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  Surviving CPW Tips and tricks on making the most of your CPW experience

  

  ;-) Here are a few tips to making the best of your CPW experience. Rule #0 ... make sure that those questions that you do have get answered by students, faculty, and anyone else you manage to meet. Rule #1: If you're paying for

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Friendly Neighborhood Dream-Destroyer "How Could You Work There?"

  to deny. My goal is to hear your stories, learn about your dreams and aspirations, and read the amazing things your teachers and counselors have to ... to look at all components of your application and try to holistically

  • by DJ Rock
  • May 30, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where In The World Is The Nance Effect? He returns! He returns! He returns!

  

  and experiences to share with all of you. So, lets get started ... , faculty, new and returning students are all excited by the start of the new ... . My oldest daughter is a high school junior this year, so I'll get to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summers spending three at home

  

  , we were still focusing on adjusting to and getting used to college life ... , and also got the chance to build upon and learn new skills! Sophomore ... and to hopefully (crossing our fingers and toes) get them too.  So

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 22, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest blog: “Me, Marvel, and MIT” Jade's experience working on a SHASS UROP for me

  

  gremlin brain was endlessly fascinated by it. I dragged my family to see the ... new trails to follow. For each reference, I made a new entry in the ... would get another concentrated period of time that I could commit to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action versus Regular Action Use this link when you get to the end of the post, you'll understand.

  

  tonight! After you get your tube a bunch of new stuff appears on your my ... &A" because I'd like to answer your questions. My goal is for this to be the one ... review your application and notify you of admission by mid-December. Can

  • by Snively '11
  • June 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Arma virumque cano: a guest post by Quynh N. ‘15 Why you should take Old English at MIT

  

  adds so much value to your education and to your sanity at this place. I ... ” education I originally thought I would get. I’m very lucky to be able to ... about to leave MIT in less than a month. I want to thank Connie for

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 11, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Harvard Square Photoblog Complete with funny captions. At least, I think they're funny. You be the judge.

  

  mile from my fraternity house (according to GoogleMaps), I got here by a far more circuitous route. Specifically, I started my day by having some ... Right now, I am sitting and blogging live from Boston's amazing new

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / Events

  “Freshman Musical Dorms” A question inspires an entire entry about housing. But I threw in some other stuff…

  

  you're a student. You get to live in a dorm (your assignment from the ... , you get to check them all out and compare them to where you're living ... fast. By some deadline, you're required to do one of two things online

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions Omnibus 2 I should probably stop stealing entry titles from Matt McGann.

  

  flexibility in choosing your classes; you get to pick six electives from any of ... intelligence.. etc. I switched from course 5 (Chemistry) to course 9 by getting a ... convince your GRT to get you a cat or dog and keep it in their apartment

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus & Fierce Forever More questions answered, with a few words about yesterday's Fierce Forever 6.

  

  answers are brief, but I hope that by publishing answers to all of your ... tests by an email to [email protected]. I don't know why your application ... your question is more in-depth, you may wish to call the Admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We are the people in your neighborhood… On MIT's diversity

  

  brings the world to your doorstep. You can meet a lot of new people, try ... 's edition of TechTalk, a newspaper published by the MIT News Office. Why ... , cultures, and so many other things as well, so we wanted to capture small

  • by Bryan
  • September 16, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Blast from the Past

  

  unfortunate, since it meant I stayed out until after 2 AM and had to get my butt ... ESP has been renovating their website and now I can't seem to find it ... sweet. Kinda want to get the idea of the layout of this dorm ... because

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 15, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Helicopter Flight Training [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] 500 feet above Boston with two MIT Deans.

  

  's fantastically loud - the kind of stuff that gets your adrenaline pumping. It's not hard to get caught up in this experience and miss the whole takeoff. I ... [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] For the second time in my life, I had the

  • by ROTC
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  that number isn't actually that high by comparison to the coastal cities ... Mountains, we spent every New Years outside by a 64 square foot bonfire ... . I can't wait to get back up north and start skiing with my family at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving Self-Quarantine 101 tldr; memes (haha jk...unless)

  

  changed SO much since then. at MIT, you don't really get time to read unless you're diligent and able to prioritize it over hanging out with your ... . Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie — i don't feel qualified to summarize

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for the Class of 2013 The "Next Big Mailing" is on its way out, and with it lots of goodies…

  

  folks are super-excited to help answer your questions as you transition to ... circles on campus, you may become known by your username, so choose wisely ... to check if your username is already taken: 1) put the username into

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2009
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Admitted A forum for students who were admitted.

  

  Welcome to the Class of 2012! Feel free to use this forum to introduce yourselves to your future classmates, and Early Action admits, welcome your new classmates...

  • by Decisions
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Admitted A forum for students who were admitted.

  

  Welcome to the Class of 2011! Feel free to use this forum to introduce yourselves to your future classmates, and Early Action admits, welcome your new classmates...

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer. Frequently, people assume…

  

  (ECs) in these cities, and more. Getting to travel the country, to come to you, is one of my favorite parts of the year. Developing new publications and websites. During the Admissions season, it is difficult to focus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 10, 2005