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  We Want You! Write for us!

  

  sweat, you can still submit a blog entry without prior warning. Please ... is why we like to let YOU blog CPW. Bryan started this system two years ... this year!). So, here it is, the official "I want to write a guest entry

  • by Snively '11
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  relearning what i know now or: hi, i learned wrong my entire life.

  

  'll continue to progress. And I won't. And I'll get left behind. There's a lot ... chance I get and I love MIT, I really do, but there's a part of me that ... days where I simply look at my work and feel exhausted. There are others

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 22, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  , as a full-time student as a full-time MIT student, there was the all ... . And then there's the expense of it all. Nothing in the sport is cheap. Each trip to the rink not only is a 25 min commute, but add in the cost

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walk around the blogs Think of it as summer reading.

  

  , is that you'll also find a bunch of related blog entries hanging out on ... There are currently a little over 2,500 blogs entries on this site. I don't know about you, but I think that's a lot to take in all at

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-Guide to CPW KAPOW! GET EXCITED!!!

  

  @mit.edu directly. Packing Packing is a familiar concern. First, ask your host if you ... first year and even if you can’t join a sorority/fraternity. Interact with ... visitors to hosts definitely works. Now, for us, CPW is a familiar event

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2017 FAQ You've got questions, I've got answers

  

  question is here! Q: What do I do next? A: First, you should create a My ... option. There is no need to follow up by mailing a fee waiver to us. Q: I ... your application is complete by then and you did not match. We can

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Story of a Lifestyle I'm going to kick you - No, for real

  

  opportunity came on March 7. At 4 AM (yes, that is A.M.)– 2 busses pulled up at ... ’s like playing in a piano recital – except people do notice when you mess ... ’ve learned that “just right” is pretty much only right when the judge scores a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 30, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  I can outrun everything, but where I can handle most things. Not a ... Note: So, you may or may not have noticed that my name is ~different ... I would, but perhaps the same life lesson can hit you in waves, each

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  October potpourri rambling about college admissions, stress, fun, etc.

  

  : - There is a physics pset due tomorrow. - I am hungry. I need food. - I ... and on. Poi has become a sort of meditation for me, where I can just let ... Toons. :) Sleep Sleep is pretty much one of the best things you can do

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Class of 2010: Wondering Where Everyone Is Living? Find orientation housemates/roommates.

  

  that people can find other orientation housemates/roommates. Check it out! If anyone wants to add themselves, his email address is on the page. The address is: https

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  22 Hiatus Adventures stories from my time away and my first semester back!

  

  boyfriend, who is a brother there. This year was my first time helping out ... sharing a story that I felt was still being written. I can’t just pick up ... more energy. In general, you are a happier person.” My mom agreed, and

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Big Dreams, Small Mind The troubles of being in school and doing research for too long.

  

  see is a big body of water, there really isn't anything stopping you ... . First, a quick background just so you guys know where I am coming from. I ... because MIT is currently working on a bio makers space, an area where anyone

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 24, 2018
• Blog / Public Statements

  The Class of 2019 Graduates from MIT

  

  difficult done to you, is trying, as hard as you can, to tend toward the latter. It turns out that this is a lesson you will have to live and learn ... , you are graduating into a world where our entire shared political

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  C’est la Vie In which I describe my summer in words, without photos (yet).

  

  from Montreal on a three-day weekend trip (wheeee!) :) And this is where ... an UV camera. -Mating worms (which is really simple in theory - you put ... intending to write out a more detailed entry of exactly what it is that we try

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Events

  An Interview with the Tetris Grand Champion Meet Fractal161, an MIT Student who's the second person ever to beat Tetris.

  

  . There is a thing called the Tetris Effect, where you see tetris squares in ... is where you go and try to get those high Tetrises.  I think there are ... when you hit 999 levels, where that game has a weird definition of a

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • February 19, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To a mouse (or nineteen) A eulogy for my UROP mice... in the form of me explaining my UROP.

  

  . Pretend you couldn't tell.) Shank1 is such a scaffold protein. It was ... is the Morris water maze. In a nutshell, you put the mouse into a kiddie pool of water and teach him that there's a platform he can swim to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduling woes advice for dealing with overenrolled/conflicting classes

  

  , there’s a lot of “darn I can’t take class A if I take class B because they ... class with an enrollment cap, email the prof asking if they can save you a ... Putting together a semester’s course schedule is a nontrivial

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Late-Night Juggler In which I spend about twenty minutes trying to transcribe the Mass Ave cross signal…

  

  a dull, dirt-free sheen. In front of you is the Infinite Corridor: by ... entrance. The patter you heard has grown louder, and is noticeable as a rapid ... abutting the lobby. Standing there is a man with a ponytail and goatee. He

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  This School’s Big Game: a fun way to think too hard (how MIT Mystery Hunt works, now in Up-Goer Five)

  

  a place where you can see [annotation note="the Hunt Coin"]the things ... why it is such a hard game. Each problem can take many hours. Even for ... ="testsolvers"]game-problem-checking-people[/annotation] figure out where the problem is not well-made, and help it get fixed. If a

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 25, 2024
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  pebble. The place you want to be is farther than this, right? That’s why it’s ok…you can get up and immediately continue on…” - Guts (actually ... who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022