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• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

  , classes, and program offerings. I actually learned about MIT's Washington DC ... my CPW! Interspaced between pictures of Boston and campus were other assorted pictures—midnight karaoke, bleached hair, and lots, lots, lots of

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  why i chose mit the paths not traveled

  

  that didn't flatter my face and blunt bangs I cut myself. It was spring break of eighth grade, and my family was on a vacation visiting the East ... 's been a decade, and only brief snippets of that MIT still remain in my

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  work expands to fill the space available

  

  material changes every time it's offered and i can retake it for credit. this ... post up by tonight, and though i just started writing this post i ... ! that's the least number of classes i've ever taken in mit, and the least

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19

  

  for internships. I got lucky and managed to quickly get a few offers for ... take a gap year, how the first week went, and what my plans are for the next 51 weeks. Motivation and Rationale I've discussed briefly in some

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  checked off 101 things to do before you graduate...

  

  also my one and only visit to the state. Get to know your professors ... and realized I have a lot of half-finished blogs, which is a bit tragic ... the course and building numbers ✅ This one I was able to accomplish

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights, Sounds, Smells, Tastes, and Feels of IAP photo dump

  

  entrepreneurship program. We saw the Empire State Building and visited interesting ... Sights Las Vegas: At CES 2017, my friends and I networked with startup founders, rode an UberCHOPPER for free, and got into the Tech

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The second-to-last first two days of class Having classes 3 days a week rocks.

  

  psychology grew out of a call for universal education, and that it reciprocally ... After talking to my friends during the first week of senior year and ... three days. And, if you're sly (or legitimately busy, but nobody can tell

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  longing for the “chill and settled” state-of-mind SSSs had since say ... probably focused on getting into college, and much of your life may have been ... to get in and got in or had all the passion in the world for MIT and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Putz and Tetazoo are friends!! field notes from a faraway land

  

  East Campus"]Tetazoo[/annotation] and a resident of [annotation note ... for a week. Putz and Tetazoo have quite the relationship, one that involves many a prank and snark. During their stays, each resident is to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My Disappointment Is Immeasurable And My Day Is Ruined A story about cream soda

  

  that was the United States. As a chronically online Gen Z-er, I’d already ... fateful night during a Phineas and Ferb marathon. What exactly is cream soda ... make theirs from melon soda and a scoop of vanilla ice cream. [gallery

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / CPW

  I’m nervous to meet you A letter to the prefrosh at the dawn of CP*

  

  MIT, glue then back together, and show you this amazing institution from ... , offer advice, joke around, and tell all of you, face to face, that if I ... , departments, administration, and admissions office have worked tirelessly on

  • by Powers '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  pretty psyched to see just how cool the PE offerings at MIT are! A small ... machines (or myself)! The course taught me that and more. The first couple classes were spent quickly going over how to use each of the machines and

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Sometimes, I am invisible and other female experiences

  

  class at The Ohio State University and I am one of three females in a ... festival in Davis Square with an array of arts and crafts vendors. I’ve been ... . No, this is a fancier event. The handmade cups here cost $68. And I am

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 18, 2016
• Blog / Summer

  Beaches and Bioreactors summer is gone and I'm trying to move on

  

  first-year orientation, when all of the frats and sororities host ... [/annotation], and the end of my UROP, the start of classes felt like an afterthought ... Working on my class's Brass Rat design ...and, arguably most importantly

  • by Nicholas R. '29
  • September 25, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hilbert’s Third Problem (A Story of Threes) Holy mathematics, Batman! Math at MIT, and why we need calculus to define volume.

  

  ’d gotten from my computer science classes and general institute requirements ... research in Germany, first at his hometown university and then at G ... , and geometry.) The math CI-Ms are small classes, taught almost

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Advice from Graduating Seniors to incoming freshmen

  

  the Class of 2021 will gather and President Reif will give a welcoming ... ; MIT can be overwhelming will all the advice you hear left and right. But ... personal growth, and a big part of that is understanding your limits. Find

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  personal biases and cultural influences. It wasn’t until I took a moment to sit down and write my opinions on personal and political matters and ... understanding of how my Ethiopian and American roots played a part. For example, I

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A quick one, while he’s away I write reviews of things that I know nothing about.

  

  things and I thought I would relate them to you in the form of reviews. I ... me. First, I went to see "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" with ... Roald Dahl's major output (Chocolate Factory, Glass Elevator, James and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How MIT students are trying to change education by biking across America.

  

  anyone can offer to mentor, but they'll have to go through an interview and ... week (more on that soon) and am here to spotlight an incredible project a ... . Who: 9 students from MIT and UC Berkeley What: Biking across the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 10, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The New Show In Town [by David Freilach, Guest Blogger/Assistant Director, LVAC] ARTalk guest blogger David Freilach checks out the…

  

  weeks before it opened. I suppose as a member of the MIT community and a ... to be honest, it was because I live around the corner and had been ... the space. As we walked through the spaces—public, backstage, and

  • by ARTalk
  • August 14, 2008