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• Blog / Hacks

  A couple of hacks from a couple of hacks CPW tends to bring out the best work from the esoteric pranksters

  

  Another CPW has come and gone, and with it the throes of prefrosh staring wide-eyed with smiles plastered on their face being carted from free food and festivity time and…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Decisions, Decisions decisions!

  

  CPW has come and gone, and now you're deciding where to spend the next four years of your life. It's a big decision. And whether you know it or not,…

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • April 26, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Few Lessons from FLL

  

  Spring is the season when students across the country are making choices: high school seniors are choosing where they are going to college (we just finished hosting Campus Preview Weekend…

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 23, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  90-something days of summer (Part 1) MIT people around the world

  

  Hello! Sorry for the recent lack of post! After an epic trip around Europe (which I WILL DEFINITELY blog about later!), I have to go straight to exam revision (yes,…

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Random [Hall] Sophomore’s Guide to CPW OMG! CPW! OMG! CPW! OMG! :D

  

  tl;dr: CPW is awesome. Meet EVERYBODY. Don’t you dare be shy. If you stop by Random Hall (and I happen to be home, and you recognize me) I’ll give you…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The CPW Weather Machine Strikes Again a frivolous day in the sun and grass

  

  The weather sobered up just in time for CPW, and we celebrated the sunny warmth with a spring picnic. It was a day made for frivolity. I procrastinated long enough…

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  DDR Tetris Read: The silliest video I have ever made.

  

  Last September, Matt blogged about this crazy contraption that my stand partner in the MIT Symphony Orchestra had made. Then, a couple months ago, I had the opportunity to see it…

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Simulating Catastrophe and learning to speak up

  

  I don’t know if your school does this, but MIT asks its students at the end of each semester to fill out course evaluations. Professors do make adjustments based on…

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  11 Reasons Why Senior Haus is Awesome Twelve, if you count me once living there. That's pretty awesome, right?

  

  What up, y’all? I don’t go to MIT anymore! …okay, so I work here, and I’m actually on campus about as often as when I was still a student. Whatever.…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Attention local high school students interested science and engineering! Have you heard about BeaverDash?

  

  WIth CPW 2012 just a few days away, the whole school is getting ready to invite new friends from all over the world onto our campus. But in just under…

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  “How to CPW 2012”…a Guide for Parents CPW can be overwheming...a parents' guide to making the most of it.

  

  Much of Boston and certainly the ladies in the sorority house where I live are preparing to celebrate Marathon Monday tomorrow but for those of us in the Admissions Office…

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caine’s Arcade on making your dreams

  

  Caine is a 9 year old boy from East LA. His dad, George, runs a used auto parts store. It doesn’t get much foot traffic anymore – what business they…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 11, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  In which Elizabeth tries something new. (My idea of thrills is changing the location of my bookshelf.)

  

  The other day I learned something new. After being here for almost three years, I learned that MIT has a climbing wall. Now, in any other circumstance, this would have…

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dyslexia at MIT Living with dyslexia, and the current state of dyslexia research, at MIT and otherwise

  

  This is my final paper for Science Journalism, a science writing class I took last semester. Reading the literature and interviewing people for this paper taught me a lot about…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  Update on 6/26/2018: in the years since this post has been written, Minerva has significantly changed their educational and business model, and I have received a lot of questions from…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Telethon FAQs from a small but enthusiastic sample of prefroshies

  

  This Monday and Tuesday, undergrad volunteers banded together in a roomful of Institvte phones to individually congratulate and chat with each of the freshly admitted candidates for the class of…

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 5, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Decisions Released Today

  

  An update for our transfer applicants: Emily Sheldon, who coordinates transfer admissions for our office, will be emailing all applicants with their decisions this afternoon, so you should expect to…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 3, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bubble Bath Disastrophe (and Other Adventures) Spring break: adventures and misadventures, coming home, and MIT on the Colbert Report—twice!

  

  Getting Home Instead of flying, my boyfriend Cory and I took a bus from Boston to New York City and another bus from New York to Pennsylvania to visit my…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 3, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  ¡Vámonos! An introduction to GRTs and the support system at MIT

  

  Residential life is a big part of going to college, and the unique diversity of living environments at MIT is something we’re proud of. As many of the blogs have…

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 2, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s like I go to class or something. Or whatever.

  

  Contrary to popular belief, I actually do stuff outside of farting around and doodling. Stuff like going to class and paying attention to important stuff. Filing that one away in…

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 2, 2012