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• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

  time as a prospective student. In light of it being the night before CPW, I wanted to highlight a few pieces of general advice I had ... , and I remember it was nice being able to ask students questions in a

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Return of the Nance Effect The Summer Update Edition!

  

  on July 19th. Here are a few more pics: [] [] I played in the ... around the corner. (Funny I say that even though Boston had a heat index of ... I say welcome! Come on in, the water is just fine. I hope that you

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Food, glorious food In which I learn that Simmons Dining is not, in fact, the best that Boston's…

  

  Simmons Dining a measly B, I knew what I had to do over spring break – go ... . I don't remember what I got (it was probably scrambled eggs and a ... drizzling in the afternoon, so I went to Jahunger – a Uyghur restaurant that

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 6, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Day In The Life [By MIDN 3/c Robert Block '10] It is 1200 on a Tuesday during IAP, and…

  

  installation of a web server. I worked for two hours before hurrying over to the ... to the skills I have learned as a midshipman in the ROTC program. The ... , and I have accomplished more than the average MIT student does in an

  • by ROTC
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  B1ner Cribs come see 10+ rooms on Burton 1

  

  think i made my room too cozy this year because i just stay in it all day ... 've never had a room before that really feels like mine, because all the decor of my childhood bedroom is from when i was a child, and i never spent

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 24, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Guest Post] A Day in the Life of a Clown College Student by Joy X. Clown College ‘29

  

  year, I received a letter in my mailbox that would change my life forever ... CPW where I will actually be a juggling homeless person in The Guy Who ... . I grab a third of the tricycle that currently sits in my room (aka a

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • April 1, 2026
• Blog / Uncategorized

  all the classes I didn’t take you seem pretty unsure for a girl so in love with her major

  

  , just like the class drop form, is due in a week. I keep forgetting to ... 's not like I'm going to be locked up in Building 46 for 40 hours a week. I ... 't participate in the festivities this year, or else I would drop below the full

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • April 14, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We now interrupt our regularly-scheduled programming… I tried getting ahead on my reading assignments but that only lasted so long.

  

  Just so you all know, I'm working on a new Q&A video. Thanks for ... I telling you this? I should blog about it." and then he was all, "You should not only blog it but illustrate it scene by scene" (how am I so good

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  weekly/monthly spike in deadlines, I get a continuous flow of work. The ... ’t I think of it that way before?” Sometimes it’s also, “Did I ever need ... entirely by chance. I’m certainly not a Philosophy (Course 24) major, but so

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sorry 6.003 Wherein my senioritis starts getting just a little ridiculous.

  

  to do. I have lecture twice a week. In recitations, a non ... tutorials. The first week I forgot to look up what room it was in, so I just ... tutorial right before lecture) and I went a different way to avoid him

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Impossible Design Project See what it's like to be a Course VI student.

  

  magnetic disk, in spite of the fact that flash memory is distinctly unlike a ... store what you want. My friends and I spent multiple days coming up with ... Ok. Well, I've been kind of busy these days. Taking 5 classes (2 CIs

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  21st Century Education? Food for thought.

  

  So I just read this article in Time Magazine about bringing schools ... college education, here are a few questions: 1. What are the skills you hope to develop the most in college? 2. What are the most important classes

  • by Bryan
  • December 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21L.011 Are You [film] Experienced?

  

  . I had a hard time selecting my top preferences; I was torn between 24 ... course name in all of academia.** It's a history class where students ... .” *An aside: My classmates in senior year voted me most likely to lead a

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO: Fear of Mis-Optimizing ice cream teaches me a thing or two

  

  one major, so i should choose whichever path i’m more interested in. 2 ... ground; it falls with a feeble “clunk.” exhaling, i attempt to mentally outline the rest of my day, but a [annotation note="i've gotten the freshman

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  As a freshman, I made the conscious decision not to live where I knew a lot of other math majors would be (Random). I figured I would have ... of people. I've definitely succeeded in that goal, both at Senior

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Interning Remotely my verdict is that it definitely could be worse

  

  though I'm remote and I've never met a single team member in person ... 'all a rundown of what my day looks like - although I wish we were living ... a meal. I try to sneak in a quick YouTube video, or progress past an

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2020
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Applying Sideways (in Chinese) 橫向申請 / 横向申请

  

  Almost 11 years ago, I wrote a blog post called Applying Sideways that was my [annotation note="Audacious, in retrospect, given that I had been an admissions officer for a single cycle."]attempt[/annotation] to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  ice skating don't fall

  

  riding a bike cj: i hate riding bikes wayne: … cj: no i mean i like ... once, in a past life wayne: oh cj: tries going a little more. why is ... fine cj: it doesn't feel like i'm doing fine wayne: you know i took a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 16, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a penny for your thoughts? and what it is, and could be, worth

  

  , when I offer "a penny for your thoughts," what might that mean? I invoke ... I think the saying "a penny for your thoughts?" is really rather ... face sheweth the mind walking a pilgrimage, in such wise that other folk

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • February 20, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers

  

  I have enough of a questions backlog now that I think it's worth ... you tell us more about what happens during Orientation? I think I pretty ... Orientation?" You know, to refresh my memory, I created a thread on College

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006