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• Blog / Hacks

  A couple of hacks from a couple of hacks CPW tends to bring out the best work from the esoteric pranksters

  

  for me, seeing all you guys excited to be here and the prospect of studying here reminds me that I'm pretty fortunate to have had the ... feat was pulled off by installing multicolored modules in nearly every

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Facebook & Google Plus open thread on social media. teach me something.

  

  bothers me. In the beginning, Facebook essentially served as a platform for establishing and maintaining weak ties. Not only was the technology not nearly as ... experiences with social media are a generation out of date. So please, tell me

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2011
• Blog / Events

  How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb? If you asked somebody what 'for' was for, what would it be?

  

  containing only puns, however, allow me to write some content. The answer to ... sneezed white boogers onto the grass near where I park my car. I am clearly ... ; however, the one who left the strongest impression on me was Institvte

  • by Cam T. '13
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Spring Concert This year's concert: Jason Derülo and Janelle Monáe.

  

  spring for nearly half a century, the residents of MIT's Senior Haus ... '99, dropped me an email to let me know about this glaring omission

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Been Up To No, not back around finals week - still not thinking about it... DURING IAP! When…

  

  'm switching from IAP mode to work mode!) Let me start with the fun stuff then ... Badwater. Mostly salt. That's the way to MIT? Or near there? Ready, set, go ... 't really dark, but Clannad 2 looked wayyy too sad for me... oh and a pretty

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • February 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Field Trip! I meant to blog this a long long time ago.

  

  of 'school-sponsored activity' - not nearly as catch-phrase-y and often ... - which makes me sad because I have to walk over to Baker dorm next door and ... helped out a little! Let me know if you'd like to know anything else about

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 26, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Banditos Misteriosos Everybody enjoys a ghoul dance party!

  

  wasn't new to me, I'd seen it in an episode of CSI: Miami, but there was never anything like that near where I lived. Suddenly, thrust into Boston ... an e-mail informing me that there was to be another flash mob, this

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Examining exams Sometimes, grades matter less than photons are matter.

  

  allow me to redirect you up the river*. (*I'm kidding! Please don't take ... Gave It Back to Me on Tuesday)”. You guessed it: MIT just dumped its ... subtle undercurrent of rampant paranoia. At some level, nearly everyone

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Shakespeare Ensemble This ain't your AP English class's Shakespeare.

  

  trailer on YouTube (warning: it's PG-13 for about two seconds near the end ... other characters. All that said, let me just conclude with a few photos ... friend Sara '11 (Ivana in the play) let me use some of hers, including a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Time To Have A Sit-Down With Your GC. Can we tawk?

  

  , he told me that he had nearly 1000 other students to help and that I ... me the way my parents had. I took his advice and we began a great

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Thursday liveblog Updated whenever I get a chance.

  

  hasn't yet arrived. Hmm. 7:35am: Nance picks me up; we head in to campus ... tour. 11:30am: Kevin '11 quizzes me about his application. I say, "Did ... . Now, my shift is over. Nearly half of the students have arrived. I have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Passing Out ...of classes. Or in class. We'll see.

  

  classes, which was interesting, since I nearly forgot that among all the ... , "That's so much cheaper/better for me since I'm a huge procrastinator ... was in your shoes, so please feel free to ask me questions about SATs

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Quentin Smith Google Quentin Smith '10.

  

  coolest of cool tech companies, Google. "In the interview, they asked me ... , which may not seem quite so much if Smith rents housing anywhere near the ... past four years. . . He's really helped me one-on-one." Smith is the son

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  “Heroes” The second in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Michael Jackson.

  

  everybody knows happened there really got to me. But as our English ... Brandenburger Tor near the end of the tour. This was the best picture that I could ... ?) proved to be fateful, as it was in a glass jar, which prevented me from

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Uh-oh Spaghetti-O

  

  directly corresponds to a nearly 1:1 ratio in the admitted pool. I'll admit ... me that Wenhao was responsible for that particular abomination. I ... ourselves, and some people can take it pretty hard. Which leads me into my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Followup To Mailing Disaster Answers to your questions from my last post, regarding the recent mailing of EA decisions.

  

  supportive comments. You guys got me through today - I seriously don't know ... . Please don't ask me to identify the states; I wouldn't feel right doing so ... near impossible to fake. And it would allow us to deliver the decision in

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Dating Research A news story today looks at Media Lab research on dating.

  

  attractive in a man: give me lots of short words of encouragement and let me ... show how you're doing in real-time. [...] Pentland has analysed nearly 60

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dig if you will a picture. My name appeared in The Tech; now I am immortal.

  

  serves me correctly, the things you're supposed to do are along the lines ... " and both are excellent. 6. One day when nothing happens to me I'm going ... 're definitely going to get an entry on it in the near future. 9. I mentioned the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  More on food

  

  he sees me walk in). For noshing, several cafes take TechCash -- there ... food truck near the bio building every Tuesday because their curry chicken makes me happy. Further on the topic of "good food not paid for by

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  GRE, Boston love, and loose ends from last time Wandering around Boston lost is one of my favorite things to do.

  

  being unaccountably giddy. The test center was near South Station, so ... been murdered.) Anyway. My wanderings led me to one of my favorite Ohio ... taken physics, and believe me, it was reflected in my 8.01 grade. I passed

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2005