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  CPW Thursday liveblog Updated whenever I get a chance.

  

  Classes of 2012 and 2013 (!). 3:31pm: I can't walk more than 10 feet without getting stopped in the halls. It's awesome, but I'm starting to lose my ... Student Welcome -- and I'm happy to see that most people are traveling in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Not a Real Entry I wrote it in the imaginary plane.

  

  carrying about 6 cans of soda in his coat pockets and instead stumbled home ... mailing list with an email querying, “Anyone have "cool" sunglasses I can ... Last night, I was lying on my mattress somewhere near the precarious

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 10, 2009
• Blog / Announcements

  We will not be taking anyone from the wait list in 2020 closing out the wait list for the Class of 2024

  

  tried to do the right thing. I can only say that there are [annotation ... Today, I emailed the remaining candidates who have been waiting ... to admit any students from our wait list this year. I am writing this

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Free Flu Shots Better than free pizza.

  

  MIT sucks. About two weeks ago I stayed up until 3 AM baking a cake in ... ;   This semester I will catch none of these lovely bugs, because I ... vaccinated almost 3,000 people in six hours. The process is remarkably

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Profiles in Courage My neighbor could kill you or save your life with her bare hands.

  

  chance to meet over the weekend when I wasn't slaving in lab, passed out on ... research for the past three years in a UROP with Professor Robert "I ... . Alicia and I were sitting in the suite one morning discussing, among other

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Sleep is Overrated (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ann '14!

  

  ’t quite know what to expect when I arrived in Cambridge on Thursday. In fact ... classmates. That’s what really showed me that I can see myself at MIT for the ... from Ann '14! When I first found out about “Campus Preview Weekend

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 4) notes from the last day

  

  is well, out in the American West; we will just have to see whether I ... incredible, at least to me, in the sense that I have literally never seen ... open in coach, and the lounge is not yet fully awake, I suspect. It is my

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time! I walk you through a physics/dynamics problem.

  

  so we can use conservation of energy. Everything in orange is energy ... 'm reviewing and going over while studying for the test I have in this class on ... Oftentimes the best way to learn something is to teach it. I

  • by Snively '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i ran into someone in vienna today… hi nisha

  

  [annotation note="the dark&stormy is an s-tier drink."].[/annotation] [annotation note="believe it or not, us being in vienna at the same time was completely coincidental."].[/annotation]

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 27, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tech Nomads Four MIT students are spending the summer racing 8000 miles across Europe. Find out why.

  

  deserts we all reconvene in Samarkand on the ancient silk route, where a ... across пњљпњљ of the earth's surface in cars that most people consider ... of Germany to get to Prague hopefully at around 4pm, just in time for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A suite surprise My suitemates find out I'm a blogger

  

  Yesterday afternoon, I walked back to my suite in Burton-Conner after ... 've had an amazing first few weeks here at MIT, and I can't wait to share it ... taped to my door.   OK? I opened the door, stepped into my room

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 19, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We, the people

  

  the Senior House dormitory), who snuck in just as the film began. I didn ... As you know, I'm a big fan of Indian Bollywood movies, and last night ... , the theater was packed. The last empty seat in the house went to MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / Classes

  Up, Up, and Away how to get out of the 'tute (temporarily) and out into the world

  

  , Peru [annotation note="I flew from Santiago, in case anyone was actually ... but somehow I ended up in Russia at a computer vision hackathon. It ... abroad. I was in Pavia, a train ride away from Milan, living with two of my

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  ) -- I hope that you have already asked your teachers if they can write a ... -- teachers in this country are seriously overworked and underpaid; I hope you ... still have them write you a recommendation. They can write in their native

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some news & notes for the Class of 2011.

  

  when the meeting in your area is. CPW Registration. You can now register ... : Class of 2011 Guestbook. Sign in, learn about your classmates, post a ... students admitted to the Class of 2011, as soon as tomorrow night (I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  We Started the Fire It wasn't always burning since the world's been turning.

  

  splinters in 10-250 next year, you know the reason. Back when I was in high ... cavorting days as a young'n, and not like how I half think I'll be back in ... wasn't true at your high school, but in all ten classes I took there was

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Applying Sideways (in Chinese) 橫向申請 / 横向申请

  

  Almost 11 years ago, I wrote a blog post called Applying Sideways that was my [annotation note="Audacious, in retrospect, given that I had ... of things off my proverbial plate."]Awhile ago,[/annotation] I got an

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Marjane Satrapi and French Breakthroughs The author of Persepolis visits MIT, and my French professor is famous

  

  Oct. 23 in the Stata Center's Kirsch Auditorium at 7 p.m. Marjane ... about life and criticisms of American foreign policy. All in all, it was a very informative and entertaining event. I am going to have to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In which I screwed up a lot So a bunch of my blog posts are dead.

  

  links in my posts about the dorm. So yeah, I'm working on it, guys. In ... will wreak havoc on any link you have made to anything in it ever ever ... later and create a new Public folder and put everything back in your

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I GOT TWENTY DOLLARS IN MY POCKET (because I got a press pass to SpringFest 2013, of course. photos inside!)

  

  Fest sold more tickets than any in recent memory.  And by "recent memory," I ... As Matt wrote earlier, today was SpringFest 2013!  Or, to put it in ... : I very much liked how they integrated string instruments into their

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 27, 2013