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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  recently read words absorbed by my brain

  

  by the time you get to the end you’re different than you were at the ... extraordinarily dense interview. I didn’t get through all of it, and I don’t think I ... the role writing plays in my own life: Yes, that you travel inside of. I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

  averages on tests can be as low as 33%. Whether you think now that you’ll excel or fail, let that thought pass. Learn as best as you can, and ... year. It is now my last chance to share these freshman thoughts with you

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  🎶Jauntily Sauntering Ambling Shambler🎶 Yes, those are actual lyrics from the musical I was just in

  

  , athletics, and just about anything you can think of; when those passions mesh with MIT’s hands-on, let’s-get-shit-done attitude, you get all kinds of ... walk out. When you’re stressed and busy it can be hard to remember why

  • by Powers '23
  • December 20, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hi again (and goodbye) (For real this time!)

  

  [annotation note="The username that stays with you the entire time you ... expires), and I also get married and really start life sans MIT. Truth is, I ... served. I can’t condense this shift—mine or campus’s—into a few sentences

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the News An NYT article on gifted education.

  

  world" can dawn. For those of you intrigued by the program highlighted in ... Economist, The New Yorker, and Science. They can be a little pricey, but you really do get what you pay for. My agenda for tomorrow: mostly reading

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  lost it before you could get it down on paper or somewhere else you ... reason I get an inordinate amount of pleasure from it. If you're a Redditor, check out the Penmanship Porn subreddit and you'll get a sense of exactly

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Wrap-up

  

  . Wow! Thank you all for coming! As you can see, the restaurant was ... didn't get to talk with you that maybe you got to chat with one of the ... of my favorite parts of events like this is getting to meet some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Men & Women of Mystery

  

  experiences and countries. You can get a sense of our current international (and ... very, very competitive. I can tell you from experience that making the ... choose the best students we can without regard to how much money they will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Application advice Read this. Now. It's important. Promise.

  

  it was hilarious. I found it a little like that "How do you get to ... teachers can handle the job. Don't give them a huge list of everything you ever did in their class, and don't worry if you can't think of anything

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  a small moment in time on failing...*very long sigh*

  

  sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup ... . "If you can dream—and not make dreams your master; If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster

  • by kellen manning
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  From Markets to Math Class

  

  into the highest paying job you can find because it's there. Earlier ... "treadmill" that MIT can be: Sometimes it's hard to take a step back. This is why I warn my freshman advisees against getting on "the treadmill." "The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 12, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Whirlwind Weekend highlights of the weekend (UPDATED!)

  

  and watching kung fu." Points if you can guess the movie allusion ... -offs. He is a man with fashion sense to rival your own. He gets his work done early so he has more time to devote to his friends, whether they can

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Amy Perez Name: Amy Perez; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Lubbock, TX

  

  funny story. It shows a human side of you that we'll relate to. Fun fact about yourself: I can wiggle my ears but I can't whistle (you just got two ... Office. I also love getting discounts as an MIT affiliate at the Boston

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a super timely post about spotify wrapped bloggers wrapped 2018

  

  musical subgenre: indie pop Oldest song: "I Get Along Without You Very Well ... replacing my Spotify Time with Podcast Time. But where is Janelle Monae's Pynk ... that playlist. @spotify wyd. This is relevant to you because algorithms

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 4, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales From Turning Twenty They range from "a little peculiar" to "utterly bizarre."

  

  away and zipped up my backpack. Me: “...Would you happen to know where ... , boys and girls, is why you should always double-check where your exam is ... . Thursday Nov 1: I learned from Alan Guth that “you don’t have to have a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Endless rain into a paper cup ...also, restless wind inside a letterbox.

  

  case I did something stupid and you can't see the picture, basically, it ... be attempting to run in the Boston Marathon. If you can brave the rain ... remember for my entire life. Plus, if I can run a marathon in sleet and get a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  reviewing my classes this semester but unthoroughly

  

  constraints (needing to get all my units in so I can graduate)!! Some stats ... , because there’s no way one computer can handle that much search traffic ... .1100: Computer Language Engineering In this class we wrote a compiler! You ever

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 17, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask me anything about portfolios Go ahead—don’t be shy!

  

  designed to help the admissions committee get to know you as a full person ... hope that something sticks.” That being said, the answer is yes. You can ... follow the guidelines of each portfolio as closely as you can. The

  • by Jeremy W.
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Jonathan Gruber ‘87 (CPW Preview!) Our second CPW Keynote Speaker, Economics Professor Jonathan Gruber '87, answers a few questions in…

  

  -care expert." Q. Can you tell us about your current research work? A. My ... ! Q. Can you tell us about an undergraduate course that you teach? A. I ... Technology, where he has taught since 1992.  He is also the Director of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life as an Artist things I discovered about myself as it relates to the artsy stuff I have in…

  

  it comes to all the awesome artsy things you can see around campus ...   Let me begin by telling you the actual title of this blog ... My Life...". But "Life as an Artist" has a better ring to it, don't you

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 2, 2010