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• Blog / Challenges

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  college, and I agreed. For sake of privacy, though, we agreed that the entry ... 's worth sharing: after all, MIT has one of the best medical systems in the ... compilation of links to some of MIT's many student health resources at the end

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  many thoughts head full

  

  's a feeling of too much and not enough going on. During the days where I ... of it and the power rests in my hands. On days where I had my 10am 8 ... half of IAP, going to the gym consistently and eating food I got off of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers I know an atomic particle's speed, AND position!!

  

  's calculated using an arbitrary combination of color choices and the amount spent ... the norm, but that's the beauty of it. There is no norm. I've seen ... wondering if writing humorous essays are not a disadvantage since the humor of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 30, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2020 Reflections & 2021 Resolutions

  

  this post since I feel like I didn't accomplish many of the resolutions I ... fit over the summer, and I've kind of fallen out of habit now that our apartment gym has closed again, but I'm hoping to get back into the swing of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 3, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Surviving CPW Tips and tricks on making the most of your CPW experience

  

  , I still had a blast; so, regardless of weather, get ready for the most ... ;-) Here are a few tips to making the best of your CPW experience. Rule #0 ... talking to the potential students. Rule #2.5: Caffeine. Courtesy of Snively

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  An interview with AoPS "What Kinds of Students Does MIT Look For?" but ASMR

  

   podcast hosted by our friends at Art of Problem Solving (AoPS). The title/framing of the episode, which was just posted, is "What Kinds Of Students Does ... , that my to the question of what we look for is the kind of thing you can

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Hitchhiker’s Guide to CPW DON'T PANIC.

  

  but a pale imitation of the truth - valorous but vain attempts to ... . The fact of the matter is that CPW is an experience far beyond mere ... one of the admissions counselors, over 2,000!) that the Admissions

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Attack of the Acronyms and the space between the letters

  

  spelling. Luckily for the sake of our collective sanity, however the ... into a handful of letters: [annotation note="Office of the First Year ... part of the FPOP actually ended up being learning about rocket propulsion

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 3, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  tea shirt the tea and stories behind the merch in my closet

  

  ’ drought look good out here. The lack of writing was complicated… it was not ... couldn’t be closer to the truth. As I packed up most of my clothes as the ... a slightly sketchy catalog of the pieces of merch I have gathered over

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 19, 2022
• Blog / Hacks

  This was meant to be written a week and a half ago

  

  ring around the barrel. Of course, it was not going to stay forever, and I'd heard rumors of Caltech coming to claim it. The Monday after CPW - I enjoyed seeing so very many of you, by the way :) - I was asleep

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  looking at old journals gap year chronicles, ft thoughts on science, art, and moving through the world

  

  't think to take pictures of, to record the little moments that arise ... ate a civilized meal of canned beans on a plate, which was the last time ... serve. I wrote huddled in the back of my car, an orange minivan with a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 23, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Ridiculous things I’ve been up to in which i wear an exoskeleton

  

  instead, let me talk about some of the things I've been doing in the past ... of eBay. I've been wanting to replace my laptop since at least the ... a new laptop around the end of July, following the advice in the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  , software design, French, and costume design) helped avoid the sensation of ... academic study in a way that goes beyond just taking classes. As the end of ... a position that matched the type of technical work I was looking for

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Set Your Alarm for CPW 2019 i'm entirely serious

  

   hundreds of student-run events to welcome the class of 2023 and help them figure ... – to this day I don't remember who – pounding on the door of my host ... leapt out of bed and answered the door. Figure out the damage. On the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • April 10, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my hottest STEM takes actively starting internet wars

  

  and opinions indefinitely. I offer you the following takes with limited to no explanation. Feel free to argue in the comments...I'm ready to ... I famously have perfect taste, and with little to do over the summer

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • July 28, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Help! Learn from my mistakes...and from the Beatles.

  

  coming to an understanding of a text through the writing process itself. I ... my eyes to the intricacies and mind-blowing consistencies of language…and which lay the smackdown on my morale for a couple of months. I couldn

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  lifting heavy objects and the grungy basement gym

  

  , so there was plenty of time to work out. The meal plan offered protein ... . The gym is usually empty when I come down, however, so the lack of ... feeling of getting stronger and lifting big objects. I love the way your

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! Plus lots of awesome advice from MIT students!

  

  three days felt like the longest three days of my life. My total sleep ... hugged me on sight, and I remember the utter feeling of overwhelming joy as ... , but don’t overplan. CPW was one of the most memorable weekends of my

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  MacG 50ish years ago an email from an alumnus

  

  rare feedback on questions you raised in your video. I was one of the ... "]electrical engineer of the hardware variety.[/annotation]  In my era, MIT had ... breaking off to become the new College of Computing, my how things have

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 6, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare

  

  community. I went home until the end of the semester and moved in mid-May, so I wasn't involved in the process of finding an apartment. I'm told ... were being kicked out of our dorms. Due to this, I was under the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 11, 2020