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  Live from Florida Hello from Tampa, Florida!

  

  Hello! This has been perhaps my longest hiatus from blogging. I’ve missed you! After CPW, I was sick for nearly two weeks, and I got better just in time for…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Building 4 Odyssey Looks like my James Joyce karma isn't that horrible after all.

  

  I very much agree with what Jess wrote about your comments on Stu’s entry — this is a challenging time for the MIT admissions office, and hearing your thoughts, whether…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST POST! You guys are totally right.. that WAS really tempting.

  

  I would love to take credit for the brilliant entry title, but unfortunately it was all Spam’s idea. Thanks, Spam. Unfortunately, in the mean time, I’ve forgotten how to blog.…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Moving Forward I, and the outstanding staff in the admissions office, re-affirm our pledge to uphold the…

  

  We were all saddened by the news of Marilee Jones’ resignation. In reacting, we must recognize and learn from two elements that may seem to be at odds with one…

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 4, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Message From Ben And Matt ...regarding the recent news of Marilee's resignation.

  

  Hi friends, This story will likely be all over the news soon, so we wanted to write to you as soon as possible. It’s a very sad day for MIT,…

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 26, 2007
• Blog / Community Projects

  Dropout Design and the Disco Dance Floor ridiculous ideas can sometimes develop into pretty solid business plans. STORYTIME.

  

  Every year there is a contest sponsored by East Campus called the Bad Ideas Contest. Click around on there I don’t think it’s a secret. Two years ago, there was…

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class of 2009 Ring Delivery The '09s get our brass rats. We think this makes us like, so cool.

  

  As a lot of you probably know, the MIT class ring is a little more than a simple piece of jewlery. First of all, it’s huge. Like, as rings go,…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Drinking from the Firehose By: Teresa, '11

  

  Dorms. Multistep retrosynthesis. A cappella music. Hacks. Everything I experienced at CPW was just amazing. How can one compare an MIT education to a drink from a firehose? There is…

  • by Bryan
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Room E51-151, Please??? By Jing, '11

  

  I was already pumped about MIT going into CPW, so I mainly went to absorb as much as I could, with a goal (just for fun) of finding another prefrosh…

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Houston-area Suburbia kid Makes Trek to MIT Campus Preview Weekend with Mother By: Kevin, '11

  

  Hello everyone, prospectives for the coming years and prefrosh alike: Picture this headline: Houston-area Suburbia kid Makes Trek to MIT Campus Preview Weekend with Mother This is his story. So…

  • by Bryan
  • April 22, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Weather Machine We wish you were still here!

  

  So supposedly, there’s a weather machine that comes around every CPW and keeps the weekend beautiful throughout the weekend. Unfortunately, its timing was off by a week, but fortunately (for…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 22, 2007
• Blog / Events

  A sample of life in the past week A summary of a million events in 7 days!

  

  So much has happened since my last entry, it seems impossible to catch up. First off, our hearts go out to everyone at Virginia Tech. While I can’t imagine what…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 21, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Real Snow! Real pictures this time.

  

  Despite what I said last time, I did manage to snap a couple of pictures of CPW, so here they are: Mason ’10 (yes, that Mason, from the facebook group…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Testimony from an ’11 By: Debbie, '11

  

  So I technically wasn’t supposed to blog – but my fellow prefrosh, Fangfei, has willingly given up her ‘opportunity to blog’ to me since she has decided that there are…

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Entrepreneurship invasion I love it when students start useful companies.

  

  So yesterday, I’m in my office trying to catch up on email when a student who I haven’t seen in a long time stops by my office. In the process…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Yay CPW! I'm just trying to see how many blog entries we can get in the RSS…

  

  CPW is finally over, which basically means I’m back to sleeping again. I definitely had an awesome time hosting events for Burton Conner and getting to meet a lot of…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2007: I Got Served, and It Felt Grrreat!! By: Seleeke, '11

  

  Neo: You ever have that feeling where you’re not sure if you’re awake or still dreaming? Seleeke Flingai (me): All the time. It’s called MIT, it’s the only way to…

  • by Bryan
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  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