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

  

  to the same questions that students will. That said, it's important to ... encourage them “do their own thing” and know that it's good for you to do the same. It’s the best way for them to figure out if they are comfortable

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 6, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Toons and Tasty Burgers adventures in chalk and tasty-burger-tasting

  

  all, it's a long weekend. Second of all, I painted figurative rainbows ... Comparative Media Studies. I'm kind of considering it. > I have yet to see if ... 've learned since coming here, it's that sleep is very, very, VERY valuable to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  4 years now. I'll be honest, I used to know a whole lot more about it, back when I was in the thick of it. Now, my role as a blogger, is to ... of my own. A lot of it is standard stuff, stuff that you'll hear all

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh the People You See *does a barrel ro-- I mean a double take*

  

  should take very long (oops, gave it away). Now all that's left is to get ... my crap (believe me, a lot of it is crap) up a floor (onto Conner 3 ... almost everything moved and decided to call it a day. All that's left is

  • by Snively '11
  • May 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work VII The triumphant conclusion! Plus, the CIA is watching me.

  

  four colors of paint in my hair. Anyway, it wasn't a problem because my ... few hours and went up to check it out. This is Brian: Over the past ... egg bagel. It was a good morning. Then this one professor raises his

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  Expanding on Pass No Record It's not so much a time machine, as it is a dodgeball cannon!

  

  /didn't really enjoy these classes. Yes, I know, it's MIT, "we're" good at these ... semester here. MIT doesn't want to make you cry (though it happens), so they ... /NR) but nobody has really discussed it. Here's the gist of it. At the end of

  • by Snively '11
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Visiting the Museum of Science science is cool

  

  since the last time I went to a science museum was in eighth grade, it was ... pointed MIT out to us, so I knew it was close, but I didn’t know it was that ... for upcoming venues for adults, such as book clubs and lectures. It’s

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 27, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  the department  It’s been exactly one month since commencement, and I don’t think “being an alum” will hit me until it’s the first week of ... some fun before chaos resumes again. In case you missed it, thousands of

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  SOFT HOUSE five college students doing burpees on gravel at 1 am vibes

  

  I don't know how I'd survive it if I weren't living here. ... experience and it's absolutely wild. Me and six other friends from my living ... , well, "soft" sounds like "soph." IT'S SO GREAT. Living with six of my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wonder ecclesiastes 1:9

  

  first time; for the first time— You learn how to navigate MIT. It’s ... grew up in Valenzuela City. Its longest and busiest road is Mac ... to go to a museum. It was in BGC, which was maybe twelve or so

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Danger Danger! Listen to Burt, duck and cover!

  

  useful as that button seems to be, I'm not sure how much it could actually ... 't belong, it can be unsafe. Do you have any idea how many ohms that is ... to be. It's also a really dangerous place to be. No, no, don't freak

  • by Snively '11
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Small Victories The view from a month into MIT

  

  go to. It's now evident how much MIT throws at its students. I'd be ... , In Time ), and I have to decide how to spend it. MIT is a culture ... opportunities that the sheer number is overwhelming. It's not physically possible

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Getting Help @ MIT by Warren K. ’27

  

  can be a little scary. I think it’s especially hard at MIT because it ... here was experiencing how much MIT prioritizes supporting students ... once. It started with an email to my academic advisor, then a phone call

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 17, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  what your favorite study spot says about you badly stereotyping places to work on campus

  

  why it baffles everyone how you manage to get all your work done on time ... about this "hidden gem" even though it's so crowded that you can never get ... hearing about it. regardless, everyone admires you for being super

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670- Mechanical Engineering Tools- Week 1 Mechanical Engineering Tools (2.670) teaches us the fundamentals of machine and computer tool use so…

  

  about physical principles and how other people have applied them. A formula is written on the board, you think about it, figure out how it was ... taking us around the machine shop and giving a boring explanation on how to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I think I can, I think I can The word "student" sounds like "study." I wonder if there's a correlation.

  

  me, "Isn't MIT supposed to be super hard? How do you find time to have ... "statements" that exist out there about MIT students and how they pull all ... a challenging intellectual environment, but it's not impossible and

  • by Bryan
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  THAT’S RIGHT! AP scores and computing at MIT, these are a few of my favorite things...

  

  'm just excited to see how I did on these tests, even though I know I didn ... absolutely NO IDEA how this happened. I think somebody made a mistake. *grin* I ... clueless about college, so he was like "Well I don't get it, but I'm glad you

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Out and about in the fog at the edge of the world

  

  the raw scale of man fill my view only when I choose to see it. Seeing the world always, overwhelming with its color. Do you feel in your bones ... the sun beating down your temples as you run up against it?  I've been

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Zeno’s Paradox halfway there (again)

  

  where we are now. And you just made it 15 minutes, how bad can 7.5 be?" So ... by intervals. "It's 10:30, so that's three 10 minute intervals before math class, or six 5 minute intervals. It's fifteen minutes til we are

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 17, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Pursuing CS as a (near) beginner being a prospective CS major with little programming experience

  

  's just something about it. this is how i got interested in biomedical ... how this happened, but I think it started from Science Olympiad tryouts ... it holds little relevance to my prospective major. computer science

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 14, 2022