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  Freezing My @$$ off at CPW By: Andrea '11

  

  As promised, I offered the chance to write a guest blog to prefrosh during CPW. This is just the first installment. There are many more coming! If you have any…

  • by Bryan
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Thursday liveblog Updated whenever I get a chance.

  

  My approximate CPW schedule 6:36am: Alarm clock goes off. SNOOZE. 6:45am: I actually wake up. I look outside and see that the bad weather hasn’t yet arrived. Hmm. 7:35am: Nance…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Samuel Maurer’s Day Off MIT moves pretty fast.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? When the cartoon “Underdog” was syndicated in the 1980s and 1990s, all scenes that showed Underdog taking his Underdog Super Energy Pill were edited out because censors…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Making The Switch Making the transition from high school to college, Chapter 1

  

  Hello, I’m a PC. Hello, I’m a Mac. If you haven’t seen one of these commercials, I really don’t know what to tell you except turn on the TV. But…

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This one goes out to the parent Fire! (she's comin' down on her own, now)

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The city of Portland, Oregon was named for Portland, Maine. What a coincidence that Matt’s entry on thanking parents came on Sam’s Mom’s birthday! Happy birthday, Sam’s…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  (Title above and song below inspired by lyrics from Avenue Q's "What Do You Do with a BA in English?") What do you do with a B.S. in econ? What is my life going to be? Four years of college and plenty of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Students Operate On Hawaii Time! MIT's learning environment supports a wide range of learning styles and experiences.

  

  time!" This struck me as a great encapsulation of a fact of life that

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mad scientist? “Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to…

  

  I want to do for the rest of my life. UROP- MIT Bioinstrumentation

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wonder what an Amtrak station in the middle o’nowhere looks like? Pulling an Anthony on you: pictures of train stations, followed by my IAP so far.

  

  This was the title of an email I sent to Neha ’10 a couple of weeks ago containing, well, pictures of an Amtrak station in the middle o’ nowhere. “Middle…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A catchup I answer questions, now that I'm no longer drugged...

  

  in her life like Piz?) I mean, smashing in the cop car just to get

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Adventures in Logan Airport In which I attempt to fly back to Florida. Written during a too-long wait in…

  

  The other day, when I stopped in the Admissions Office to annoy a few of its regular denizens (Hi, Nance. You too, Ben.) I was asked why my blog didn’t…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  More For Deferred Students FAQ and advice.

  

  in your life. This is not required nor is it expected, but if anything

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  1. So my sister bought me a bike. It’s a used bike, but it’s still red and shiny, and it works, and I need one because I live as far…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Thoughts On The MIT Interview ...from the perspective of an MIT interviewer.

  

  to learn. In your life so far, you have of course also found things

  • by John DeTore '80
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking Shape

  

  It’s hard to believe the first month of sophomore year is already coming to a close, but I’m happy to say that the term is taking shape quite well. First…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Reno/Sacramento wrap-up The latest from the West Coast.

  

  . MIT students are complex. This is a fact of life. So, yes, there is an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Get psyched, stay with it, do whatever it takes Adam's dad's advice is succint. Mine isn't.

  

  , or business, or life. Nobody's successful all of the time. So what you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Everything’s coming up Milhouse! This one goes out to the Class of 2010. Fire!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Madonna is 48 years old. Seriously. Guys, I need a favor, okay? You have to remind me to enter the PE Lottery, which starts tomorrow. I’ve forgotten…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Difference Written at 36,781 feet over Des Moines.

  

  So you’re flying to college. Or you’re flying anywhere alone, and you’re me. You charge your iPod and your computer and pack extra underwear and think about all the new…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam sells out The most valuable blog entry of all time.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? This weekend is a tax holiday in Massachusetts. I sure hope my floor uses the opportunity to buy a $1000 wide-screen television set online using our floor…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 10, 2006