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  In the News An NYT article on gifted education.

  

  undergrad days at MIT, Jeanne Bamberger, mentioned. And I'm glad it was the ... cybernetics and himself a prodigy who went to Tufts at 11 and Harvard at 15 ... of different ways of looking at different things." There are also all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tribute This is not the best joke in the world... actually, maybe it is.

  

  , lightsabers, trap doors, and moving AT-AT legs, beyond "Don't Cry For Me ... Night in Bespin", and beyond the amazing blue / white / red lighting at ... to see The Aristocrats at LSC next weekend, I'm afraid that this may

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  's physics class at Bergen County Technical High School, students sit at round ... considered -- teaching physics at a high school level. That would allow me to ... State University of New York at Stony Brook where he earned his masters in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 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 the weekends and spent a week at the end of her internship traveling to ... at MIT but is expected to be learned on the job. She loved her

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Florida, complete I'm back in Boston now, my meetings in Florida being done. It was quite a…

  

  Ocho, in Miami's Little Havana. The Cuban sampler at Versailles ... Counselors (ECs) before the Central Meeting. The Tampa ECs and I dining at Charley's Steakhouse. At right, Regional Chair Lauralee Grizzaffi '91

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  deserve some props, and dare I say mad props at that, for genuinely ... condition. I may not live through this, but it's okay--at least I'll have ... to lunch at Steam Cafe. 6. Some random lady at Steam Cafe, for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wheels on the Bus Go Round And Round what do you get when you cross the flinstones with public transportation?

  

  Let's start off with a little riddle. What is white, at least 2500 ... was a little snippet about an event at the Enormous Room, a hip ... the Busycle. Here are just a few pictures I was able to snap at the

  • by Bryan
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 1 A recap, with pictures.

  

  back at the registration desk since a little before 10PM. I'll get out of here at midnight and can proudly say that my registration butt has been ... all at once early next week. Tomorrow should be a little more exciting

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  5 days until Mystery Hunt

  

  short, Mystery Hunt is a weekend long competition at MIT where students ... Friday, January 14, at 12 noon in Lobby 7 (the "main entrance" to MIT). It ... will have "warm-up" activities prior to the beginning of the Hunt, and at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  and i’d do it again differently

  

  do. at least that’s what everyone told me, and so that’s what i believed. at that point, i completed the introductory math courses i needed ... growing as a person at mit: that problem you had no clue how to do suddenly

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 25, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  leaving yet another senior writing about their last semester

  

  two weeks ago i was walking through the infinite corridor at night ... there at that hour. when you’re a kid and it’s nighttime you’re basically only allowed to be at home or at friends’ places or in public spaces like

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 20, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get a temporary cat and it comes with occupational hazards

  

  . ‘23 was off at a very cool math REU that, sadly, did not allow cats ... ? mrreeoooooooowwwwwowwowwwwww! without pause because they want to be fed at 3 am. Or maybe because they want cuddles at 3 am. Or maybe because they’ve decided they want out

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  No Snow, and on singing badly me? singing? and posting it online?!

  

  you're bad at them. And you shouldn't feel bad about being bad at things ... whatever thing you're good at, there's gonna be someone who's ten times better than you at it. Singing? There's like twelve a cappella groups

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Hesitations about Choosing MIT our experience

  

  regret coming to MIT, or if you feel Y, you will definitely love being at ... . When forced to look at other options -- schools that weren’t as uniquely ... artistic interests as much as other schools might be able to. At CPW, we

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 28, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF, BAMF, and other west coast adventures planning my next two weeks

  

  Rodrigo, who now runs product at Neighborly, before heading over to a ... 'll drive down to South Bay and conduct reconnaissance work out at Stanford; I ... coming week I'll be tabling at ISEF, the world's largest and most

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Was Great in the 1800s (and it's still awesome today)

  

  diversity throughout history. At the beginning of the 20th century, the ... and Latin America (read more here). At the beginning of the 21st century ... international students at MIT. The first part displays MIT’s commitment to gender

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Questbridge College Admissions Conference A guest post from Louis Lamia '14, an MIT Quest Scholar.

  

  Some of you may look at my last post and wonder, "what's happened to ... . Anyways, the conference I attended was being held at Yale, and there I ran ... applying through QuestBridge not too long ago. He was volunteering at the

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  facebook and my two teenagers, I’d be hopelessly inept at water cooler ... and other areas...nerds? “ Because I work at MIT and I have come to ... . But the ensuing string of comments didn’t agree with me at all. Her own

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  at MIT. I nearly fell asleep during a Star Wars marathon. It ... 's my (perhaps 'geekier') peers at MIT.... I don't come from an academic ... dropped out of high school and earned a GED at 17. So I'm a first

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  dedicate this post to my experience so far with academic advising at MIT ... Identity. At first I didn't know how to take the news. This placement was ... to shop around for a new one. At first I was actually pretty worried

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008