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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some virtuosos play $4 million violins, and some Trojan heros wear brass rats $4 million violins, not 4 million violins. Joshua Bell isn't *that* intense.

  

  walked to Killian Hall and was totally astonished when the ticket collector ... Aeneas. We studied this opera in my music class, and I was excited to hear ... understand. Musical entertainment and singing were left to the minor characters

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  “Heroes” The second in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Michael Jackson.

  

  , who seemed to own the hostel, to help us. She tried some other keys, and ... Germans protesting very much. Note that I myself got a pot of hot tea and at ... DID YOU KNOW? Conservative pundit Ann Coulter once described on a VH1

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogger Freebie #2 And a plot twist!

  

  he told me not to worry so much; he had made the test too long, and ... that was how it should be, and I wasn't sure how to make a decision to ... summarized in a slightly-trimmed-to-500x23 screenshot: ...Err, yes. And, just

  • by Cam T. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Done (this summer) or Why I Haven't Blogged in a Month

  

  Working for Veterans Affairs It’s 7am on a Tuesday, and I need to get ... “punky,” and I felt welcomed. I never expected to work for the U ... historically black university. Next week, my mentor and I will travel to Maryland

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  school, and my parents also didn’t go to college, so I couldn’t ask them ... ]Granted, this class is still related to STEM, but it takes a much more social ... originally taking[annotation note="Introduction to CS and Programming using

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  blogger wrapped 2021 taking on the legacy

  

  the grip Spotify Wrapped has on society is truly astounding. time to contribute to the buzz with another year of blogger wrapped! minutes spent ... 's casual listeners, there's mid-tier listeners, and then there's petey ana

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 9, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  fragments instead of blogging (for a whole damn month), I...

  

  lovely. it reminded me how much i love the people on my floor and how ... semester i'm from 45 minutes away and i can’t go home once? i attribute it ... while home rekindled so much resentment. high school was miserable and i

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 16, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Take 1.618: Film at MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] There are very few things for which I would get up…

  

  - should I go to art school, or should I do the "safe" thing and get a "real ... ? Somewhat consoled and way too hyped about getting into MIT to be feeling too ... , I've been making serious efforts to look into film schools and take as

  • by ARTalk
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  me, who have not gone to the restroom once yet in the first three hours ... to San Francisco with my boyfriend CV, who just graduated and has a ... around, and say hi to the Amish kids selling baskets on the lawn for me

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  since i’ve been home

  

  you currently own a nintendo switch, are willing to spend $60, and think ... involve mindless daily chores and where much of the charm comes from social ... it gets for basslines and for joe dart. now i'm trying to learn beastly

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 3, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates With one week until the deadline, answers to frequently asked questions.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... . And below, I've provided answers to some additional FAQs: Essays ... and the admissions committee will not be able to see it. Preview: On

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  " and "me" more than once every few sentences. I cringed a little when I ... whole and misrepresentative of what I really wanted to write about.   Fast forward to today, and I can point to every misconception in the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  sunset/sunrise swiftly flow the days

  

  [/annotation]at[annotation note='the actual result from psychology is much more specific to pedagogy ... impressive to myself and who I am as a person at this particular moment ... not completed quite as much as I would have hoped. Unwilling to go to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  ’t worry so much! You’ll be happy wherever you end up!”, and so on. Okay ... perfect applicant—you are not, and you do not need to be. Rather, essays can ... not only to take classes and do work there, but also to eat and sleep

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals Week, from my perspective My finals.

  

  say that MIT is hard and that bad test scores will happen, but having to actually try to recover from bad test scores and working at it all semester ... to absorb, and not just that but also the extent to which they expect

  • by Snively '11
  • December 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  's just a way to get students matched with an advisor and start creating a ... and statistical modeling. In comparison to high school, I now have much ... I get a lot of questions about it's like to major in "Computation and

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Video games I’ve played this semester trimps, mother 3, hades, and vampire survivors

  

  to battle. You colonize more and more of the unfamiliar planet you find ... feels like I want more automation, and when a piece of automation does get ... story. I'm a person who likes to enjoy the story, skip the game, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

  shuts down at about 5 am and yields to sleep. Not worth it (#15). Despite ... because it was not related to my major(s). I am simultaneously pumped and ... expertise I wish to take (#22). Enjoyable on-campus jobs are very much “a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  SCIENCE! I'm bad at it, sometimes

  

  +/- 1 years old and decided to make a space-themed board game. Here's a ... accidentally squashing or over-etherizing them, and almost threw up. I had to ... sample (don't remember what anymore) for a while, and got some tongs to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life as a Physics Major- Research and Junior Lab(Part 2) Long and verbose. But I hope you find time to read it.

  

  to nothing. The IAP tide has crept ashore and I've been simply floating ... trips, and guitar hero III. I learned how to ski; I beat a song on hard; I ... schools; and in the process I've completely forgotten what was supposed to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 29, 2008