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• Blog / Challenges

  chances the point is to let yourself be helped

  

  updates and discuss what you’ll do in the coming week. I’ve been fortunate ... IAP or summer that I did full-time work, I arrived at the office at 7 a ... ’s a very time-consuming class that I had been really looking forward to

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 26, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The Parent’s Guide to CPW ...it's not just for Prefrosh!!

  

  weekend has in store for that set of guests. But before I do that here are ... the campus itself and the best way to do that is on foot. Even just a ... , all the time" and to a large extent our office is that way too. We

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 6, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  (beginnings in which I say hello, and explain that unclosed parenthesis.

  

  . That's a difficult question for me to answer, because there's so much I ... what you're going to get. But I do expect that my MIT experience will transform me in ways that I never expected, expose me to people I never would

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / Events

  What if You Didn’t Like CPW? is MIT still the place for you?

  

  of fun meeting a you future froshies in person. Today I wanted to ... around in the back of my head. I felt I wouldn't fit in unless my idea of a ... with mashed potatoes. Like the prefrosh in that thread, I too was one of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITwitter That's possible the worst portmanteau I've ever made.

  

  title, this has something to do with twitter. It is in fact a historic day ... that I now have a twitter account), plus there's a lot of corporate and ... opposed to all things apple, I've shared my dislike and disinterest in the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 19, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  West Coast Trip Report some work, some play, lots of nerd stuff

  

  proceeded to scream into an iPhone in a bathroom in the Mission so loudly that ... I'm back in Boston and absurdly jetlagged. I promised, though, that I ... 's always good to know that if this admissions thing doesn't work out I have a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 30, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  typically the biggest travel days in the U.S. Why? Because that day (today!) is Thanksgiving day, which is a BIG DEAL in the U.S. Considering the ... natives and the settlers. I think that's a pretty comprehensive overview of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  and molecular bio, so 7.015 is a good time and I like that it's a ... feeling that I should try to get a more solid foundation in calculus at MIT ... I landed in Boston on a cloudy day about a week ago, and...it sure

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My UROP Experiences Research is kinda cool.

  

  before dead week is pretty stressful, as every class tries to cram in that ... opportunity to put some of your thoughts in a textbook. I've had the distinct ... , I tried to do numerical analysis of the propagation of radio waves in

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2023!

  

  It is summer in Cambridge, which means that: every morning I wake ... potted Cattley Guava is fruiting (in USDA zone 6!) it is time for those ... today in class, and so forth. The mission of the blogs is to help our

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends My last last day of school

  

  fatigue, I have a lot of fun fielding questions and discussing ways in which ... happened in those missing four hours, I finally open a Word document at 11 ... its pdf attachment are catapulted into cyberspace, I realize that it is

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 21, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  07/07/07 Speaking of numbers: the number seven in particular, brought to you by the birthday of…

  

  ! Sadly, Ash and I were both in such a food coma that we were unable to ... out, though, that you need a reservation in order to go skydiving, and ... suggested that I do seven things to commemorate this fortuitous day. "Like

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  DISCLAMER: Again I must inform students that this post is directed at ... found a few nuggets of wisdom in my last post that will help you and your ... , come on in, the water is just fine. In my first piece I addressed

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  character would. For example, let us say that your character is a middle-aged politician who is in New York City on a campaign tour when Godzilla attacks. As ... visit MIT you'll check to see whether the Guild is running a game that

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Escaping MIT Maybe if I just get far enough away, my finals will cease to exist!

  

  -to-back, followed by a third on Thursday. I would say that I’ll blog about the result ... if I’ve ever been the first person to do <obscure thing> in < ... than it seems, since it's rare that I can focus tunnel-vision style on a

  • by Joel G. '18
  • May 16, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  “But I’m not cool…” Dr. Suess but shitty? Dr. Suess but angsty?

  

  stairs, Tried a whole lot of things that I should’ve cared  Enough to ... know is surprised to hear That I have an internship.   I ... think I’m crazy.   “I’ll get a UROP to have something to do.” But

  • by Powers '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 2) notes from the second day

  

  that this is, in fact, a theme of my overall life already. I read a ... some point in that last hour and a half, I ended up falling asleep, and ... like, but I am hoping that there is still a good hour or two of working

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Tips for a Pleasant Olfactory Experience how to make your room smell good

  

  having that has just a slight fragrance. Avoiding bad smells is pretty ... ziplock bag. Back in my room, I put one card on a shelf near my radiator. My ... Back in the fall, I wasn't really sure if I made the right choice

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 9, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  thinking of them. In fact, I even wrote a little outline of this blog down on ... in a poor test grade. It happens. As the semester went on, I ... story is that MIT's a challenging place, but you're never alone if you

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Openness This one's serious, no silly link. Read it.

  

  admissions will never tell you. I do this because this is why I feel the blogs ... interesting. I'm a blogger, I blog about content that I like. That's why you ... of context and that prefrosh understand the background In the past I

  • by Snively '11
  • October 26, 2008