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There is no cohesive, single source website for information about MIT, whether personal information personal accounts of or general information about the MIT experience. This is a problem for a number of reasons: for prospective students, the campus tours provide little information about certain topics, including housing, and while CPW allows prefrosh a great opportunity to dive headfirst into campus life, they often either forget to visit certain locations or and ask certain questions, or don't have the time to talk to an upperclassmen for a long period of time enough to really get a sense of the place; some . Some prefrosh can’t afford to visit or have prior obligations. Without readily available information about MIT on all of the aspects of MIT life, it is difficult for them to decide whether or not MIT would be a good fit for them (and, once they decide on MIT, which dorms or majors would be best). Although there’s no real replacement for visiting campus, we want to provide a tool for students who can’t visit, and help students who can visit optimize their time here and to provide a tool . We also want to help facilitate interactions between current MIT students and prospective/prefrosh students.
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