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  A Random [Hall] Sophomore’s Guide to CPW OMG! CPW! OMG! CPW! OMG! :D

  

  ’ll give you a glitter fairy sticker and a sheet of bubble wrap. I ... Gregor, which had a beautiful view of the rain pummeling the Charles River and ... somewhere in the sky, and when I got home I invested in a big, dark green

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Morning Person rise and shine

  

  a stressful rush to get to school on time for first period. Here, each morning presents me with a beautifully quiet campus. I wake up early and ... it a very personal and productive time.For example, the early morning

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Greetings from MIT Labs! Introducing MIT: The Game

  

  -dozen current students in a room with a bunch of pizza and soda for 48 and let them come up with a bunch of ideas for levels and build very simple ... out these concepts and ideas into a full Facebook game. With MIT: The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2018 Spring Welcome Events Come to Your Area Get a head start on meeting other members of the Class of 2018.

  

  MIT portal for the locations and times of these events, and for a comprehensive ... Chorallaries, MIT’s oldest co-ed a capella group. (They are the group I sang with ... Pacific Northwest while eating Bangers and Mash at a favorite Irish

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do in four years?

  

  cat shelters and fixing bikes for poor kids with Alpha Phi Omega. Took a ... varsity sport (if only for a year). Been in APO and the Assassins' Guild ... resources MIT has to offer for a student?" In a word, no. No matter how much

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  I Feel Cool Welcome to MIT, Mr. Gates!

  

  today! And thanks to the MIT Admissions Office, I got a ticket to see him ... last row of reserved seating. We did, however, throw a few jealous looks ... , guys...) After a few minutes, the number of flashes died down, and Bill

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  train of thought on feeling deeply

  

  Amtrak train, and more recently a day trip to Providence, RI also via ... . With one hand wrapped around the subway pole and another precariously ... and unbothered. The sky that day was not in a hurry: the clouds drifted

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 26, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Evens & Ends Notes on CPW, Veronica Mars, and more.

  

  . For one thing, the weekend is not planned out for you, it's more of a ... span of 4 days!). And, while there will be parties, CPW is a 100% dry ... conference on spam. A nice review of the MIT Museum... ...and a review of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Heck yeah, democracy. PSET Extension!!

  

  a class extension for pset 2's deadline? This is a hard pset, and we ... solver, which will read in any Sudoku puzzle and figure out a solution to ...  (Piazza is basically a site where students can ask questions and instructors

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  for the highest work of advancing civilization. You have to find a way ... times, and then some. It's billed as electricity and magnetism for physics majors, although quite a few non-majors end up taking it, and it's a great

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear Mom, Vol. 1 If I told you my life was a circus, would you believe me?

  

  So my mom and I are pretty tight. I do call her every day courtesy of ... share with you today's email. It is very reminiscient of the letters I ... brought the big elephants. I took some pictures for you. Here are my

  • by Bryan
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The CPW Weather Machine Strikes Again a frivolous day in the sun and grass

  

  The weather sobered up just in time for CPW, and we celebrated the sunny warmth with a spring picnic. It was a day made for frivolity. I procrastinated long enough to contribute mint-lime-honey-rolled strawberries and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  feeling grown up walking in adult clothing

  

  for an uber ride, or a dinner out? where am i between saving time and ... brass rats with years starting with 19. teaching for esp, and seeing all ... one of the prompts i answered, when i applied to be a blogger (and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 17, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Attack! My war diary.

  

  holed up in a suite reached us and we staged for another attack. After finding somebody with a key to the door I shoved it open and we breached ... and happy New Year! There's a new kid on the blogs, halfway through the

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule 2: Electric Boogaloo the one rule you should not break (take it from me, kids)

  

  freshman year[/annotation] and with a senior in my direct social circle ... fucking idea" and to enter a relationship with someone almost done with ... with new people. and there's a decent chance your partner is in a close

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a few things from civic media race in sports, human experimentation, and hidden figures

  

  ideas), and hang out with friends. so there's a lot going on, but campus ... (IAP) at MIT -- between the fall and spring semesters, students get a ... 've been helping with through my UROP at the center for civic media

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 13, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  at least i’m not as sad as i used to be i don’t keep friends, i keep acquainted

  

  the shock and denial of dealing with mit shutting down, and a lot of it ... , a year ago, was around the time i left for the us. and i wrote this: I ... people graduated a couple weeks ago and i didn’t feel as sad i was supposed

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hi, (gasp!) I’m Kim Kimd's first post as an admissions blogger!

  

  the lab and shown it to a TA, I have a day's break where I won't go into ... seem less painful when there's someone to share a chocolate chip and banana blueberry yogurt concoction with :) But, the night wears on and I

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life, the Universe, and the Energy Content of Gasoline "Don't Panic. It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day."

  

  message on my palm at least twice a day for 5 or 6 straight days. And ... right from freshman year, I came up with a plan to help me to stay calm and ward off test-taking anxiety. Quoting myself from a blog entry

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Local Boston Startups at Mass Innovation Nights Over 700 to be (sort of) exact

  

  by my friend Bryanne, is a flexible mat with lights and sensors that ... 've known for a while get bigger and smarter, which makes me even more excited ... Mass Innovation Nights is a monthly product launch party for local

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 10, 2016