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  The Parent’s Guide to CPW ...it's not just for Prefrosh!!

  

  often hear from parents is, "what events should I attend with my child ... . While my parents did understand why I wanted to attend MIT, I’ll never forget the look on my mother’s face when I told her I was moving into a co

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 6, 2010
• Blog / Events

  The Stuff of MIT Legend I'm about to tell you a super cool story. It happened two years ago, but…

  

  : PDF...written by my 2.009 instructor, actually!)You can read a biography ... in my day...ahem), Solar Car team, Rocket Team, and others. Not only ... of which I decided to avail myself while preparing for my class in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  To my surprise, one of Marilee's quotes in my last entry about the ... APs for my senior year, so I can get into a good college." Or, "I ... one who is concerned. I can tell you from conversations with my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Look as good you will not Some summer reading for the nerds out there. Which means all of you.

  

  a comics shop in Boston. In my daily perusal of Wikipedia I came ... , this is an MIT blog, I figured that my general readership would be nerdy ... my archives, Nicola '07 rented the entire trilogy from our dorm last

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rosalind Franklin and Kent State Two more short book reviews and some news of my summer not (directly) relating to…

  

  Bookstore the first time I ever visited the campus back in my junior year of ... interesting stuff emerges. After that, I moved on to my next book. Because reading is my sole activity these days. I read The Kent State Coverup, an

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bubbles and UROPs OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question, because I…

  

  discuss them, because I have nothing better to do with my life. First off ... crest white. Plus, there aren't any sloughed skin cells in my drinking ... white? That's my question here. Shannon's going in the right direction

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making it work. In which I just carry on. Where's Andrae when I need him?

  

  MIT. My Answer: ...but you probably won't. Harvard is a great resource ... over IAP. My Answer: ...but you will probably find that one major is ... for the possibility of double-majoring. My first year here, my floor had

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Question me an answer. I try to help somebody, for the first time ever.

  

  some fantastic old 1970's movie that my grandfather had on one afternoon ... though your answer may be wrong, my question will always be right!" as they ... , and I also love building and planning things (I make my own little

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Robots, Space, and the Stories In-Between Using Sci-Fi to Procrastinate

  

  little about my science fiction obsession in my MIT applications since sci-fi is part of where I get my inspiration for wanting to be a part of the ... the school year in between my work hours this summer and decided to

  • by Richard O. '28
  • July 30, 2025
• Blog / Residential Life

  four ways to unstrip a screw tΞp work week tales

  

  I've used in my life (finally something hot enough for proper wok ... year. I think a mouse died in my walls the other week. Another resident ... one of my work week tasks has been to patch up holes in the basement

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 2 Hearing Amazônia

  

  ="alignright" width="225"] A top-down shot of the rainforest. I'd never held onto my ... highlight of my trip because we did so many awesome activities that day. Our ... into several different tour groups; my group started at the main

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  miserable and magical oh, to feel moved

  

  right now    a lot of the times, i am my first invalidator. it is ... sorrow.    my last words stifle in the knots of my throat, so i ... can stop everything in my life for this great blue and then, when i feel

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 3, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on wordle, french toast, and copyright law fun mit storytime

  

  example from the other day, for Semantle #13 (on 2/11), some of my guesses ... Toast isn’t a completely novel idea. People at my high school played "Karl ... lizards what the HELL is that THING on my SHOULDER getitoffgetitoffgetitoff

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 13, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  ."[/annotation] In my head, it's kind of a mash up of escuchar and mirar. You can give ... framing this post in the form of a Letter To My Past Self. If 2016 Abby ... I wanted to go to grad school. The mask was just my way of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  There are some big things coming to a close as my summer begins to ... price that you end up paying. In short, this is my brief, informal guide ... learned back when I was first on my way to MIT, as well as things that I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art is Everywhere! [by Emma Frank '15] Public Art at MIT

  

  . But it is! And after a tour of MIT’s public art through my ... art, and I only saw maybe ten pieces on my tour, so you’re just ... it every day on my way to classes. It’s called &ldquo

  • by ARTalk
  • October 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More thoughts on classes However, I did not find Matt's stuff (see blog post below this one).

  

  easier to find than my room keys, or the chunk of free time missing from my ... - I prefer my classes the way I prefer local fire departments: fast ... ) takes the proverbial cake for hopscotching around my criteria for likable

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action versus Regular Action Use this link when you get to the end of the post, you'll understand.

  

  a category, I noticed that one of my options was "Early Action Versus Regular Action" which happened to be the exact title of my post. Hm, go ... &A" because I'd like to answer your questions. My goal is for this to be the one

  • by Snively '11
  • June 15, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Religious Discussions Yes, there are non-atheists at MIT. But they still like science jokes.

  

  the events that I find interesting take place during my Italian class or ... , it gets heated pretty fast. My personal opinion is that the original ... 'll be sure to add that to my list. I've literally walked down an aisle of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Some comments on topics of interest

  

  interesting way to get my county-required humanities credit than the school ... -AP classes too. My favorite science class was a non-AP bio/biotech class, and I ... good teachers, and my school offered a lot of them, so I took them

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 7, 2006