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  The rise and fall of CPW all the cpw history, plus proof the weather machine is fake

  

  students who actually end up enrolling. For the class admitted in 1984 ... the MIT Reports to the President, and I even ended up interviewing Matt ... weekend CPW's origins are rooted in a program for prospective women and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Gangnam Style Yes...........this exists.

  

  came into my room who had never seen it, and I had to educate her. For the rest of this post to make sense, you should probably catch up ... Influential People in the World" in 2012 for his liquid metal battery research

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 27, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  9000 Words This post doesn't have 'em.

  

  Kennebunk, Maine. The sand was the perfect dampness for writing, so I ... crackers, sparkling cider, a couple of us dressing up in sweaters, and pretentious conversation (I couldn't take it for very long, though, and I soon

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 9, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  culture, and while there is clearly no objective way for one to claim one ... different dorms as a prefrosh, or as a freshman, and trying out what works for ... floor works for me. We're a cohesive unit, not just a bunch of people who

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  up for a place that was supposedly going to unveil the mystery that is ... that interested me, volunteered for causes that I liked, and kept up my ... Nadya is a rising senior at Harvard primarily known for founding the non

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  Webster's dictionary has two entries for the word smashing when used ... :   It's good for you   You see, in the many conversations I ... 's only pay attention to the dominant traits. For students who are

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What’s on a desk? That which we call a workspace by any other name would look as depressing...

  

  . Winter break as officially started for me, so life is pretty good right now ... . She’s had to live with the mess for the past month). But last night, as ... up in the most succinct and accurate way possible – Warning: May

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take a Load Off Quoting The Band's "The Weight" should make the wait bearable

  

  in. But part of being human means acknowledging some limitations. For ... is visible from my awesome double.As much as I would've liked for it to ... know whether you're in. Right now. But that's not good for you, let

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice you’ve heard before and a story you haven’t you can just skip to the pictures if you want to, I wont be offended.

  

  "Go to class. Go to class. Go to class." But that's for dumb kids who ... and had to stay up until 6 or 7am on many occasions to not only finish a ... for the 'extra time' I should have saved. Where did that go? In a single

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 2, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  . I bought all of this ahead of time except for the pillows just because ... only a sleeping bag (good for retreats or sleepovers) and had their ... 't need one for a while. When you need one, though, you will NEED ONE. So be

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An MIT Underwear Exposé (and Sorting Hat) The coolest data you never wanted to have.

  

  mailing list with the color of the underwear you are wearing. (For a more ... entire undergraduate population, which includes Burton-Conner. Reasons for emailing all undergraduates include event announcements for student groups

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ATHack A day well spent helping others

  

  usually a one day event (some run for a full 24 hours, some less) where teams are presented with an opportunity to come up with an idea and ... Hackathon (or ATHack for short). The goal of ATHack was to pair teams of MIT

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT And/As Marathon doing things that are hard

  

  except for up. I did not know how to respond constructively to this kind ... fall. First a mile, then a mile and a half, then two. I signed up for an ... wear once — over my running shorts. I'll sit and stretch for awhile, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty years later cms major who

  

  for, and the fact that you end up closer to your goal is, at least for ... getting rooms: Kresge for kickoff, classrooms for team spaces and wrap-up ... especially love the submissions for A Twisted Theory. (The wrap-up has spoilers

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 29, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  3 weeks in northern Italy Global Teaching Labs and MISTI-Italy

  

  wood, and I woke up every morning to the voices of my family and the smell and sizzling of hot breakfast, and coffee made for me as consolation for the early waking. There was a snowstorm. There was the walk up

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Advice From The Elderly My last blog entry, at least from this chapter.

  

  older brothers or sisters, with whom I am competing for a space in an ... that out of the way, I'm writing this entry for a few reasons. One ... something like a "stay tuned for my next blog entry, after graduation!" which

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every now and then, my mind = blown. Thanks, Science!

  

  upon (actually, not really. My professors for 20.363, Biomaterials ... if he doesn't know what an enzyme is. My apologies if I end up

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 11, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning ... posted here.  For me, Educational Counselors or ECs are a special group of ... questions you have about why MIT could be a good choice for you. They are

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  nREXt and other bad acronyms a SCUFFY post

  

  , taking up space. For[annotation note="this is among the many abbreviations ... list. The email asks for applications for the Next House[annotation note ... , thinking of new ones we could run, asking for safety plans, so on and so

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 18, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  The Art of Juggling please take away my balls

  

  . I dropped a ball. I wrote up a text, panicked about it for 10 minutes ... from getting wound up. But now I find myself almost fully unwound. My ... 't have Space Bags to help me clean up this mess. Too many time commitments

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2019