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<p>"I personally would have most likely not have chosen MIT, and thusly not have been happy at a lesser school, had my mother accompagnied me to CPW."</p>
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<p>WHY???!!!! Would your mother's mere presence have contaminated the place? </p>
<p>It sounds like the parents and kids really don't have contact with each other at CPW. It's a big enough event and campus that I doubt if most kids even see their parents in between arrival and departure.</p>