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• Blog / MIT Life

  Tweaching and Stitches Two things that happened this week, one of which I liked.

  

  be done, and walking around campus is not unlike walking around a 3 ... paths because, let's face it, MIT is a broad and deep place to be immersed ... 't it? And the wound is kind of gross too. Needless to say, a split chin

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 12, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  “i can only draw stick figures” musings on learning to draw

  

  piece that would be added to our portfolio. Here is a selection of mine ... 3="89714" /] [visually_hidden]C: how was it different than drawing a ... appreciates all the little seemingly-fleeting things like how a paper delicately

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • June 4, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is It Possible To Respect A Racist Film? We must learn to embrace the opportunities to confront ourselves by confronting others.

  

  opportunities to confront ourselves by confronting others. How is it possible that a movie is technically brilliant yet morally repugnant? How can I ... Now that CPW is behind us, I am beginning to return to my life as a

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • May 8, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  in transit where do i go from here?

  

  needed to be. I've always very much been a more ... bothering to chew.  I find myself feeling like a ghost, wading from one event ... continue doing so until I'm nothing but a head and some hands. I am tired, a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 6, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2007: I Got Served, and It Felt Grrreat!! By: Seleeke, '11

  

  have no idea what the Dirac delta-function is) and a likewise interesting ... , it's the only way to fly. I don't care how you take it, but my CPW ... met, to the numerous fraternities I visited, to the awesome trips to a

  • by Bryan
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  I’m Graduating Early??? [NOT CLICKBAIT] also: the unification of course 7

  

  starting a job immediately after graduating (such is society), but those are ... Course 7A. 7A is basically the same as Course 7, except you get to choose a ... . 7.18 is a behemoth 30-[annotation note="At MIT, 1 unit=1 hour of in

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 1, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy Thanksgiving! Holiday wishes and fun stuff.

  

  assistance this Thanksgiving? One place to check out is Instructables (a ... Thanksgiving group, including how to fry a turkey. But the awesomest Thanksgiving ... Happy Thanksgiving! My friend Jennifer (MIT '01) is an artist

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 23, 2006
• Blog / Events

  tEpikazoo Thoughts on cooking and gratuitous prefixes

  

  kindergarten when they taught you how to identify vegetables. *This phrase is ... matters is that every Saturday, we sat down to a delightful home-cooked meal ... .) Much to my horror, I discovered a few weeks ago that I was slotted to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  On Supplemental Materials Further information about application supplements.

  

  from the application; a separate sheet of paper is most common. In general, third recommendations from a teachers do not provide much ... , coaches, and bosses. If you decide a third recommendation is necessary, have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Teaching Abroad: a Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Q. ‘14 Learn a new language, teach science.

  

  this past IAP teaching at a liceo scientifico in Mantova, Italy, which is a beautiful city with a lot of history. There is no language ... one of the Global Teaching Labs anyway. Sure, teaching is a lot of work

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 13, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a super timely post about spotify wrapped bloggers wrapped 2018

  

  like that people get a little uncomfy when their music taste is judged ... !!! they're so good Joel: AAAAAAAAAAAAAA yoshimi battles is such a good ... Spotify Wrapped day and the festivities surrounding it happened a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 4, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Where I Call Home california california cambridge!

  

  a home. And I loved it just as much, in a different way. Even now, I ... much the result of a thousand people's sculpting, whether that be ... With Parent's Weekend coming up, I thought I'd reflect a bit on the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 25, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  my gap year of nothing and everything certainly something

  

  my decision, I spent a lot of time sitting and thinking. There’s much ... justice to how profound and enriched that time in life was.  A year after ... cause. But, what I do know is some combination of factors lead to a

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  My First Few Weeks at MIT … one year ago

  

  ’ll sprint across a room to hug, no matter how much time has passed. Since the ... Every freshman’s first few weeks at MIT tend to follow a predictable ... much time in [annotation note="Fifth floor of the Stratton Student Center

  • by Hala K. '29
  • September 22, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  CPW: ASA Midway, B1 B1athalon, and Cutting Crafts with Contour not to mention meet the bloggers

  

  out how much of our name to capitalize. We’re digging into market ... , thinking how I'd barely have time to grab food on the way... when I found a ... CPW was so much fun! I meant to get this blog up and running

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 25, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT HSSP and Stanford Splash! Seven fundamental questions, and a field trip to the west coast

  

  civilization in history has had a working answer to. "How did the universe begin ... centuries and millennia. We presented a tentative "this is what scientists ... topic at a very broad introductory level so didn't have to worry too much

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Learning how to be a human being, not a human doing After 6 years of adulting post MIT, these are the things I value now

  

  not a single game is downloaded on my phone or computer.   I ... never feel a sense of accomplishment regardless of how many slide decks I ... how precious this one picture I took of her dad is will always stay with

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything, all at once thoughts on science, ambition, and obsession

  

  summer after senior year. I had held my UROP for a year, this is true; and ... each week they invite a guest scientist who is in some way prominent in ... is a fundamental part of their identity. This is what I've been scared

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Past, Present, and Future This all "began with a single blog by a student five years ago, at the…

  

  FAR It's funny how much MIT helped me identify my identity. Like I did ... a single blog by a student five years ago, at the dawn of the Facebook ... 'm doing lately, and how MIT has continued to shape me post-graduation. Since

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  My winter break so far take a break

  

  wrong way to spend your break. A break is a break for a reason. And if you ... I flew back home on the eighteenth with hopes of having a productive break. I made plans to paint, work out, write, study, and a whole other

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 29, 2019