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• Blog / MIT Life

  And it’s all beginning…

  

  passive way, by taking what was given to you instead of understanding your ... batteries in my camera. Rush - REX officially - is seriously one of the best times of the year. This will, of course, be my third - I've had one from

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The Admissions Staff It's my pleasure to introduce you to our current team.

  

  had lots of fun - including a hysterical presentation by an etiquette ... I've been trying to think of a good way to kick off the new admissions cycle (class of 2010 - woot!) and it's finally come to me. We had

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do students apply to a specific major?

  apply to MIT for general admission and select a major at the end of the first year with the help of their first-year advisor. Our application asks students to list their "course of interest" only, and the choice
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Español Foreign Languages at MIT

  

  story we read in class was also by Gabriel García Márquez, the wizard of ... spring break light reading about a French serial killer and the birth of ... . This was a pretty good whim. The second is a novel written by Gabriel

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 23, 2015
• 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.

  

  stretching by spending most of Friday with my legs propped up on a giant ... significant. Concert #3: Lots Of Pieces, performed mind-bogglingly well by ... him?) decided to show off two of his talents at the same time by playing

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

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

  

  Not every writer is an artist. Not every piece of writing is a work of art. I realized this last year as a high school senior when I was frantically typing up essays fueled by caffeine and a tinge of desperation. Each

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  of. Unfortunately, by far the most common scientific test for silk is ... % pure silk” scarves as gifts. However, I was skeptical of these scarves as ... they want. I was convinced that these scarves were made of some

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  New York Trips that we went on with Arts Scholars!

  

  started out by going to the Whitney Art Museum. We got to see three of the ... One of the groups we are a part of is Arts Scholars. This is a group ... sort of art. The group hosts various art-related speakers, outings, and

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 5, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yellow, Blue, Green, and Red Free art and how to borrow it at MIT

  

  half of the art had already been retrieved by the time I popped in to ... .   Here is a motionless version of "Low Sun" by Jack Bush (1971 ... that most of the freshmen who are placed in Maseeh end up moving out, I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 29, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Rrrrrrr. CPW! [UPDATE] CPW Smoke. Don't breathe this.

  

  of my creative days, it's one of my "I have an entire day of toolage ahead of me" days. A quick break from 2.001 will be good though, and I have a couple of things I need to tell y'all. First, Blendie (the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art Keeps Me Sane At MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] The beautiful irony is that the analytical, obsessive, and perfectionist mindset…

  

  [by Danbee Kim '09] My mother, like any other parent, likes to keep ... Star Wars Trilogy: The Musical Edition fall of my freshman year - the ... Yoda puppet, one of the stars of 'Star Wars Trilogy: Musical Edition,' a

  • by ARTalk
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Sulinya Ramanan Sulinya Ramanan '10, "hometown hero"

  

  one of the recipients of the 2006 Hometown Hero awards. The awards are presented annually by the American Red Cross of Dutchess County to honor ... Spackenkill Student is a Youthful Leader April 28, 2006 By Jeremy

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT students do it all night. A salute to sleep deprivation, Aztec philosophy, and grape-catching.

  

  my first all-nighter of the fall term. Well, I don't really believe in ... really cool article. Then on midnight of the 12th day of the festival, a ... the star of fire to reach the zenith. Once it did, the priest would

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer scraps life updates

  

  , though the rest of the page is occupied by work stuff (three bullet points ... I am sitting, alone on the second floor of a brand-new cafe, with smooth grey walls and crisp, square wooden tables. The smell of fresh paint

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 30, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Fall Festival 2014 Some actors came to MIT and told me about their units of measurement

  

  adjective than a unit of measurement, but by unspoken rules we have to keep ... Festival. I was unaware of this until I happened upon a food truck giving out large containers of 'gourmet' fries outside Kresge this afternoon, and saw

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Greetings from MIT Labs! Introducing MIT: The Game

  

  and built by current MIT freshman Victor Hung '14, with music by admissions staff, it allows students to experience all the best parts of an MIT education (burritos, roller coasters, and such) from the comfort of their own

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  . Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may ... Ever heard of Alan Lightman? He’s one of the most famous professors at ... have heard of some of his books: Einstein’s Dreams (1993), Good Benito

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pre-Orientation Begins Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest!

  

  highlights: Discover Earth Sponsored by the Department of Earth, Atmospheric ... Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest! This week, the MIT Class of 2010 ... begins on Sunday, but for half of the class, they are already getting to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Life Changing Classes at MIT ft. ec-discuss

  

  by the end of three weeks) for kids from slums in Dhaka, Bangladesh ... most." 14.73 - Economics of World Poverty (taught by Frank Schilbach ... Representation, taught by Fox Harrell (one of the best professors I've ever met and

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 20, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Designing dead ends A look into the "misc." folder on my desktop

  

  Your MIT Education book for SFS, and the Application Guide, Best of the ... student packages, and producing a slew of miscellaneous materials ... ..."]laser-etched wooden challenge coins.[/annotation] A major part of being a designer of

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 24, 2020