniors left. Interpret the title as you will.

  

  cafeteria and taunted her, and she just LOOKED at him, didn't even make a ... . Yeah, that was a few days ago. I was distracted by the front desk and its ... Date: 5/17/07 1:55 PM To: conner 2 On that note, I'm reserving the floor

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Blog Projects

  i made a dress out of target bags i also edited a video about it

  

  -do list. Life finds a way, I guess. Anyways here's the vlog <3 https://youtu.be/M ... 's Cabinet of Curiosities, which I watched a lot of while sewing. One day I'm ... Hey yall. It's been a while. On Sunday June 21st I texted Ceri that

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 21, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Good Advice On Advisors

  

  , thought I had more or less a game plan, and didn't need to have a lot of ... alliteration.   But I digress, after all I'm not here to wax nostalgic ... , because I'm sure the rest of my blogs will have enough run-ons and comma

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends at college Lots of 'don't's and a couple of 'do's.

  

  sanity. When I'm stressed, I need my friends. I need an ear, a shoulder ... didn't have the energy to fall apart in front of a near-stranger. "Friends from CPW? From your pre-orientation program?" =~ m/people I hadn't

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Black Panther 2 Plot (Totally Real) (Not Clickbait) (Please Click Anyway Though) Not a fanfiction about Black Panther (because I am not a fan)

  

  , no, I am not one of those people. Not just because I’m busy and ... a few seconds in my brain), I deduced the entire plot of the film ... internet ever been wrong about something like this? What I know so far I’m

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  four semesters in music and food just some lists and reminisces

  

  screamy songs about the end of the world, perhaps unsurprisingly). I don't listen to as much music as I know a lot of other people do, and my tastes definitely aren't as varied. I like to play the same songs on repeat. Like, a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  ?" Sometimes they didn't know the difference, which is a tragedy that deserves ... which I say: guys, I work for MIT! If a kid doesn't want to be taking a ... "My kid's value as a person/student shouldn't be measured by how many AP

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  quickly. We met and the next thing I know I'm handing in a sheet of paper ... , and I'm two classes and one thesis away from a second degree in writing ... . One thing I really like about MIT is that there is a HASS (humanities

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Events

  The Secret Life Of Marilee Jones Sam is the funniest, though... BOTB and CPW Feedback.

  

  didn't get answered? I had a fun time meeting a lot of you, and I hope to ... (She's a rockstar by night) So Thursday night we got a preview of ... happening ever since my CPW (I'm getting old? Nah...) Now I wonder which

  • by Bryan
  • April 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Keg of worms and phytoplankton

  

  the student isn't being a poseur for the sake of admissions, are the ... I'm at home now in Hampton Bays getting ready for the first of my ... using the wrong lures and jigs. Nevertheless, I had a lot of fun. It made

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 7, 2004
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on the question “where are you from?” and the answer: neither here nor there. alternatively, about being a missourian.

  

  body to get out of bed at my 8:30a.m. alarm"]I’d once wake up at 5 ... where I almost took a sharpie, wrote the responses on my flashy CPW ... now I've learned to say “I'm thinking 4B and 15-1” so I kind of sound

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  hold me (but not too close) on writing the full-length play

  

  words to make them feel better. When I tell someone “I’m a writer,” I ... a good answer to this question. Part of it is that I haven’t quite ... someone I’m working on a novella or a short story, I never get those kinds

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 7, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  [guest post] crumbly fruit and the importance of keeping at it by Caleb M. '27

  

  won't. Smoothen. Out.  But then, right when I'm actually starting to ... on campus, there would be a bunch of people asking me why it wasn't ... Caleb is a rising sophomore at MIT. He is currently studying Computer

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 13, 2024