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• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 Classes For 0 Credit: Beethoven to Mahler and Paradise Lost That can be rearranged to say: Paradise lost to Beethoven and Mahler.

  

  22nd line of the poem, Milton calls on God to bless his work: "What in ... as you might guess it focuses on music spanning from Monteverdi (ca ... one of my physics classes. My friend Ben H. '14 was in a similarly

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Days My traditional end-of-summer recap post, in technicolor.

  

  , began exercising on a daily basis, and even quit pulling the pigtails of ... with my grad student, Livia, on imaging the visual word form area of the ... Spaniard Manolo, and that there are palm trees on the sixth floor of our

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 29, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  semester at MIT, on the academic side of things, I took four science classes ... you're asked to put a list of extracurriculars on your blogger ... with all of you on these blogs, to answer your questions - to try and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Caltech, Bring IT on Just some harmless rivalry...

  

  From the Caltech homepage: Caltech Pranked by MIT Today MIT pulled one over on Caltech today. MIT students stole a 130-year-old, 1.7-ton cannon that has been on the Caltech campus since 1972. It now sits in a

  • by Bryan
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday a detailed documentation

  

  recall the article on the “The Coddling of the American Mind,” one of many ... :30 → In discussion section, we discuss an inflammatory article in defense of ... logic but not the reaction. The author is trying to be offensive on

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / Residential Life

  meet the simmons elevators! aka me thinking wayyy too much about elevators

  

  of Simmons, so he’s constantly on the run. The first time I tried to ... . All three elevators have a board full of posters, and the floor ... series of dings whenever they open, but, like the distinct colors of their

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 12, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  For those impacted by Hurricane Michael (and other disasters) clarifying our policies for applications affected by catastrophic events

  

  future, remember that: You should focus on taking care of yourself, your ... order first. On behalf of everyone at MIT Admissions, I want to reassure ... deprived thousands of  people of power and property across the American

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 22, 2018
• Blog / Events

  FUP!!! I spent my first official week at MIT as a FUPPER!!

  

  Vermonsters at Ben & Jerry's on Newbery Street.  One of my main concerns ... extreme lack of sleep, but I met so many amazing people and did so many cool ... Program, which is one of MIT's many pre-orientation programs.  FUP focuses

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back to Boston My summer plans! And some things I wish weren't a part of them.

  

  (thank you, amma!), watching bits and pieces of "Family Ties" with my dad, sleeping a minimum of ten hours a night, and re-reading all my Harry Potter ... 'll be spending most of my summer days, chilling with centrifuges and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 29, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2011 Closing Remarks and Variety Show Singing, dancing, juggling, and more!

  

  also a lot of other cool performances going on throughout the weekend ... 5:30pm) Kresge Auditorium Dean of Admissions Stu Schmill and the MIT ... voices, no instruments. Rockapella is probably one of the most famous

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 6, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Looking Backwards Sherman, set the WABAC machine to....

  

  time on a campus tour or during CPW (for those of you attending-I hope ... (during which time I slept, ate, ran, and got dog hair on just about ... backwards-looking of my own. Kim has a collection of old Techniques (the MIT

  • by Alina G. '11
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Whoa…You’re Old Bryan returns from the crypt of grad school

  

  So I realized that despite not having left MIT, I haven't written on this thing in a really long time. Part of it came from my own thinking that the life of a graduate student is not as exciting as an

  • by Bryan
  • September 8, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Dah noo-loo Hey kah ay-ay u-nye

  

  the Hyatt hotel where I got some one-on-one time with some of the ... hundreds of companies come and court hundreds of students. It's a time when ... people say is important. All of these skills are crucial when wooing the

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying For Finals Study study study study study

  

  , studying 2.001 for my final on Tuesday. For that final we get 4 pages of ... throughout the course of the day so come check in on me and see how I'm doing. ... This is it, finals are in two days. One of the things that scared me

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cambridge Traditions and 5 Course Meals

  

  college. I think all of the colleges has a matriculation ceremony on the first day of the term where all the first year students to the university sign a book or piece of paper. Each college also hosts their own

  • by Cambridge
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some news & notes for the Class of 2011.

  

  students now have a whole bunch of stuff on their MyMIT portal, including ... A few updates for the Class of 2011... Tonight MIT students will be ... (EST). Start thinking of questions you might have for actual MIT students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt Day 1 Liveblogging the beginning of this year's campus-wide puzzling competition.

  

  about the Hunt, one of my favorite events of the year. In short, Mystery ... lots of puzzles (which lead to more puzzles), with the ultimate goal of finding a coin hidden somewhere on campus. The only prize for the winning

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter one Reporting on location from Fort Worth.

  

  (Only in Texas can you legally drive 80mph on an Interstate highway ... Worth, Texas area, where I'll be spending all of IAP (and the summer) interning at the headquarters of North America's second-largest railroad, BNSF

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 2, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  Food? What? I may weigh approximately two pounds, but I eat as much as everyone else. All…

  

  just cooked large amounts of angel hair pasta with ground beef in black ... lack the ability to cook food in small amounts and nearly all of my ... 't cook to save my life. I was dead set on living in a dorm with a dining

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising and freshman formalities

  

  of Tuesday on a bus from Montana to Washington state. - Last night, my ... time was had by all. I invited a fellow who is actually an alumnus of my ... to dinner following a "signing of the forms" (see above). We've had a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 20, 2006