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  A Random [Hall] Sophomore’s Guide to CPW OMG! CPW! OMG! CPW! OMG! :D

  

  ;   Things to bring Your cell phone. Your cell phone charger. A ... with free food you want to go to in your CPW booklet. A sleeping bag ... homework over CPW, you’re doing CPW wrong. Not food. You’ll get a card with

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Sunday Everyone Go read Marilee's post... NOW.

  

  desperately to get my kids to remember who I am, I logged in to publish an "I'm excited for everyone to get their mail this week!" post. In my in-box was ... really should all go read hers instead. Good luck to everyone who gets

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story Of @MITStudents as told by the person behind it

  

  . So we rethought our social media efforts and decided to focus more on ... highlight events that you are excited about. We want to know about your ... through your eyes. To put it simply, we want MIT students to help us

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2014
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does my transcript count as official?

  entity. Our Transcripts page has information on how to have your counselor submit your transcript to us. Please note: If you send us a copy of your transcript while we are waiting for your official transcript to be submitted
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  past ideas about these essays, because maybe they're similar to yours. 1 ... to a prompt. You are not your résumé. Specifically for the MIT ... -essays may not represent you in all your 1080p HD glory. 2. You don't need to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Interview with a Mystery Hunt Winner An interview with Kat '10, a member of Palindrome, last year's winning team and this…

  

  convinced me to join his team ^^ "What was the experience of working on the ... just happy to see fresh and current MIT student faces, but after getting ... for finishing the hunt first is getting to write next year's puzzle) I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A grab bag filled with a magical camp and the Big Apple One month of activities in one entry.

  

  Charles River on a spring morning. As I sit on the train from New York to ... was a huge success, more info on it later), taking daily trips to the Au ... mug), hanging out in New York City, and more. I’m really only getting

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.

  

  probably take you a while to get used to college life and on P/NR you ... appreciate inquisitiveness and curiosity. This way, you also get to know your ... reason. First semester is on pass/no record (P/NR) in order to give

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  I was with the better half of my umbrella that tried to fly away on a ... welcoming. I started to feel a bit better. The weekend went on as I struggled ... 't talked to anybody on the ski team or inquired about where to put my drumset

  • by Bryan
  • April 22, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  you ain’t gonna need it overthinking

  

  hard, but you ain't gonna need it. you're not focusing on what matters to get this feature written. you're planning for futures that won't happen ... i'm going to make, like whether to go to mit or choosing what to do

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  novelty the closest thing to time travel

  

  out. in his post, sam wrote: Do new things often. This seems to be really important. Not only does doing new things seem to slow down the ... do something big, new, and risky every year in your personal and

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 5, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Quick Update My neighbors are celebrating by firing guns in the air which is not conducive to…

  

  and away from windows ready to answer your questions with the new and ... New year's eve here in Karachi. Assault rifle fire is really loud. I ... , good luck, and feel free to email me at the address in the banner. Have a

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  what it's like to be an admissions officer on the road. Tuesday ... Californians what Dunkin Donuts is to New Englanders: it is so familiar and ... Beverly Hills and went to bed on East Coast time. Wednesday, September 3nd

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  i (don’t) want to be alone on loneliness

  

  to think of not on its own, but in contrast. If you’re in your room ... one if i had to write a literary analysis on my blog posts, i'd talk ... want to get things done. i have projects i'm, in theory, excited about

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  A Parent’s Perspective (Guest Entry) A Parent's Perspective of MIT

  

  Sadoway’s students working on a new process to make steel with oxygen ... hole); CSAIL presentations on developing new microprocessors and robots ... … I did snag a hot dog at Theta Delt (thank you for your kindness to a

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keeping it Green On a visit to NYC, I learned a little about environmentally friendly housing.

  

  break, I took large bites out of the Big Apple on my two visits to New ... ." On a final note, if you're in Cambridge and want to see a building that ... are popping up all over Manhtattan. New York magazine reported on Jan

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  people tend to make great teams.  These are the people I get super excited ... whatever else you're working on. I don't know if GPA is that strong of a ... deeper into the science of what you're working with in order to better

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT-vangelion (Pi Day 2023) 3/14/23 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  , March 14, at 6:28 PM ET. To check your decision, visit apply.mitadmissions.org/apply and go to your Application Status Page. That’s the same place that you ... you need to reset your password, just go to apply

  • by Tim
  • March 7, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  bearing on your application, as ~50% of our admits end up majoring in ... to the context of your overall app - what you're interested in, what ... with: "on the same note, should we have October scores rushed to MIT

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 2 A recap, with pictures.

  

  Google Maps for an hour or so. Met up with Lorelle and headed to the BSU ... Another insane (in a good way) day! Got to MIT early; checked in with my fellow admissions peeps. Not bound to the Reg Desk today, I made the

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 8, 2005