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• Blog / Challenges

  A Physics Metaphor Featuring destruction! and sledding! Oh, and some serious stuff too.

  

  before the Committee on Academic Performance after the fall term, and two ... life. Last semester's demos in 8.022 (Electricity and Magnetism, with ... 8.03 (Waves and Vibrations) with high expectations. I was not

  • by Kate R. '14
  • February 7, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  carly SLAY jepsen concerts > psets

  

  , and being the number one Carly Rae Jepsen fan in most of my social ... start blaring from the speakers and suddenly there was a dance number ... song that the sixth graders decided to do a flash mob to. And then

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 28, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Valentine’s Day from MIT Because theobromine is delicious.

  

  in the long run that only degrades the full impact and true value of what used to be (and in some ways, still is) a very powerful word. But I ... dedicate the full measure of their time, passion, and energies to admitting

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program Come play with us!

  

  which I cheered and Sam trumpeted -- and, due to a malicious ball of ... ) in late September, and that I was outside from 2PM-5PM, I'm pretty sure it's physically impossible for anyone but me to get a sunburn. And yet

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  plastic knives spraypainted silver and other poems from 21W.762

  

  ’ve taken at MIT: every week we’d write a poem in our own time and then read it out aloud during class for a round of feedback. And that was it! I ... to Trader Joe’s to pick up caprese ravioli and pork shu mai  and let

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Testimony from an ’11 By: Debbie, '11

  

  got free bubble tea and liquid nitrogen ice cream. (Hands down, Nerd ... . Me: “I went to CPW and all I got was this free t-shirt!” ... ’ to me since she has decided that there are better and productive

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I (don’t) want the summer to end me writing poetry? what a concept

  

  take my free time with it; because when it goes, it really goes, and ... and carry my laptop through campus; don't want to fold my sheets all neat and cram them in my suitcase. I don't want to leave MacGregor and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Unlike any other. [by Nathan Kipniss '14] "Welcome to the Gardner"

  

  attending MIT, you can even get into events for free. Last weekend, I took ... Stewart Gardner museum for free (you can also do the same at the nearby ... . The inside is magnificent, and the history is quite interesting. All of

  • by ARTalk
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / Events

  REX at Simmons Hall 2015 water balloon wars, pancakes, roofdeck parties, and a trojan duck

  

  out and about enjoying their first week orientation at MIT. During Orientation, freshmen learn about academic requirements and extracurricular clubs and activities. They also learn about the resources available to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 31, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Michael Xiang: Double UROP Extraordinaire! Michael Xiang has two UROPs, one at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and another…

  

  Speaking from experience, having a UROP is a big time and emotional investment. On average, UROPers spend eight hours in the lab per week and a lot of free time thinking about possible experiments and troubleshooting

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  with four potential PhD advisors... and eating a lot of free food (and wine! eek, free wine!) and staying in a classy hotel on Sunset Boulevard. And it's all free, from the airfare to the hotel to the sunset walk on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When Words Are Not Enough… Come see why I almost failed elementary drawing. Free of charge!

  

  Real blog to come after Thursday. Off to watch the elections (and you should too), toodles!

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sleep is for the Strong getting through finals week

  

  . Taking a real, genuine, honest, break can recharge you and when you come ... the real world, and you realize that you are actually still smart ... . Maybe you still have seventeen lectures to review and the exam is tomorrow

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Lobby 7 Gotta love it

  

  coffee cup in hand, along with a horde of students and tourists, and I climb the iconic front steps and glance up at William Barton Rogers’ name ... in the morning and smiled at the many, many tourists with cameras

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / Events

  AND THERE WAS A PILLOW FIGHT!!! Didja catch the reference?

  

  half-empty (and free) Monster energy drinks and then gaged how much more ... going on in like 20 cities around the world... and it sounds like just the ... throw the idea out there but lo' and behold, Caroline '11 had already

  • by Snively '11
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

  my CPW! Interspaced between pictures of Boston and campus were other assorted pictures—midnight karaoke, bleached hair, and lots, lots, lots of free food—that reminded me how much I enjoyed exploring MIT for the first

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Let the games begin! Last minute advice for your CPW.

  

  , 24/7. And it's not half-bad. CPW should be more or less free. Don ... and get here, and if you are, you shouldn't waste too much time reading ... this cool one MIT student and get to know them and blah blah blah

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Lots of questions today! Lots of answers, too.

  

  conditioning and dining hall in a dorm? i'm from wisconsin and seeing that most ... Mitra did. I think Mitra definitely did. :) Adam and I actually didn't go ... during my sophomore year, but one time we were at a dorm formal and looked

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Growing Pains And Every Other Type of Ache

  

  little sleep. I haven’t eaten since yesterday evening, and I’ve sort of ... , though, is a precious commodity, and I’d like not to squander it, now that ... much work and far too little desire to do it. I put on the largest shirt

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • December 6, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  I hate the way I don’t hate you

  

  Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge. Free screenings celebrate and showcase the works of ... Grand Theater in Tacoma. I hopped in my car and drove down I-5. The film came highly recommended, and overall I'd have to say I liked it. After it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2004