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• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: Tips and Tricks Hitchhikers Guide to Campus Preview Weekend

  

  #1: If you're paying for your food, you're doing something wrong ... out another aspect of MIT or talking to the potential students. Rule #3 ... and check the weather before you get here. Rule # 7: HAVE FUN. If you

  • by Bryan
  • April 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UEA Internship Panel

  

  internship panel for anyone interested in a career or degree in economics. (I ... to nothing in the long run. 7:30-8:00 pm Sophomore Welcome Dinner ... amazing panel, and here are the questions I asked: 1. Please briefly

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Varsity Pistol Team Wins National Championship

  

  While I was busily at work on your Campus Preview Weekend (April 7 ... nationally-ranked No. 1 Midshipmen by four points, preventing them from earning ... , research projects, music and theater groups, or whatever else, MIT students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 22, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  swim 100 yards. That’s the [annotation note=" or .09144 km, whatever that ... swim, let alone tread water! Oh well, maybe one day… [embed ... blogger to learn to swim (you’re welcome).  The day after I got to campus

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Surprisingly enjoyable experiences exactly what it sounds like

  

  days. Part of me wanted to help, but part of me was scared. Sure, they ... ’s meditative, even. The actions are repetitive, but fun. I came back the next day to help out, and the next day to help out some more. Despite using

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 15, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  Tofu corndogs and low-fat ice cream

  

  Today marks the tenth day of my ill-conceived diet, and all I want ... strictly true. Today should be day 11 of my diet, but on day 2 I feasted on pizza and bourbon chicken from the mall, so day 2 doesn't count.) In my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Hello from Palo Alto My California not-so-vacation.

  

  home of a faculty member. Monday, Feb 27. Interview day #1! It's pouring ... -around awesome person. Wednesday, Mar 1. Free day in Palo Alto! I sleep in, go to a ... small faculty presentations during the day, and a final presentation which

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 1, 2006
• Blog / Events

  In Prison Literally

  

  about his high-school days, which I won’t mention for obvious reasons ... scrutiny is intense, 24-7. I was glad at the opportunity to take classes. I ... a strength to go on every day. From one of them: “I was a mess when I

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 5, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  been accumulating sweat all day from the Virginia humidity, and the ... 't think I've seen a snake that big, except maybe in the zoo. Or in the first ... back in the day, when a little green tree snake slithered over my foot. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2013
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Joint Post] Build a robot boat with MIT Arcturus! Q&A with Arcturus captain Audrey Chen

  

  Activities Midway or on Instagram. Arcturus is revving up recruitment this fall ... bigger and bigger thing these days, and we’re super stoked to be pushing ... future competitions and applications! Whether or not we compete in a sub

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Where You’re Going, Where I’ve Been CPW! YEEAAAH!

  

  later. Either way, I urge everyone, admitted or otherwise, to try to visit ... . Here are my picks: -N.A.L.G.A.S. Fiesta: Thursday, 5-7:30pm, Next House ... 'll introduce ourselves to you. -Student Activities Fair: Saturday, 1-3pm

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some reflections Post decisions, a few thoughts.

  

  Action Lab, D-lab, or the Laboratory for Financial Engineering. The ... our financial aid budget by more than 10%, adding resources to help ... 40-to-1 return on investment." In the same way that President

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 29, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Now An Option for RBA Freshmen Next House's freshmen, starting with the class of 2012, can now participate in REX. !!!!!!!!

  

  other appetizing choices on the menu, like french fries, or apple pie ... on behalf of all the residents at Next. This semester Muriel added her ... experience, and it's absolutely true - today I'm infinitely happier in Burton 1

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 30, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Parting Remarks Part II: The Blogger Bio That Was I just graduated!

  

  or September of 2016. I thought, in the style of my last blog post, I ... they unaware or do they just not care? All things considered, this is a ... 's been a long ten days since the video was posted, it encapsulates a lot of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 30, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  from top.roommate?i have few questions- 1.how many students(UG) share a ... 3 or 4 people, so they are pretty spacious. They even have extra ... as single sex, and suites in Burton-Conner can be either co-ed or

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our Independent Studies the making of a (very) short film

  

  aesthetic or magical environment that involved either sand or water. Our ... were adding the finishing touches to our film, like integrating the motion blur code. But as we added more and more components, it began to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 18, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Dorms: Burton Conner House Why is BC awesome? Because three bloggers live there. Plus, lots of other stuff too.…

  

  dorm collection, or borrow the pool cues/ping pong paddles/etc to use in ... , except that one use of a washer or dryer costs $0.75. And someone has an ... with friends, watch TV or movies, or play on any of the game consoles the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  glassblowing & me a series of memories

  

  The other day, I had a little epiphany that came to me in the shape ... two days before. The paperweight is white, maroon, and teal, designed to ... text. The timeline has been moved up: now we have only three days to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 18, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  letter to my 2023 self from: 2024 janet

  

  day"] the end of every year. [/annotation] I write one to my future self ... freedom that adulthood brought you. [carousel image1="108242" image2 ... and mentally withered one way or another. Spring was still hard. Your

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 2, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Dating Is Hard anon has some feelings to share

  

  start right off the bat with ~love~ or whatever 16 year old me thought ... boyfriend #1) for a couple of years and told myself that, despite getting gas ... MIT, that happened during boyfriend #1, but actually physically going to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 7, 2017