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  Shelby’s Amazing CPW Adventure A CPW Guest Entry by Shelby '13

  

  visiting campus, but it was also my first time in Boston/Cambridge. Here is a ... only made me more excited to be on campus. My CPW weekend was off to a ... nonexistent. I could probably write a book about my CPW experience, but rather

  • by Snively '11
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  My grandfather used to tell a "story" about how when kids came home ... been gone a long time but I was reminded of this story when I went out on ... September they reminded me to take a moment in my discussion each day for the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  As Winter Melts things are gonna change so fast

  

  was warm. I walked around without a hat or gloves and didn't feel the ... 's taking on a new project, writing a computer program, or putting together a ... to avoid doing this in the future. For a while, I've been trying to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 3, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Integration Bee If this were televised, nobody would watch the Superbowl.

  

  a poetic is). Like chocolate, winter break melts under the hot pressing tongue of February into a sticky-sweet memory, bequeathing cavities ... will be a non-lame blogger and give you a lot of hard integrals. Last

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tips from Me to You 15% is standard most places, but my tips are 100%! (awesome that is)

  

  This is more of a mini-entry, a blogget if you will. I know that for a good portion of you, the pressure is on, as there's officially ... hours tooling for a C on a test, and you should take pride in your

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You win some, you lose some. day in the life.

  

  wrapped up in my blanket, with JP licks curled up next to me. There was a ... 'd probably lose a lot of money trying to market that. But instead of being ... to colleges that don't usually really get a lot of love, the Zion Bible

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  still be trying to figure out who your EC is so let's talk a bit about the ... be some distance away. In a case like this it’s great if you are able to still set up a meeting, perhaps by each agreeing to drive a distance

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Transporting In & Around MIT Everything you need to know about how easy it is to get around MIT.

  

  that he missed driving terribly. So, not too long ago he bought a used car. Keeping a car around campus is not free of course, but there are a ... either... PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION You may have heard that Boston has a

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 1 ECs are some of my favorite people in the world and you'll like them too.

  

  interviewers remain helpful). A description of the current interview process is posted here.  For me, Educational Counselors or ECs are a special group of ... . They are also teachers of a type when they talk to each of you during

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians, Part 2 This time, I am talking about science olympiads.

  

  MIT freshman calculus class back more than a decade ago (wow, I feel old) next to a friend of mine from Singapore. At the time, he was the only ... as a really cool thing. Being at MIT meant that I was going to school

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sore Subjects state of affairs isn't so good. But here are some telescope pictures!

  

  derive the energy eigenvalues for a hydrogenic atom. Pretty kickass, right ... Islands with me during spring break. Opened it on the beach a few times and ... a 10-page term paper on Julius Caesar due this past Monday (the sort

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 14, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome to MIT, Class of 2012 Welcome home.

  

  Even though it's been exactly a year since I found out I had been ... been outside on a cold, cloudy, rainy day when suddenly, almost without ... everything, if only for a moment? That's how clicking that button felt for me

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogging About Blogging CAPTAIN FAFSA!

  

  Internet." It was essentially a conference and over a hundred college and ... it. I was really excited for the conference for a couple of reasons ... admissions as a whole. While we were there we saw something so, um

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogger Decisions Released Many thanks to all of this year's incredible applicants!

  

  So we were a little more efficient this year in making decisions (i.e. none of this October business from last year!). I've spent a ton of time ... having to actually vote, which was a really nice conclusion to the

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 7, 2007
• Blog / Community Projects

  Dropout Design and the Disco Dance Floor ridiculous ideas can sometimes develop into pretty solid business plans. STORYTIME.

  

  Every year there is a contest sponsored by East Campus called the Bad Ideas Contest. Click around on there I don't think it's a secret. Two years ago, there was a really bad idea. It was built by First East (that

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 25, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Making house calls "Uhh, someone from MIT wants to talk to you."

  

  ’s awkward to get a call during dinner from someone you don’t know. But, we ... curriculum. I went to a math and science Magnet program, so I came into MIT ... just a matter of personal preferences, as long as you finish your

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wonder what an Amtrak station in the middle o’nowhere looks like? Pulling an Anthony on you: pictures of train stations, followed by my IAP so far.

  

  This was the title of an email I sent to Neha '10 a couple of weeks ... moved and where I spent the first week of the new year. As we drove over a ... the tracks a couple of days later; sure enough, there was this: And

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wolverine Wolverine, creme brulee, Ina Garten, BOOM. You symbiotic patriotic slam book neck, right?

  

  would win in a fight: James Bond or Wolverine? "I'm sitting in lab right ... . Except at MIT, it's a waterfall of knowledge. As I said last entry, I won ... clearly stupid. I just made a few small alterations--I didn't have any curry

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m Back!

  

  hours in between. It makes for a nice lunch/blog update time.) Today is ... what my fridge looked like: That's right, its sole contents were a bottle of water and a box of seafoam fudge. Mmmm, the tastes of home. (I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 In this entry, I answer your recent questions left in the comments of previous entries.

  

  ?" Well, there are only a few vegetarian-only restaurants in the area (such ... Cafe." And Vicki added, "Veggie Planet in Harvard Square is a tiny hole-in-the-wall that a lot of people miss, but it has some great veggie options. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2006