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  Pre-MIT prep How to prepare yourself for life at MIT -- hint: watch Chappelle's Show. Everyone else…

  

  As I sit back and reflect on my four years at MIT, I would like to pass along some advice. Pardon the occasional bitterness. Learn Roman numerals — On some…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A follow-up

  

  You’ve now had a chance to post lots of questions. Now it’s my turn to answer them. From Amelia: What fields does course 9 include? Primarily biology? Chemistry? Mathematics? A…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  …More CPW The last of my photos from the weekend.

  

  Before we get into it, I need to address a question I’ve heard a few times. “Is MIT really like CPW?” The answer is, yes and no. Yes, in the…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Our thoughts go out to Virginia Tech.

  

  All of us here are quite saddened by the shooting at Virginia Tech. I don’t know what to say. Today, President Susan Hockfield sent this message out to the MIT…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Gravity Rides Everything We are gathered here today to allude to rapidly accelerating bouncy balls and The Moon…

  

  I did many things this weekend during CPW: -met you. As I said at the Meet the Bloggers party, we write stuff, put it on the Internet, and you guys…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A Snively CPW By: Snively' 11

  

  Let me begin by saying that thanks to CPW, the rest of high school is simply a formality. Oh, and sleeping is overrated. Here’s just a quick glimpse at what…

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Freezing My @$$ off at CPW By: Andrea '11

  

  As promised, I offered the chance to write a guest blog to prefrosh during CPW. This is just the first installment. There are many more coming! If you have any…

  • by Bryan
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Endless rain into a paper cup ...also, restless wind inside a letterbox.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The Boston Marathon has only been cancelled once in its 111-year history, in 1918. That was because of World War 1. So it’s not like a little…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Open-Ended Question Why I chose MIT ... twice

  

  So it’s hard to imagine I just participated in my FIFTH CPW but yea, I’m getting a little old, but it’s cool. It’s really crazy awesome to meet everyone who…

  • by Bryan
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Sorry you didn’t meet me :( I missed Meet-The-Bloggers, and some things on this semester

  

  During the Meet the Bloggers party on friday, I sent the following email to Ben Jones: ———- Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 21:03:56 -0400 (EDT) Subject: is there a meetthebloggers…

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Friday liveblog Let's see how long I can keep this up...

  

  My approximate CPW schedule Thursday liveblog 8:55am: I arrive on campus to discover there’s been a hack in Lobby 10! The hack is two giant “paper airplanes” made from Athena…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW! The greatest shopping list ever.

  

  Here is what I bought at Shaw’s (the local grocery store) last night: 7 cartons of ice cream* 3 jars of fudge 3 jars of caramel 3 cans of whipped…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Thursday liveblog Updated whenever I get a chance.

  

  My approximate CPW schedule 6:36am: Alarm clock goes off. SNOOZE. 6:45am: I actually wake up. I look outside and see that the bad weather hasn’t yet arrived. Hmm. 7:35am: Nance…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Samuel Maurer’s Day Off MIT moves pretty fast.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? When the cartoon “Underdog” was syndicated in the 1980s and 1990s, all scenes that showed Underdog taking his Underdog Super Energy Pill were edited out because censors…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-Campus Preview Weekend GET PUMPED.

  

  Campus Preview Weekend starts TOMORROW! Are you pumped? I know I am! If you’re not, well, to quote Phyo ’10, “GET PUMPED!” I didn’t get to go last year, so…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life A play-by-play of my day, along with some pictures.

  

  Given that it’s the day before Campus Preview Weekend and I have two papers to write and a problem set to start, it’s clearly the perfect opportunity to blog! I’ve…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  That’s where you’ll find me Where troubles melt like lemondrops, Away above the chimney tops... my CPW schedule.

  

  12 hours and counting until CPW. Here are some places where I’ll be this weekend: CPW Registration Help Desk, open-1pm, Thursday Doing the information session for visiting high school juniors…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  More Updates from Cambridge It's CPW 24/7 here. We can't wait to see you.

  

  I’ve had fewer strange dreams lately, but the pace is still frantic here as we prepare for nearly two-thirds of the admitted class of 2011 to descend upon the MIT…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: Tips and Tricks Hitchhikers Guide to Campus Preview Weekend

  

  Here are a few tips to making the best of your CPW experience. Rule #1: If you’re paying for your food, you’re doing something wrong. Campus Preview Weekend is full…

  • by Bryan
  • April 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where is my mind? In Northern California, Munich, a tent in New Hampshire, and an oreo-flavored soft serve machine.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The MIT school fight song, “The Engineers’ Drinking Song” was originally derived from the song “A Son of a Gambolier” by my childhood friend Charles Ives. Hokay,…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 9, 2007