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• Blog / Challenges

  The View is Worth It but you have to make the climb yourself to find out

  

  My boyfriend and I made an impromptu trip to Montana over the weekend ... more honestly, probably won't get one because I don't have the time ... the Highline Trail in Glacier National Park. This is one of the most

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 7, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snowed In at the Fraternity the blizzard is real.

  

  Friday (whew! more time to prepare). You saw blizzard coverage on the MIT side from Ceri's post "IAP & Snowmageddon", now here's the coverage from the Boston side of the river as the humble brownstone I call my

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 28, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Time I Underpacked a trip to Istanbul, courtesy of MIT

  

  figured it wouldn't be the worst thing if I stayed a little closer to home ... . The class, taught by the director of the Media Lab's Mobile Experience Lab, is small, demanding and moves incredibly quickly. Each semester the

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 25, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2013…The Parent Experience!

  

  Much of Boston and certainly the ladies in the sorority house where I live in Boston are preparing to enjoy the marathon on this coming Monday ... with many of the parent events during the weekend it makes sense for me

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 10, 2013
• Blog / Events

  The Stuff of MIT Legend I'm about to tell you a super cool story. It happened two years ago, but…

  

  program called "Splash." Hosted by the Educational Studies Program, Spalsh ... literally "whatever they want." The organizers recruit student volunteers to create classes in everything from "Alebgra 1" to "The Atomic Science of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  in remembrance of the body affirming the mind–body connection

  

  , that the internet went out for a while. it was around 7:45 pm, and i went downstairs and took a walk, and the sun was setting. so i tried to find as high a point i could stand on to watch the sunset. i ended up walking to, i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stealing from the Class of 2016 And you'll have to work to get it back

  

  Good day! One of the many unique and altogether unavoidable aspects of MIT life is the mailing list. Mailing lists are powerful tools that ... during your time at MIT. By the end of my four year stint I believe I was

  • by Snively '11
  • September 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  College Confidential thread about the pressure to load up on AP classes ... enough to post it here as well: As with most of my posts in the parents ... 'll be sortof long, sorry. First, the MIT adcom perspective. I don't know

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sewing minus the machine Costume Design: Featuring the best non-stick-figures I've ever drawn!

  

  for the header software design class that assigns 15-hour-per-week psets ... the humanities requirement. Qualifying subjects range from music to ... matches my artistic outlet of choice--sewing! My now most famous work: the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last Five Days aka How I Spent My Summer

  

  torn. In the college home, I get adventures with friends, bright city lights, and academic pursuits. In my parents' home, I have my sister, the ... parents. Old friends. Blotches of forest in the neighborhood where deer

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 11, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Blogarhythms! All-blogger a cappella? Nope -- a CPW event!

  

  Congratulations to the MIT Class of 2014! I'm a little late hopping on the congratulations bandwagon here (a vehicle that goes from 0 to 60 ... worry (not that you were). Since I've gone and missed most of the period

  • by Cam T. '13
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Bumping Up Against—and Breaking Through—the Glass Ceiling Part 2 of my adventures at the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders

  

  Note: This entry is the second part of my blog last week, in which I described my lessons from the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders (NCCWSL).   I had gone the whole weekend without a picture

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 20, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) Things just about get crazy-go-nuts.

  

  were invented at the Pillsbury Bake-Off. It's not the holidays unless Sam ... students. While I could survive on Anna's Taqueria and get all the major food groups, it's a lot more interesting to cook for myself. By the way, I hate

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  with a pithy line or a catchy hook to convince you to read the rest of this blog post, but unfortunately, the circuits in my brain in charge of ... essay writing buried somewhere here in all these words. Over the last

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Short Dining Guide to Cambridge Where to find food within walking distance of MIT, other than in my fridge.

  

  dives while glossing over the restaurants at MIT's doorstep. What's worse ... distance of 77 Massachusetts Avenue uneaten at, pardon the grammatical ... see any more of those, really). Honestly, I can't count the nights when

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 2 Questions Omnibus is the place to come for "official" answers!

  

  Questions Omnibus is the place to come for "official" answers ... hotel room at the Doubletree, having just gotten back from the Info ... I'd be hearing the same information over again. Anyways, it was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 1

  

  applicant asked, "when r u goin to answer the questions??" Sorry ... know that becuase u will have a vast eastern culture to discover, and the ... just wondering, since i had my sister do me a favour by filling out the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2005
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  Near the start of the pandemic, I decided not to come back to MIT ... hiring at the time. After throwing my resume at company after company, I finally received an interview from a small start-up. The interview went fine

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Update – Featuring Tim the Beaver as Miley Cyrus Everything is awesome!

  

  I am sitting in the coolest little corner of our courtyard I've ever seen wearing shorts and a tank top.  The temperature is well into the sixties, and the music is blasting from the EC speakers sending a beacon out

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer, East Campus rush, and the new term East Campus orientation activities, the summer, and the upcoming term.

  

  The month of August was pretty busy for me - a combination of work and preparation for the new term. Last week, for example, I day ... works as a director for a rather large freight railroad in the West. It

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 6, 2006