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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.

  

  concerts in the past week, for free. Concert #1: Verdi's Stabat Mater and Te ... my textbook by Richard Taruskin) has been an acquired taste for me. In ... people singing unintelligibly in a foreign language for FOUR HOURS. Or

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

  excerpts

  

  environments for problems, solutions, and reflections (not shown in the ... in Shrek the Musical for Next Act before COVID shut it down). While I ... tickets for ~$40), which means I've seen a good handful of musicals while in

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Take Only Memories Leave Only Footprints

  

  -nighters for fun than for schoolwork in the past four years. In chronological ... years. I joined GEL for the opportunity to develop leadership skills in a ... grant proposals for a writing project on biomedical engineering in Vietnam

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Flourish and Blogs how to be a professional harry potter fan

  

  , even though I knew I could be a "fan for a living" by studying fans in ... So in between reading applications I've been sitting in on CMS.790: Media Theories and Methods, the introductory course for the Comparative

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  scootin’ and zoomin’ a transportation saga

  

  walking speed.) A few weeks ago, I decided to stay in Cambridge for the ... ’t intending to get an orange bike. I was just looking for something in decent ... the bike for commuting for the past few years. It wasn’t in the best

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 18, 2021
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  On UROPs Research at a private research institute? Naaaaahhhhh, couldn't be!

  

  , one day in a December, an email showed up in my inbox from the Game Lab. A UROP! That I was under-qualified for? Let's see the relevant skills: Unity: ❌ C#: 👍 Developing for VR headsets: ❌ Developing for

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • January 21, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friends, and other things memories that come rushing back to me

  

  , sometimes for worse, but so often for the better. see you in a few weeks ... morning: Although we seem to be interconnected in almost every way imaginable - we have the same romanized last names, we're both in the same

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • May 25, 2017
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins the Putnam ...for the third year in a row!

  

  , securing the MIT team's first-place ranking--our team has finished in first place for three consecutive years. This year, the winning team consisted ... of the Putnam--but for those who haven't, it is a six-hour proof

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application: August 19 In a few short weeks, the MIT 2012 Freshman Application will be posted.

  

  application deadlines for this year remain unchanged: November 1 for Early Action (EA), and January 1 for Regular Action (RA). While there are still ... can be doing in the meantime: Making a list, spreadsheet, or Google

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Face Book And Study I have been doing all this and more. But mostly not this.

  

  Okay, hold up. I have a really good excuse for not blogging in ages ... in. Where am I, anyways? Second excuse: I started working for ... yes, I only had one, and yes, it was for an intro class since I’m one of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Obama’s Visiting MIT! Does that mean he gets an advantage in the admissions process?

  

  presentations when we're on the road, or come visit campus, we have a sign-in for ... and use it in their admissions decisions. For those colleges, seeing ... 's certainly value in coming to visit campus for you to learn about and

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 20, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas ...and the universities that encourage them.

  

  's something to be said for watching people do really random, stupid, amusing things. For me, there is nothing to be said for locking yourself in a room for countless hours solving really hard puzzles on little to no sleep

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 30, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Photos of Freshman Spring 📸 My attempt to take a photo a day for an entire semester.

  

  be entered in a lottery for a $1000 dollar scholarship. For kids up to ... be an exercise in visual art and composition. But for me, it would also ... last year of eligibility for a ~special program~ my local library ran

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • October 31, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s May 2nd. Have you replied to your colleges yet? The music has stopped -- the last dance is over.

  

  you've made a choice that is right for you. The only thing we ask in ... the right students who could be great candidates for our institutions ... ...all in hopes that they'll apply to our school. We wait in anticipation to

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hitting Rewind on 2013 a summary of posts I never ended up writing from IAP till now

  

  Houston. For the next two weeks, all I did was read at Barnes and Noble (I finally read the last book in the Eragon series! Yeah...I haven't really matured in college >.< ), eat my mom's food, and sleep like 10 hours a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Free Flu Shots Better than free pizza.

  

  also be another free walk-in clinic on November 14th at MIT Medical for ... , humans, and pigs, but it has been more widespread than H1N1 for the past ... got vaccinated! For free! Every year, MIT administers the seasonal flu

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  SHE CAMPUS ON MY PREVIEW TIL I WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my freshman cpw post turned east campus love letter

  

  Battlebots early to help with another event, I’d led the event in full for ... easy to lock in on mixing ice cream for two straight hours on two ... out in that magic for myself. [carousel image1="114849" image2

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  My Freshman Journey with Internships or: i get rejected a million times in a row

  

  myself for making it that far in a relatively competitive program. I pretty ... it is extremely rare for freshmen to get internships. Often times ... hiring frosh. And in the case that the program is freshman and/or sophomore

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 16, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The swing of things MIT happenings.

  

  process? 2) what does the admissions office look for in applications? and 3 ... . (Hosed= MIT slang for “really busy.”) Some other things are going on too ... abroad or take internships in a foreign country. I might be getting an

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Round here we stay up very, very late Vignettes on my last day at lab, the Counting Crows, grad school, and pets.

  

  ? Also, what are the math requirements, beyond GIRs, for majoring in bio ... prefer to start out in classes in which they have a stronger footing. For ... crying in baseball? Well, there's no crying in science either

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 30, 2006