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  Real Snow! Real pictures this time.

  

  of my life, my floormates and I packed our bags and headed up to New ... Despite what I said last time, I did manage to snap a couple of pictures of CPW, so here they are: Mason '10 (yes, that Mason, from the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Giving Back (Guest Entry) Guest Entry by Kenny '13

  

  friends here at MIT who take care of me in times of ups and downs; there is an abundance of opportunities here at MIT to grow and learn more ... I am also a brother of Zeta Beta Tau here at MIT, working to help the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 5, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  yards morphed into a new plan that would introduce the most iconic unit of measurement to date: the Smoot. This new unit of measurement was the height of ... than usual. I am holding pallets of bright green, yellow, and purple

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  My freshman year is almost over honest thoughts on it

  

  new people and hang out with old friends, out of the fear that they won ... 'm thinking about all of this means that I'm at least changing, right? Sometimes ... first year at MIT, but I feel less excited and more dissatisfied about the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 16, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  all time ever does is pass and all i ever do is remember

  

  my life. because the reality is, there's not a lot of new and exciting ... i've realized i spend most of my time trying to divorce myself from the present, lingering in corners of the past. revisiting things that

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Am Excited a day in life of a student

  

  infinite. That is, it’s on a whole new level of infinity, and this makes ... necessary to marvel at its results and review the pages of in-class proofs ... will appear at the back of my consciousness. It will be vivid and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Killer Mike, Lupe Fiasco, and the Dancing Body of the State five gatherings of many people

  

  in the back of the room who asked good questions. There are so many new ... This week was surreal, like turning pages in a book of moving ... Body of the State    Thursday afternoon, Thomas DeFrantz, a

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Funny pictures of me I wear a New Year's party hat. That's funny, right?

  

  on one of the New Year's party hats that were decorated by the 6-year ... SHAKEN: And that was my New Year's Eve. My first adventure of the new ... 's like impossible to think of some clever 4 word phrase to encapsulate your

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Hello Blogosphere! My dirty little secret...(I've never taken calculus)

  work at MIT Admissions!? The kid who used to complain about how much you hated science at the back of every one of my classes?" And, well... he ... increasingly became one of few Black/Puerto Rican students in those classes

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 8, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Set Your Alarm for CPW 2019 i'm entirely serious

  

  , which was scheduled to leave at 9:30AM. My head was full of questions ...  hundreds of student-run events to welcome the class of 2023 and help them figure ... – like, 5AM late – talking to students on Saturday night of CPW. When I

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • April 10, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  a most beautiful camping trip it's always good to get back to nature <3

  

  It's pretty common at MIT for living groups to take advantage of the ... packed full of sleeping bags, tents, and food. We were headed about 2 ... it kept us warm), and then woke up at 7 am on Saturday to go hiking all

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Low Balance A epic story of Chinese food, heartbreak, and loss. All because I have no TechCash.

  

  a pretty sizeable amount at the beginning of the semester, since I ... the basement of the student center, and use it to buy food at dining ... , and it doesn't run out at the end of the semester, either - it just

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Blog Projects

  I Made the MIT Admissions Blog TCG and YOU can get your own cards at CPW!!🃏🎴💳

  

  of small here, you can open it in a new tab at this link!] [Click on a ... This Project is supported by RealTalk@MIT. It is a part of a larger body of research from Cassie Lee at the MIT Media Lab in the Center for

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • April 13, 2026
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivered celebrating halfway at the finish line

  

  students traditionally receive Brass Rats in the spring of sophomore year at ... , which was held last weekend at the Boston Park Plaza. Table of Contents ... the new Brass Rat design. I went to the Class of 2022 Ring Premiere in

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 22, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s FPOPpin’ Whatchu know 'bout me?

  

  coached a new generation of creative writers with Will '12 in the ancient ... As the advent of another academic year approaches, I feel somewhat ... with excitement and wonder. Of course, the honeymoon didn't last forever

  • by Tom R. '14
  • September 6, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why was I up so early this weekend? Reaffirming my faith in humanity and destroying my confidence with computers

  

  Both days last weekend I got up at ungodly-early hours (read: 7:30am ... for the first time last weekend, and it was a great success. Offering a top prize of $25,000, Math Prize draws girls from all over the country

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  IAP Cooking a journey of uncooked pasta and cold pho

  

  trying new types of cuisine with friends. IAP still felt rushed at times ... questionable at times—one of the notable ones being baked potatoes—so we wanted ... new restaurants nearby or in Boston. One of my friends sent an Instagram

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 10, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  4 Jack Bauer, eat your heart out.

  

  . 10:49 -- Shouts of "Oreos at front desk?" abound from down the hallway ... . Lucky that I did, because the thing was FREAKING COVERED WITH A COLONY OF ... took it back to the bathroom to wash it off. 10:12 -- There's a bag of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  of major in the comments. If you offer to bring me cookies at CPW, I ... for about two weeks at the beginning of this year until MIT was like ... (COUGHMITCOUGH), which, I mean, is a kind of a big deal and will in fact influence

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Benzene Back Take it to the lab!

  

  day of 5.12 (organic chemistry) our professor offered a free t-shirt to ... 'm actually officially no longer a freshman (woo!). The amount of things I have to say, though, is inversely proportional to the amount of energy I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 24, 2007