Getting Through a Difficult Month
March was the busiest month at MIT so far. It truly felt like it was never going to end. It seemed like all my midterms were clustering on the same week, and in some cases the same day, and I felt...
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Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection
“Nobody is going to do it, if we don’t do it.” The room is quiet. “Will you go back?” This moment is a snapshot of many conversations I have had with many other international students at MIT, heavy...
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I’m a Pirate Now
As of last week or so, I've taken and passed the following PE classes: Fencing Pistol Sailing Archery SCUBA And if you know anything about prestigious MIT PE programs, you might be aware of something...
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Spring break in Canada
This year, for spring break my friend Yida and I decided to head to Canada! My friend Yida, showing off the giant ramp of the snowboarding Jamboree in Quebec City. We spent three days in Quebec City...
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Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning
Note: this post has been updated from the 2016 CPW mini-guide for the Class of 2020 (<3), now with fewer minions memes. CPW 2018 is next week!!! We are thrilled to meet and host you, Class of 2022!...
View ArticleGuide to CPW: Why It’s Special
CPW 2014 was the reason I chose MIT. At the time, the Institute wasn’t even my top choice, but after the amazing weekend, I caught myself spontaneously planning my life here on walks around the...
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Tag Yourself
we have many tote bags. our freindos have commented on our many tote bags. they have even called us suburban moms. we don't disagree. we made a meme with them - karen c.'20, katherine c. '19, nia m....
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Africans@MIT: The Accra Experiment
Emmanuel A. ‘18 is a member of my own class year (as is Pelkins A ‘18, who I covered last week) and therefore someone I’ve interacted with a lot while at MIT, from freshman orientation until now. I...
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Mas33h Hall
It’s my 3rd year at MIT. I’ve lived in 3 different dorms. My current room is a triple. It’s on the 3rd floor. ~~~coincidence?~~~ Yeah, probably. I want to talk about The Dorms though, because, a) It’s...
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I went outside!
Seriously, this is a real occasion. People talk about never leaving the MIT bubble, and I didn't really think about how little I actually leave campus until I eventually realized that I barely leave...
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CPW Events We’re Pumped For!
CPW is a very exciting time and it's hard to believe that it's already been two years since ours! But CPW is honestly just as fun for undergrads here as it is for pre-frosh, so we are all just as...
View Article[GUEST POST] CPWgCPWaCPWyCPW
Thanks Yuliya for hosting this blog! I’m not out off-campus, so I have to post this anonymously... MIT is hella gay, and lots of cool gay events are happening during CPW! If you want to learn how to...
View ArticleCPW Is Here!
So, today is the day! CPW has finally arrived! As many of you make your way to campus, I thought I’d share a few words on my experience at CPW last year in your shoes. Well, I had never been to Boston...
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The Other Side
This was me about a year ago: Even now, I remember what it felt like to finally be on MIT’s campus. As my Uber pulled up on Mass Ave, the hustle and bustle of the street had a certain magic to it. The...
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Race Against Myself
In 1st grade, there were these 1-sided sheets of simple math problems called “Minute Math”. Some of the strongest memories of my childhood is nose to the paper, pencil poised, ready to race across the...
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CPW 2018 Diaries
THURSDAY, April 12 Woke up to the smell of smoke coming from the East Campus courtyard grill. A traditional email to EC residents confirmed that rush-burger-making season had begun: “girlllz r hot...
View ArticleDenied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar
In May 2016, I wrote Denied by MIT, 5 Years Later, where I shared the story of a student we had denied in 2011, and how well he had done elsewhere. For me, this is one of the most important blog posts...
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What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015
NOTE: I drafted and abandoned this post in the spring of my freshman year. It is now my last chance to share these freshman thoughts with you. Editor's notes were added in the spring of senior year....
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The Muti Water Project
If some of you have been reading the blogs for a while, then you may know about the Muti Water Project, an initiative I had been busy working on since my sophomore year. I worked to design and build a...
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Fig. 3: La dolce vita
Earlier this month, here at ETH, we had our spring break a week after MIT's. But, I ended up taking an additional 2.5 days off and embarked on a journey to warmer, sunnier lands down south. Two...
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