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• Blog / Admissions

  Hitchhiker’s Guide to CPW DON'T PANIC.

  

  . Confused about how to find E51-1151? Not sure what Course N is all about ... Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  bumpers a revelation i had while bowling

  

  are related to Wi-Fi connectivity or GitHub or Python and thus not ... looking forward to demonstrating to my coworkers exactly how terrible at ... flying out to D.C. was for team bonding and it would look bad to not bond

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my hottest STEM takes actively starting internet wars

  

  "let's show this to other people--it makes a lot of sense"? I'm not ... not to concern myself with the "jth particle" or "nth term". I choose ... /tutorials/the internet will tell me how or b) it will be edited by ChatGPT to be recursive

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • July 28, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mini-Guide to the GIRs Now I've been through them - don't make the same mistakes I did.

  

  knowing how to swim. For the math requirement, please refer to This ... you really have some pressing reason not to =p 10. Try to take a HASS ... can opt not to take a HASS class second semester and take another class

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 10, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  I Can Talk to Anyone perseverating with caution

  

  with how well she was able to hold my attention with math content ... education, to which there are a few common responses: 1) Not following up ... cautious. I make sure to emphasize how lucky I was to have teachers who

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 13, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  statement to go unchallenged. It's not that it's untrue, there are certainly ... . More than not there's some aspect of selfishness and self-validation to ... requirement in order to have friends. It's not a requirement in order to have

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m just curious as to why you keep invoking William Faulkner. "MIT is so charmingly nerdy" entries #12 and 35.

  

  me to thinking about quiz bowl. I was thinking about how much fun I had ... about ready to say, "Oh, not everyone, we're not that stereotypical ... I had not the greatest week, but tune in tomorrow for my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  is not admitted to his or her first-choice school. In the face of ... to meet two parents (hello!) who follow the blogs. They tell me that ... those who leave comments are applicants, I would love to hear from some of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  lessons learned this summer reflecting back on a summer that flew by

  

  not as a programmer drivers in LA don't know how to use their blinkers ... through them. sometimes it's fine to take a weekend off and not be ... tastes just as good as regular boba i want to be a designer, not a coder

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 2, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I want you to burn Unfortunately, usually somebody just blew up their spaghetti-o's.

  

  two weeks without hearing exactly how to prevent a catastrophe: "Close ... 't mean that someone knows how to cook a pepperoni 'n' cheese Hot Pocket ... doomed. But doomed awesomely. And since it's better to show, not tell, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Blog Projects

  learning about Things!! cool classes explained in easy words

  

  to know what they're actually about"]6.UAT[/annotation] How to Talk ... loud and clear, not talking too quickly, can all add to your story. I ... .678 How to Power Things to Make Things Happen Part 1 There are really small

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 16, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back-to-school special i'm a senior now :o

  

  how to feed herself--but in general, the dorm activities feel more ... feels like it's been so much longer! it's been a busy but not overwhelming ... have been UROPing, starting to work on my thesis, and trying to spend as

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 17, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I went to a motorcycle festival don’t worry, parents, I didn't see other MIT kids there

  

  eastside culture, not to cry doomsday or anything ... guy who I’d taught how to weld, a nice student, good at taking criticism ... biked to D-Lab to weld. I’d started a new project two weeks before finals

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How MIT students are trying to change education by biking across America.

  

  most will not be mentors. To answer to question directly, the teachers ... biggest challenge will be the teaching. LIke I said, our goal is not just to ... week (more on that soon) and am here to spotlight an incredible project a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions Dec 2006 This is a big one!

  

  trying to get that score up if you can, but one score will not keep you out ... , a 2100 is definitely not going to keep you out of MIT if the rest of ... count?" Evan responded: "The recommendations do not have to

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for MIT QuestBridge Finalists Don’t know what QuestBridge is? You can skip this entry.

  

  your testing by October, do not worry; you do not have to remove MIT from ... th, we will simply email you instructions with how to roll over into ... application is incomplete, we will not be able to match you. However, we would

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  25 things and another reason to come to CPW. FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS. OH GOD.

  

  FIRST OF ALL: In case that you haven't thought of enough reasons to come to CPW, in case a weekend of free food, free shirts, and hanging out ... anything to do, FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS IS GOING TO BE IN BOSTON ON APRIL 17

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 3, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Please Stop You're hurting the wrong people.

  

  To the person who keeps posting hurtful things to my blog and to Matt's, pretending to be "YJ" and others, please stop. It's one thing to mess with me ... obviously disenchanted. But messing with other applicants is simply not fair

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Stress

  

  Two pieces that stressed out parents and students may want to check out... Boston Globe article: College applications add to holiday stress NPR Morning Edition story: College Admissions: What Not to Do (with MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  a farewell to my phone which hurled itself repeatedly into the icy arms of death

  

  me one step closer to not relying on my friends for group photos ... cement below. I scrambled down to salvage it, only to find the screen ... rest stayed black. I went to get the screen repaired. This took going to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 14, 2022