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  Sneak Preview (to next) Weekend let's just pretend I managed to backronym CPW in the title

  

  replace your recurring nightmare of being forced to swim the Charles clad in only a beer keg with one in which you are compelled to eat far too much ... somehow forgot to submit the event on the left on time, it's not on the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 3, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A fortnight of Boston summer +1 for using the word "fortnight" outside of an SAT or literature class

  

  MIT in general, I knew I had to get cracking on this list. The ... ’s founder! The IAB gets together about quarterly to talk about how the program ... Fenway Park, home to the Red Sox. In front of me is more of the Back Bay

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 23, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  False Precision ...and the advent of the cherry pie scale

  

  Very early on in my Admissions career I happened to take a slice from ... pie had a hidden cost in the form of this rating inquisition. Not one to ... interpretation of a given individual and how applicable it may be to them.  I

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 7, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  *Oink Oink* Nobody panic!

  

  to MIT Medical, and returned with a blue mask. Soon a girl in my suite ... several e-mails to the entire campus telling them symptoms and how to react ... ), how long the cough would last (~2 weeks), and told me to avoid class

  • by Snively '11
  • September 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wow, work! Mid-IAP update.

  

  . Weekends have been staying relatively free, which is great. I went to Boston ... . I've basically been trying to edge in enough structure this month to ... took a week of going to bed at 8PM and getting up at 4AM to shock me back

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Less Than Perfect Bottle Rockets, Crossword Puzzles, and Half-Marathons

  

  down in bed than it was to get my butt to the gym. Even when I got back ... was the one pulling the launch string) so I didn’t get to see it happen in real time, but if my team mates are to be believed, the rocket went

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 10, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  post-semester paradise two weeks with no psets or exams in sight

  

  get to spend time in nature, so it was a lovely day. [caption id ... of Monday May 9. i had to present a project, which wasn't great, but as ... friends. i never get time to watch TV during the semester, so it was wild to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy This Week: Week 1 Spider-Man, Nina Yuen, and More!

  

  in how a few greats, such as Lincoln, Roosevelt and Andrew Carnegie ... Garfield has Spider-Man on lock. How to Win Friends and Influence People A ... week. The rules are simple, what I post needs to be something that you

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ditch on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike

  

  I was just downstairs in the records office, where the mail continues to come in heavily. I decided I'd help with the buckets and buckets of ... Palace. My house is called Ducksberry. And (finally getting to the point

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  each individual dorm in an attempt to showcase their culture. You get to rank all the dorms by how much you want to live in them (1 through 16 ... being admitted to MIT, students are invited to CPW and get to explore all

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  requirement in order to have friends. It's not a requirement in order to have the "college experience". In order to be fun at parties. I always hated ... often reflect how well you've learned the material in the course. Whether

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fraternities @ MIT They're quite a Rush.

  

  made that year, and how they continue to affect my life today. Without a ... freshman was choosing to join a fraternity. It was, in retrospect, also one ... other Greek men, I have a great deal of pride in not only my own

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am only slightly less boring than usual The title says it all, no?

  

  it nearly impossible for me to type anything at all ever. Getting ... just spent an hour making, I'm sitting in a chair listening to Pandora ... Oshima (Director of the Artist-in-Residence Program), and I went to the MFA

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 12, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Blogarhythms! All-blogger a cappella? Nope -- a CPW event!

  

  stage singing. In summary, I never did get to blog about the Winter Logs ... in 0.2 seconds, and then proceeds to receive many congratulations for ... performances (people litter a lot in cities; MIT also seems to be littered with

  • by Cam T. '13
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  i (don’t) want to be alone on loneliness

  

  want to get things done. i have projects i'm, in theory, excited about ... 't) want to be alone. two in a season of secondhand joy, i talked about how ... without me in it. I don’t want to get left behind because everyone else has

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  For those impacted by Hurricane Michael (and other disasters) clarifying our policies for applications affected by catastrophic events

  

  until Regular Action if that allows you to get the rest of your life in ... , we want to make sure that any applicants so affected, now or in the ... be as flexible as possible in these situations. When you’re able to do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 22, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 7: Philly Part 4 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  landed in Philly around 10PM. After getting my luggage, I took the shuttle ... ? Great, whatever. Then I reached spot A-12. Sitting in said spot was a ... in Philly so I'm staying with her to save MIT some money (and sleep in

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Living la vida lab rat So the moral of the story is that freedom is relative in science. And that…

  

  A few entries back, Lena asked "How did you get the job in the lab ... -- and when Albert's not in the lab, I get to take over his desk! The ... , professors, and grad students?" The easiest question there to answer is how I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  These are the drones you’re looking for Aerospace engineers: what do they do in their free time?

  

  went to another school in Cambridge and got my Ph.D. in Cell and ... moving to the west coast in about six weeks to start as an adjunct lecturer ... and fly one of every ship in Wookieepedia. Step one, obviously, is to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  More CPW Pix

  

  , as we finally get to put the face with the application. Sometimes, it ... -awesome)! It's also a time to see some folks we haven't seen in a while. It was ... I'll start off by linking to some of your photos: Anthony et al

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2005