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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Open Letter Employers love students with dorm desk experience.

  

  on that one day last month, I had to check in nearly 50 packages of ... several textbooks from Amazon, and I was considering buying a notebook (the ... easy to multi-task. I am one of said desk workers at Baker, and early

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 8, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i’m doing typing in a comfort style for a change

  

  about the work i had to do - i was too busy thinking about how painful this was and how i wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. missing out on ... it done in time, but that left me no time to give a good go at 6.006. i

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On the Scattering of Senior House or: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Acknowledge the Bomb

  

  stairs. It was beautiful in a way that I can’t really explain. Anyway, I ... “dorm culture” was a thing. I wasn’t (and still am not) in any MIT 2020 ... which dorm they think they’d best fit in. I'll admit that a few of the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 12, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After MIT what i'm doing...etc.

  

  blogging. Which will be a sad day. ---- So I'm now living in THE NYC, on ... ). Theoretically, I live in East Harlem, since we have the East Harlem zip code ... "gerrymandering" means*. (okay, I also wanted to live in the most Democratic

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My night with 8.03 MONSTER ENTRY AHHHH

  

  in a very long time. So I heave the pretty incredible stash of lined ... glory. I really can't say why this problem set is taking me so long. But ... writing this entry! Is this irony? I can never tell anymore. Status Report

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 11, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

  free food—that reminded me how much I enjoyed exploring MIT for the first ... :) Explore the different dorms!  I knew I wanted to live in Burton-Conner as ... , and I remember it was nice being able to ask students questions in a

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024
• Blog / Hacks

  Another hack Snow and hacks and exams.

  

  certification exam on Saturday. It was, um, ok. I guess. I find out how I did in ... mine- I ordered it from BestBuy and had it shipped to my dorm just so I ... involved in the hack, so I knew all about it ahead of time. Last Saturday

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bored at work My weekend, a favor to all of you, and some questions to answer

  

  -- since I didn't come in yesterday (I was up in Maine at Adam's ski condo watching a History Channel special on the Kennedys), I had to come in at 7 ... do this again?' But I digress. The indomitable Adam won third place in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Secret Lives of Machines 🤖 In which the machines in my life get the spotlight they deserve.

  

  ."]MISTI[/annotation] internship, I participated in Vardavar, a festival where everybody–men and ... blessing. I got soaked–and so did Marla! In one last act of rebellion, she ... . I took the bus from my AirBnB in the hills, walked into the store, and

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 22, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Past, Present, and Future This all "began with a single blog by a student five years ago, at the…

  

  amazing things -- can I crash with you when I visit? P.S. In case you're as ... I've worked in corporate America for about 5 "semesters" now (they don ... . During my CPW in April 2003 (wow), I took some photos of all the madness

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  ." Seriously, how many people can there be in Boston who even know who Bruce ... Corner Theater?! I seriously don't think you get how exciting this is. I ... to Coolidge Corner, buy his book, which I'd been meaning to pick up for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last Five Days aka How I Spent My Summer

  

  spectacle. So what can I do in this home for the last five days? How do ... How many days I have left in my parents’ home is approximately as ... torn. In the college home, I get adventures with friends, bright city

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 11, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Rejects, I feel your pain! I've never been stung by a bee, but I imagine it felt sort of like…

  

  Today I got an email from MIT that directed me to a website which ... clingy on one person/place/thing. I'm in a relationship at the moment ... getting into any school. But even in that case, all you can do is be

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 19, 2010
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Becoming a better programmer and why i'm excited about software engineering

  

  familiar with Redux Toolkit, I can now think in the level of "do some action ... into smaller parts, like how I'd schedule tasks and run them in parallel ... I'm working on is too large, I find that I can't get in the zone. It

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 24, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what’s in the box? why is spring cleaning a common phrase but not fall cleaning hmm

  

  trying to debug the worst code i’ve written in my life." hopefully you get the gist. this game popped up in my head today as i was digging through ... programs from events i’ve gone to in the past year or so. the exams were an

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 1, 2024
• 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!

  

  seven people in it, one of which I knew prior to the program and five of ... years old now! In celebration of my dad and I becoming certified EMTs ... were empty.  The cats were begging for attention for the first time in

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Battle of the Bands "Rock on and come to CPW!" ~ Thomas Jefferson"Chris, you made up that quote from…

  

  ! (for concerned parents, I can pretty much guarantee you there will be no ... ! ----------- For more information you can check out the website at http ... the people I polled about CPW, the one event they said meant more than

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! Plus lots of awesome advice from MIT students!

  

  -cream events than I really should! But despite how much of MIT I soaked in, I ... prefrosh from Uganda, and I’ll try to see how many prefrosh events I can ... I can’t believe it’s been a year since I first delved into the MIT

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Oh the Places You’ll Go! Did you know Dr. Seuss was a SigEp?

  

  gaps in the blinds. I rolled over, and realized - to my delight - that I was back in my "own" bed. I half expected my sister to open the door ... GIRs, and I would never have to take another physics class in my life

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining As it stands now

  

  't have to know how to cook to live in a dorm with kitchens. I live in ... . What I will discuss is how the current dining system at MIT operates ... . The Dining Dollars account can only be used in all dining halls

  • by Snively '11
  • January 2, 2009