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• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  you haven’t talked to in a while Wake up early and watch the sunrise ... Make a 100 layer crepe cake Buy some semi-temporary tattoo ink and ... dying Peel a strawberry Bake a grape Surgery on a grape Cleanse your email

  • by kellen manning
  • February 1, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  If you can't explain something simply, you don't understand it well ... , as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone ... MIT, with a unique talent for both writing and astrophysics. Perhaps you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Mustaches in the airport, Daleks in the library, and Food in many stomachs French House winter traditions

  

  semester, we hold Dîner de Noël, a fancy formal dinner. We decorate the ... like 7 or 8 alums. In the weeks leading up to Dîner de Noël, we have a ... gifts for a randomly-assigned other resident. At the dinner, we make two

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 27, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  1st Year at MIT Everything there is to know about my first year here

  

  will get a camera so these videos won't have such terrible quaility lol). So just in case you don't want to watch the entire video here are a few ... don't want to watch the video I do want to write a little bit more about

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 28, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  our perpetual battle with the mit weather machine spinning arts needs a shaman

  

  schedule the show for a day that doesn’t rain and take down the evil wizard ... during CPW fireshow. In fact, the last time we did not have a rain threat was a full year ago. [carousel image1="120072"/] Our performers mopped

  • by Anika H. '26
  • November 15, 2025
• Blog / Hacks

  “futility island” socially conscious hacking? in MY institution?

  

  bedtimes aren't as early as mine). They planned a hack, and in my opinion, it ... called Futurity Island: essentially, a very very tall honeycomb stack of ... that the pipes (a "symbol of the Anthropocene") are drawing our attention

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 25, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Over Spring Break A flattering video of MIT Women's Tennis derping around California

  

  ). This year, we rented out a huge house for all 16 of us to share, complete with a nice swimming pool, and even though we had to inflate a couple of ... death*. There was also a nifty waffle maker that we may or may not have

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 11, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Y U NO HAVE ROLLERCOASTER this is why

  

  If you weren't aware, REX (Residence EXploration) is going to be in ... in the courtyard, which temporarily becomes a sprawling playground of 2 ... tail end of a hurricane last year unscathed, but it was much weaker

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Looking Backwards Sherman, set the WABAC machine to....

  

  about a week, and as far as I can tell the city hasn’t been transformed into a socialist utopia. But, prior to leaving for home for spring break ... everything I brought with me), I paid a visit to Kim’s office and did some

  • by Alina G. '11
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  0 Days Since Last Fire Alarm Oh noes! Simmons Hall on fire!

  

  doing. Sam '07 wrote a nice entry about this experience here. This year Burton-Conner has been fairly lucky. As a dorm we're only had about 5 fire alarms since orientation, one of which was a drill. Simmons, on the other

  • by Snively '11
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  One for sorrow, two for joy Never surrender your dreams.

  

  This past week has been a mixed bag on many levels. On the one hand, I've gotten a lot of work done (three problem sets, one group project, and one revised essay) while still finding a decent amount of time for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  More CPW Pix

  

  -awesome)! It's also a time to see some folks we haven't seen in a while. It was ... 's photos Rob's photos Ash's photos Eric's photos CPW is a crazy time for us ... 'd imagine -- and sometimes, that picture in your head is a bit off -- like

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Party of One A fun day trip idea when you're getting tired of homework.

  

  for you, a la sub sandwich shop) on my way to the T. Descending the ... going to MIT is that you have a long weekend nearly every month. Last ... Street, passing Senior House (another undergrad dorm). A couple of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  what your favorite study spot says about you badly stereotyping places to work on campus

  

  can't get things done when you work in a group. you're addicted to ... a cursed follow up to this post. note that these are based off ... a table. nature inspires you and you love the outdoors, but you're so

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Disco balls in space From an antique bookstore to Drive-By Truckers, and back

  

  " is an awesome analogy. Hey everyone, my name is Anna. I'm a radio ... One of my NRAO friends is a big fan of the band "Drive-By Truckers." I had previously listened to a grand total of Zero alternative country

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2007 A final report from this year's awesome IAP puzzling solving funfest.

  

  to Michael Fauntleroy Stopheles (M.F. Stopheles, for short) for a mere ... get a chance to take part in next year's Hunt. I'm hopeful that the ... I'm finally recovered from the Mystery Hunt... here's the "official

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Neuroscience classes

  

  that we've taken (I'm a course 9 major and she's a double major in course ... and the obvious intersection of her two majors. It's also what a lot of ... course 9 classes have covered a wider variety of subfields. I decided that

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are we going?

  

  of the past, I hope I'm doing a good enough job helping to make it a ... . Which means that we will have to find a new housemaster. The new housemaster will be chosen by a committee, which is comprised of other

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends Tonight, It Ends Tonight On this evening / I give the final blow...

  

  (after I'm done with the exam and the two psets I have to do after the exam ... second semester! Good luck on your AP exams, too! But don't stress out too

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Registration Browser Issues Firefox isn't playing nicely with MyMIT...

  

  . (And if you haven't registered yet, please do so using one of those browsers!) I'm so sorry for the inconvenience. -B

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 30, 2007