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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Once upon a time Who I was in high school.

  

  I could get into college". I'm just naturally a perfectionist, and I ... pressure to get A's in high school, although that doesn't mean I actually ... later experience. So I'm going to try and cite from primary sources (that

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding a Second Home love is where you least expect it

  

  Let’s flash back to a sunny weekend in April, where the grills of MIT ... , or CPW as it’s often written, was a scene that had unfolded in many of my dreams, and senior-year-me couldn’t be happier to be there. I was

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Off to Southeast Asia Even Admissions Officers get to take a vacation sometimes.

  

  pretty excited about all of those places. Should be a great trip. While I'm ... MIT in the comments section of their posts. I'm disappointed that I didn't ... . Nominally, the purpose of the trip is to be in Malaysia for a (Malay) friend

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Adventures in Time Travel (in the Library)

  

  Cory and I paused for about an hour and a half while looking for ... on the brightness of burning magnesium, a call for more systematic disease research, and a comparison of petroleum and coal in the same issue

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Are We Dating? Till blogging do us part

  

  ! You ask a fair question, though. After all, Sam does lean uncomfortably close to me in pictures. Plus we do a lot of fun things together Sam is an excellent running partner CPW 5K: Boston Marathon: Susan G

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Unfold I met my blog muse while doing the laundry, and then came this entry.

  

  've acquired a number of t-shirts in some shape related to MIT. I then realized ... engineering t-shirt. The current slogan is "You Wish You Could be M.E.) Get the ... goal now is to graduate with a month's worth of MIT t-shirts, and I think

  • by Bryan
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  ="54230" /] I feel very strongly about Seattle in a way that I haven't felt about ... history. I don't know, and that bothers me. But what I do know is that I'm ... pursue a field that I'm interested in to mastery. I would, however, need to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Blogger’s Block a hiatus from writing (but not memeing)

  

  doesn't happen in absolutes. I'm comfortable with that fact now, but a few ... conclusion. Did I enjoy my summer? I'm not sure – I spent over a month dealing ... learned a lot, but didn't publish. Do I want to pursue more research? The

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Learned This Week notes and lessons from new classes

  

  -edged sword. It means that I don't have anything but a morning recitation on ... interested in thermo, but I also don't find it that hard, so I'm assuming this ... my brain just needs to watch a derivation that doesn't exist so I can

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 15, 2026
• Blog / Events

  On Latin American Things Hablas español? Do you want to?

  

  , because I'm leaving for Mexico in a few hours and I have yet to pack and ... incentive to going, I don't know what is. I made it to eleven events, and I'm ... with a passion, and I speak Spanish at home. Though I can’t say I truly

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  . Knowing I can't evade the GIRs, I'm structuring them a bit differently into ... "job" -- yes, a fun one at that, but a job nonetheless. And others don't ... can't change who I am? I decided to keep things unconventional, with a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  good morning, MIT Guest post by Piper L. '17

  

  absurdly insufficient representation of a person, isn’t it? ————— i’m lucky ... are a very good start.   good morning, MIT—i didn’t sleep last ... is Piper. i live in East Campus, on second east. i’m a sophomore. i’m

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  been walking a lot recently furthermore, i like taking pictures

  

  I'm not living on campus for the summer, but I have a lot of things to do on campus (tours, glassblowing, UROP meetings, seeing friends ... I can't really use my phone for anything other than playing said

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • June 17, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Regular-ing Or: Over-justifying how much I eat out

  

  few places because, y’know, I’m a lazy bean who doesn’t always cook and ... Kendall Square restaurant, Clover. When I say favorite, I mean F.A.V.O.R.I.T.E. In a busy week, I’m there at least once a day: The prices are

  • by Powers '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Healthy reflections… I never know what to write here.

  

  just a little bit; still can't get over how exotic edamame sounds. I ... want to do this anymore". And about that, I'm very excited. I didn’t ... probably be freaking out under a pillow right now. But it wasn't - so Happy

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 31, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Get Home from the Airport for Free For prefrosh who are like me and terrified of entering dank underground tunnels they haven’t…

  

  to Boston from a family vacation in Toronto, I took the T back to MIT ... .)   Wait under the big cement Silver Line T posts. Bring a book.   To your ... you don’t have to go there. A charitable and durable bus took you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 18, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  a blog from the universe aka me + my tarot cards + finals season procrastination

  

  . On paper, I’m at a place in my life that should feel fulfilling and ... Finals season is well and officially upon us, but I couldn’t help but feel the itch to blog. So, I turned to the world’s best enabler- a coin

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a brief walk to Caffè Nero alternatively titled: life update since i am comically bad at blogging this semester

  

  it's a cloudy Tuesday morning and i'm walking to Caffe Nero to get a ... head: "ah. i haven't blogged in a while, have i?" a gust of wind nearly ... deviation from a monotonous mid-pandemic life in suburban New Hampshire. i'm

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Why It’s Special all the things that make CPW amazing

  

  could work with. MIT is a unique place, and it can’t be home for everyone ... she couldn’t get a prefrosh for the past two years, and was almost ready ... + textbook store), it feels a lot better to get a custom MIT t-shirt for free

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  A Summer in DC what i've been up to this summer!

  

  haven't blogged in a long time, and I have quite a few posts from the end ... her blog post, I'm also trying to make a more conscious effort to catch ... was soon whisked away on an airplane to land in DC. I'm working at a

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • July 30, 2024