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• Blog / CPW

  the two sides of CPW CPW as told by a prefrosh and an upperclassman

  

  that I've had in a very, very long time - it was great to see all of East ... spontaneity. planning how long I’d spend at food events was a big ol’ waste of ... It so happened that my younger sister got accepted into the Class of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 24, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Feedback

  

  For those of you who attended: How was it? What was your favorite part? What would you tell those who couldn't attend?

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  print “Hello, World!\n”; Everything you ever needed to know about me

  

  preschool, my well-intentioned dad taught me how to say “stop it” to arm me ... , email (lidusha[at]mit[dot]edu), talk to me. It’s not so long since I was ... warped “stop it” into something that sounded more like “stupid.” My

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  . It was a big, nervous change for me because I am not only change-averse but also terrified of heights, but it turned out to be a fantastic idea ... recommend you loft your bed, and loft it high. My fear of heights—at least

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Introducing the New 2017 Bloggers Let's get ready to ruuummmmble!

  

  Reckoning. It wasn’t really like that. We spent FOUR HOURS in our committee ... and permutations of our cohort, duking it out (I mean, as close to duking it out as is possible with Allan, the gentlest and most thoughtful

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laurie Burns: Studying Triple-GEM foils Senior Laurie Burns is conducting a comparative study of foils used in triple-GEMs.

  

  voltage difference appears because the Kapton is an insulator and does not ... surface would be amplified below. It may be easier to think of the GEM as a ... oscilloscope, it can detect, for example, whether a particle is an electron or a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…

  

  just to have you leave a few years later. I know how important it is for ... Today (well yesterday, since it's past midnight), while browsing ... life and I have always admired their ability to seemingly "have it all

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt Day 1 Liveblogging the beginning of this year's campus-wide puzzling competition.

  

  Hunt is a weekend-long competition at MIT where people team up to solve ... least for now -- "How to Succeed at the MIT Mystery Hunt by Being Really Really Awesome." Here's Dan '03 announcing it in Lobby 7: 11:40pm: Wow

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art in burton conner making do in a non-mural building

  

  , and although it's not like how things used to be, I'm happy that the ... ="88836" /] and that's that! it's interesting to see how current art compares with ... of hanging canvases that are dispersed throughout our floors. it's a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  GTL Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 [IAP 2025] A January I won't forget

  

  questions for me. Is it hard to study at MIT? How did you get into MIT? What ... Kazakh snacks. It turns out it was another one of the school’s unique ... shoqan[/caption] Something I really appreciated about Shoqan was how

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  Vicennial wikipedia says this means 20th

  

  horizon for who can say how long, moving away the closer you get to it. In ... inside its pot for too long, with all the water that it needs, its roots ... ; it would depend on how competitive the application was or how many

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 9, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  then and now a reflection on the very bad

  

  long in too much detail. To this day, when I think back on it, I can ... out as long as I did had it not been for them. Don't get me wrong, I ... warnings: suicide ment, depression ment 1. The first time it happened

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 5, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snacks on a Plane And other minor horrors of leaving MIT for the first time in a year.

  

  , except that it starts with a strategic and misleading adverb. One of my ... worst one-word sentence hooks ever. See? Apparently, I forgot how to ... without actually integrating it” and “I like Feynman” after one year

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 20, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  food diaries pt. 1 ...adulting?

  

  'm loving it. Deciding what I'm going to make in the next week, buying ingredients, and putting it all together is so satisfying, especially when I can ... during the last ~2 minutes of cooking. It's so filling and gooooooooood ugh

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 2, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Pluto Flyby and how MIT was involved

  

  half years and 3 billion miles later, it has reached its destination and made its closest approach to Pluto. It sent back a preliminary photo of ... facing towards Pluto to collect data. Once it's finished, it will turn back

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  parts, and it is far above my capabilities to explain how it is done. But ... . I guess I find it hard to see how to incorporate both punches and ... how to describe it, partially because my own understanding is kinda

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Additional Questions & Answers Regarding Music At MIT If you've pursued music in high school and wish to continue doing so in college,…

  make every effort to include as many students as possible. 3. How does ... [email protected] to see if it is still possible. 5. Are the ensembles available for ... , it is necessary to pass a short playing exam on the literature at the

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot of a Week Food, radio, James Bond, and soccer in an unusually eventful week.

  

  be centered. Stupid HTML. It's not my fault though. Seriously. Three ... : $75. This camera has served me faithfully and it's been all over the world. It's one of my most prized possessions, but it's mostly useless for

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  “Exactly” the Same We're not being too critical! We're MIT students!

  

  like they could be the second half of a year." "Hmmm, how does this ... Mystery Hunt ended just over a week ago and I think it's safe to say that many people are still recovering from it. I've been trying really

  • by Snively '11
  • January 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I can tell that we are gonna be friends (part 1) I'm talking to you, Alan Guth.

  

  ." I shrieked and slammed my computer shut. I sheepishly opened it up again, re-read the e-mail, and confirmed that it still said "Alan Guth ... , it's worth mentioning that for a number of people here, "office number

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 2, 2011