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  Sleep is Overrated (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ann '14!

  

  ’t quite know what to expect when I arrived in Cambridge on Thursday. In fact, although I was tempted to plan out exactly how I would spend every moment of ... . All I was really certain of was that I wanted to take advantage of every

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lazy hazy crazy Summer for me means lab and cooking. I'm not sure which I like better.

  

  in charge of my lab? I do this in person all the time -- I'll be ... campus -- in addition to cookies, I'll probably have pie. And who can ... , think the idea of RBA is hokey, in the same way that I think icebreaker

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  change the world. With that in mind I started thinking about The Universe ... I was thinking recently about the mixed messages that come through ... can do anything" or the world is open to you, and then be told that

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Few Words

  

  it this far :) I can't wait to meet some of you at CPW! To those of ... I realize that some of you have been counting down to this day since ... me. It took me a great deal of nerve to do that, to know that if I were

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  time, I took those words and put them in the shelf of "things I've already heard" in my mind. But it wasn't until this semester that I realized ... senior in high school, I used to be the kid who pulled all-nighters, just

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  here, I can't even count the number of water shutdowns. But I almost can ... complain about how her hall's TV only plays in Spanish. I myself found MIT's imperfections when I moved into Next House (not to mention that you can't switch

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  into our backs at the end of every term and I didn't want to go out in a ... . I’ve learned that my own awareness of my aptitude can be more limiting ... of the world was overcast, but somewhere in the Pacific Ocean a cruise

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 25, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  , I'm out of here. See you in another four to ten years. ... -supporting adults do. The illusion of adulthood: it continues. In the last month and ... excerpts of my early drafts, edited out because I have common sense: "My

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Want to Declare a Double Major? This is why/how I'm doing it, in case you were curious

  

  , or understanding the progression of disease in humans. I also want to ... majoring in 7A, as I already have many of the required classes completed and ... : You can switch the order of steps a+b and c. This is just the order I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 5, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Friendly Neighborhood Dream-Destroyer "How Could You Work There?"

  officer in the month of April, naturally, I was at still at work. I was ... increasingly interested in the college process. Why were some of the students I ... . In fact, that's why I got into this line of work! Many of us were once

  • by DJ Rock
  • May 30, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Bill Gates It looks like you're trying to inspire philanthropy...

  

  examples of how MIT students are already involved in making the world a better place. You can watch the presentation online: Giving Back: Finding ... to look at the work of the D-LAB, Jameel Poverty Action Lab, One Laptop

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wanna be on the Radio? Your name in lights.

  

  Did you ever try to call in for radio shows? Ever want your five minutes of fame? Well here's your chance to be a blogger. Seeing that my experience at CPW will be very different than that of a prefrosh, I'm inviting

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Stirling Engine Spinoff The 2.670 competition is tomorrow!

  

  :45 pm- Pizza - All are welcome! And don't worry if you can't make it, I ... Join Us For The Eleventh Annual 2.670 Spinoff!! Friday, January 20 in the Pappalardo Lab (Basement of Bldg. 3) 3:30-4:00 pm- Craftsmanship

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Where You’re Going, Where I’ve Been CPW! YEEAAAH!

  

  through all 660+ events. I recommend getting an idea now of what all you ... , Johnson. This is, in my opinion, one of the most valuable events of CPW ... free swag and begging for your email address. You can get a sense of what

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  a fun bet spicing up the admissions process

  

  When I was once a high school senior drowning in college applications ... represent everything about who I am as a person in 250 words? I couldn’t, so I ... I wanted to go, I convinced myself I would miss most of my shots so

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  other schools, but here are some of the approaches I’ve developed from my ... year here, I joined a business club because I was interested in ... there, and I realized that if I actually pursued a career in this

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Visits… Bring Em’ On! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a fall visit to a…

  

  If I'm not mistaken this is the time of year when you begin in ... gracious to send you. I know that most of you will put it all in a big box ... if you can, silly! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  *Independent* Activities Period an IAP apart!

  

  me gain confidence is that in the process of making my tool, I ... experience called A Piece of the Universe! Another thing I did, partly in ... internship I got settled into where I’d be living, ready for my first day of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The New Iron Man is a 15-year-old MIT Student and lives in my freshman year dorm

  

  the same dorm I lived in freshman year, Simmons Hall. There, she ... :   As you can see, there's a such a wide variety of creative ways ... as Iron Man in the new Iron Man comic series. Jeff Dekal / Marvel

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Profiles in Courage My neighbor could kill you or save your life with her bare hands.

  

  engaged in some sort of war. Hey all, sorry about the relative dearth of ... preventing the theft of my laptop, and to all of the lovely prefrosh I had a chance to meet over the weekend when I wasn't slaving in lab, passed out on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2006