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• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning packing, housing, strategy, and events

  

  . And if I miss something, feel free to ask additional questions in the ... !). Your host will know how much time to allot for you to check in and meet ... works best for you. If applicable, how they can accommodate your

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sleepless Nights And how I've been spending them

  

  that there are only so many hours in the day. I just didn’t do a ... research in CSAIL; I joined a club on campus; and I’m leaving time to keep ... . And I wasn’t quite sure where in my evening the hours for that work were

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 26, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  What I Have Learned From The Early Decision Process At MIT Here are some of the things that impressed me.

  

  international students.   As you can see by the photos, this was a grueling process. I could go through it step by step with you, but Ben's already ... ; The quality of the essays. I was constantly floored by the way so many

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  On the other side of CPW Being an MIT undergrad during CPW is definitely an interesting experience

  

  I wrote a blog post about how excited I was for CPW last week.  Other ... green building: This really was a terrible event, and I can't believe ... were affected by yesterday's events, and I hope that we can come out of

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  the Big Rocks are calling and I must go MITOC winter school!!

  

  I thought about writing about walking on Big Rocks in the cold after ... covered by soft ice. But if I can get myself out of the house and into the ... know everything about how to not die in the Big Rocks when it's really

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Events

  This Isn’t Goodbye This is see you later.

  

  what symptoms. This is a story about how I survived Family Weekend ... underneath my bed or in the closet, I put on my best MIT gear and made the ten ... this time, I had already been here for two months. I knew how to navigate

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 19, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Discover Exercise and Wellness FPOP a wholesome college experience

  

  can't get into an FPOP, what can I get into an MIT?” I figured DEW was ... ’ve failed the swim test in front of an awkward crowd. Then I’d delay it until ... substance abuse, where I learned that one can earn $30 for a 1.5-hour

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our loving, our friends, and our labor This entry is based on Aaron Copland's opera "The Tender Land."

  

  's tempered by the fact that I look so outstandingly bad in all of them. Still ... school on Friday Now, here's what I have to do in the three days I'm home ... succinct, complimentary and distressing e-mail I've gotten in a while from my

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

  MIT OpenLabWare: A sneak peak at research @ MIT This new website is sure to change the way that the world thinks about MIT…

  

  , I had worked in a scientific lab, so I knew that these mythical “ ... ways… Last July, I was sitting in front of my computer at work ... ’d be interested in becoming a content creator for OLW. Of course, I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 13, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  When You Yourself Are Far Away Donuts, used books, and some wonderful/terrible recipes you need not try.

  

  can see the Green Building and the Prudential Center in the not ... ) after she noticed that in the banana department (as in life) I am ... slightly green (as in life)).   Cory R. '14 and I recreated the bread later

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Events

  eclipse chasing, undergrad edition compilation post by Kano '25, Allison '27, Amber '24, Ali '26, & Audrey '24

  

  , and the cap of my telescope has a hole in the middle that I can open in ... school night at 3:00 am the following day? I planned most of the trip in ... that state for 30s in totality, when then I’d snap back to take a photo

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 22, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trumpeting for Assassins I get to watch each presidential assassination. Live. Over and over again.

  

  that "you better be in the band, dear", and I found that I really don ... I troop downstairs once a day to practice, trumpet in one hand and ... in different ways. I was familiar with these two before Assassins, but

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living Off Campus I moved off campus last year and rented a house with some friends who were…

  

  've faced since the summer ended: living off campus. I lived in the East ... apartments in Boston, the wheels starting turning in my head, and I joined the ... in on-campus dormitories, even though they can technically join MIT

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  . "Oh my gosh! I'm in college now! I can do whatever I want! Heehee, my ... I've been at MIT for just over a month now. It hasn't quite sunk in ... : time management. I am sure that many of you can start your homework the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Are you a high school student? Do you want to learn more about MIT or possible career paths? If so, read…

  

  with current MIT students in a casual environment and discuss how MIT ... 29, 2011, from 2:30 to 4:00 pm in Lobby 10 at MIT. Students can fill ... Hey friends, I'd like to pass along a message from Jennifer Li, the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hodge-Podge Random things from a random guy.

  

  guilty about having not blogged in a little while. I think I may have said ... , so I'm going to go through them all in this entry. These are totally ... speech. I also didn't know what order the ceremonies were going in. During

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Entry for Parents Students shouldn't have all the fun.

  

  parents love getting to visit me in Boston. The Parent Lounge: I hope you ... can answer many questions. For those driving to campus: I've been living in Boston for 12 years now, and I don't own a car, and for good reason

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  love letter to the ‘tute miss miss miss

  

  about how much i miss MIT. i spent junior fall in a very weird state of ... reasons which i won't go into in this post but the overarching reason is ... (which i will talk about in a later post) which are all fun! i am cooking

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 21, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  catching up what are you doing over the summer?

  

  chord in my memory. jeff and i met four years ago in the summer after ... branded it as bubble tea. i loved that place in high school, but compared to ... meets someone and realizes some things about how comedy can be used as a

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • June 2, 2022
• Blog / Residential Life

  A man’s reach should exceed his grasp My roommate and I built a lofty heaven!

  

  floor and not the fifth). In this case, I actually did know how to do ... backstory is that in EC, the singles are big and the doubles are small. (I ... had seen so many other people do. I don't know if this is common in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 23, 2018