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• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 4 U What you should do at CPW, assuming you like exactly the same things that I…

  

  CPW are awesome. All of them. Here are some especially awesome ones that ... we haven't really practiced or decided with what we are going to kick ... out from the 483 activities Friday night or stuffed with free food from

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Avoiding moonlight on an empty stomach Late-night snack cravings lead me underground on meandering routes to Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  all over campus. Living at East Campus, said basements are easily ... forgot dinner and are in fact pining for a cold drink, hot sandwich, or ... lifted, and this vacuum attachment moves in for the kill. There are

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Admissions Math Month, Part 1 – Duality There are two wolves inside you

  

  two things are different, but they’re actually the same.” So instead of ... (but make the lines infinitely long). Assuming these lines are not ... -parallel) lines define a point. This is a duality! Points and lines are clearly

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 20, 2024
• Blog / Residential Life

  rush wilg bunnies inside this blog post

  

  typical "so where are you interning this summer" posturing that is prevalent ... know us from my previous blog post where I investigated a fire that ... formal. Also, we are not required to be "dry", a.k.a. we can have alcohol

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 13, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  them! Nobody had a good answer to how they ended up where they are, but ... . :) The snazzy view from my apartment.  Externships are one of the many ... alums happy to talk about what they majored in, where they lived, and what

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s a puzzlement… ...or why I really love reading your applications!

  

  by Building 66 (where I spent much of my undergraduate life). I like reading applications because they are a lot like doing jigsaw puzzles. When ... , exploring all the details do we truly have the picture of who you are. The

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 16, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting a Physics Major – Part I I split this up because i need to start studying for finals.

  

  Juniors in physics tend to complain a lot. The more of them there are ... weeks, you are expected to have learned how to operate your first set of ... grateful for it. At MIT, in certain departments, there are entire courses

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2013…The Parent Experience!

  

  Much of Boston and certainly the ladies in the sorority house where I live in Boston are preparing to enjoy the marathon on this coming Monday but first we are getting ready for Campus Preview Weekend (CPW) which

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 10, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is a jock school the secret is out

  

  famously nerdy culture. But also: the MIT where 25% of the undergraduates participate in one of the 33 varsity sports. The MIT where, underneath all the ... on sports teams are part of some pretty phenomenal programs with a long

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  bounce around our brain are fun to think about – but imagine if you had an ... , a communication-intensive class I took this past spring where we have ... presentation that looks like a big research convention, where all of us present

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eastward ho! Don't US people normally go to Canada or Mexico before they cross an ocean?

  

  out and have an experience afterwards, no matter where you are. It can ... This summer, I decided to take an internship overseas. Where in the ... station <10 minutes before the bus left, had no idea where I was going

  • by Stanley G.
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  MIT have these "Hell weeks" where there are lots of tests and projects ... , and exercising?). MIT isn't all fun and games. There are times when you ... perhaps 5 classes and a UROP are too much... But heck, I've learned so much

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breath what's next for all our applicants

  

  to talk about where we've all been, where we all are, and where we are ... Regular Action applicants are about to. So what do we do next? Once your applications are complete and all material received, your application goes to a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  How A Blog Became A Community ...in which The Nance waxes philosophic about The Nance Effect.

  

  bandied about. To me there are few concepts more sacred than that of community. What is more important that community? It's the place where you ... 's exactly what you hope to do when choosing where to attend college. The same

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My first music festival It was muddy.

  

  along I-81S past a flurry of state forests. We made a quick stop in ... made it to a campsite without any Mad Russian experience. We pitched our ... end of our tent, exactly where Raphael had put his clothing soaking wet

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 5, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  nothing really matters or does everything? a tale of epiphanies and a crisis

  

  : 1) people are afraid of new things, 2) you can always find ... other metric of engagement that exists are completely meaningless. It was ... mean, where does one go when they realize they may have wasted a good

  • by kellen manning
  • May 6, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  hope springs eternal a warm feeling

  

  to rage, and in a place where most students are only here for four ... , of course, [annotation note="indeed, as i write this, there are another ... are already signs of life. People have, slowly but surely, began to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 8, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  important things in life is to be at peace with where you are and what you ... you are all fantastic, driven people who have the potential to do ... could tell you that MIT is not the only place where you can live your

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christina Royce: Analyzing Re-entry Systems Christina Royce, a senior double majoring in Mechanical Engineering, with a concentration in Manufacturing through…

  

  type of manufacturing system is called a re-entry system, where a silicon ... part and the final output volume. These calculations are not a trivial matter considering the huge number of machines that are used to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  rural winter, city winter haven't shoveled snow here once

  

  of rugged beauty, where Carhartts are more a necessity than a fashion ... backcountry roads becoming treacherous trails. And then there are tender, yet ... relief of the wood stove, where we'd hang our soggy snow pants to dry

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • February 26, 2024