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  Mini-Guide to CPW KAPOW! GET EXCITED!!!

  

  visitors to hosts definitely works. Now, for us, CPW is a familiar event ... post a Mini-Guide to KAPOW for your final hours of prep. And if I miss ... need to bring a sleeping bag. Chances are, your host will have an air

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  IAP: A Quick Roundup Snively and his homepage dominance must be stopped!

  

  be as good.) The point is, IAP is great, you get a chance to explore ... places in Boston (EDIT: an important "at" was omitted leaving it to appear ... . Seen lots of movies (prior to this, the last time I went to a theater was

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Letting the days go by Fish finders, the Apprentice, and techie fashion.

  

  With all these applications, it's tough to find time to blog. There are lots of terrific applications! This will be a challenging year to choose from so many great applicants. A quick roundup of some interesting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Simply Brothers Finding brothers and brotherhood in MIT's fraternities.

  

  always wanted to have a brother. Last Saturday, that dream came true ... means to be a member of a fraternity. Because the fact of the matter is ... , my future, and - most importantly - my fraternity as a whole. If I had

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why did the engineer cross the road? Maybe there was a cape for sale on the other side

  

  of advice:  smile :) I wrote this entry a few weeks ago, but wanted to ... not to take life too seriously. As a senior, I’ve been on the prowl ... difference. I talked to a couple of the Gordon Engineering Leadership (GEL

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  at chemistry or biology, or a physics genius when compared to my ... knowing how not to have a breakdown. It means being able to look at failure ... school and work achievements. I talked to a lot of people whenever I was

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / MISTI

  Renewable Energy in Spain

  

  system into a photoluminescence imaging system to analyze the benefits of ... Vivian Dien Class of 2013 Materials Science and Engineering w/ a ... detection of inefficiencies, which is important in the manufacturing process

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Harvard-MIT Student Debate on Pakistan this Friday

  

  Harvard and MIT have organized a panel discussion on Pakistan's current state and future prospects: Date: Friday, 2/8 Time: 6:00pm to 7:30pm Location: 4-270 There'll be four panelists, all of whom have a strong

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Intermission Summer job: just kickin' it. And working at Pixar, too.

  

  Sometimes taking a little time to recharge is really all you need. I ... you guys, though - watch for a pretty important entry coming up about ... month, they're releasing Ratatouille, which my mom never fails to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  Some parents wrote to me and asked me to contribute my opinions to a ... . Obviously my response is directed to parents, but I thought it was important ... ' forum, I'll try to respond both as an MIT adcom and also as a parent. This

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  .[/annotation] In the end, I think there is more to crochet than stitches. It's a ... ="Unless you'd like to burn yourself. Then use a triple crochet."]will make a ... : As you can see, it is best to use a hook size that matches your yarn

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Over here things are different. Life is about the same.

  

  . Today, all gone, gone, gone. I woke up this morning to a quiet ... light outside was grey and a bit yellow and when it deepened to blue I ... 're accustomed to on our birthdays? Well, I think I've lost that a while ago, but

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  yours -- "You have grit - the single most important factor to succeed in ... aren't all that important to me anymore. I felt so much more happiness ... story of a student we had denied in 2011, and how well he had done

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  Aquarius or Year of the Horse is Not Important and you don't need to base ... participant at a hospital, which, to make a long story short, was like being on ... and ask you to spit into a tube and run some tests. Upon our first few

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learning to Spend Better This not a budgeting post.

  

  This is not a post about budgeting, because no one likes to hear how ... more generous. And knowing gives me a lifestyle to work towards, one full ... me spend on the things that are actually important to me.  --- Knowing

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  you ain’t gonna need it overthinking

  

  there any point to thinking? putting too much importance in what other ... i'm going to make, like whether to go to mit or choosing what to do this summer. i fall in the same traps when i think about what i want to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two quick items from the web Anthropology of War and Peace, and a ton of snow at Chi Phi.

  

  substantial entries to come this week): First, I saw a link on a military blog (Naval Open Source Intelligence) to a relevant MIT OpenCourseWare course, 21A.217: Anthropology of War and Peace, taught by Prof. Hugh Gusterson

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guide to MIT: Academics requirements, resources, and miscellaneous info

  

  , Arts, and Social Sciences, and 3-4 subjects in one department to attain a ... two minors. Beyond major requirements, you will need to take a certain ... following subject designations: Lab - everyone is required to complete a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  How to decide, when you’re deciding a pretext for productive procrastination

  

  years—it seems to me that what you choose is a lot less important than ... haven't completely decided. I shouldn't give you more things to read as a ... something else instead. Typically, these students ascribe this ambiguity to a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions ...and happy thanksgiving!

  

  never took an SAT II. How important is this for a transfer student to have ... could attend it for that. now i got a problem in november test due to ... August 2007 will MIT make a conditional offer i.e. I will need to get three

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 22, 2006