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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  clay crash course one month of wheelthrowing later…

  

  does lead to a lot of clay that doesn’t make it in. So if I started with ... seeing the familiar sights and realizing, after a few times, that I no ... : I didn’t go in completely new–I’d attended a wheelthrowing workshop

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Carnival A glorious carnival is marred by the passing of a beloved goldfish. (24 pictures)

  

  fish "Ian Brelinsky" in honor of Ian '06. I guess I have led a very ... Last night, we went to a carnival that was sponsored by the ... (LBGT) groups. (There could be more sponsors that I'm forgetting.) Gabe

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW roundup Meet the Bloggers, dinner with a physics professor, and a photography contest for those of…

  

  by Sunday, Apr. 26. (CPW-related pictures, that is. I don't want a ... .”) Irrelevant confessions aside, I recently verified that the MITblogs readership ... blog readers in this picture that the probability of your inclusion is

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Events, Food, and Awesomeness: CPW A story about how CPW is more awesome than lobsters

  

  the lobster tank in the Chicago Meijer, wondering how on earth I had ... house. Is it important to this story that I tell you my neighbor Ed used ... comes up in conversation or something. While some might say that I spent

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Gap Year, Part II: Getting Murdered Less How to HelpX, Couchsurf, backpack, and hopefully not die

  

  women. How to use: Personally I would not opt to stay in a strange man ... catfishing. Also, there is no verification. I am a "verified member," and ... other government id is "verified" by a computer scanner, I'm pretty sure

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 26, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  re-orienting REX et al.

  

  ), or doing absolutely nothing. I felt very okay in a very good way ... , In May, I got an email titled ‘A letter from the past.’ There is an ... managed to do a lot of what I said in the letter. when you get this, i hope

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 19, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1

  

  degree in that 5th year. Niraj wrote, "I have a question about choosing ... to Boston on Wednesday. What do you reccommend I do in that free time ... 5:00 p.m. EST.' What do you make of this? If I haven't made a decision

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i will meet zendaya even if it’s the death of me a wide-ranging rant written while feverish

  

  I've always been a little bit of a hypochondriac, and while that is ... that rotting in bed alone is a privilege, not a right. So to distract ... am a lifelong, ride-or-die Zendaya fan. Not that bad that I know her

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 26, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Recent Questions! Fun for parents @ CPW, enrolling questions, etc...

  

  as I write this and should be finished in a few days. Your host will ... : CPW IS A WEEK AWAY AND I'M PSYCHED OUT OF MY MIND. Seriously, this is ... in the appropriate bubble? There is no deposit required?" No deposit

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  at least it’s not covid sick day

  

  , or whatever. what kind of a world do i live in, where i feel like i ... to trigger vomiting. but i haven't had a cold in years, let alone one that felt this bad. here's what i knew other people did: spend time in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Refreshment We need your help!

  

  Last week, I spoke a little about Camp Kesem, one of the many student organizations at MIT and one that dedicates a lot of time and effort into putting together a free summer camp for kids whose parents have cancer. As I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Alien in America A display of feelings; a post that might not make any sense.

  

  is why I decided to write about vegetables instead. That is why I am a ... that--coping. I was trained, in a way, from preschool to college. I had ... wrote when I shared that post on social media: "In Colorado, we only had

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waitlist This is not an easy entry to write so I'll just keep it short. No…

  

  This is not an easy entry to write so I'll just keep it short. In a ... that you will do wonderful things in the world, wherever you end up. I ... to meet our target class size. With that figure in mind, I was

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 10, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dorm Companion #1: Art MIT loans out 400 pieces of famous art each year from its collections to its…

  

  Want a Warhol in your dorm room? This is exhibition week of the ... Each piece in the collection is framed and signed by a leading ... worrying over damage. "The worst thing that usually ever happens is that a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  five things I love about New York welcome to New York, everybody walks in New York

  

  .) I spent the summer doing a software internship in New York. I lived ... direction, knowing that although what I heard is just a tiny unsolved mystery ... notice fashion in a way I never did before. I can tell you that in July in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 28, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jeux sans frontieres Who knows how to have fun better than I do? Oh, nobody.

  

  't ready for this to be a new year already, but it is. I rang in this new year at my friend Jacob's house, as I usually do, and caught up with a ... Harrisburg and a white rose dropping in York), we played two party games that I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  how i’m feeling now goodbye mit <3

  

  AI in this blog, and I feel that they reflect a lot of my own opinions ... ’t believe that black pepper is, like, a real thing (I just don’t think it adds ... complex feelings I have about this place. I feel that I can’t do them all

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • June 1, 2026
• Blog / Events

  Leadership Training Institute My first guest blog!

  

  One of the things that I try to do here is to write a little bit about all the activities/groups that I'm involved in at MIT. However ... difference. An interesting parallel is that actually MIT also places a huge

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  social groups a different angle on the 'i found my people in college' trope

  

  constitutes a “good person”, but because i believe in my bones that chunks of my ... ’t know if i want to change or in what directions i would. what i do know is ... entire piece reads so much like a meme that i can’t tell if i’m just taking

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 27, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  "I like how you say that with a smile on your face," my hallmate ... (Fundamentals of Energy in Buildings) that morning. After the review I had but ... . We realized just how dark a house without windows is under diffuse

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008