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  AHHH CPW!! Goal: Do ALL the things!

  

  CPW. Campus Preview Weekend. MIT's admitted students weekend sponsored by MIT Admissions during which hundreds of prefrosh from around the world gather for the first time together in one spot to go up to random

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We were worried An insider's look at a February tradition

  

  -source production I have ever heard of.) was one of the best feelings in the world

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  New Semester From caving adventures to amazing classes, MIT is awesome.

  

  here at MIT and make some of my best friends in the world, but MIT is

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 13, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Fifty Shades of Break or things to do other than pressing F5

  

  ending poverty, to having all of the candy that exists in the world and not

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  's mission to make the world a better place Collaborative and cooperative

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

  Three Guys, Six Degrees almost better than a five guys burger...almost.

  

  QUOTE: “I think MIT is the closest thing to Hogwarts on this planet...you’re taking all of these kids from around the country and the world...they’re all a little bit off-the-charts in one way or another. And you

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 1, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  If you go to MIT, the odds are good that you'll get a B at some point. Is that one of this year's end-of-the-world scenarios? Not exactly. Let me be frank: If you were to look at my external transcript, you

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  V&Q&A Video, Questions, and Answers

  

  most certainly take into the real world as I endeavor to become a no

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Scary Tails and College Essays Three bad puns, two bloggers, one post.

  

  Introducing the world's first-ever* joint MIT admissions blog post! Brought to you by bloggers Canna H. and Am T. and a pair of mouse ears. *Backed by absolutely no research or factual evidence. Also, Happy

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  Levels and its equivalents across the world), students may not have any

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living Like A Native Or living like a boss. Your choice.

  

  some time to explore the world around MIT, so try not to get too wrapped

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2010
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With BJ Novak, opened by Barack Obama You may have heard of BJ Novak from his role as Ryan Howard on NBC'S…

  

  you having to get up. You forget that this is an institute of world

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogger Freebie #2 And a plot twist!

  

  worlds better. Finally, the grades came online. I was shocked: 65. Having

  • by Cam T. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics in the MIT No bacon apple pies here.

  

  Facebook buddy. (Curmudgeonly aside: It's a sad, sad world when I get more

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Sean ‘13 The third in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class. Plus, a related…

  

  the vast potential of all who attend the world-renown private research

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  New York A break from Cambridge.

  

  before sunrise, stuffing my worldly possessions into an oversized gym bag

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  A Run through Boston Having an adventure was easy. Carrying the camera around was the hard part.

  

  . . . . . . and into Boston, the greatest city in the entire world south of Canada

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 4, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  I’M BACK!!!!! (and MIT is hard)

  

  Hours are the single greatest thing in the world. PLEASE use them. They

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 11, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot of a Week Food, radio, James Bond, and soccer in an unusually eventful week.

  

  world. It's one of my most prized possessions, but it's mostly useless for

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  One year later MIT is like a surprise birthday party, but without the birthday or the party.

  

  the greatest, crunchiest learning institutions in the world. But the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 29, 2008