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• Blog / Hacks

  “futility island” socially conscious hacking? in MY institution?

  

  bank through them. Nature sounds were played around them, with the idea ... of just a few exceptions to MIT's preference for numbers), will now be ... 'll let it speak for itself: [caption id="attachment_46896" align

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 25, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to PNR First semester in review

  

  . Without further ado, I present my expression of feelings for the first ... lack. Play hard, try really really hard, pressure just to pass. Can ... make time for new passions, Struggling to find ever-elusive balance; pj

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy This Week: Week 1 Spider-Man, Nina Yuen, and More!

  

  still feel like Tobey Maguire plays the better Peter Parker, Andrew ... started my internship. Sceptical about the title for this one I put off ... , ran the country and their businesses. This is a must read for anyone who

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Blogographical Biography ...although whatever 'blogographical' means, I somehow doubt it applies to a blog containing graphs.

  

  coding in history class...instead of playing Starcraft FIRST Robotics and ... ????" Admissions blogging is a pretty new thing for me, so please don't be ... in ways that are overliteralized to the point of meaninglessness. For

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Stu Schmill ‘86 named Dean of Admissions Exciting news!

  

  been named MIT's next dean of admissions, Dean for Undergraduate ... President Emeritus Paul Gray, for its work in picking Schmill. Schmill said ... admissions office plays in bringing these outstanding students to campus. "I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Whoooo!

  

  feel defensive about things outside your control. So I played around ... states but for example, none of the regional divisions of China ... can in the next few months. Any suggestions for weekend travel while I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All I Ever Will Be? on friendships

  

  more apt words, disappointing. That the best I can hope for is that they ... on a near-cosmic level, like soulmates for friends. That was until we ... . Until the person I considered my best friend stopped talking to me because

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 20, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Random Hall Rooms Six rooms and ten stuffed animals.

  

  this: 5-room, large half: My home for the past three semesters has been ... can see below, supplied by Random Hall for free: Below are some of my favorite things in my room. On the left wall above (click for a larger view

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a hell week do not try at home

  

  the quarter, and i also read three stories for CMS.307 workshop. the ... realized i had a bunch of unfinished work for my UROP. hanging over my head for the week was half of a 14.121 pset that i'd gotten stuck on. if mit

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 27, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Face Book And Study I have been doing all this and more. But mostly not this.

  

  Okay, hold up. I have a really good excuse for not blogging in ages ... yes, I only had one, and yes, it was for an intro class since I’m one of ... no order whatsoever isn't all fun and games, though -- I spent the two

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Replay… Who says you can't go home again? Or at least go back to school...

  

  fun. I survived that first year, passed all my classes and came back ... for the long haul. I joined the Chorallaries, I helped design my class ... for a few hours or days. I also became an Educational Counselor and

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  confronting the self i am the captain of my soul

  

  about myself, for a while. i felt better for days, weeks, even. but then ... behind. did you ever think about how awful it felt for them? dan: don ... for kidnapping. cj: it was ridiculous, frankly. alan: but it happened

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 30, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Finding Balance May I have this dance?

  

  , Wellesley, Harvard, and beyond for the Ballroom Dance Camp, Day 2. "Look ... probably an understatement. We've been positively explosive for the past two ... having fun, but your dancing will always express what you are inside

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Finality Just one more week.

  

  and productive every time I cross something off :) I have a list for all ... campus. It's therefore extremely conducive to studying...and for taking the ... unsuspecting students: The Underbelly of the Great Dome: One of the best

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 9, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Share Your CPW With Us! I can haz guest blogs?

  

  from :P one of the best things about CPW is meeting you all who come from ... your best CPW blog - text, pictures, video...whatever you want! at my ... compatible. :) This was your weekend, and we're curious how it went for you

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 11, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  lookin’ at the blur of this semester and ahead at the next one!

  

  less a zombie for that. Speaking of which, sleep is very important ... important things include saving this cookie for Selena[/caption] I mention ... , and ended the semester with new ideas for my existing stories and a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  H I C C U P S takeaways from a Bollywood film

  

  and tiring week) to watch a Bollywood film. All I was really looking for ... musical sequence. When my younger brother hit the play button, I was already ... hiccup in English), however, has had me scrambled in thoughts for days now

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  doctor worm not a real doctor but i am a real worm

  

  easy for me to go into lab and spend all of my time there to run away ... between steps. i still have a lot to do. i have papers for a discussion-based class tomorrow that i haven't read yet, and i have a quiz for my other

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 8, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Beaver Nation An intro to athletics at MIT

  

  practice for a few hours to play the sport I love. There’s nothing better ... to hear that 20 percent of the undergraduate population at MIT plays a ... sacrifice academics for athletics, and very rarely the opposite, either. A big

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • November 12, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Living in the Past The one where people drive up just to visit me.

  

  for the weekend. Well, if I'd known they were coming, I would have ... friend Alex (trumpet), who plays in the Bluecoats drum and bugle corps, was going to stay with them at their hotel that night and, for some reason

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 13, 2005