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  A Letter to CPW Prefrosh let the onslaught of CPW-related posts continue

  

  My family is here! Yesterday and today, my parents and my little sister Lisa sat in on my classes – they got a crash course on galaxy classification (my dad…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  AHHH CPW!! Goal: Do ALL the things!

  

  CPW. Campus Preview Weekend. MIT’s admitted students weekend sponsored by MIT Admissions during which hundreds of prefrosh from around the world gather for the first time together in one spot…

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Engineering Everything I ever wanted to know about making stuff.

  

    Many thanks to the Global Grand Challeneges Summit staff for the photos, and to Ed McCann and Mark Murcko for some of the anecdotes and quotes of the scientists…

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 8, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  Hey there!  Haven’t seen you in a while.  And by “seen” I mean “you haven’t seen the pixels on your screen that would indicate that you are reading an MIT…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Hidden Treasures @ MIT: Pistol Think Pistols Are Cool? Wait Till You Meet Mike Conti

  

  First thing I want to do is apologize for not blogging in a while. Life has been… interesting the last few months and I’ll blog about everything I learned from…

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  With Apologies to Dr. Seuss why MIT is amazing, a la buzzfeed

  

  Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away! (flickr: thenerdsangle) You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes You can steer…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge, CPW, and YOU! A welcome from a couple of MIT Quest Scholars to our newly admitted Quest Scholars

  

  Hello! In just a couple of days, MIT will be hosting the Campus Preview Weekend (CPW)! Over a thousand students will be on campus and there will be hundreds of…

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • April 2, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Exploring Boston Frozen yogurt quests into Boston

  

  For the past few weeks, I’ve REALLY wanted to go to Red Mango.  I really like frozen yogurt, and at home the first nearby frozen yogurt place was Red Mango,…

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  August, Airplanes, and why not throw in Spring Break, too? My traveling styles. And, I don't even know, maybe a catch-up thing?

  

  3/22 Welcome to the unfiltered stream of my consciousness. Please pardon the incoherentness. Right now I’m at an airport, watching my Terrascopers from Mission 2016 bond as we await to…

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Astrophotography Courtesy of 12.409

  

  Dear current and future MIT students, There is a class you need to take. 12.409: Hands-On Astronomy. It’s a 6-unit P/D/F (your options are: pass, get a D, or fail).…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  The pre-Spring break week is always a nightmare; a friend summed it up nicely when he posted on Facebook today that “the differential in campus happiness between today and yesterday…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Craziest of Weeks I had one.

  

  Hello homies. It’s been a while, right? I feel like I start off every blog entry like that. I should work on it. Anyway, I would like to formally welcome…

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  Hi Everyone, I thought it was about time I wrote something interesting — something outside of the bounds of routine admissions announcements. But where to add value? Right now we’re…

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Fancy Feast & Happy People an accumulation of details

  

  Chapter 1: A Formal Account of a Fancy Feast in February. Location: pika. Across the train tracks, just a few blocks into Cambridge, a big green house on Chestnut Street…

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Student Gatherings

  

  Hi! I’m Brenna Heintz, one of the Admissions Counselors here at MIT. Now that I’ve finally emerged from my first season of reading applications, I’m excited to start meeting all…

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  More info for Admitted Students just a few more things to do

  

  Congratulations to all of the admitted students! I hope you are still celebrating, but I also want to remind you of a few things to do now as you make…

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  I know that students on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully this post will be helpful. How does the waitlist work? We are aiming for a class of about…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions Released TODAY @ 6:28 p.m.

  

  MIT Regular Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2017 will be available today at 6:28 p.m. (Deep breath) Please don't be crazy and click refresh 200 times in a…

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 14, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  I usually don’t write “DECISIONS ARE DRAWING NEAR!” posts, because although I would like to be comforting: 1) I worry that my words will feed the frenzy, not lessen it.…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  As we hurtle towards Pi Day… A post of posts.

  

  Things are getting fast and furious as we head towards Thursday, but I thought I’d take a tiny break to post a little something. I’ve already had a lot of…

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 12, 2013