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  CPW 2014…The Parent Edition Suggestions for getting the most out of CPW when you are a parent

  

  and at home on our campus and the best way for you to be comfortable ... dorm when I was a student at MIT but for me it was the perfect choice for ... encourage them “do their own thing” and know that it's good for you to do the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Meeting Michel Gondry Six MIT students and one Academy-award winning director have dinner in New York, and none…

  

  the feeling of arriving at MIT for the first time, was incredibly ... are having at school. Or maybe it's a bucket, swinging by the handle ... orientation (the week before classes start for freshmen). FAP involves spending

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesdays with Menorah, eek! A young boy, a young girl, and life's greatest lesson.

  

  might have, probably if you're Jewish, is about Hillel at MIT. Let me tell you, Hillel is very active at MIT. They wouldn't stop writing, calling, and e-mailing me for my first year at MIT. It all started when I got a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Congrats Jenn Lai ‘11, Rhodes Scholar This blog entry does not contain video of Jenn playing "Rhapsody in Blue" with the…

  

  's "Rhapsody in Blue" at Boston's Symphony Hall with the Boston Pops. (For most ... oldest and best known award for international study," includes among its ... , Honolulu, Hawaii, is a senior at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper ‘84, Astronaut The 24th MIT graduate to go into space.

  

  Roster) While Stefanyshyn-Piper was at MIT, she lived at WILG, worked at the Lab for Manufacturing and Productivity, rowed for the Varsity Women ... , you know, looking at different schools. I figured, OK, Massachusetts

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The real O.C. Travels in Southern California.

  

  following the dinner was a Central Meeting. We had a nice turnout for the ... the meeting, the ECs had the opportunity to address the audience. At left, two ECs help the attending crowd check in. At right, EC Joanna Tan

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  July 4th in Boston MIT has the best seat for Boston's July 4th celebrations.

  

  nationwide. The concert occurs at Boston's Hatch Shell, a concert venue on the ... the bridge (at approximately 100 Smoots and 250 Smoots), the bridge ... prime fireworks watching location. 2. The Sailing Pavilion. For members of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  Better ways to get around campus as in "better" i mean "objectively worse"

  

  at Maseeh people for living so close to campus when you have to walk ... I’m now in my third year at Next House, so the long walk to campus is ... classes. I don't want to fork over cash for an electric scooter or a bike

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Random Post While Reading Apps. Because we need some new posts...

  

  I'm sitting at my desk in my robe right now. I'm on my 5th cup of coffee. I ate some Count Chocula. Nice visual. For those not familiar with the life of the Admissions Counselor at MIT, here it is: We get

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I’m not a double major anymore Because four years of insanity would totally cramp my style?

  

  take them. -I've always wanted my time at MIT to be about learning for ... use for the photography class I'll get to take next term because I'm not ... reasons. Pick your favorite one. -I love chem, but I'm not good enough at

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Far and Away I was going to get philosophical, but then I thought about Hugh Jackman.

  

  American History, colonists at Charleston did better by stealing the tea and ... me at all, unlike Spiderman 2, where the value of an eigenvector can be ... inappropriate, because I saw it in Harrisburg and not at MIT. Also, my 8

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time passes Someone left the cake out in the rain.

  

  in the sink at all, ever, for any reason (or in any other constantly ... Burton Conner Ski Trip leaving tomorrow for Cannon Mt. at 5:45 AM sharp ... . My entire lab flew all-expenses-paid down to Colorado for the week to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Letters from the 2023 decisions threads

  

  MIT for transfer or grad school. After my first semester at my college ... Every year, for as long as the blogs have been around, we post open threads for applicants to celebrate or commiserate about this decisions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back to high school except now I don't know what I'm doing

  

  [/annotation] this semester, and part of the class involves observing at local middle or high schools. For me, this means appearing at Cambridge Community ... a decade. I feel like I have been sent to Mars. For one, people at my

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 5, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  71 More Things to Do Before You Graduate the 101 things expansion pack

  

  [/annotation] for at least one semester. Find something fun to do with your extra time ... physically prepare for PE registration at 8. Or [annotation note="if you do ... Sciences"]HASS[/annotation] reading. It's good for you. Take a class that

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 10, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  readmission what'd i miss?

  

  was at school. Those things included: buying groceries, cooking for ... I've been gone for a while, but I'm coming back! Withdrawing from MIT to work for Amazon for a semester meant that quite suddenly, I had a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More on the Paris Metro Our final review was Monday - officials from the Paris public transport authority flew in…

  

  for a few hours and reconvened at 6pm for a tour of Chatelet-Les Halles ... Confusing screens at Chatelet station, Paris The term's almost over! While I'm excited for the summer, with a continuation of my January

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bicycle Race More things happen, and I pretend that I've read your comments.

  

  quiz. That's pretty uncommon for MIT as a whole, but I've had a few ... Green stopped in the middle of lecture at 11:22 to administer it, and it ... correct answers. That is not uncommon for MIT. Today in UROP Andy presented

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What MIT students do on Friday nights Who needs clothing, when you have duct tape?

  

  grocery list is a little light on these two items. For me at least, it ... 5-8 for dinner. If you eat lunch at noon or 1, you're going to get ... for a little while and say hi. Unfortunately, as the name implies, no

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  That wasn’t skiing, that was falling with style! Guest post by Katy Kem '16

  

  favorite thing about MIT – the ski team! For those of you who don’t know, at ... lift at 9am. We ski for most of the day, doing some combination of ... turn at being head chef and cooking dinner for the entire team. It’s a

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 5, 2016