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  The Magic of Those Ivory Keys (Guest Blog!) Part 2 of 3 of "Why I Declared a Humanities Major at MIT" series!

  

  accomplishments at MIT include being an Emerson Piano Scholar and winner of the MIT Concerto Competition. In her most recent recital on campus, she performed the Goldberg Variations, of which you can listen to here (LARGE file

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh Sam Guess what? Ben's mom. Ha!

  

  , judging by how many times I heard that "good neighbor policy" story ... also celebrating his birthday today (along with myself and Ben's Mom, of ... little detail of my life, just because it's amusing to me. So Sam works the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Events

  A Castle, a Jack, and a Beanstalk hacking culture @ MIT

  

  community (and sometimes even the rest of the world!).” On the sunny Saturday of Family Weekend 2014, a castle appeared on the skybridge connecting ... extended a beanstalk. On it, hung Jack, all packed and ready for adventure

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Night Vision Funny how "photo"graphy throws you into the dark

  

  , I’ve never used it on manual. But observing the effects of exposure ... curious about all those settings on my camera -- and the meaning of ... This semester I’m taking Intro to Photography. For the first half of

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 8, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  Art & Science in Paris

  

   inspired by the possibilities for the future of accessible drinking water and centered on a sculpture by the architect Ciro Najle. This internship ... September, and refocus my energy on a different topic. I helped curate an

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Stress Management @ The MITstitvte What's a student to do when school gets rough?

  

  A couple of days before a physics test, my friend Chacha'14 posted on Facebook asking how to deal with stress, and got a massive influx of suggestions. This is by no means a complete enumeration of activities that MIT

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Ring delivery! Saturday night was Ring Delivery!

  

  , I put on my rings, along with those of my friends, Anna, Shaye, and ... Here is my delayed entry on Ring Delivery!!! (To learn about the ring ... kidding about that one...sort of.) Actually, receiving my ring made me feel

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Notes A quick update.

  

  holidays. Over the last few days, we've been trying to catch up on all the tasks we put off during Selection. For me, this meant lots of returning email and phone calls. On Monday, I finally returned a call I had been

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a spectacle-r weekend exploring the Boston Harbor Islands

  

  boat?? No one waves at you if you're on land...regardless of where ... water on the seawall side of the island. The water was stunning. After ... gorgeous, so we decided to hang out there for the rest of our few hours on

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 5, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nemo Found the effects of cabin fever

  

  The blizzard helped me and Liz run out of things to do incredibly quickly. On Friday we watched the first half hour of half a dozen movies ... on the dot with the blast of a vuvuzela. Thanks to Facebook and the

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Swiss Miss "The archangel Michael descends riding a triceratops."

  

  were becoming apparent after three years of use. But anyway, I left it on ... disparity between the amount of money that I was willing to spend on an ... to #2, and it only went to #94 in Japan. And I am SO SICK OF HEARING IT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Undergraduate Research Journal: Get your work published! MIT's Undergraduate Research Journal, a student-run journal that publishes articles about research going on at…

  

  research going on at MIT and around the world. We publish four types of research: 1. News: Summaries of breakthroughs at MIT and beyond. -Some MIT ... It's that time of the year again -- MIT's Undergraduate Research

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Beta CPW laser mazes and deep frying

  

  deep fried Bertucci’s Pizza? We will have a selection of the finest local ... read our inaugural Deep Fried Taste of Kenmore Square event hosted by my ... event at our machine shop. Saturday night we put on our signature CPW

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 16, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  All Applicants Can Now Apply For Either Early or Regular Action MIT Admissions announces a policy change allowing international students access to either Early or Regular…

  

  I wanted to let you know of a change in the admissions process for ... restriction on international students applying early will end. All students, regardless of citizenship or location, will be able to apply for either

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Discovering Product Design through Photography Beautiful photos taken by DPD 2013 freshmen

  

  at the beginning of the year, I think the photographs that our freshmen ... five day program, we introduce the freshman to the world of product design through a variety of interactive lectures, awesome design projects

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Astrophotography Courtesy of 12.409

  

  take. 12.409: Hands-On Astronomy. It's a 6-unit P/D/F (your options are: pass, get a D, or fail). You learn the basics of amateur astronomical ... up on the roof (using a telescope to find Comet Pan-STARRS as the sun

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Events

  July 4th Pictorial FIREWORKS!

  

  . Generic picture of the boats lined up on the Charles River for the fireworks ... on TV, part of the barge actually went up in flames. Remember, you saw ... barbecue. I don't like taking pictures of myself while eating, but I don

  • by Bryan
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Your CPW Host The host assignment meeting was tonight.

  

  . Take a look at the schedule -- the bulk of events are put on by student ... Tonight, as MIT's Spring Break was wrapping up, we gathered up all of the student hosts who have returned from vacation (hundreds of them

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  recently read words absorbed by my brain

  

  poem, when it works, is an action of the mind captured on a page, and the ... of the Rice Chest” by Monica Youn My friend Alec attended the L.A. Times Festival of Books recently and heard Monica Youn read this poem

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

  d-d-d-d-drop date late is good sometimes

  

  tuition based on the number of credit-hours you take. Everyone pays the same ... tl;dr: MIT lets you drop subjects basically at the end of the ... Atlanta to attempt to fly back to Boston since essentially all of the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 27, 2018