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  CPW Hosts

  

  . Many of you will receive a call or email from your host in the next few ... the available hosts, and ultimately we were happy with all of the ... at this point, but it'd be nice to know. Here's the scoop: we spent a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Liveblog: Info Session with Karyn Blaser! Learn about MIT

  

  signing in on OLPC's (somehow the admissions office got a hold of two of ... MIT student didn't die! 2:06 -- Most of the students here are seniors ... ." is the core mission of MIT. An example are the OLPCs people signed in

  • by Snively '11
  • October 12, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  last minute application panic for the procrastinators

  

  supplementary materials after the deadline, but some won’t. Be mindful of every ... relatives you totally didn’t forget about! a tenth of a college textbook! The ... , please watch this calming .gif of a cat: Take a deep breath. Mmm

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 22, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Misery Loves Company: Part 1 You might fit in at MIT if...

  

  For those of you who missed the blog post subtitle: "You might fit ... Bacon Society? Dare I even ask?Speaking of bacon, I don't see what the big ... of bacon of comparable value to your kidneys in the living room with a

  • by Cam T. '13
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  What have you been doing lately? SPOILER ALERT: Mostly StumbleUpon

  

  the wildfire burning 13 miles south of me. I'm also looking forward to ... masochistic way, I miss the tooling until early morning learning all of ... So it's mid July, Summer is well underway, all the major Holidays

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 15, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Follow Your Intuition It will lead you in the direction of Central Square

  

  , condensed version of the Yellow Pages, but I didn't really follow. Jewel did ... in Boston, conveniently 4 stops down on the red line from MIT, that connects the subway, buses, and trains. My friend Seema '09 (Course 14

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions Don't stress out!

  

  could take your mind off of things for a while? Just in time, the blogs ... video game nerds. Order of the Stick D&D comes to life, basically ... distraction, right? TVtropes One of the most addicting and hilarious sites I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  november again conversation with myself

  

  see my breath misting in front of me. when i looked up at the sky, it ... dyed over it with red and of course, that’s refused to wash out for the ... , though. things are fine. things are fine most of the time. i think i

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Choose a Laptop for College your companion for all four years

  

  bootloader. After three days at the mercy of How-To Geek and Super User, I ... at the beginning of July. They gave me an estimated repair time of two ... aware of this as the modeling software Solidworks only works for PC

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Undergraduates by Major AND Professor Auroux. Don't miss it.

  

  the founding of MIT's course in that area. For example, Courses 1 ... Practical Chemistry) A full list of the Courses can be found here. Each class ... course material for A HECKLOAD of its courses for students all over the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 28, 2009
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I fill out the self-reported coursework?

  Use your best judgment when completing the Self-Reported Coursework section. We're simply trying to get a clear picture of your academic preparation by subject area—you can't do anything wrong when completing the form
• Blog / Uncategorized

  the umpteenth post about balancing art and tech version: slightly jaded

  

  classes that fulfill me instead of the ones that are required, and ... bask in exhausted we-did-it glory the night of, when a thing is not ... skills on the way, that would be lovely, but it wouldn’t be enough. Of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer restaurant recommendations Some of my favorite restaurants.

  

  ; Fugakyu: One of many great sushi places in the Boston area, and a great ... ; dinner. The best of its kind around. 1595 Washington St Boston, MA T: #1 ... A few weeks back, I ran into my friend Andre '08 on the T (that is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 15, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  All 42 cheeses I tasted in college i am a cheese enjoyer

  

  my favorite of the weird cheeses. Subtle grains of sweetness. Sharp ... , 8/10 Mimolette - Mite cheese! A bunch of mites live in the cheese ... aftertaste for the small amount of initial taste, stays a bit longer than other

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 18, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hi, (gasp!) I’m Kim Kimd's first post as an admissions blogger!

  

  class about the art of creating electrical devices which use power ... consuming as it is awesome, so I've spent most of the last week staring at ... 've found some people to work with on some of the classes. Late nights always

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebie I love freebies!

  

  Twice a year all of the bloggers essentially get a freebie post. We ... Wednesdays are pretty awesome. My Friday is pretty the opposite of awesome. Oh ... Fluids. This is the class I'm afraid of failing. It's notoriously difficult

  • by Snively '11
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Deep Breath Before the Plunge THIS IS . . . wait, this isn't Sparta. Wha-? Aw, shoot, I took a…

  

  the DARK BLUE team. As of today, the map looks like this: We are now ... wished that somehow all of those games were combined into one? A little ... your own armies, your own territory, your own sweet victory? The UA

  • by Snively '11
  • March 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to miss deadlines at MIT Policies for late assignments, and ways to keep your grades afloat when life inevitably happens

  

  week - the day I had planned to grind out the near-entirety of my 18.100B ... assignment. In general, I find that professors are understanding of the ... are extremely common, and a majority of the classes I've taken so far

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • October 12, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goal setting and organization how i organize my life!

  

  ago, maybe in the middle of this past spring semester, I invested in a ... Calendar just seems to be the typical calendar a lot of people use so it ... making the days flow into each other and I lost a lot of my own sense of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Events

  It’s Almost Here! The sun? Orientation? Only time will tell.

  

  I think the last time I saw the sun was Saturday. In a strange turn of events for August, Boston has been graced with cloudy skies, unrelenting rain, and chilly temps since the weekend. Welcome back to Boston

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 26, 2010