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• Blog / Admissions

  The Parent’s Guide to CPW ...it's not just for Prefrosh!!

  

  At this point, the admission website must appear to be "all about CPW ... enjoy the weekend with us. Each one of us in the Admissions Office has a ... weekend has in store for that set of guests. But before I do that here are

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 6, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  Boys like cars and money $1 billion is not enough for thefacebook, but $9 an hour is good enough for…

  

  -motivational posters online at this website. I was walking to the down Amherst Street ... Environment offices, when I was accosted by a man in a bicycle taxi. MAN: "Hey ... with strangers. But as the man sped off in search of another victim, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  Things I did instead of thinking (about decisions)

  

  think about the marshmallow in front of her, or how you’re not thinking ... dangling some brightly colored yarn in front of a hyper cat. I know it helped ... ="specifically the Google one it’s so bright and happy!"]Minesweeper[/annotation] in

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / How to MIT

  71 More Things to Do Before You Graduate the 101 things expansion pack

  

  In a very institvtional gesture of welcome, each incoming MIT student ... ordered from McMaster-Carr, Adafruit, etc. Buy a physical textbook ... Bridge in the middle of winter. Tell people you go to school "in Boston

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 10, 2020
• Blog / Events

  How I Spent My Sophomore Spring Break I didn't go to Florida or Cancun, but I still had a lot of fun!

  

  were empty.  The cats were begging for attention for the first time in ... sophomores that prepares us for success in the workplace.  Throughout the year, we have obtained guidance, support, and training in our internship

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 6, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  …and other things you can do with your four-day weekend context around the marathon

  

  ; the exhaustion in the undergraduate community has been palpable since ... seemed worse than anything I had seen in a long time—I imagine the exodus ... that I cannot quite recall, and in any case, it didn't linger, not in the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With BJ Novak, opened by Barack Obama You may have heard of BJ Novak from his role as Ryan Howard on NBC'S…

  

  like a turtle in three pairs of sweatpants and two sweatshirts and a lot ... I'm here now! ] There are some times in your MIT career when you ... at one of the top engineering schools in the country, or that the guy

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Slow down, fast train. Take me with you!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? In Guam, Hawaii, and Saipan, you can get SPAM at Mc ... 't half-ass anything on Conner 2, unless it's every problem set I turned in this semester, we totally blew every other senior breakfast in history

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 26, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  Posthumous isn't the right word, but it's among my favorite in the ... in heaven. Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of attending the Ig Nobel awards ceremony in H****** Square. The "Igs," sponsored by a bunch of Mensa

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  when we were buying groceries from Wholesome Fresh, and I'm kind of in ... I landed in Boston on a cloudy day about a week ago, and...it sure ... , but I’m renting an apartment in Cambridge with two other lovely frosh

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  My Favorite (Kitchen) Things cue julie andrews singing

  

  else you can do with a microplane? Buy fresh parmesan, like in real ... As I’ve sort of mentioned in previous blogs, I am a big fan of ... i’m good at cooking!"]confident in my skills,[/annotation] with the

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 7, 2021
• FAQ / First-year application

  Who will have access to my application information?

  can be found on our website. But so that you are aware, we do share some
• Blog / Community Projects

  It’s The Time To Disco

  

  If you've haven't yet read about (or danced on!) the MIT East Campus First East Disco Dance Floor, then what are you waiting for? First, go to the website Then read the News Office article Finally, watch the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sororities @ MIT- Become a part of it! Come to the first day of recruitment on September 1st to learn more about what…

  

  information…. (from the MIT Panhel website) Over 400 women are in sororities at ... incoming freshman will not have this semester to see what being in an MIT ... sisters in an informal setting. This is useful for underclassmen who are to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2007
• Blog / Class Projects

  Final Project Demo Roll if only they were more helpful to the world at large

  

  though everything was online and the motivation loss was real. In light of ... constraints of the class that would have been helpful to the world in times like ... together with your friends! You can watch the demo video linked in the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP, CES, and other acronyms I spent my MIT IAP with a CEO at CES in LAS, and now I…

  

  I managed to be at least as busy as I was in October or November ... personal health, just in time for me to start the spring semester at the tail ... Markov Chain. I drafted most of this post in the eerie, apprehensive calm

  • by Joel G. '18
  • March 9, 2016
• Blog / Events

  21: The Movie Night From the Bay Area to Boston, Seattle to the Florida Keys, Houston to Chicago, the…

  

  weekend (now the #1 movie in the country): Lots of folks have been interested in 4-145, the Blackjack Team practice room. For example, Chris wrote ... right of the glass panels of the rooms (especially not in Building 4

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pottermania hits MIT Excitement for the release of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows.

  

  the release of the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series ... fandom in general and Harry Potter in particular have shaped contemporary ... arrived in New Orleans, I was interviewed on camera by a producer for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I My Spanish adventures!

  

  decir "la noche madrileña." In other words, I'm totally settled in ... Telefónica in Madrid. Well, I got here last Saturday, so I've been living here for a two whole weeks. I have a room in Puerta del Sol, a new cell phone

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 9, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  A Day at the Races Read this entry. It will rock you. I promise!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The longest recorded kiss took place in New York City ... night to buy me A Night at the Opera (ah, the dark ages before iTunes). I ... saw that Mountain Dew commercial that used "Tonight" in it. Looking back

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2006