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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Week 1 ...of Year 2.

  

  night in Hong Kong, I leaned over the balcony in the common room and watched reflected light dance in the ocean. I was trying to catch the Perseids. In the end, I didn’t see a single meteor and ended up crying a

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 14, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  do sit-ups in the mornings. About a month ago, I got the crazy idea to ... just walk around in them, so I thought, "Okay, whatever." The guy basically wanted me to run an entire workout in each pair of shoes. First, I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  8,726,400 SOS: The Conscious Subconscious guest post by a fellow '21

  

  survivor I am today. My UROP was in one of the biotech labs and this ... , squat repeat Practice, wow I can’t do anything well today? Am I getting better, I can’t let the team down, can’t let coach down, can’t let myself

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 13, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat! Retreat! 24 wonderful hours of sister-time in the MIT mansion!

  

  I just returned from a retreat for my sorority, Alpha Chi Omega. We spent the past 24 hours at the Endicott House , an MIT owned mansion in a ... sisters in such a beautiful setting, surrounded by antiques and eating meals

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  My Life Is In Shambles… … and that’s ok

  

  place where it occurred; I remember the directions to my aunt’s house in ... I’ve learned to accept that my life can be in shambles. Being a human ... is where, in some strange, twisted, throat-coatingly saccharine way, I

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 26, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Why It’s Special all the things that make CPW amazing

  

  .” I was surprised how naturally I transitioned into MIT life, in my head ... . That’s why CPW (and the Admissions blogs, if you can’t visit in person ... major. In 2015, as a crimson- and short-haired freshman with glasses, I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  For the love of 6.470, Montresor we stayed awake, we built, we conquered

  

  it out! I won't make any money if you do; in fact, the Amazon S3 bucket ... IAP, particularly in the context of its coding/robotics competitions ... activities go, I'm usually only concerned with some subset of these activities

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Saturday

  

  (!) stretching between the two parallel buildings. In this photo, you can see the ... Spring has sprung at MIT, with flowers in bloom across campus... The ... getting ready to play (and sweep) the Coast Guard Academy in an afternoon

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Marking time Somewhere between the end of classes and graduation...

  

  room. It's also a good idea to pack light and buy as much as you can once ... , Adam and I have been ODing on ice cream -- we went to Tosci's in Central ... the summer. This is my third summer in a row in Cambridge, and I wouldn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Antics! The title is pretty self-explanatory, isn't it?

  

  !) and I were hard at work in his suite lounge on Conner 4: Then Aaron ... do some work. When I got there, they were all hanging out in the floor ... pictures of Killian Court.       Once I was back in the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  Super Sketchy Background Activity the experiment, part 3

  

  , writing the lyrics, buying the green screen, and directing/starring in the ... ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCRwr-TnJeQ All right. I guess we can talk ... secret team is infinite. I said that because at any point, I can reach out

  • by kellen manning
  • June 5, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  Yet Another Blog Entry My expenses for the semester in pie form, topped with a scoop of IAP.

  

  , I give you this: . . . where "fractal-like vegetable" indicates a ... peppering of apple orchards across this region. I buy all fruit from grocery ... 80% more blog for the same price by throwing in an IAP update. Also, I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  August, Airplanes, and why not throw in Spring Break, too? My traveling styles. And, I don't even know, maybe a catch-up thing?

  

  in New York, oh that concrete jungle where dreams are made of. When I ... there was a storm coming in from the west. Not cute. Luckily, I had my ... I resisted getting Starbucks. In any case, right when I was beginning

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First term freshman year A horror story, I guess... but one with a happy ending

  

  in point: At 1 AM one night in November freshman year, I was studying ... problem sets were hard... and I'd never learned to manage my time wisely in ... place. I skipped class a lot more frequently than I did in my upperclass

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Defying Gravity

  

  ! Wicked was definitely the highlight! As students, my friends and I can buy ... , here are some cool things I did last week! I was in London twice, once ... do so that I could take advantage of my day in London. So I decided to

  • by Linh V. '13
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  [Guest Post] Things to do while waiting for decisions by emily '22, alison '23, felix '23

  

  Make a 100 layer crepe cake Buy some semi-temporary tattoo ink and make some bad decisions Bike down the steepest hill in your town without ... inbox Look through AirBnB and save all the beautiful apartments in Hawaii

  • by kellen manning
  • February 1, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Ethnicity Information (Optional) No easy way in.

  

  , this can be seen like a trick question. In a conversation I had with a friend, I discovered the nuances and tricks that this question can pose ... families we were leaving behind: “How can I help out with the bills this year

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2,024 liked songs spotify is my favorite social media

  

  people here, with brains that function in ways that I can barely comprehend ... . Something about their intensity just draws me in. “But no, I’m a Pisces.” “Oh ... . Spotify holds such a place in my heart that I’ve said it’s one of my

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  Bad Ideas Month word of the day is oops!!

  

  Ideas Weekend was my calling. I sent in two event proposals, and thought ... . And though I had no idea where to host my event, or where to get the ... Ideas IAP started off just how I imagined. In the first week, I practiced

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 3, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  AOs write the “What do you do for fun?” essay Ever wondered what admissions officers do when they're not reading applications?

  

  I glide out on the ice in the 10-degree Vermont winter morning. I can ... -Mobile, I knew this as the best place to buy jewelry. In front of T-Mobile was ... . The little green cabin in the middle of the forest is where I recharge

  • by Jeremy W.
  • July 9, 2021