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• Blog / Admissions

  T-Minus Six Days Ready for the best four days of your life? CPW 2010 ftw!!

  

  so t-shirts (though most of them were at least three sizes too big for me because I apparently fail at pushing my way to the front of the line ... struggling under the sudden influx of CPW-related e-mails, and my willpower to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 2, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Typhoon, Wedding Highlights from my trip to Asia.

  

  For most of the past month, I was traveling in southeast Asia, a trip ... . I feel like such a nerd for taking a picture of the engine, but it was very cool -- all of the boat engines were converted from used Honda car

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT gave my pod free art supplies!! and despite being hosed, we used them

  

  In January, I heard about an Arts at MIT initiative that provides grants of between $50 and $250 to pods and virtual groups for art supplies ... , pleasure, and community building," and anyone of any level could apply as

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 7, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Patriots’ Day Rejuvenated by a Reenactment

  

  tip: don’t get sick while at MIT. So when my friend Roxana '09 suggested biking to see the Battle of Lexington, I was THRILLED! We woke at ... activities for the past two weeks have been working during the day, working at

  • by Kim D. '09
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  We Want You! Write for us!

  

  As per usual, CPW has again come and again, all of the prefrosh will be going insane trying to eat 500 lbs of food, watch people juggle with fire, run around campus at odd hours of the night, watch NextACT, and

  • by Snively '11
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Poetry from 5 AM This Morning Don't worry, I drank an entire MUG of espresso

  

  This girl is tired. Verrryyyyyyy tired. I had a lot of ideas for what I wanted to post this weekend. A month into my time at MIT I can ... week has been a wild ride. To quantify it: Five hours of sleep per

  • by Powers '23
  • September 30, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another one! The return to campus, round III

  

  promise you: the excitement never wears off! Even after a day full of ... of a thrill upon seeing the Dome for the first time in months. As soon as I stepped out of the cab, I could tell that everyone else felt the

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • September 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s for dinner? The joy of cooking

  

  proponent of the dining system (or lack thereof) at MIT. I’ve eaten in a ... I made some of my best friends, and where I got to use a bit of my own creativity. I really like cooking. It is kind of fun to look in your pantry

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  61 Things to Love About Boston Give or take a few.

  

  A lot of the day-to-day communication at MIT happens, not through ... , it's convenient - and at MIT, everyone checks it. They don't call this the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for nothing, after all

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  One for sorrow, two for joy Never surrender your dreams.

  

  occasions I've made bad decisions solely of my own accord; at other times, it ... , I've gotten a lot of work done (three problem sets, one group project, and one revised essay) while still finding a decent amount of time for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The reading season begins

  

  ? That's right -- the first completed folders of the year. The brown ... reading carefully every sheet of paper in your folder and summarizing the case on that summary card. Then, in a month, we'll bring all of the cases

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Testimony from an ’11 By: Debbie, '11

  

  have to say, this is one of the coolest drapes I saw at East Campus. Wow ... MIT Admissions webpage in hope of a new entry every hour. Anyways, since I basically spent most of my weekend with her, I figured that it

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Psets! This starts out artsy, but I promise it's going to go downhill really fast.

  

  Things Work". This class starts at the level of MOSFETs (basic electronic ... I woke up this morning at 8:15, 45 minutes after my alarm was going to go off. I go and look at my computer (which is supposed to be my

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 7, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything is different now That's ok, I have a cat now

  

  music and anime has been constant. I was shocked at how many of my posts ... month. My last year at MIT, I spent most of it ignoring school work and ... . Within three months, all of the confidence I had developed at MIT was

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Odd Jobs How non-seniors can occupy their time before and during graduation

  

  of the coffeehouse at one point, but his successor wanted to rename the ... of Car Talk (an NPR radio show about cars) spoke at their commencement ... Because my summer plans are about as fluid as one of those squishy

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  happenings and other life events. Of course, our conversation arrived at the ... the thought that I, personally, am representative of anything at MIT ... preserve a more interesting mix of classes at any given time. After the first

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hi, I’m New Here The requisite introduction.

  

  aforementioned locations. Jamaica. Florida - and the very tip of it at that. I ... running around in the courtyard screaming at the first sign of flakes. Yes ... don't have to be the best at everything. Neither do you. It's kind of a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.

  

  .) They were some of my most exciting and carefree days at MIT. Once classes ... year, and the rest of your career at MIT: Use your resources!!!!!!!! You ... Class of '10: getting super ready and excited for school? I hope you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Events

  SpaceVision 2010 Space is cool.

  

  incapable I am of doing anything at all in the morning) and confirmed that he ... needed. I've always loved space. My favorite part of plane rides is at ... danger of falling flat on my face, because when I walk at night I tend to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 13, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what’s the point? on impact, art, external validation, and remembering to be kind

  

  better? This has always been a pet peeve of mine, and, at this point ... is really in the art where the questions sit at the forefront of my ... 've often thought of writing as this kind of deeply lonely task. You sit at

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 21, 2024