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  How to not love CPW but love MIT (for the most part at least)

  

  feeling disenchanted by a place that had been previously shrouded in a ... I had attempted to be (for lack of a better cliche) jack of all trades and therefore, master of none. I was more of a humanities

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  The Gender Problem Reflections on a year of Silicon Valley upheavals and confused HR departments.

  

  Lego League. That was the first time I remember being in a school ... tied to any high school. We were the only 2 girls on a 8-person team, and ... school for funding, and started a team there: Team 4550, “Something’s Bruin

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 8, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  Now, I can be pretty sure that most everyone applying to MIT has a ... like I could have found a cure to cancer, ignorance, AIDS, made an ... , Chinese, Klingon, and Gibberish, get a 3250 on my ACT and still not got in

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2015 Graduates from MIT mind, and hand, and heart

  

  organization. As an MIT undergraduate, Smith was a member of the student team that built a solar car and drove it across the Australian outback in the ... to the Class of 2015 as well, with a post on the wall of the class

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  the frenzy, not lessen it. 2) I worry that such a post would either be ... mitadmissions site, and there's probably not a whole lot I can do to encourage you ... never become a successful computer scientist." I then take a couple of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re stressed. So are we; here's how we deal with it.

  

  This is a season of stress. The release of Early Action decisions ... , kids) or taking a (very) brief study break. But something whisked me away ... interface. I need to tell you a story, prospective students and fellow MIT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  publish this past spring. The summer snuck up on me before I had a chance to ... seems like a better time, as people prepare to arrive on campus and start ... from time to time. :-) I am also publishing this because (a) I really

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining Hall Alchemy The art of turning cereal and chicken tenders into slightly tastier cereal and chicken tenders

  

  a rush, I find it helpful to do a quick scan of the entire dining hall ... . For example, the stir-fry station at Simmons only has a selection of 8-10 different vegetables (which is admittedly already a lot), but you can double

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Letters from the 2023 decisions threads

  

  from the other side of the veil: I applied EA to MIT a few years ago, got ... as a rejection with prolonged pain. What I didn't know is that those 2 months allowed me to discard a single vision of my future and evaluate what

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part three) junior trinkets

  

  are parts 1 and 2 ! As we've described in the first two parts, we have a ... organized and arranged all these things into a hopefully aesthetic square ... ) Freshman Arts Program trinkets: a puppet we made for our fiber arts group

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 26, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  What We Did In High School pls don't be as stressed as we were

  

  Counselor), at our high school's annual college forum, where a bunch of counselors from top tier schools gave a panel discussion about the college admissions process, sandwiched between two 20 minute Q&A sessions. The

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • July 11, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  community, each contributing a set of rare skills and perspectives while ... , of course, remarkable intelligence.   a younger me, with some ... will be honored by speakers, recognized by faculty, and handed a well

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the Applicants I was in those stressed and anxious shoes last year.

  

  post as a reflection of how I regretfully spent some of my time during ... I could have handled things. Senior year is a rough one. With a full workload, afterschool clubs, and varsity sports, the amount that is on a

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 24, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week in the Life Hello, Google Calendar.

  

  . Monday XFair On the day before spring-semester classes began, MIT held a ... with the intention of dropping a few, if they're at the higher end of ... Stories"--it's taught by Shariann Lewitt, a prolific science fiction writer

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2013…The Parent Experience!

  

  've enlisted the help of a great group of current students' parents called Parent ... those same questions just a year or so ago. They are also easy to locate in their red Parent Connector polo shirts so keep a lookout for them. A

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Lectures I had two ideas for good blog posts, and both were stolen by other bloggers!

  

  Once I was at a fancy banquet-type event, one of the ones where they ... , and then they brought out dessert. And it was gorgeous. A beautiful, sparkling peach, a couple of berries, a needle-thin stick with a pale green

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Which I Get Schooled By My Professor This video does not contain an improvised song, but it does contain Peter Reddien.

  

  the lecture did happen to be a good time. We learned about how you get ... … actually, on second thought, I had a lot of good doodles from this lecture. I’ll table it for another post. Moral of the story: chromatin is a lot like me

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Not Admitted Students I just wanted to tell you a story. It has a moral, but you don't…

  

  each one of you possesses a talent that will make you stars at wherever you choose to go - even if it's not at MIT. I want to share with you a ... , there was a temple in the mountains. The head monk was advanced in his

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Dark Side of the Moon Mi vida. Nada m√°s.

  

  any pictures so I'll wait a little bit...and then... BOOM 5.12 exam ... . October was a month of fun - work, yes, but also fun. iHouse had a ... MIT would decrease like pigeons in the park. We talked a lot about

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Discovering Yourself A bit more mushy than normal. . . deal.

  

  You may think you have a pretty good grip on what type of person you ... allow me to tell you something exciting and maybe a little concerning. As ... application I had a pretty solid game plan: Stress band, life in the country

  • by Snively '11
  • June 13, 2008