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

  

  addition we've enlisted the help of a great group of current students ... you feel since they were asking those same questions just a year or so ... shirts so keep a lookout for them. A great place to find a parent to talk

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ: Waitlist answers to your questions

  

  Every year we publish a FAQ about the waitlist. Students on the ... here. How does the waitlist work? We are aiming for a class of about ... also keep a waitlist of students. Is the waitlist ranked? No. How

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  aiming for a class of about 1130 students this year. Based on our estimates ... with the uncertainties, we also keep a waitlist of students. Is the ... fewer than 4% of applicants a spot on the waitlist. Not all of those

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Building the Yearbook [by Ken Haggerty '11] An inside look at Technique 2010 (shhh!!!)

  

  ), it was my duty not only to come up with a concept, design the book, and ... ! But what exactly goes into the making of a yearbook? (...and one so fine ... photos for TNQ'10. Although it might sound a bit generic, the answer

  • by ARTalk
  • March 29, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday Boy Ben Birthday explosion inside.

  

  story of how my friends and I unleashed a birthday explosion in his office ... 's around! He's a busy guy, after all), whether it's to chat, to get advice or an ego-boost, or even to crash on his couch. And so a few of my friends

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  When Disaster Strikes About how we'll be flexible with applications, and a couple of benefit events.

  

  minds, and the early action deadline about a week away, I figure this is a ... things happen, like when your school is shut down by a hurricane, your home is destroyed by an earthquake, a close relative passes away, or other

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  alone in cologne homesickness, better late than never

  

  college. After qualifying for a scholarship program, he traveled from Venezuela to Germany without knowing a single German sentence. As a student, he could only afford to call his family once a month— a drastic change

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  concord market is finally here!!!!! feasting at MIT's on-campus grocery store

  

  into a boarded up, blank wall of plaster. It was sad, but the heartbreak was eased because we were promised a new store: Concord Market. Since ... morning, over two years after I had last eyes on LaVerde's, to see a

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 21, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  people appreciation post <3

  

  my friends are genuinely the sole reason for my sanity in a time where ... enjoy being a "Greek chorus" in relativity with Feli, aggressive nodding ... exception. I have professors who I would take a bullet for, they are so good

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 2, 2024
• Blog / Events

  total eclipse of the cruft

  

  this post is a little delayed, for which I plead CPW Like millions ... will be posting their experiences soon. But a number of alum bloggers did ... ’s surface. Truly a magical experience that you have to see in person. (Minor

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  No Ceilings next steps

  

  Part 1: (literal) There are no ceilings. For some reason, in a lot ... one step at a time. When I started my freshman year, I simply looked up ... for them, and off I went. Because I had attended a community college in

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 12, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  the pieces scattered behind you

  

  pliers to Boston. In my room, there’s a shelf of books taller than a man ... ones I once aspired to read. Not far away, there’s a path by the river ... id="attachment_95689" align="alignright" width="225"] A great view for

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 28, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  running out of time the woes of every single graduating student

  

  with a group of 15 friends took just a handful of coordinating texts, and ... ...," nor can I quantify the anxiety it evokes. I did a "senior sale" to get ... , but this time, it's a race against the clock counting down to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  W.M.

  

  Symbolic and Mathematical Computing). They didn’t speak much and expressed a ... ,” I asked as I wrote out [annotation note="A second-order differential equation describing a particle in a gravitational field"]a Schrödinger

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 23, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Out Sick aka, a subject line for too many emails

  

  Vaporub type of sick? Not once in the past ~seven years. Then a few weeks ... and ready to start (and finish) the 7.012 PSET. Instead, I woke up a few hours later practically unable to speak from a sore throat. So, it was

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  papurgatory I am demolishing my print budget and my solitary working habits

  

  the tired eyes of a poor researcher?” if I continue to print at this ... would also get me to actually read these papers. It did not. I carried a ... only periodically read a page or three. To be clear, the problem is not

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 17, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Stories That Made Me My identity in books

  

  I am a huge reader. I love hearing stories and telling them. I love ... storytelling so much that it's become a pillar of my identity — it's why I chose to blog. A major obstacle to if and how people read is discovering

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  forbidden gatorade cell media looks tasty...

  

  media is, in fact, drinkable. It comes in a whole range of pink colors! It ... anything else, I should give a disclaimer that this post is based on ... "] SDS [/annotation] suggests that it’s “not expected to present a

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  this is fine some thoughts at the end of the semester

  

  it. All I want to do is lie in the sun and read a book, but... finals. With the end of the semester coming up, I've been reflecting a lot about ... coherent thoughts, yet. But in this moment, I feel a lot of resentment for

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Got Us iPads! [UNBOXING VIDEO] ft. my cat and my new apple pencil

  

  found a few unexpected tidbits: [caption id="attachment_57457" align ... get him a cake from costco instead. you know, like normal people ... birthday cakes in a simple 3-step process involving two safety trainings, a

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 6, 2020