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  CPW Thursday liveblog Updated whenever I get a chance.

  

  time for a quick break, then go talk to prospective members of the ... hasn't yet arrived. Hmm. 7:35am: Nance picks me up; we head in to campus ... campus copy center) to be copied -- 1000 doubled-sided, folded copies are

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

  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  Oxford comma advocate.  Gotta stick to some principles in life.) And so I decided it was time to write another blog post. What would present-day-56 ... , but also in the knowledge tested on exams.  You can't expect to skate by

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more school, no more books Professors are people, too. Importantly, they're people who give free food.

  

  'll ever attend. I am trying really hard to scrounge up some sad, much as I ... four years here and I love MIT to death. On the other hand, no school until September for this kid! (I have a feeling part of my inability to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Alum Helps the Red Sox’ Keith Foulke Every Sunday ESPN nationally televises one baseball game, and last night they showed the final…

  

  turned to my friend Google. I found: A nice video story about Fleisig and ... of the series 7-2, thanks to a strong pitching performance from David ... said that Foulke had flown to Birmingham, Alabama, last week to see Dr

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  StartMIT: IAP for Entrepreneurs Like with anything else, it helps to learn from the best

  

  , because you get to see where all the creative energy of the student body ... Cooking" and "How to Make a Bike". Or those who want to explore a new field ... MIT—an intensive entrepreneurship workshop that runs over IAP, open to any member of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 26, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  lot of my friends back home thought to themselves when I told them my ... in high school, I was a pretty shy person. I was very quiet, went to class, went to soccer practice, went home, watched cartoons, then went to

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Gingerbread Gone Horribly Right "run, run, as fast as you can..."

  

  wholesome gingerbread house and person decorating event quickly went off the rails, thanks to some wonderful teamwork—we’re all about the collaboration ... Gothic with our communal frog spoons) Then, things started to get darker

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bibliophiles assemble! When life gives you books...

  

  going to make me happy. Every semester or so, the MIT Press (located to ... where several rooms are lined wall to wall with moderately new books at prices reduced up to 90% off. How could they afford to sell them for such

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 5, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Not in our stars, but in ourselves Or in ourselves not to see our stars... or something.

  

  jumping from side to side. To their credit, they did so quickly, but in ... it a year and a half ago, I knew that the best place to check it out ... , along with Javier '08, I got to the far end of the infinite around 4:02 PM

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  I'm always one to celebrate the more obscure holidays. After all ... importantly, the least amount of employers willing to accommodate a paid vacation day. I'm always one to shoot for the underdog, the least privileged

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s All Going To Be Okay I won The Game!

  

  's not, I do have two quick pieces of advice I would like to share before I ... of the game is to forget that it exists. It's one of the most popular ... whom is about as obsessed with xkcd as I am, so he showed it to me on his

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The best way to kill zombies… is by shooting them in the head....they can't eat you if you make them dead.…

  

  I do have a few quick things to talk about. So, our good friend Ben ... Hey guys! Remember me? I used to blog and stuff, until I became so ... so strongly of this that I had to buy it for him. (Seriously, Five

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Comfort Matters A unique application process

  

  , I was quickly excited to hear that they were replacing the chairs! No ... . Therefore, by MIT standards, it is referred to as 10-250 (ten two-fifty). It ... generally well-liked. I mean, it's a lecture hall, it's hard to love a lecture

  • by Snively '11
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Spot the Blogger where you'll find bloggers during CPW, and some bonus tips!

  

  .mit.edu for a simple Google Maps version of campus. Don't be afraid to explore ... , I turned into a puddle of excitement. A puddle! I tried to plan out ... miserably failed at attending all the events I had hoped to be at. While this

  • by Connie H. '15
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: Baker House A tour of Baker House.

  

  was a proud resident. All freshmen have to live on campus, but after ... moonlights as a rockstar. And now to our regularly scheduled program ... ! ;) Diana: in the 80s i think, they used to throw a piano off the roof like

  • by Bryan
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hurricane Katrina Trying to help, to the extent that we can.

  

  schools who email with the question: "What now? I don't know what to do." My ... disaster, and it's just too early to tell what the best course of action will ... hearts go out to those students and their families who have been affected

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Round 2 less shirts and more interviews.

  

  quickly MIT is zipping on by.   During last year's Career Fair, I ... to me. 2) I was serious about getting an internship.   See, last year I was quickly brushed off by recruiters. Maybe it was my lack

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 29, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Advice from Graduating Seniors to incoming freshmen

  

  gain from getting to know as many people as possible. I also quickly grew ... had any advice they wanted to give to the upcoming class.     ... your breaking point, and learn how to make time for yourself in order to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  Go back to December 16, 2010. It was just another Thursday night ... . (Only 23 hundredths of a year for the same time to come around already, yikes!) I went to an all-girls Catholic high school in the south side of

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  How to build a Tamagotchi and the power of curiosity

  

  sure to build a quick little prototype that verified this would function ... . I was pretty new to this skill, but it's honestly a quick learn ... electronics to the point of designing them, and that had been something I

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 25, 2025