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• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being an Upperclassman Less than two years left

  

  throughout elementary, middle and even high school. I am now one of them. The past two years have been great, and I anticipate that the next two will ... needing to eventually find a real job and about knowing what I want to do. I

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  off, sprouted leaves and thorns and eventually grew legs and started ... that statement, it made me cringe, and I decided I don't want that ... . More than not there's some aspect of selfishness and self-validation to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Days My traditional end-of-summer recap post, in technicolor.

  

  citizen, but something definitely happened. Friends, I grew this summer, and ... , began exercising on a daily basis, and even quit pulling the pigtails of that girl who sits in front of me in class. I also took out the trash and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Discovering Yourself A bit more mushy than normal. . . deal.

  

  jockeying for social status and acceptance in teenage hormone land, otherwise ... classes you took was something that defined you and dictated what your day ... allow me to tell you something exciting and maybe a little concerning. As

  • by Snively '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life… [Biochemistry] Life as a biochemist at MIT and Cambridge

  

  , at MIT and Cambridge." I think the best way to illustrate the ... scientist and an engaging lecturer, sprays dozing students with water from a squirt bottle, and has a dog named McEnzyme) and the amazing Prof. Ting

  • by Cambridge
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  More Updates from Cambridge It's CPW 24/7 here. We can't wait to see you.

  

  , going until 9am Friday. Black holes, quantum computing, neuroscience, and ... wrestler and WWE Champion Mick Foley (a.k.a. Mankind, a.k.a. Cactus Jack, a ... . Thursday at 5pm. An open house and presentation of new undergraduate

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Days in NYC

  

  , and juniors here, and we come from all sorts of majors -- Course 2: Mech ... is done here is litigation-based and strictly confidential, I can ... other MIT students who are working as externs on Wall Street, and we had

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [joint post] unsubscribe a post about fortune cookies

  

  seven times in this calendar year, and, also, spoilers for a future blog ... phrases in the English language. CJ: Business, then. It was a dark and ... stormy. I was visiting Shuli in East Campus one night, and, afterwards

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 7, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  there is no time left musings on death and the future

  

  no classes on tuesdays and thursdays, i’m trying to make progress on 2 research projects so i have no choice but to work a lot, and so on. but i ... and eventual death by overdose. it’s probably one of the saddest things

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 22, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing: La Maison Française (French House) No, you don't have to speak French to live here.

  

  stretches for your hamstrings and calves, and then climb to the top of the stairs (and feel thankful that you aren’t dragging an enormous suitcase or ... Mario Kart, or Rock Band. They're preoccupied, so keep walking, and enter

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eleven "And the award for 'least creative entry title ever' goes to..."

  

  I know, I know, I haven't written in forever and a week. Um, yeah ... people who you always think of by both first and last name all the time ... a novel and I decided a list would be the best way. I keep lists of

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Building a Robot in 3 Days FIRST X MIT Edition

  

  global nonprofit organization that runs after-school STEM programs and ... LEGO League (FLL), FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), and FIRST Robotics ... regions), and FRC targets high school students. Each program has an annual

  • by Hala K. '29
  • January 25, 2026
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Memories I know this feelin', yes I know it very well (Thutmose)

  

  of my students heard about finding their puzzle piece and the magic ... CPWs past on the walls, and a picture of the quad near room 3-108 rested ... spring, I vocalized the whisper to my friends and was met with blank looks

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  IAP Cooking a journey of uncooked pasta and cold pho

  

  purchased a meal plan last semester for convenience. I didn't cook often and 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

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 10, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  ripping shirts and other clothing mods

  

  shape the world around me, and clothing mods are a great part of that. So ... and dirty little bursts of creativity as the mood strikes and party ... Metropolis for the use of their sewing machine, and for the friends who showed

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 1, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  from prospective students.  Interestingly, and perhaps not surprisingly ... select the right summer and enrichment opportunities to best position my ... the programs will allow your child to learn some things about MIT and

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / Events

  dtyd weekend all party, no planning (for once)

  

  for our current members and alumni. the chaos started on Thursday, where ... [/annotation] and then headed straight to Bhangra practice. since Bhangra was the ... , and then went back to my dorm for my floor's first CPW event, "Deep

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Summer

  five things I love about New York welcome to New York, everybody walks in New York

  

  (The subtitle is from my unpatented and unholy mix of the songs “Walking in LA” by the Missing Persons and “Welcome to New York” by Taylor ... alone and spent a lot of time with myself, and as others have mentioned

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 28, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Caring for the body health, am i right?

  

  many people involved with the production. I cried, I froze, and I ... , being not-a-cis-man. The production's still going, and I recommend ... that people didn't talk about. This is a post about health, and my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  culture within culture i moved to east campus

  

  wanted to meet new people; i was deprived of doing so in a pandemic and ... -for-yourself, and i'd frankly rather drop out than live in a meal plan dorm. i have ... and (mostly) unhealthy and the dining halls are open at strange hours

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 15, 2021