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• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Why It’s Special all the things that make CPW amazing

  

  could work with. MIT is a unique place, and it can’t be home for everyone. That’s why CPW (and the Admissions blogs, if you can’t visit in person ... MIT. (note: you can attend FIREHOSE! this year as well, here) The

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!

  

  to travel! (with the added benefit that you can escape January in ... each of the countries—I’ve put them on Google drive so you can check them ... information on your classes, extracurriculars, and teaching experience. You can

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  to have things sort of figured out in my mind, so I can say something ... ’ve realized in the past semester that I can be really hard on myself. Sometimes ... discouraged. And sometimes, the best thing I can do for myself is have enough

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Night Off Campus and some dancing

  

  soul-consuming. Still, on October 10 at 6pm, I can feel my brain starting to unspool from the rest of my body. I need a break, and luckily, I can ... few weeks since career fair ended). Many of us can't wait to dig in on

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 21, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the FIRST DAY of CLASSES!!!!! A summary of the first half of the day/how I'm feeling, with many exclamation points!!!

  

  you’re trying to print something huge, you can’t have a regular printer ... , there can be multiple ways to get to the same point, and you have to be ... super great at theory in Mechanical Engineering, I can say I know CAD and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dreams How MIT has helped me keep a life long promise

  

  in this field, etc. It is no longer a question that can be easily ... that it can be hard to stick with just one. Nevertheless, due to an ... the worst things a person can experience. As a kid I remember thinking

  • by Ben O. '19
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breaking Normal From Freshman Spring Archives

  

  skyline, the trip feels routine, normal. I can walk out in my slippers and ... , I can feel summer. The magnolias have bloomed. They smell sweet, and ... and Fourier Series, and all those things you can do with matrices and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes from the Road: NorCal, Netherlands, Nick Cannon, and Nerd Camp where I've been, what I've been doing

  

  software product development. As you can infer, there are lots of MIT alumni ... whatever panels and sessions as I can to help publish those conversations to ... Michael & me (PC to Michael, can't you tell by how nice the camera is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What’s happening with Senior House The thing that happened, why the thing is upsetting, and what can hopefully be done

  

  your tastes at Senior House. And if you can’t peg yourself on this either ... difficulties associated with these factors can explain the graduation rates ... uniqueness. I can name a number of fellow students who have taken time for

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • June 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Online Learning Ecology in The United Kingdom An xTalk on Amazing Programs and FREE Resources

  

  enter a university, much less a Masters program? No worries! Now you can ... citizens? You can do that online even if you’re six years old. How is ... United Kingdom. Citizens inspired by OpenScience and iSpot can pursue their

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  the bag. Ok, not really something you can bring, but be aware that you ... , but try bringing more than four changes of clothing. Things can get a ... talk to MIT faculty, students, and staff about potential things you can

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

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  Now, I can be pretty sure that most everyone applying to MIT has a ... the best they can. In the underfunded schools students seem to be ... tell you what you can or cannot do. For me I honestly did not believe I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculating a Quantitative Snapshot of Fall Semester Skip to the end for a picture of peas

  

  classes can only be taken in either the fall or spring semester and if you don’t take them in sequence, it can throw your course roadmap out of ... they recognize that student life can be hectic and draining and are

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tales of my first Career Fair Among other things, shirts for the next 33 days

  

  -3. I have a three-hour time frame in which I can grab and eat lunch ... honors. I find that all I can think of are skating-related. Great. This is ... can use on the test. At around midnight, I realize I need to somehow

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 2, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Day Cats cats cats cats cats cats cats....

  

  .R.U.E.® test. The thing about this test is that it takes four days, and you can't shower for those four days or the results can get altered. I'm on day three ... ; I don't even own a gold one. I still can't shower for another day

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  ADMIT ME PLZ? filling out the app. for some reason it's a lot easier this time

  

  college, you can write whatever the heck you want." -The same wise person ... -college). I can deconstruct any bowl of ramen for you, and make a pretty nice ... use the restroom and I ended up falling asleep in the seat. I can

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Want To Build a Robot? it doesn't have to be a robot (see: electric gokart section)

  

  manageable pieces.  Our first assignment is to build a "Mini Me" robot that can ... to claim "ownership" of ideas. As you can see from the propagation of ... fabrication techniques this can involve lots of milling and drilling precise

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Events, Food, and Awesomeness: CPW A story about how CPW is more awesome than lobsters

  

  to be a professional clown? Absolutely not. But now you can say that ... and another school. The funny thing is I can’t seem to recall much from ... , professors and anything you can think of; we are more than happy to answer your

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Sophomore Slump Last semester was not so great

  

  how materials function, and I feel like I can apply these to real life ... whatever advice I can to freshmen and try to make their time at MIT the best it can be! At the end of last semester, the advisor for our group and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 12, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  where you must prepare, you can’t do it. You don’t know how. Even the most ... on the fly. Some get to this break point and realize they can ... , even the most excruciating failure can become a valuable asset.  I know

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013