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  A Shot in the Life I now realize that this is probably a misleading title.

  

  I had literally never taken a screen shot until I got to MIT. Seriously. I guess I just never had needed to or something, but once I got here I…

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  For Those About to Dew (Also eligible for salutations: those currently rocking, those about to rock)

  

  We salute you. They say sometimes about MIT that of sleeping, studying, and socializing, you’re forced to choose two. Well, they’re almost right… Some weeks you only get to choose…

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Sleep is Overrated (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ann '14!

  

  from Ann ’14! When I first found out about “Campus Preview Weekend,” it sounded pretty vague to me. Despite the massive listings of events that had been available for my…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Musings on Colorful Balls (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ramya '14!

  

  from Ramya ’14! You might think that CPW stands for Campus Preview Weekend, but you’re wrong. CPW really means “4 days of Pure aWesomeness.” (The C didn’t want to join…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Share Your CPW With Us! I can haz guest blogs?

  

  QUOTE: “Coming from Stanford [before MIT’s CPW], I actually bought a Stanford pen because I really liked the campus but staying here over CPW I now regret that I even…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 11, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Flip Side I'm a host instead of a prefrosh this year - but CPW has still been…

  

  It feels a little strange seeing CPW from a host’s perspective this year instead a prefrosh’s: there’s less of the aimless wandering, the obsessive map-scanning, and the free stuff-hoarding, but…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  Hey prefrosh! Welcome to campus! If you’re not here yet, hurry up and get here, and if you are, you shouldn’t waste too much time reading our silly blogs —…

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

  ZOMG CPW rawr.

  

  ZOMG…CPW BEGINS TOMORROW!! AHHH! Aren’t you super excited?!?!? I’ve spent the past several weeks with many of my colleagues, working long days and nights to match up all 1,100+ of…

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Battle of the Bands "Rock on and come to CPW!" ~ Thomas Jefferson"Chris, you made up that quote from…

  

  Hey-o prefrosh. Are you dying of anticipation yet? CPW starts tomorrow and it’s all for you. For four days MIT crams all the awesome stuff we do throughout the year…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Jonathan Gruber ‘87 (CPW Preview!) Our second CPW Keynote Speaker, Economics Professor Jonathan Gruber '87, answers a few questions in…

  

  At Friday’s Campus Preview Weekend Keynote (10am, Kresge Auditorium), there will be two prominent faculty keynote speakers. To highlight their talks, I’ll feature a mini-interview with each of them. Prof.…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Parent’s Guide to CPW ...it's not just for Prefrosh!!

  

  At this point, the admission website must appear to be “all about CPW, all the time” and to a large extent our office is that way too. We’re getting ready…

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Nancy Kanwisher ‘80 (CPW Preview!) One of the CPW Keynote Speakers, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Professor Nancy Kanwisher '80 PhD…

  

  At this Friday’s Campus Preview Weekend Keynote (10am, Kresge Auditorium), there will be two prominent faculty keynote speakers. To highlight their talks, I’ll feature a mini-interview with each of them.…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events That You Should Come To! totally biased, but hey, it's my blog

  

  This is going to be my third CPW, and all I can tell you that you’ll soon discover that “great,” “fun,” and “amazing” will become understatements. Hopefully the weather would…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Ready for CPW Are you?

  

  Costco is officially out of hamburgers, UPS is making 5 trips a day to drop off lights, glowsticks, and popcorn machines, the grass is growing, and the sun is shining.…

  • by Snively '11
  • April 4, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My New Hobby…. It's Giga-cool.

  

  The other day my roommate and I decided that there was a flaw in the English language. I’d point out flaws in other langauges, but my mastery of them leaves…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 4, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW on the Web CPW comes to you...ON THE INTERNET

  

  Other than spending a few hours last night br√ºtally annihilating people in G√∂d √∂f W√§r III*, I, like everyone else in the office, have spent most of the last week…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 2, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  T-Minus Six Days Ready for the best four days of your life? CPW 2010 ftw!!

  

  Yup, it’s true: CPW 2010 IS ALMOST HERE!!! My poor inbox is struggling under the sudden influx of CPW-related e-mails, and my willpower to study is slowly but surely slipping…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 2, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Story of a Lifestyle I'm going to kick you - No, for real

  

  I’ve always thought about doing crew and Taekwondo (TKD) in college. So at CPW, I visited the crew and TKD info booths, and during Orientation, put myself on their mailing…

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 30, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Building the Yearbook [by Ken Haggerty '11] An inside look at Technique 2010 (shhh!!!)

  

  [by Ken Haggerty ’11] Two months after really worrying that this year’s yearbook might not actually get done, I can confidently and quite thankfully proclaim: IT IS FINISHED! Oh thank…

  • by ARTalk
  • March 29, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  On the first night of my mandatory vacation, I walked to the beach with the taste of fresh complaints in my mouth, trying to wrestle down the symptoms of workaholic…

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010