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

  

  and another school. The funny thing is I can’t seem to recall much from

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

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

  

  In spaceflight, “attitude” refers to orientation: which direction your vehicle is pointing relative to the Sun, Earth, and other reference points. If you lose control of your attitude, two things…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  AHHH CPW!! Goal: Do ALL the things!

  

  ’t bring homework - Forget about school and home and just let loose and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  SCIENCE! I'm bad at it, sometimes

  

  space was cool. High School science was a less successful experience. In

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  school reflect these qualities. Some of them are already in your

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Giant Cows Eat Venus; Earth Next Breaking apart and growing, fireworks, and a story

  

  those of you who are in high school. Want something? Go get it. You don

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 25, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I auditioned for a musical Oh my goodness, oh my goodness

  

  In eighth grade, I was Tessie in my school's production of Little Orphan Annie. Tessie is, like Annie, a little orphan, but unlike Annie, she's a wimp. When situations get rough, she jumps on her bed to get as far

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Never Mind The Score Insights from the National Poetry Slam - for both MIT students and hopefuls

  

  your high school years, but the truth is you'll be seeing the people on

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Lessons Learned While Hiking and what they'll teach me here

  

  makes me extremely happy—learning and playing at the coolest school in the

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Nerd Camp tales from TDI

  

  staff were experienced, local middle school teachers who helped out for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  high school years I struggled through the class and the AP, But now I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Product Design, MIT style Sometimes, lab is the best place for a dance party.

  

  from MIT and immediately went back to my old summer job from high school

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A HASS[le-free] Semester Stay for the videos!

  

  I took four HASS classes this semester. What, stop looking at me like that. .______. I realized that I’m very capable of taking four HASS classes, but not capable of…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Boing! Boing! Maybe not the best writing ever, but the pictures are awesome!

  

  Back during my senior year of high school in 2007, I went to CPW (Campus Preview Weekend) at MIT. While at CPW I figured out which dorm I wanted to live in, that dorm being Burton-Conner. Burton-Conner has 9

  • by Snively '11
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life: Weekend Edition 80% more fun and 800% more apples in one serving!

  

  were active musicians in high school. No auditions are required. Much fun

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 16, 2008
• Blog / Events

  CPW 2008 @ MIT – Awesomeness Guaranteed (Guest Entry) On things that other colleges (namely their dean of admissions) will never letyou do.

  

  about the school that I’ll be attending in just a few short months. My

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My night with 8.03 MONSTER ENTRY AHHHH

  

  it, illuminate? i'm awesome) the situation: Thanks, Yale film school

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 11, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  The train in Spain is ungainly, take a plane I'm an MITblogger, get me out of here!

  

  with my nearly-nonexistent memory of high school Spanish ("Puede Ud

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a Polaroid Picture My alleged lack of football fandom triggers an epiphany.

  

  service in high school marching band). I mean, it just never stops, does it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  “I’ve Got 99 Problems… Admissions Is Not One” Really 52, but who's counting? I know that you love numbers, stats and checklists, so…

  

  receive an essay that states, "...and that's why Harvard is my dream school

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 21, 2005