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  In the News An NYT article on gifted education.

  

  ] speaks of the importance of being able to be "on the failure track for a ... says he is convinced, depend on "exposure to the unusual, to the diverse

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Free-For-All Week! Movies, Music, and Baby Names.

  

  asked some of you to sit on it, in 2 days flat we'd have a flawless 30 ... the beginning of January. We are still not 100% set on a name... Here

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Teacher of the Year MIT's notable alumni include amazing teachers.

  

  's degree in physics, Goodman embarked on a career in technology, entering the ... on a particular project, he re-opened a physics textbook he had in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  So, you’re applying to college.

  

  sleeping late on weekends, and tears, smiles, and hugs still feel the same to ... my local community college. If you've got your heart set on a specific

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 31, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am dumb

  

  . So instead I came to Athena and worked on my application to UC Berkeley ... something clean, you're gonna have to clean it yourself. I occasionally go on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laura Stonehill: Designing Italian Pedestrian Bridges Laura Stonehill spent a summer working at a civil engineering company in Venice, Italy.

  

  at a civil engineering company. She was able to travel around Italy on ... at MIT but is expected to be learned on the job. She loved her

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s all about the numbers… Jump back into the basements for the first of two entries early this week on…

  

  .014: Calculus (single-variable) with Theory. Join me on a journey to 18-014 and ... class. ;-) If you peek through the windows on the door, you see a few

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Carnival A glorious carnival is marred by the passing of a beloved goldfish. (24 pictures)

  

  and Gabe put on velcro suits and then thrust themselves onto a large ... ? *sniff* I don't want to end on such a tragic note, so I will leave you

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Afternoon Props Props to ten people/committees/inanimate objects that deserve props.

  

  aquajogging this afternoon. Joe is on the cross-country team, but had his little ... revealing to me that you can get as much organic brown rice as you can fit on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Is this the real life? Guest writer for Sam's Blog, Ruth '07 goes home to Georgia, gets ditched by most…

  

  't throw diesel fuel on a fire 5) Don't invite someone to something, even if ... advised to bolster your courage and read on. Much more interestingly, the ... we lost, and then Coop (EHS) '06, who had insisted on meeting up in the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Power of suggestion This entry will tell you whether you'll get into MIT or not in two minutes.

  

  winning science fairs, some spent them cow-tipping. Some like to sit on the ... . Moving on...

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m A Famous Rockstar The title is misleading - I'm famous, and I'm a rockstar, but I'm not famous…

  

  returned each email and assured the authors that we were on the same side ... surprised. On a related note, I've been meeting with the environmental

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A New MIT “Alum” Many fictional characters are MIT alumni; the newest is Jessica Alba's Sue Storm in "Fantastic…

  

  On Friday morning, I was reading the New York Times review of the film "Fantastic Four" (it got a "thumbs down"), and one plot point caught my eye: When Jessica Alba first appears on screen, introduced as Sue

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Have you seen your mother baby standing in the shadow? A visitor's guide to Harrisburg, PA, with original soundtrack by Billy Mack.

  

  black leather (see above). The vampires, who live on quaint country manors ... who only grows more invincible the more time he spends on Earth, but I ... nation's hottest emo bands on the soundtrack. Last night, Shawna and I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 18, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Soup Dumplings, Fever Pitch Yesterday after work I headed downtown for the evening. First stop was one of my…

  

  recommendations, browse on over to Mitra's blog (this week: Thai food at Chili Duck ... should read the Nick Hornby novel on which this movie is very loosely based

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-wedding update

  

  reception, so I got on my mobile phone and called Nightline, MIT's peer ... on serious issues like stress, depression, sexuality, etc, but to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Multi-Day Weekend at MIT

  

  Now that CPW is over, things are a little less hectic around the office. Mostly, we're catching up on work, answering individual questions ... ) in Phoenix next month (more on that to come). This weekend is a four

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Hosts

  

  they will meet you when you arrive on campus. A note on your host: We did

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 3, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  to "proove" to you that it's not a reflection on you, rather it's an ... come to that conclusion on your own. As you know from some of my

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist Questions The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most…

  

  from the waitlist in the past few years? Should I even bother staying on ... have some waitlist admits. Whether you stay on the list or not is a

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005