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  CPW 2014…The Parent Edition Suggestions for getting the most out of CPW when you are a parent

  

  One would think that after seven years in this office I would not be ... will. That said, it's important to check in occasionally so I'd suggest ... and perhaps even an umbrella. Weather can change quickly in Boston

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is It Possible To Respect A Racist Film? We must learn to embrace the opportunities to confront ourselves by confronting others.

  

  that a movie is technically brilliant yet morally repugnant? How can I ... intermarriage." I can't say that I sat through all 3.5 hours of the movie ... very thing that you hope to deny exposure to the light can often grow in

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • May 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  Design and Manufacturing I (2.007 in nerd-speak) involves two ... challenge that can always be met. In his lectures, he starts with a problem ... favorite guest lectures. I thought I'd share his background and some of his

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.

  

  , but I was Captain Von Trapp in high school and after a hundred hours ... 't know exactly how the runner-up ended up winning so thoroughly, but I ... Abdul hits in the background. It was just then that I realized that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Raskolnikov as an Odd Metaphor on angst and deferral

  

  how to skateboard so I can [annotation note="I do skateboard frequently ... Caltech, which I was also applying to EA. I was completely in love with MIT ... because there weren’t enough interviewers available. But in the moment I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Senior Haus "find where you thrive"

  

  one of my favorite things to pass. I often thought about how long that ... repository of the murals (including ones not featured in this exhibit) can be ... Last Friday night at around 2 am I finally got around to visiting the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 8, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkeys and babies But no baby turkeys.

  

  . Nothing says epic like "ESTA - ES - SPARTAAA!") I suppose you can be ... 'undeclared' at some point in the middle of the semester (which just means I ... lately is going to make some monumental difference upon where I end up in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The second-to-last first two days of class Having classes 3 days a week rocks.

  

  long time. At least, that's how it was for me in the act of running. Once ... UROP adventures in a separate post, since there's a ton of things that I ... that I can say right now, but there will be more to come! The non

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Linkdump: Smart Leaves, Burritos, and Shaq cool things on the Internet

  

  records in the dead ball era. Same for songs. I swear I remember the lyrics ... : There! Now you've got some cool MIT-ish stuff to see, and I can clear a ... I think I get my need for notes from my mom. Every day of my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Bathrooms Always look on the bright, side of life

  

  up having to explain how bathrooms work here, so I guess I could give you a bathroom primer. Now, I only live in one dorm, so I can't speak ... in the comments), but I've had some experience with the bathrooms of

  • by Snively '11
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  More questions

  

  CPW! If we can help you plan for CPW in any way, please call the CPW ... that case, may I submit a few pieces of artwork (they are in .BMP format ... in your team? How many people are there? Are they professors or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Rate My Setup a guide to my room in Simmons

  

  Since the end of August, I've been living on-campus in Simmons in a ... on its stand (in the yellow box), the half-soldered PCB I was working ... can be used as an oscilloscope and waveform generator (in the pink box

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 17, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 2

  

  as good a time as any to the students who are still undecided: How can ... can look into it for you, too. I've already been able to track down some financial aid answers for some other commenters, and I'm sure I can help you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Second Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  showing you that I made it onto this list so... can I photocopy the page and ... interviewer in your area. You can always write to [email protected] to ask ... have studied a foreign language... the only languages I studied in high

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Weekend From Craigslist searching to meat-MIT building, this certainly is an experience

  

  event, and "How Many Feet Can You Eat" Subway eating event.  But I still ... past few weeks in preparation for this weekend's events.  You can see the effects of the madness all over the courtyard and even in the basement. I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 27, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bringing Down the (Lottery) House Like the movie '21,' but with scratch tickets.

  

  to more practical concerns. "Once I worked out how much money I could ... lottery," he says. "I can assure you that that's not the case. I'd simply ... own consulting company in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. One day, the story

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Half Harvard, Half MIT My schedule this term is split down the middle. Like the movie Grindhouse. Or Korea.

  

  in a place called "Malinckrodt". (I wasn't an Orientation Leader in ... buddy and lab partner, so you can see why I'm taking Harvard classes - basically, I'm hoping that in time her intrinsic fashion sense may somehow rub

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  chances the point is to let yourself be helped

  

  as chances to clarify misunderstandings and learn how I could improve ... updates and discuss what you’ll do in the coming week. I’ve been fortunate ... would finally realize how stupid I was and how misguided they had been to

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 26, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  From Cambridge to You On the road again...

  

  , and I'll be off to Hartford, Connecticut. You can view the entire ... Country Club Plaza If you're in one of these areas, I look forward to seeing ... questions as we can and do our best to answer every question fully. I've found

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  This School’s Big Game: a fun way to think too hard (how MIT Mystery Hunt works, now in Up-Goer Five)

  

  I love to play with big weird words, so writing in Up-Goer Five makes ... why the story did a good job. But I will not tell you all of it here in ... game touched my heart and made me cry in a happy way. https://www.youtube.com/live/DFFyI

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 25, 2024