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• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!

  

  with my new best friends exploring the Institute in any and every way ... questions you have in the comments section below, and I will do my best to ... we took part in. My parents are worried about me going to CPW by

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Blog Projects

  learning about Things!! cool classes explained in easy words

  

  meet cool people through classes, who have pushed me to think in new ways ... ="obviously class numbers are not in the ten hundred most used words, but I'm leaving them in to make searching for the actual classes easier if anyone wants

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 16, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  catching up what are you doing over the summer?

  

  . it's tuesday the 24th and we're waiting outside a house in mid ... , along with a yellow house that stopped me in my tracks. "that looks a lot ... chord in my memory. jeff and i met four years ago in the summer after

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • June 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Failing” at MIT for the record, this isn't

  

  ’re finally starting something new. Regardless, the end (or is it the beginning ... MIT in half of the articles on Popular Science. She is on Cloud Nine ... first exam. She gets that familiar thrill like she did in high school, the

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (An Incomplete Guide to) Summer Opportunities for MIT Students Pantsuits, stress, hyperlinks.

  

  intention of nabbing as many free t-shirts as possible (33, in case you were ... , résumés: I was having none of it--my focus was on adjusting to the new ... invest in some business-casual clothing. And so, before the summer had even

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Teach ‘til you drop, then draw the Mona Lisa while blindfolded. 573 students, 10 hours.

  

  (ooooooooooh) HOW TO DO PARKOUR Music History Different dog breeds in New ... classes. For those of you who can't instantly divide numbers by 24 in your ... littered with sonic screwdrivers and Tardis t-shirts. I managed to slip in a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  World’s Best Rib Recipe as advertised

  

  At CPW 2011, I had, hands down, the best ribs I've ever had in my ... line for the ribs. Where, like a beacon in the darkness, stands Snively ... ribs I'd ever had in my life. My hunger tore through me. The world went

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  italy research in pompeii

  

  to Italy to do some light research and travelling, stayed in a castle ... ;   Last semester, I took (3.094) Materials In the Human Experience ... .   castle “so anyway, we’re staying in a castle—” wild cheering

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 18, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 2) notes from the second day

  

  20: 9:01 AM EST, January 4th, 2023 location: South Bend, IN train: #49 ... ) Good morning! It’s a beautiful morning out here in the [annotation note="growing up, I really did not understand why the Midwest was in the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Events

  LSC – It Doesn’t Suck! Reject digital, return to 35 mm analogue

  

  ’ll be running the show on your own in no time. Just follow the link on the ... ’t suck! I’d never been a big fan of film back in high school, but watching ... new things. I signed up for a training slot, and before I knew it, I was

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Write an Original Song (ex?)-emo kid gone rogue

  

  guitar. This has become a pretty intense hobby in the past few months ... , ranging from absolute flaming garbage to (at least in your opinion) pretty ... living in the middle of the woods anymore. You have no clue what you

  • by Powers '23
  • June 14, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  My winter break so far take a break

  

  . Five of the eight people in crabmeats are from southern California so we ... 'd be visiting Boston later in January and would love to meet up with me ... want to see another piece of sushi again in my life. For the days since

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 29, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  Sometime in the last four years, between graduation and, oh, a week ... , compassionate human being who plays well in the sandbox with others and is ... -supporting adults do. The illusion of adulthood: it continues. In the last month and

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Scary Tails and College Essays Three bad puns, two bloggers, one post.

  

  application cats. Also, last night we discovered a new qualification for ... , pumpkin drop (pumpkins falling from the tallest building in Cambridge ... , in a car, in your stereotypical scary movie setting. An intersection in

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  November 1 Updates The latest from the Admissions Office.

  

  [Editor's note in 2017: This post contains outdated contact ... applications in earnest. Here are some updates from the Admissions Office ... currently processing more than 10,000 documents which have all arrived in just

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The First Four Days of the Next Four Years (Guest Entry) "STUDY. SLEEP. PARTY….pick two"

  

  simply "Rindge"), the only public high school in Cambridge, MA. I must ... into the room, waiting in suspense at 4:17 PM as Random Hall residents ... …etc. I even managed to catch the EC/Senior House Water War in action: One

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Day Cats cats cats cats cats cats cats....

  

  finally woke up. I sprayed dry shampoo in my hair, and headed to MIT Medical ... him in the basement of the medical building, and Will R. '16 and I got trained in Narcan administration and passed the exam for the session. After

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / Travel

  [liveblog] morbing at the airport the flight is delayed for several hours because of toilet issues

  

  I'm doing a misti internship in the uk this summer, so I'm at the airport to fly out. I have been stuck in purgatory (aka. boston logan ... update 7:05pm EST) Am I there yet: Yes! Hours in the airport: ~17 Hours on

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 1, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  CPW: ASA Midway, B1 B1athalon, and Cutting Crafts with Contour not to mention meet the bloggers

  

  last semester in [annotation note="a product development capstone class ... research, learning the ins and outs of team formation, and testing our ... I entered MIT, I had no idea I'd get as invested in building things as

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 25, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other CPW CPW guest entry by Sam Range '13

  

  prefrosh in an "OMG, you're from New York too?!" powwow. Once back on campus ... Of all the numerous documents bestowed upon prefrosh checking in for ... -page tome emblazoned "MIT CPW" in bright tangerine and maroon block type

  • by Bryan
  • May 1, 2009