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  CPW Is Here! Welcome to MIT.

  

  confusion. I read in the itinerary that MIT would be bussing us from the ... CPW last year in your shoes. Well, I had never been to Boston before, so ... looking for. I was hoping someone would have an MIT shirt on or something

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring a little life update

  

  Finally, finally, I’m in my last semester of undergrad. I need three ... readings, in-class discussions, and essays). I really like Prof. Campbell ... suck less.  In general, I really like taking public policy classes. I

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 23, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  posts, which only made me more nervous and sure that I would never get in ... time gone??? I feel like just yesterday I was in your shoes, nervously ... rejected, I would have to spend my Winter Break moping AND writing

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doodles: Career Fair Edition A non-tech major takes on the career fair with the help of mechanical pencil illustrations

  

  , 6, or 18. This is how I imagine the career fair going for my friends ... to go into tech - I'm interested in digital marketing and transmedia ... company at least once to see if I might be interested in them, or them in

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Personal Projects

  A Recycled-Material Selfie Stick Engineering and problem solving in developing nations (the most important problems only, of course....)

  

  I think (and hopefully you do too) that the title of this blog post sounds like a fun, silly mini-project that an MIT student would do in their ... expensive”. Surprising, since you can get them for $5 in the states. I’d said

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  W.M.

  

  Last semester, I met W.M. in one of my classes, 3.019 (Intro to ... half the time! I stood somewhere in between – respectful of their ... in awe. I’d met many brilliant people at MIT before, but W.M. was on

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 23, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Pigeonholing boxes = semesters, pigeons = classes

  

  : Writing Autobiography and Biography. I really thought I would enjoy the ... that this streak would continue. Furthermore, I enjoyed the introductory ... Writing Autobiography"] 21W.022.[/annotation] In fact, I loved this class

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Heartbreaking Lunch of Staggering Genius I'll write about campus dining some other day.

  

  -Georges again for the first time ever. (If this is in fact how I phrased it, Jess ... by jeans.)] Case in point: When away from campus on vacation, I turn ... crazed gourmande. On Monday morning, I woke up on a friendly couch in New

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Fall Sports at MIT Roll Tech!

  

  stats for the first time was wild, but in no way was I surprised — our ... coaches when you reach out. I would recommend doing your homework to understand the team’s style and where you would fit in."  What is an example of

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 15, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  incremental game support group let's distract ourselves with games!

  

  Given how depressing and sad the last few days were, I’ve resorted to ... a tip, buy processors and memory in a 3 to 7 ratio. A Dark Room. This ... the extent to which they're amenable to idling is very different. I don

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how i feel about ai-generated art from an artist's perspective

  

  science from MIT. I’m uncertain how I would feel if this weren’t the case ... their own! I’ve spent so much time learning how to write well and then ... poses a professional threat. I’m privileged in that I never expected to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • June 11, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Every song I’ve referenced in my admissions blog posts

  

  known how to save a life. I listened to this song so much in high school ... Solitude back in late 2020. I love The New Pornographers because of how ... By my count, there are 61 times I've referenced a song in one of my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 15, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining at MIT How to not starve

  

  overwhelming number of options that I nearly drowned in at the start of this year ... ’ budget. I live in Burton-Conner, so I have the choice of enrolling in a ... the hundreds of meals in advance, regardless of how many you actually

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #1-5 Concerning the half I spent at home

  

  know, though I am majoring in biological engineering, I am also a pre ... going to be in Southern California, I narrowed the list down to Californians in a healthcare occupation. Using those filters, I was able to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 17, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fresh Food! Here at last!

  

  . I'm sitting in my room facing the EC courtyard, tapping my feet ... couldn't carry more in my hands, because I hadn't thought to bring some ... student has got to eat. In fact, all college students need to eat (hopefully

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 31, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  You always have been hi everybody!

  

  's exactly how it sounds. It's remote so I have a lot of flexibility in my day ... surprise to me, too. I never thought I would ever run in my life. Ever. And ... Dear Reader, I'm writing this in the Wordpress portal and this is an

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  website. My name is Laura and I am a member of the MIT Class of '09, which ... . There are just 2 things I would like to clear up. Number one: New Jersey ... big thought, so get comfortable. The last science fair I went to was in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Summer in Boston what happens outside MIT

  

  activities this summer (and let me know what I missed in the comments below ... costs and a way to see a child prodigy in action. I’m also a fan of Kilted ... ! In between sampling various brands and flavors, my friend and I visited

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 3, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  readmission what'd i miss?

  

  working in industry, I jumped at the chance to take a break from school ... one that left MIT. I'd like to think I'm more comfortable in public (and ... what I don't. I know how to treasure (and defend) my silence, my solitude

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 19, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fitting In Fitting in at MIT

  

  topic of affirmative action in college admissions; however, I'll say right now, we're not going there. What I do want to focus on is how in an ... students, people from home, and the like is: "How do you feel like you fit in

  • by Bryan
  • May 19, 2006