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  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  getting to campus. If you're arriving by air, you can take the airport ... that we'll receive a packet of information at check-in. Can I still get ... ! Anonymous asked, "Hi, Mollie! How did you and Adam get matched up with your

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Want a bike? Get a fairly decent bike at the Next House bike auction

  

  I'm done with the MCAT! Well, at least for now (we'll see once I get the score report in two months.) In other news, I got this email from ... 3rd week of school, but you can usually get something ridable for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just Desserts No metaphors here...

  

  are going to end up getting a slice of that beautiful pie and taste ... taste. Some get sick of the pie halfway through and need to take a deep ... of a cinnamon roll person anyway. UAG (in which Ceri attempts to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunday in the Park With chemistry

  

  prior to my nap. All in all, it wasn't a bad way to wake up, suffer a ... and cross the Harvard Bridge without getting knocked over by a militant ... decency to ring their bells at least 3 meters before nicking off your left

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Comments-ment Webcast A few comments on the past week.

  

  managed to run four miles, throw together a tofu-tomato-mushroom salad, get a second UROP in MIT's Plasma and Fusion Center, read a paper on ... . Life after it happens is at least semi-solid enough to serve on a plate

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 5, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  understand who you are - in context. Remember, we don't get a chance to meet ... , it is your choice to decide what to include in your application ... be hesitant to report your ethnicity because you don't want to be

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Holidays, and some advice

  

  general. A lot of you talk about getting into MIT as though it is your goal ... have been brought up to think that getting into a good school is one of ... learn and be challenged here, even if, to paraphrase a comment I saw in an

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Hug Your History Teacher Because it's 9/11

  

  blogs I found, is to do it by NOT managing the bloggers. Might take a ... wondering - "is someone going to write a blog post about September 11th today ... enough to remember. I'm old enough to remember sprinting home in fear

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • September 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hwæt! Did you know that you can study Old English at MIT? The language of Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien's Rohan

  

  ) that I was eager to learn Old English. In a nutshell, Prof. Bahr said ... of the Old English epic Beowulf, and in this class you will learn to ... how you're expected to sleep for grief, so I'll try to comfort you with

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to miss deadlines at MIT Policies for late assignments, and ways to keep your grades afloat when life inevitably happens

  

  grade) to have a significant impact on your overall performance in the ... days without having to get S^3 in the loop."This is a little bit like the ... just be a free pass to throw an assignment out the window if you’re

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • October 12, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  not denote your success in the class. I put in 20+ hours a week to my ... deciding whether or not I was going to fully major in computer science with a ... income. What are your thoughts on 21E? I noticed a complete change in my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  self-taught dancing: a how-to how i learned dance through YouTube

  

  dance for over a month, I delete it or put it in a subfolder to free up ... way to go, although a lot of dancers I know who have trained in studios ... placement, as well as your body in general if you're a more advanced dancer

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 4, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Remember? A Blast from the Past

  

  they're awesome. For 21W.755, I get to write a short story every week. There's generally a prompt, but the professor encourages us to go outside ... for this week was to think back on our lives, pick out a memory that

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Testimony from an ’11 By: Debbie, '11

  

  MIT Admissions webpage in hope of a new entry every hour. Anyways, since ... hours (I arrived at 7, but was supposed to arrive at 1) because we had a ... basically a research reunion! Then, we then headed over the French house to

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Fixing a trapeze! then hanging upside-down on it

  

  75 students in a basement beneath an aerial dance studio. We got to ... needle in with a thimble to protect my thumb, then wrench it out with ... mental chess with a stranger in Spain, both of us struggling to remember

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 29, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008: So I think I’ll go to Boston (Guest Entry) More pictures than your body has room for!

  

  , Judy, Kevin, and I met up in Next House to get waffles. Kevin went a ... . After a short walk to McCormick, we reached her room and I finally put all ... , so I took a picture of him as to not repeat pictures in these blogs

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Engineering Hero One of the coolest professors at MIT

  

  electric shock at times when I tried to power a robot by plugging a wire ... spent on the iterative design process and what it takes in order to be ... .007: From the MIT News Office: "In addition to the stair-climbing wheelchair

  • by Bryan
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Forum Monday Let's make a list of questions that you feel you REALLY need answers to ASAP.

  

  Today's post is a bit different from my regular posts. As we get closer to application deadlines I know that your anxiety level is on the incline. As a way to help with your tension headaches, I propose the

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Perfect Match? because the right CPW host can make a huge difference...

  

  would like to get out of the experience, have a preliminary idea of ... to finding a perfect match to serve as your anchor or guide during CPW ... important things for you to learn about from your host, if in fact you are

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 30, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Springtime for Interns in Germany Watch out, Europe: I'm going on tour.

  

  , where I'll learn how to open a bank account in Germany, why not to call ... really needed to get started with before Friday and almost no time to do it ... shouldn't walk out on a Nobel laureate just to slap some inductors together

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 27, 2006