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• Blog / CPW

  CPW will not be perfect and it doesn’t have to be

  

  Student Days or something similar). It’s a weekend of mythic proportions--3.14 days filled with student-run events, and one of MIT’s most iconic ... whether or not to enroll here. It’s also one of the most overwhelming

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 8, 2026
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 2) may the data be ever in my favor

  

  of 5 games played by the MIT community. Playing the games was straightforward, but winning them was not. The top-ranked players of each game were ... response was determined by the collective responses of all the other players

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Lax bros and their workflows

  

  The start of spring is an important time — not because summer is ... because the sun stays out past 6 pm. No, the start of spring means one thing ... games are staples of an MIT student-athlete’s spring. Those games are a

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  IAP Cooking a journey of uncooked pasta and cold pho

  

  pretty much lived off of avocado toast in the morning and Maseeh dining for lunch and dinner. I got slightly sick of dining hall food after a while ... of free time on campus. For some background, we are 100% self

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

  18.S190 Pt.2 lecture videos go brr

  

  This is an (albeit short) update of this post from a while back ... time here thus far. So far on the blogs, I have written about two of them ... to write about a few more of these projects over the summer, but I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  [annotation note="read, they still haven't kicked me out of the group chat yet."]Until very recently,[/annotation] I was the president of Next House, the dormitory where I live. The role of dorm president is often a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Worms, Revisited a reflection on decisions from here

  

  Song: Ramblings of a Lunatic by Bears In Trees Two months ago, I ... instance, younger you is a part of you in the same way your arm is). Hence ... with every version of yourself throughout time, for better or for worse

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 18, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  a jaunt to Philadelphia We went to the AWP writing conference!

  

  I’m sitting on the floor of my dorm [annotation note = "I am actually ... of American ensemble, and the light is softer now. I like it. I ... robot gods. Tonight, I am sifting through pages of fiction, recalling the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 26, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Write Academic Papers a look into how i wrote my final paper

  

  Over the past couple years at MIT, I've had to write a lot of papers ... and Culture class: Each paper must be an original written piece of work that takes up a topic covered under the thematic of games & culture

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  Not every writer is an artist. Not every piece of writing is a work of art. I realized this last year as a high school senior when I was frantically typing up essays fueled by caffeine and a tinge of desperation. Each

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  Last year, I made a HUGE decision. I decided to move off of MIT ... it was his home.  I wrote plenty of times about how it was my home ... think I'm special, in a way. The kind of way where life threw a lot of

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi Day Eve A doodle and some old advice

  

  until that fated time, but it will be. I tried to think of what high ... tens of other posts written by tens of other bloggers instead of being so ... think of to do for this post is one of those drawings where you smush a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Blog: Operation Overgourd A different kind of pumpkin drop (by Lauren H. '16!)

  

  have spent here, MIT has a lot of completely amazing people. One of these ... have the dangerous dual combination of both being full of awesome project ... 's got a blog of her own, The Fullerene Incident, where she documents her

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Doggy Birthday Meet Simmons Hall's smallest - and furriest - new resident, who just turned 8.

  

  zookeeper described as being the size of a stick of butter. Like a number of ... , delighting a contingent of residents who'd spent the past year campaigning for ... Maseeh and Burton Conner, to have one on the premises. In honor of

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Events

  All Hallow’s Eve You're never too old to trick-or-treat...

  

  -promised pictures of my friends and I being all dorky and appreciative of Doctor Who ... 's equivalent of Residential Advisors--housemasters, and associate housemasters ... , chocolate covered strawberries, and, of course, mini variety packs of candy

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 1, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Tragedy for MIT and Boston Devastating news for our community.

  

  on campus, apparently by one of the Marathon bombers. As of the time I write this (8:15am on April 19), one of the bombers is reportedly dead ... local ABC affiliate, boston.com, and Reddit. In light of these events

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Measurements How do you measure a year in the life?

  

  Campus to the Z-Center one day when my favorite song of the musical theatre genre came on ("Seasons of Love" from Rent). As I belted out the ways they ... first quantity that came to mind was distance and the easiest unit of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Building a Ballpit The trials and tribulations of an impromptu rush project

  

  (since last year.) All of the furniture has been moved to the edges of the ... every inch of carpet. Tools are everywhere: most of them neatly piled and ... , a measuring tape that someone is going to come back to. Every color of

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you do for fun around here? What,this isn't fun to you?

  

  A friend of mine ended up studying lit at a nearby college here in ... . As I walked her around the myriad of different labs that serve host to mechanical wonders in various states of disarray, blabbing incessantly about

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Open Letter Employers love students with dorm desk experience.

  

  Probably one of the most lucrative jobs on campus is that of the dorm ... easy to multi-task. I am one of said desk workers at Baker, and early last month I made the terrible mistake of taking one of the 8am-10am

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 8, 2010