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  Freezing My @$$ off at CPW By: Andrea '11

  

  they get to the author. --- CPW has been by far one of the best ... loved how every time I met a new person it went sort of like this: Me ... to hell" with an arrow pointing to MIT, but I'd have to get on the road

  • by Bryan
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I’ve Missed About Home My top six.

  

  difficult to come by in Boston; instead, you get bubble tea. I'm not ... experience that I never would've had without my family pushing me to get in the ... shower for the first time in months without having to flop around in flip

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  big thought, so get comfortable. The last science fair I went to was in ... I can't even begin to explain it. When I do get to MIT, I'm planning ... little about myself. First, I am from New Jersey. Now, to be perfectly

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  2014 Resolutions January 2nd and still going strong

  

  This New Year, I want to try a resolution that would mandate how I ... ." Instead: "I'm going to figure out my weak points in Physics and work my way ... track of my finances In order to save money while at MIT, I pulled

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 2, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program Come play with us!

  

  Corridor. Maybe you'll get to see MIThenge.   Eat in the ... it's physically impossible for anyone but me to get a sunburn. And yet ... which you, the prospective, get to experience MIT life minus the hard work

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Events

  I graduated My brass rat is upside-down and my dorm room is bare

  

  friend :) Course 8 was next in line to Course 9, so I managed to get a ... the class. I was startled when my row was asked to stand up and get in ... or so. Inside Johnson, I was struck by how many people in the Class of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Dating Is Hard anon has some feelings to share

  

  picture getting married to him. So we revelled in the teenage dream that is ... getting married to that person, having kids with that person, getting old ... couldn’t. So here I am, in a new city, surrounded by people I don’t know

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 7, 2017
• Blog / Announcements

  For those whose applications have been interrupted by disasters and disruptions providing what information and comfort we can

  

  allows you to get the rest of your life in order first. And, most ... , not new: as I blogged last year in the wake of Hurricane Michael ... possible in these situations. When you’re able to do so, reach out to us at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 29, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  another year around the sun I guess I'm 19 now

  

  people to reconsider their identities: who do I want to be in this new ... occasion as any to get something out into the world. As I started writing this post, I was sitting in my room in New Vassar, waiting for the sushi

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / Events

  (Paint)Ballin’ Hey, if you're already hosed, you might as well have a good reason for it

  

  in New Hampshire, which is to say we went paintballing at OSG. Among ... , decompressed, and ready to get going again. And that's how you resurrect ... sessions too often when it got closer to "bedtime," and you can see just how

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump This is going to be ~14 entries in one - my fault for being too…

  

  This is going to be ~14 entries in one - my fault for being too busy to blog much lately. If you get through it all in one sitting, you're a ... Couple Of Weeks In my last entry, I promised to answer the popular

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Hold your breath my first CPW

  

  talked about logistics; this is how you get to East Campus, this is the couch you'll sleep in, I'm gonna head to class now. The first class I had ... , which we do in 6.UAT to learn about things like recovery. What do you do

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it is the escape living a second life as an art student

  

  question of how to continue making art in the real world, once I graduate. I ... will describe to you in painful detail in a later post."]my three ... wandered around the area just to sort of take in the ambience. Our group

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 26, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Is MIT too hard? warning: metaphors ahead

  

  -six back to back 4:45 miles.  How do they do it? The answer is that they ... that I'm here working in the Real World™ (sort of), I've learned to ... what I am proud of, is the fact that I've managed to put in these hours

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 18, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.

  

  to this concept in high school,” and my brain cried out (silently, of ... down a list of things to remember. Things that, in an ideal world, we ... live stream video with cool guest hosts to entertain everybody in the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 13, 2013
• Blog / Announcements

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2026 is now live

  

  , and instead to store it safely in your inbox. How you do this will ... 's application cycle here. As you consider when and how you want to apply, please ... new and more prominent links to relevant FAQs throughout the application

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainty becoming a boring adult

  

  description. i’ve written about this idea before in the context of meeting new ... college recently, and i realized that all of them seem less interesting to me now than they did while they were in school i have a bad habit

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  so you’re starting your first year? boy do i have unsolicited tips for you

  

  to apply online, book an appointment, go in-person to get my identity ... less as a “how to do MIT” and more like a “here is a hodgepodge of advice ... ; Hold onto your 101 Things To Do Before You Graduate List, in case you

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • September 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  , business), get a “real” job, take a year off to figure things out, work for a ... thanks to the Rhodes Scholarship, followed by 7-8 years in an MD ... /PhD program yet, but the general plan is in place. So how did this all happen

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form some things you should know

  

  for any new updates you want us to know about. Feel free to write in ... ’t need to worry about “getting it wrong” -- don’t stress ... ! Even if you have no new grades to report, you should still complete the

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 22, 2015