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  Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800 An organ, three harpsichords, and lots of learning

  

  lessons for 14 years, played the trumpet in concert band for eight years, grew up with a classical music-loving mother, and now live with a ... go listen to concerts in Boston for free. In other words: I've had a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen.

  

  !), but RNAi, for example, was first fully characterized in C. elegans, and ... for that discovery (every once in awhile I will see Professor Horvitz at joint lab meetings!). Two Nobel Prizes in five years for a microscopic

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 30, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Interview Tips from an MIT Educational Counselor Thoughts on how to prepare for your alumni interview

  

  Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning ... posted here.  I was an interviewer myself for many years before leading the Educational Council but think it would be helpful for you to hear

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  cookies life lessons through six scrumptious sayings

  

  ??"]cookies.[/annotation] I grew up as a massive baker, and every December I take it as a ... not the most of any dessert. I count six for cookies, [annotation note ... "]four for cake,[/annotation] [annotation note="Humble pie"]one for pie

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 13, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  books I read in 2024, ranked and thoughts on the best ones

  

  have ever read—for its emotional impact on me, but also for expanding ... . It seems like Ishiguro doesn’t hit hard for everyone, but I’d still say ... happened to pick up this book from a store shelf and leaf through it, I

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  we named 2124 cities of the world fridays with 4W

  

  Nicole H. ’22 and I quote, “Do you have time to waste?” He pulled up the ... for this but he describes it as easily the craziest four hours. They ... [annotation note="it’s a 4W tradition to celebrate the birthdays for all the

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 29, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January Blues living alone, daily grind, angsty music

  

  that most people don't know beforehand what they're optimizing for/how to quantify all their choices, and there is a post hoc rationalization for ... .m.s.s." Saturday Work feels kind of like high school, in the sense that you show up

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bloggers Wrapped 2019 aka i harvest everybodys data, my favorite pastime

  

  It's my favorite time of year for a variety of reasons. My birthday ... RELEASES SPOTIFY WRAPPED!!! For those of you who've been following the blogs ... cheap to pay for the full version, lol"]too impatient[/annotation] to wait

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 11, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I think I am slowly going insane This is your brain on AI-generated videos

  

  was trying to create a benchmark for evaluating AI-generated videos, and ... really wanted to build one for myself, so I knew I had to compete ... videos were generated for free, so I didn't expect them to be that good in

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 6, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  creative lockdown: low points of a virtual fall Part 2 of a fall semester recap

  

  to never missing out on schoolwork despite not feeling up for it at ... happened for sure. Yet, it was mixed with a variety of other complicated and ... for some things to improve and change as time goes on. One of the most

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 27, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: What do those ROTC kids do during summer…? guest post by Karen C. '20

  

  , and the occasional puppy labs. For several of us, there’s so much more ... around campus, dressed up in our Air Battle Uniforms (you know, the green ... throughout the semester - I’ll spare you the details, for now anyways. Instead

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 23, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42: The Answer to Our Changing Educational Needs a school with no teachers, no schedules, and no rankings

  

  built a renewable energy device and an online platform for the monks to ... revolution. There are good reasons for the old system to be overhauled ... possible, allows for a personalized work path, and promotes innovation

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 24, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Conference Where Everyone Was Younger Than Me I'm talking highschool Thiel Fellows, 30 under 30 winners, and Shark Tank participants

  

  conferences for young entrepreneurs? Literally the night before Next Gen ... a conference for millennial entrepreneurs. It starts tomorrow and it ... I had to find somewhere close by. I ended up staying over with friends

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 30, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2014…The Parent Edition Suggestions for getting the most out of CPW when you are a parent

  

  you pick an event where you can meet up with your student each day ... encourage them “do their own thing” and know that it's good for you to do the same. It’s the best way for them to figure out if they are comfortable

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nourishing bodies, enriching souls and minds There's more to the MIT community than just famous researchers and brilliant students.

  

  since has been designated for the James ("Big Jimmy") E. Roberts, Sr ... community. John Jackson was the longtime cook for the Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE ... kitchen where John Jackson had cooked for half a century suddenly went out

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  Corp, making textile inventions like a faulty needle sensor for knitting ... biomedical devices, solar devices, aids for the handicapped, industrial systems ... develop a plan for a stair-climbing wheelchair. Blanco submitted a design in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  And So It Ends, And So It Begins May 1 marks the end of this admissions cycle and the beginning of the next.

  

  It's almost May. For those of us who are not on the waitlist ... that we admitted. We're proud of you - for being who you are - and proud of ourselves for finding you. Second, it was a celebration of simply

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  I am reading so many books! getting back to my bookworm roots

  

  aren't famous for how much spare time they have and nothing to fill it ... my work, I can hang out on the internet for 30 (or, you know, maybe 45 ... community centre every weekend for whatever class I was doing that season

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  Slay the Spire as metaphor i didn't waste 60 hours playing for nothing

  

  lacks in those departments it more than makes up for in its gameplay ... , that's a lot of hours for a game I've only owned for eighteen days ... ="attachment_62937" align="aligncenter" width="1920"] strike for six![/caption] You

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sororities @ MIT- Become a part of it! Come to the first day of recruitment on September 1st to learn more about what…

  

  academic resources for its members. Additionally, sororities provide ... sisters in an informal setting. This is useful for underclassmen who are to ... addition to providing opportunities for sisters to go out into the community

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2007