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• Blog / Admissions

  Selam’s First CPW Some thoughts and odds and ends~

  

  didn’t think I had been super committed to CPW activities, but I actually ... CPW event tomorrow, and then I went to Meet the Bloggers, in which I met ... is on the interwebz rather than IRL. Tomorrow, I am going to be at the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 18, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January Book List Oaks & Poems & Baldwin & Biss

  

  once. They are gentle and severe. I want this woman to teach me how to ... The snow is quiet and deep. I hope all the people who want to read ... phone service, and no problem sets. I went to Powell's, brought my old

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Seattle: Land of the Strange, Skies of the Free where pirates roam the streets and dogs play the bucket-drums

  

  I was walking to the Pacific Science Center with a friend one afternoon, hoping to catch the 8:00 Daft Punk-themed laser show in the ... seems to be some sort of parade or festival every other week. And they

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 14, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Astronomy in Paradise Lost I can't resist.

  

  means by "magnitude." In astronomy, we use the word "magnitude" to describe how bright an object is. Milton could definitely have known that ... and somewhere near the bigness of a star. There's no golden chain to be

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 27, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Science! at the BAH!Fest The science is a lie. The exclamation points are not.

  

  -joke: unexpected and irrational enough to elicit the obligatory chuckle of awkwardness, but still, to everyone’s chagrin, logically sound in a roundabout ... front of a panel of distinguished judges. To the victor go the spoils. And

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 8, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eastward ho! Don't US people normally go to Canada or Mexico before they cross an ocean?

  

  email calling for cover letters to apply for the job. This is how MISTI ... This summer, I decided to take an internship overseas. Where in the ... cardstock that entitle me to a non-reserved seat on what I can best describe

  • by Stanley G.
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  A couple of hacks from a couple of hacks CPW tends to bring out the best work from the esoteric pranksters

  

  for me, seeing all you guys excited to be here and the prospect of studying here reminds me that I'm pretty fortunate to have had the opportunity myself. That's an easy thing to forget when you've got your head

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT, Part VII in which I realize that I am less wise in person, and also a senior

  

  A couple of weeks ago, it was too warm and humid to sleep, so I wandered down to one of MIT's many perpetually air-conditioned Athena ... into Jeffrey'13 leading a cluster of frosh from his FPOP. As is wont to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Schnitzer Prize Winners! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Buildings with eyes, a drum for the people, and a house…

  

  doles out various awards and honors to those who've made significant contributions to MIT life, culture, and academics. In the realm of arts@mit, this ... : Sam Kronick '10 Last Friday I had the chance to check out all three

  • by ARTalk
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Really, I don’t feel like thinking of a title right now Now there's a title cop-out you can only use once. Good thing I saved it…

  

  As much as I hate Twitter, I think I'm going to follow the trend of ... to these strict guidelines: Yikes! This is crazy! (See any typos ... ) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, May 2. 12:02 PM I'm in D-Lab right now (it occurs to me that I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 11, 2009
• Blog / Events

  And I’m leaving, on a . . . cruise ship? Don't know when I'll be back again.

  

  to see how it had turned out. Instead of seeing the wonderful picture ... time to blog about a nice little semi-formal event that wasn't just for ... be a great idea to swap jackets. While the black jacket with blue

  • by Snively '11
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wall A Lack of Color

  

  I decided to come back here a little early to go see an AMAZING concert and spend New Years in a place that I wasn't allergic to. (No, really, I'm convinced I'm allergic to Florida. I've never had allergies

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A day without rain + pictures of yosemite

  

  . Therefore, I, the Sichuan native, belong to a species quite closely resembling ... 's strange to me to be considered an East-Coaster-- a city-dweller, an on ... bind, I've been known to identify myself "Boston", sometimes, "New Haven

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Hanhan Wang: EECS, robots, and more! What it’s like to study electrical engineering and computer science at MIT

  

  to as Course 6 or EECS) is the most popular major at MIT with 700 ... , a senior majoring in Course 6 to learn about her experiences with the ... later taught LEGO robotics to middle schoolers at RoboCamp. After

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  to my parents, living on your own is the first step on the pathway to ... responsibility apparently has to do with novel concepts like time management and being able to make food for myself. The latter is beyond terrifying, as I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Someone saved my life tonight Survived my squalor, like a butterfly.

  

  around dissolved into laughter describing how Meara actually lived not just ... to help "chronically messy" individuals around the work survive their ... . You are not the tidy person you once were. Little piles are starting to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week in the life

  

  inconvenient with everything else that I had to do. -9.29 (Intro to ... writing Matlab code. I was sitting next to my friend Dennis '08, who was ... lot more other stuff that I had to do this time. -6.004 (Computation

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Varied states of the basement A roundabout trek to an underground level of Building 7 leads me into areas very…

  

  to poke around a bit before heading over to 7-012 (a room I pass on a ... construction, as you can tell. Turning back around to leave, I spotted this worn task chair waiting patiently in the corner. Hi, chair! How do you

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Four years, four summers The stuff I've been up to every summer at MIT.

  

  . So basically there's no way to tell where anybody is and how long it ... TV shows to watch. Adam and I have been eagerly awaiting the season ... that I didn't get to see during term. (It's not that I have no time to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  last fall / last fall it's senior year and i still haven't learned anything

  

  lesson of how to drop things and how to say no. I think my core frustration ... -learned lessons in mind, if not in heart. Maybe the only way to learn how to live is ... to make the exact same set of mistakes as last year. I landed in Boston

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 10, 2022