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• Blog / Admissions

  Hitchhiker’s Guide to CPW DON'T PANIC.

  

  in deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told ... , they'll be more than happy to help. Personal tidbit: My host was a ... Office simply couldn't give every student a pre-frosh. To my disappointment

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  It rocks to be me. I put on my Sunday clothes and see the whale!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The Music Man is my least favorite musical ever. The ... describing the entirety of my visit, you can check out Mitra's entry on the ... 't have teen angst anymore." I thought, "NO! NOT MY TEEN ANGST!" but Avenue

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of Chocolate and Octagons Some thoughts and some pictures.

  

  , week, month, whatever, is over. I have a strange feeling my entire four ... lot as a result, lending to my feeling that I haven't been here long. At the same time, my two-plus year absence from school had a profound

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  cookies life lessons through six scrumptious sayings

  

  know--meaning keeping a gallon-sized Ziploc of cookies in my middle ... saying "that's the way my life worked out". [annotation note="This is ... /career/lifestyle such that I can decide how I want my life to look in most regards

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 13, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT-vangelion: Behind the scenes! how we made the Pi Day 2023 video!

  

  his silver tube and tripping Sachiel. Here are screenshots of my Google Slides presentation to Karen that demonstrate that my head is mostly full ... when I was asked if I wanted to work on this year’s Pi Day video, my

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 12, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Dance ‘Til You Drop 53rd planning a 53-year old party i've never even been to

  

  What is DTYD? Dance 'Til You Drop is an annual party hosted by my ... place in Walker Memorial. Origins (taken from my 2020 post about Burton ... featured a whopping $16K budget, was held during my Campus Preview Weekend

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 3, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  walking mechanics how to walk faster using Facts and Science

  

  , but also to prevent accidents - i injured my foot last february by repeatedly slamming the soft tissue in the middle of my foot into the ground ... foot[annotation note="in my opinion this is more about angular momentum

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 15, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Books I did read this semester I am literate if not literary

  

  , not yet. I made it my goal this year to not read shitty books. Not ... recently, though. But this year I followed my gut, and more or less, it ... pages and addictive. Thoughts: My friend Keiko has been recommending

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 3

  

  . AES wrote, "At my school, around 12 females were admitted to MIT and ... ? I'd appreciate it if you could find the time to satisfy my curiosity ... are many, many terrific colleges out there. Mike D wrote, "What are my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  just finished my freshman year, and what a scary and tumultuous time it ... concerned about. Tragically, I see my peers falling into the same trap. On ... , and if so, how many? In my opinion (which is not fact and not the only

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Events

  2026 ring premiere! and what led up to it!

  

  Stark, the John Harvard statue, and soon, my classmates. In the several ... started off rather unassuming. For the first few hours, my tasks consisted ... holed up backstage as my classmates were filtering into Kresge Auditorium

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Anxiety Level: High A play-by-play of emotional diffusion

  

  Phase I: Recognition I sit down on my bed. My heart is racing. I am anxious. For a little bit now, I’ve been taking stock of my anxiety levels ...   I have a conversation with my Anxiety. This year I learned that it

  • by Powers '23
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guide to MIT: Academics requirements, resources, and miscellaneous info

  

  RESOURCES (Note that this is a partial list of resources based on my ... to do, and I didn't fail my exam! Deans on Call are volunteer staff ... advantage of office hours more, as many of my friends have. Last semester, a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 6, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  1 Week of Meals for $8: How-To’s and Tricks Tackling Food Insecurity

  

  of stuff between the basket, hanging stuff off handlebars, and my ... of that. And potatoes never go bad!!   #student What my actual list ... . One month, I was able to spend only $50 on groceries there, and my

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • May 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Expo how MIT is leading the educational revolution

  

  community radio, run entirely by MIT students and alumni. Many of my friends ... MIT Museum booth featured some of my favorite things: Legos and robots ... resources for my research projects on anything from neuroscience and child

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biological Engineering at MIT My thoughts, feelings, and opinions (and slight ranting) about biology both at MIT and in…

  

  of group B, I thought I had convinced my parents that grad school would ... have a lot of persuading to do), I love biology and I spend a lot of my time telling my course 2 (ME), course 18 (math), course 8 (physics

  • by Ben O. '19
  • November 20, 2016
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Why Is There No Water? One of the most important things in your life is invisible to you until it…

  

  mountain spring). My two cousins collect water from it in a plastic bottle to ... that lots of people work on researching, but my point is, it’s not as ... . I remember this actually happening to me once, when I was visiting my

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You should consider studying economics if… for those who aren't totally set on what to major in

  

  already be familiar with my experience of choosing a major. In summary, I ... like to talk about my major a lot, but one thing that I guess I haven't mentioned here before is my feeling that it is super under-appreciated by

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA and How to Extract It Messy, slimy, colorful science from a class I taught for Spark.

  

  This past March, a few days after my birthday, I spent a Saturday ... and community members. ESP seems to contain most of my Random Hall ... their antithesis, Put Together the Pile of Junk! My Spark class revolved

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 31, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing: La Maison Française (French House) No, you don't have to speak French to live here.

  

  'd like, you can try talking to Ben, but if my last conversation with him ... him on Facebook to find my answer. I then tried to elicit some ... . "It's my family. I can act ridiculous...like I am now (as she hurls a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 29, 2011