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  In the News An NYT article on gifted education.

  

  world" can dawn. For those of you intrigued by the program highlighted in ... season coming up, I should note that a home subscription to the New York Times makes for a great gift. Even in this Age of the Internet, I do enjoy

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

  Yes, This Actually Happened wwydfcfa - what would you do for chick fil a

  

  ramen place in Porter Square), but also I've left behind a lot of good food places I really enjoyed (Umami Burger, that one tteokbokki place in ... roommate, said, "Yes! It's the once a year time that I can [annotation note

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Far and Away I was going to get philosophical, but then I thought about Hugh Jackman.

  

  inappropriate, because I saw it in Harrisburg and not at MIT. Also, my 8 ... mutant army to Alcatraz. 5. I am in love with Ian McKellen, and my favorite ... other way around. 7. Also, for all the hype, I think that Angel was in the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Inside vs. Outside How MIT changed for me after being admited

  

  genius to teach me, how much I enjoyed hanging with my new fraternity ... sitting there like, “lol Ben I haven’t got in yet so I can’t yet get ... , looked it dead in its pale, white, papery face and said, “I will defeat you

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Got The Gig So excited about ALL the Things!

  

  in a lab at Stony Brook University back in New York, supervising my ... Rachel, and I love course 3 (materials science).  I love looking at how materials are made and how they work and I love blending plastics for hours

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello deferred applicants, i, again, don’t know what to say, but i can try

  

  feelings feel more distant day-by-day, but i faintly remember how painful it was to get deferred. i was expecting to get deferred, really. i knew, in ... heal, not again. as much as i want to laugh at how emotional this writing

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  is everyone growing up without me? we're only getting older

  

  three years; we broke up this past January. Even though I'm still young in ... can offer guidance. But sometimes I’ll see a Linkedin update about someone my age getting a new promotion, moving up in the world, and have a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Camberville

  

  student at Caltech) was in town and going to be there. I like Anna, and with her being in Pasadena, I don't get to see her that often, so I figured I ... that I'd mistaken the date, and Anna was not in fact in town, but still

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too

  

  about EA decisions being released next week. And I wanted to check in ... I come home each night and tell my wife over dinner how lucky I am, because I never seem to pick boring applications out of the pile. In fact, I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 8, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  ) stay in New York so that you can update Congress on the situation, c ... in order to create something fun and new. For example, painting skills ... -aged politician who is in New York City on a campaign tour when Godzilla attacks. As

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why Apply? Putting your hat in the ring if you're not so sure

  

  Hi blogosphere! I've wracked my brain wondering how to introduce ... . In my bio, I mentioned that MIT wasn't on my radar when I was applying ... athletics, gym classes, and other non-academic activities. I was reading in

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 9, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  I Hate Change but at least, I'm creating it

  

  impossible. So now, I get to start of my days writing in bed as opposed to ... change nonetheless. I am left thinking about how much has truly changed ... the seasons-- that I'm okay with. I can anticipate it. But sometimes, a

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SONIC JUBILANCE A day at the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building at MIT

  

  year. The room in the basement of the new building, occupied by the ... remarkable acoustics in the space I could hear every detail of each performer with striking clarity. After the first piece in the jazz set, I snuck

  • by Jeremy W.
  • February 22, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  baby steps something tender and new

  

  from august 2018, i can’t help but cringe at the unnecessarily harsh ways ... in the long run. i started reading ask polly articles and subscribed ... like a canned statement, but it couldn’t ring truer for me. i wallowed

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Personal Projects

  loftblogging 2: acoustic boogaloo turns out that at mit, even the non-academics are incredibly hard and deeply rewarding

  

  course they do; but unlike in a class, where I can always go to office ... another plan for this blog post: I was going to build a loft in the first ... .[/annotation]My parents and I were in SoCal last March Break (to visit my four-year-old twin

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 29, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Brass Rat

  

  ? Another interesting story. In 1914, Lester Gardner of the MIT Club of New ... I get a chance (maybe when I next answer questions in a day or two?) I ... Last night, I attended the ceremonial unveiling of the design of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 28, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  prophecies reversing causality

  

  important role in how i experience attraction. i remember a few years ago one ... occurs all the time in humans as well. i’ve written about this idea before ... , feeling that they “can’t do” math, and not trying as hard in subsequent

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 2, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  and i am afraid of falling a long winded chess metaphor

  

  follow. I think to myself, as I'm hunched over my laptop and holed up in ... and strumming a guitar like the sounds playing in my ears? What if I ... . "I'm afraid of failure," I say. Well, yes, they reply, we know. "I can

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You Can Plan a Pretty Picnic ... but you should also research the weather.

  

  aware of how little you know. Conscious incompetence.) As I reflect more ... ... but you should also research the weather. I am still mentally, physically, intellectually, and emotionally reacting to the three weeks I spent

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I AM CONNECTED! Finally arriving on campus was way less exciting than finally getting my wireless connection to…

  

  from my own room in Burton-Conner on my new (to me) laptop and will soon ... ) and arrived on campus around 5:30. I checked in at the front desk of my ... else comes in for Orientation next weekend.) I went back to my room and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 22, 2005