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  Nicht Bach, Sondern Maurer The proudest moment of my life since figuring out that "Wok & Roll" was a…

  

  -winning composer John Harbison. I remember one time, a book was recommended to me on ... , and wrote ten canons based on a theme that Schoenberg judged to be ... MIT students here in rainy Harrisburg, PA), so I'm going to hold off on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Blizzard Barbecuing A few feet of snow never hurt anyone

  

  Yesterday Spanish House celebrated Boston's record breaking snow fall with the WTF(Winter Time Fun) Barbecue! Who says a few feet of snow signals the end of outdoor activites. Photo Credit to Hollie O. '15

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Orientation Lots of fun with picture pages

  

  Wondering what our new freshman are up to this week (aside from the usual East Campus shenanigans)? This SlideShowPro photo gallery requires the Flash Player plugin and a web browser with JavaScript enabled

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 1, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Admitted Students A quick update.

  

  Beginning today, admitted students can log into their MyMIT portal for new content, including a Class of 2010 guestbook directory (post your picture!). And also, feel free to use this fresh comments space for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  everyone i know goes away in the end why i've never done misti

  

  't want to spend that much time away from mit." i never applied to a misti ... live within a few minutes walk of each other, ever again. we went to the ... . as soon as i graduate from mit, all my mit friends get put on a counter

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2007 A final report from this year's awesome IAP puzzling solving funfest.

  

  to Michael Fauntleroy Stopheles (M.F. Stopheles, for short) for a mere ... videos on how to be really really evil in various fields, and all the puzzles therein. This would raise their Evilometers to a level where they

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Double Edged Sword On Time Magazine's article titled: "Are We Losing Our Edge?"

  

  , here's what you're going to be working on.' Even if it's a really cool ... this new era where communication occurs rapidly and information is only a ... , she went on several interviews, and she will take a job as a consultant

  • by Bryan
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Art Imitating Art well, at least blogs.

  

  New Hampshire this weekend, but I wanted to take this brief moment of ... excerpted on the entry announcing new bloggers: The smell of decomposing ... told him to bring his guitar. My plan? To defeat the zombies with a logic

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 5, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  π Day

  

  camera to take a picture with birthday boy Albert. What was I doing at ... /14) was also Einstein's birthday, and seeing as I was right next to the ... of the finalist projects of the Intel Science Talent Search. I got to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  City Strangers a comic

  

  mediocre): I’m living in New York City this summer. Oh stranger, it’s … a lot ... from the fire escape. We listen to a drag queen read children’s books in ... , but I'll try to find my peace in this sprawling city, in you.  You

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 25, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  Another Journey Planned How to go abroad 101

  

  teams have had to cancel their plans. Nonetheless, being on a varsity team ... accepted, I will be travelling with a group of about 30 students to Detroit ... suggest that you try to as well. Hopefully a short description of my

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: When in South Africa guest post by a fellow '21

  

  on Westcliff Dr. to work on DeKorte St., the lab had a good mix of ... 11:52 AM on June 9th, a cool but sunny day in Johannesburg. I took an uber to my Airbnb and after meeting my host and getting the run down on

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 31, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2009 Oh hey, I'm an alum.

  

  missed them a lot, so it was great to see them on commencement day. I ... the details of the day explained to us. No such luck. We checked in at a ... all stayed in the right order. Not a single thing was ever explained to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  2009: Let There Be Bloggers!

  

  not currently keep a blog, you may wish to start a new blog and start ... . It's not a perfect metaphor. All MIT undergraduates are encouraged to ... to the blog this fall, so a video podcast, killer clip or a

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How do you know when you’ve chosen the right major?

  

  Sometimes I get so engaged by a project that I forget to eat. Yesterday, I woke up at 7:35am.  Starving, I got a sandwich to-go at the ... if you've chosen a major that fits you? Fit is a fuzzy concept, hard to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Some comments on topics of interest

  

  of the program is not to pile on pressure for the benefit of a high ... was quite a long thread which went on many different tangents. One of ... to a REASONABLE level. And, no matter if this offends someone with 10

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Needles That was anticlimactic.

  

  little more training than a stapler) to put two new holes in my ears. A few ... point came when last weekend my friend Ami ’14 decided to get a cartilage ... wonderful it would be to wear it alongside my green studs. A little green

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions

  

  able to learn something new about you, then you've written a great ... reason to start on them now, but some people like to begin thinking and ... tackling the world’s biggest challenges to being a good friend. Describe one

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In which brains are awesome Neener neener neener.

  

  postdoc at the Whitehead Institute, 7.342 assigns two papers a week on some ... -linked traits and sex-specific areas on the X chromosome. it's a super small group that meets once a week for two hours, so we actually get to talk in depth

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / People & Identities

  H I C C U P S takeaways from a Bollywood film

  

  and tiring week) to watch a Bollywood film. All I was really looking for ... with me past a good night’s sleep. Hichki (which roughly translates to ... ://youtu.be/nLSaCFlXn-g (might want to turn on english subtitles for this) In short, the film

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 15, 2018