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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  New Year’s Resolution …of sorts. Since New School Year’s Resolution doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

  

  , remembering that I (and that we all) have the capacity for both bravery and joy will unmistably help in my attempts to tame the beast that is MIT. I mean, I didn’t even think I was going to come here in the first place

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Advice

  Advice I give others that I don’t follow myself (yet)

  

  , because you’ll forget otherwise. In fact, just schedule time for things that ... make decisions for you, even if they turn out to be good in the end. Do ... . Situations change. If you don’t have the energy for it, that’s fine. You

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  IAP: It’s Amazing Pterodactyl I'm not good at acronyms

  

  Oh hi there. I'm back on campus now for IAP (Independent Activities ... beloved green covered in snow, and those from equatorial climates suffer at ... warmer than usual. Not bad for campus, but unfortunate for those of us

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 14, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  “I’m vegetarian now!” Two months, twenty-four days, and goin’ strong

  

  This semester I’ve lived in an apartment with three roommates: one omnivore, one vegetarian, and one vegan. I decided on the day we moved in ... ’t hard: we cook for each other, which means that dinners are vegan, and I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and ends and Canada A study break, plus some other highlights of the week

  

  two blog posts in high school literature class and it didn't work. Remember this post in which I facetiously asked for a space heater? Turns out ... tossed in at no extra charge. Unfortunately, I will combust if I ever turn

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  ways of saying goodbye joint post with CJ '23!

  

  of our favorite media. goodbye mit :’) for a fun challenge, try to ... 's laughing in the background So this is how it ends I promise to never go outside again from waves: I watched my wild youth Disappear in front of my

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Sneak Preview (to next) Weekend let's just pretend I managed to backronym CPW in the title

  

  ARE YOU PUMPED FOR CPW? Who wouldn't be excited about 72 solid hours ... excited about CPW! There are far too many events for a single person to ... in touch with many of them even if you don't end up enrolling here

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 3, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The only living boy in New York I get all the news I need from The Colbert Report.

  

  's Lohengrin. Thanks to Zach for that random fact at the suggestion of a ... and I had in New York last weekend, but I'm not going to write it until ... voting against Rick Santorum on a beautiful sunny Wednesday last week in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Check Is In The Mail As you know from Matt/Ben's blogs, the decisions are in the mail, or as they…

  

  , you may be one of the 12%. For those not in the 12% - do not despair ... As you know from Matt/Ben's blogs, the decisions are in the mail, or as they say in the newspaper business: we have put the Early Action

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About the MCATs All about the MCATs and what you need to take to prepare for it!

  

  lines of a statement like, "An understanding of the past is necessary for ... . For all of you medical school hopefuls (yes, the admissions process ... and Ben), the first step to getting into medical school is submitting an

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 25, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Quidditch: The Best Thing EVER? Yes.

  

  as an observer, but soon got caught up in the magic and was flying (er ... Today. I. Joined. Quidditch. The awesomeness is still sinking in ... for a while. I bike year-round, but today was the first time since fall

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 7, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT has a radio station!? [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Yes, it's true!

  

  its very own radio station, run by the students for the students (and for the rest of Cambridge/Boston to enjoy!). It's located in the cozy ... . Ever since I stepped foot in the station during CPW, I knew that I wanted

  • by ARTalk
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  The World Has Many Trees climb all of them!!

  

  clueless is normal. We are beginners in everything we do, from reading, to ... , being a beginner is scary. For many students (myself included!) the subject area that they excelled in during high school was the subject they

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • March 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Musings on Colorful Balls (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ramya '14!

  

  balls wasn't an accurate representation of my CPW (I only went in there ... that getting into MIT was for real, and not an accident. I didn't want to ... from Ramya '14! You might think that CPW stands for Campus Preview

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  i [don’t] have covid?? in conclusion, i am the absolute worst at managing stress

  

  fun I've had in a while. But it also was the first time I'd moved for ... back at home instead of my new place in Cambridge. I think it's ironic ... figured that I'd inevitably gotten it from him. That night, I danced for

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Live from Florida Hello from Tampa, Florida!

  

  just in time for a crazy week in the office. Now, I'm off on group travel ... the meetings, and the schedule for upcoming meetings in California, the ... say, but now I have to get ready for tonight's presentation in Tampa

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tour of Novartis

  

  think that's enough of an advertisement for now. If you ever get a chance ... Today, I went on a tour of the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical ... -wide pharmaceutical company that is headquartered in Cambridge and but has a major

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime and the living is slightly less difficult than usual MIT = Masochists in Training

  

  -- but I don't think I've ever spent so much time studying for a test in my ... 's addictive, I swear), I haven't done much else in the way of vegetating. First, I took the GRE in July, and the majority of my free time prior to the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  when I walked in. Go ahead, laugh at me for overreacting and nearly ... In true "everybody else is doing it, so why can't we?"* fashion, I ... came, so she drove to school to give her the tube. Kris '10 and I were in

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  eternal dissatisfaction wish i could write more, care less

  

  on in the past. the logic for cfish is certainly more complicated than ... attitude with work in the past, see e.g. there is no such thing as a typical ... being in macgregor and living with other people again. that doesn

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 12, 2021