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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  AARRRGHHHHH!!!!🏴‍☠️ (Pirate Post) A Review of 21M.299 - Pirate Songs and Whaling Chanteys

  

  's Blood wouldn't do us any harm, they mean that having a drink wouldn't kill ... at a graph of people looking up “sea shanty” on google, the ... I mentioned it in a previous blog, but this semester I took a class

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • June 2, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leonard Nimoy at the Boston Pops He told me to live long and prosper!

  

  , the orchestra played Debussy’s Clair de Lune and a piece from E.T. the ... Last week, I raised my right hand and exchanged a Vulcan salute with ... from the Boston Symphony Hall audience. He went on to explain that as a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Good Will Mystery Hunting 63 hours of puzzle solving: a classic part of the MIT experience

  

  was approaching like a derailed train headed toward Charleston, West ... kitchen of Random Hall had melted from a relatively-docile social hub into a ... me sprawled a miniature metropolis of snack foods inspired by the great

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 21, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Apply to WISE! It would be WISE of you to do so

  

  senior year. “Good schools do it,” he told her, so she googled it, learned ... ’ll call and bother them until they do. If she can’t find a really good match ... own furniture?’, ‘what is it like having a communal bathroom?’, and ‘do

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 13, 2020
• Blog / Events

  2015 Brass Rat finally unveiled!!!

  

  for a good half hour. For what purpose was this? ^We lined up with our sorority sisters.                RING PREMEIRE!!!!! MIT has a very ... calls it the Brass Rat). Basically, every class gets to choose a committee

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Massachusetts: The Geek State I less than three (

  

  National Science Foundation released a ton of statistics as part of their "Science and Engineering Indicators" report for 2010. They compiled a lot of ... 's as good a measure as any of geekiness, at least with respect to the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 7, 2011
• FAQ / Life and culture

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  MIT doesn't provide names or contact information for current students. To learn more about MIT from a student's perspective, please spend time on our site learning about academics and life at MIT. Through our
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  How do I request a fee waiver?

  We understand that paying college application fees presents a hardship for some families. Fee waivers are available for both domestic and ... requesting a fee waiver will not have any negative impact on your chances of
• Blog / People & Identities

  BLÅHAJ: the Internet meme, the trans icon, the world’s favorite plush media analysis on the Swedish shark’s rise to prominence

  

  you a Blahaj enjoyer? Do you have a baby who wants to meet new shork ... . Whenever I finish a relatively mainstream series (ex. The Owl House, The ... commentary, allegories, plot devices, etc. I emerge with a deeper understanding

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Fall this time, with more zoom u!

  

  spent a couple of hours doing the lab, needing minimal assistance (save ... MIT 2024s for mentorship and camaraderie based on a Google preference ... because one of them is a 3 unit class, meaning it really doesn't take up

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 5, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Things to Do in Cambridge and Somerville places and events, illustrated

  

  is located) and Somerville (which is a subway stop past Harvard). The ... BAHFest (Festival of Bad Ad Hoc Hypotheses), “a celebration of well ... my friends. As a bonus, the keynote speaker was Ryan North, writer of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 15, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  CMU / Parallel Universe i am not a clown

  

  I visited CMU this weekend! This is pretty long, so here's a table of ... go to CMIMC, in Carnegie Mellon, and I had a great time. It went quite ... with a big group with lots of people I was close friends with. This visit

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  clay crash course one month of wheelthrowing later…

  

  to make a teeny espresso cup or ring dish :). Do the first few pulls ... hours a week. Every weekend, I would walk 35 minutes or so past Fenway, a ... from Japonaise Bakery; it was a squat, proud building with a large yard

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / CPW

  Backstage at the CPW Closing Show “Other duties as assigned”

  

  “Other duties as assigned” is a concept well-known to admissions officers; it’s a catch-call term used by employers to encompass all the ... . During CPW, a thousand prefrosh descend upon the MIT campus to participate

  • by Jeremy W.
  • May 19, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Small Things I Like About Autumn A short reflection on a colorful season

  

  across both our campus and Boston create a beautiful canvas and culture ... few things that make the fall season such a significant time of year for ... , and orange of the leaves, for me, always adds a new type of warmth to

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 31, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  “what if I get rejected” for everyone nervous about admissions decisions

  

  there", and then move on because I probably have a pset to do for the ... I'll cut to the chase: it's November, which means that a lot of the ... to MIT, or they already have and now must wait a grueling amount of

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 13, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How Do You Mic A Stripper? [by Harrison Bralower '11] It's a great question when you really think about it.

  

  guarantee a wealth of memorable quotes and events from your days doing theater ... ) spring production of The Full Monty. It's a great question when you really think about it-—how does one attach a microphone to a stripper

  • by ARTalk
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Admissions Valentine's Day Cards! Welcome to your moments of fame, 13's.

  

  (I know where that is! yay Google maps.) and will likely be in for a ... Following last year's tradition, here is a few applicants' moment of fame on the MIT Admissions Blogs- send me a picture of you and your card

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Trashion Show from rubbish to runway

  

  Manolya Altan) (Angles de Décadence - "A bold and sustainable outfit is ... Reviews: “Eco-chic.” -a freshman critic from Maseeh “The prizes ... .” -a sophomore on the Trashion committee “It was all trash! Beautiful

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 6, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Joint Post] Interviewing Two MIT Physics Heroes An Interview with Two MIT Physics Professors that are Departing from MIT.

  

  physics -- just do that.’ So, I've been here a long time,” Peter said. Peter ... along the floor. “We do a special case of it, with a fixed axis, but it ... supported the education of physics at MIT in a myriad of ways. From developing

  • by Richard O. '28
  • May 30, 2025