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• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  , and providing students with the opportunity and agency for genuine self ... I often receive requests for advice about the college process. It ... child for success in the college application process?” About two years ago

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXachusetts Institute of Technology your guide to the daily confusion

  

  I'm spending the day meeting with my first-year advisees before ...  on campus for their orientation, of which one major component is Residential Exploration, or REX for short, which is part of how housing is assigned

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  No Child Gets Ahead?

  

  . You can read it: Some New Help for the Extremely Gifted (registration ... experts familiar with the needs of the most gifted students say there are ... National Association for Gifted Children, said that state and local efforts

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Leaving home…

  

  three-hour affair), it wasn't with excitement that I hit the highway for ... travelling.] For months, I've been looking forward to the day I'd be leaving for college. I talk to my future classmates daily, and it seems like

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 28, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Meet More People a guest post from Amy F. '20

  

  strongest friendships. For example, I met my best friend (hey Alex!) four ... !!) place because of him, along with all of the other wonderful people I ... is easy: go to more public events, make friends with your friends

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Read Some Science Fiction You'll see why in a bit

  

  with the Men In Black Headquarters, except without aliens (for now). Normally, I would be there for my Fundamentals of Computational Media Design ... Dreshaj and Sang-won Leigh began looking for a substance with similar

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 16, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  New Year’s Resolution …of sorts. Since New School Year’s Resolution doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

  

  ? Every new year, Neil Gaiman writes a lovely little blog post with a wish ... , remembering that I (and that we all) have the capacity for both bravery and joy ... comMIT (as they say). After that day, so many conversations began with

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Last night in Haiti I have about three hours to sleep until we have to catch our flight out…

  

  just wanted to capture this feeling for now before I fill in the details later (with photos and videos, so it'll be much more interesting than just me blabbering on in plain text for pages. Sorry about that. Something

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 1, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  positive and negative energy revisiting midnight gospel

  

  dialogue for each episode is taken from a series of real-life podcast ... magic or not. for instance, at one point the characters discuss how oral ... episode that hit hardest for me was this one: “Most people spend their

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  MIT! For many of you applying EA, the deadline is fast approaching! I’m going to share my experience with applying early, and for anyone applying ... just listed things I liked to do/did for my community. It was incredibly

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  , for all it's glory, is no longer my home. Danny B. '15 wrote about how ... step at a time, with a lot of help and a lot of strength. And one of those steps was moving off campus. And that is why I moved off campus for

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best of Times summer at the NYTimes

  

  about it. I also did good amount of UI/UX and product design for an intern ... Times was not at all what I expected, but everything I could've hoped for ... with my new baby: Immediately after the internship ended, I had a

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 14, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Your friendly neighborhood webcaster ignore if you can time travel within your own lifetime

  

  Did you miss the CPW webcast with Lauren and Jennifer? Well if you ... registration page comes offline. Which reminds me… Have you registered for CPW ... will transition from “the whirlwind adventure with my new classmates into

  • by Dave McOwen
  • March 25, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Winter Storm Warning Brr, it's cold out there. And snowing.

  

  ENGLAND IS JUST A TEASE FOR WHATS COMING TONIGHT. SIX TO 12 INCHES IS FORECAST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE ... OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS NEAR OR

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 1, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hello, Layover I'm stuck in an airport. Ask me things.

  

  . I know this because I have been sitting beneath said scale model for ... my disastrous experience with America's worst airline carrier. (I ... . I am armed with a large black coffee and Beck's Modern Guilt. (THIS

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5th of November, Remembered Bonfire Night celebrations in Cambridge.

  

  /Bonfire Night over here at the other Cambridge. I actually saw V for Vendetta ... to Midsummer Commons along with a sea of people. I was worried that I ... going! The streets were so packed with people that cars and bikes had a

  • by Cambridge
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Post-Valentine Blog Roundup Valentine's Day capped off by a serenade.

  

  America's candy universe, with 32 candy factories (including those for ... Valentine's Day: did you know that those little candy hearts with sayings on ... years back (its site is now home to Novartis Institutes for Bio

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some a capella A concert by the MIT Chorallaries (7 pictures)

  

  have joined me to see MIT's oldest co-ed a capella group (with a nerdy ... Anthony's latest entry?) Some nice red lighting, for Radiohead... Some solos... I got to sit behind the sound guy! ;) And, for the grand

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Honse. Nnnyeeeeeeiiiiiigghhhghhhghhhhhh!!!!! 🐎

  

  of Monster with Reese's Puffs every morning for breakfast (can and all ... ="attachment_113647" align="aligncenter" width="768"] The master at work.[/caption] For ... reproduce these features with photorealistic precision. [caption id

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/14/19, at 12:14 PM ET

  

  with your MyMIT username and password. In order to verify that you will ... to log in with your MyMIT username and password. I recommend you do this now to make sure everything works for you. Strange things happen to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 5, 2019