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• 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 ... kiddie kid stuff for little kids. He went to the informative events, but ... to know people from so many backgrounds, all with different ideas for

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

  fun facts about random stuff sometimes i just like learning new things

  

  returned to Finland and set a new 10K world record that stood for 13 years ... bed for hours, playing games, watching sports, etc. But one not-quite-potato thing that I’ve been doing is trying to learn a lot of trivia — time on

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 5, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  becomes pleasure, but often you have to grit your teeth for a long time ... principles and am trying to make up for it in efficiency. More concretely, I ... I've spent the past few days untangling my personal life, which has

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a lesson in the feminine arts aka mfa boston and a rant on enjoying art

  

  ", there's nothing to do except appreciate it for how good it looks. I haven ... Last year when deciding which colleges I wanted to apply to, I had ... Utah to Virginia, but there was no way I could go four years without at

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 30, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life as a Physics Major- Research and Junior Lab(Part 2) Long and verbose. But I hope you find time to read it.

  

  underwater; I've been helping my friend edit his personal statements for grad ... search for transiting exoplanets pushes CCD instrumentation to its ... got to be in California. Classes prepare you for all the research (that

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 29, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  four weeks in the life a google calendar time capsule

  

  [/annotation] by going to Texas Roadhouse. It's time for us all to renew our vows of ... Bowl Buzzer Pickup: For Science Bowl, we needed to lug 24 boxes of ... Lobster Bowl — we work with them closely!) to Next House in preparation for

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 4, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  some thoughts i have a few

  

  it's about time I tackle some of the more difficult things for me to talk about. These are pretty hard for me to talk about, mainly because I ... for 5 hours, whether that be on Zoom or in person, being thrown around

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 10, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Springtime I actually had no time to write this entry, which is why I cannot explain…

  

  renewal and other synonyms for “change” that I don't have time to look up in ... neighbors over for dinner.) No surprise that I've decided to room at pika ... even if you do have to pay for it. I think it averages to about 2 dollars

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two answers on a Saturday night Because SNL's a rerun and we just finished our movie from Netflix

  

  Question One Elizabeth asked, I have one... I was talking to my dad, trying to make decisions about this whole college application thing, and he said if I were planning on going to medical school I should definitely

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  ="However, honorary Pirating Certificates have been given, like to Matt Damon for his ... test, which requires you to tread water for FIVE MINUTES. I can’t even ... in a pool deep enough for me to have to swim since I was, like, 8. So

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  computation as I go. Ask me to do math for math's sake, or to do an MIT ... . I'm still sad that I've lost my old love for it, and really need to ... thekeri said: And to Laura: update? Please? I'm suffering over Spring

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Why Leadership? (guest post) Inclusive leadership and vision-building at LeaderShape 2018.

  

  from my face. Overwhelmed at my desire for his dream to be the world ... committed to learn with us together as he shared his hope for MIT to be ... only one responsible for my own growth as a leader, and I need to seek

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 21, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Done (this summer) or Why I Haven't Blogged in a Month

  

  to have many easily accessible resources for academic, personal, and ... Working for Veterans Affairs It’s 7am on a Tuesday, and I need to get ... “punky,” and I felt welcomed. I never expected to work for the U

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  friendful life recently

  

  is a hotspot for birders!) joanna always being willing to grab lunch ... no different. i’d like to think that i’m an optimistic person. i hope ... me it was really sweet how that person described their experience in

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Events, Food, and Awesomeness: CPW A story about how CPW is more awesome than lobsters

  

  memory. This spring break, I went to Chicago with my family for a weekend ... . Campus Preview Weekend for me was a chance to create a real first ... really is just for the fun of it. But it’s a great opportunity to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries

  

  for now folks! Next time, we might just venture off campus to explore ... Disclaimer: This post was supposed to be written a whole 6 months ago ... down my to-do list. But here it finally is! Hey everybody! I'm Lady

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  TLM The Land of MIT. It's a planet.

  

  traveling to different planets, perhaps living in a ship for years until ... 't have time to breathe." Night only falls for 4-8 hours a day, depending on ... hard, this is the perfect place for you to build more and bigger rockets

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  An Adventure on the Charles In which Kate fails spectacularly, except at storytelling.

  

  (which might seem weird to some of you, but for me it’s actually really ... . The idea for today was to push off the dock, sail about halfway across ... , I decided there was nothing for it: I was going to have to try a Hard

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  FourFiveUnits all you could ever want to know about my semester schedule

  

  's healthy for my brain and GPA to have a little bit more "free" time in the ... addition to all of the above, I will be... Cooking food for myself instead ... editing News and Career features for JYI (~2 hrs/week) Going to dinner

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  feeling grown up walking in adult clothing

  

  person in a room. explaining to a nine-year-old what an fmri is. seeing ... one of the prompts i answered, when i applied to be a blogger (and ... myself i'm not tired all the time. offices. having a desk to myself

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 17, 2022