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  The Magic of Those Ivory Keys (Guest Blog!) Part 2 of 3 of "Why I Declared a Humanities Major at MIT" series!

  

  accomplishments at MIT include being an Emerson Piano Scholar and winner of the MIT ... prior to MIT. Jenn: I began playing piano at the age of four. Of course, at that point, it wasn't really my decision, and there were a lot of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Class of 2010: Wondering Where Everyone Is Living? Find orientation housemates/roommates.

  

  From Star Simpson '10: Nando Paniagua '10 manually created this database of housing info for at least half (so far) of the class of 2010, so that people can find other orientation housemates/roommates. Check it out

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  of things at MIT. Classes. Psets. Exams. Eventually, you'll learn the ... participated more in recitation and made sure to ask questions, and at the end of ... that you can finish strong even if you struggle at first. Moral of the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  One Month of Baby Steps my feet hurt

  

  Hi, I’m Kathleen. I’m a first-year student and a new blogger here at ... much longer. Time doesn’t flow at its normal rate when everything around ... greater independence. I’m a big fan of data. It can reduce complicated

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 26, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  hallway! People keep hair bleach and a variety of colors close at hand, and ... form of peer pressure is not at all bad. Everyone at MIT has a passion of ... taught “Don't give in to peer pressure!”--an oversimplification of a

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How does pass/no record work?

  after your first term, and at any time during your course of study. ... Here's something else to love about MIT! The first semester at MIT ... of A/B/C. As part of the flexible pass/no record grading option, you
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 3 A recap, with pictures.

  

  these blogs!). Back to the help desk for most of the afternoon. At 5PM, I ... fun. Almost all of the below pics were taken at the MTB party. And ... to meet all of you! But before we get to that, the rest of the day

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Designing MIT for democracy why is MIT so decentralized and chaotic? BECAUSE DEMOCRACY

  

  the legendary Debbie Douglas, director of collections at the MIT Museum ... status. One must at times wonder whether the price of some of these changes ... While reading Whitney Zhang's article in the Tech on the history of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Poaching Imagination Just a few more hours.

  

  of spending four years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Yes, that's right. In just a few hours, a simple flick of a cursor, a click of a mouse button. Many childhoods of anticipation will come to an

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 18, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I join a fraternity/sorority?

  MIT community. The purpose of the FSILG Office is to enhance the out-of-class experience for the students at MIT and be a proponent of the shared values that ... principles of leadership, scholarship, and citizenship, the FSILG Office
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s Going On Some of the 600+ Campus Preview Weekend events.

  

  . Awesome music at ZBT's Battle of the Bands at 8pm Saturday, with special ... Important note: the weather forecast has a 70%+ chance of rain Friday ... the MIT admitted class of 2012. It's going to be a fun weekend. In

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Story of the 5 Wits A look back on my externship at 5 Wits

  

  crowns. Estimation, who was great at estimating the amount of pizza she ... selected to work at a magical company called 5 Wits Productions, where many adventures awaited them. For you see, engineers at 5 Wits got to bring

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Infinite] Quarter Mile quarters + packing tape + sore knees == help cure MS

  

  The Infinite Corridor at MIT is the pulsing spine of central campus. As the artery which connects most of the main academic and ... visits at least once every day. Because it's MIT, the Infinite is also a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Cheat Sheet This amazed me when I first saw it.

  

  Mystery Hunt is a yearly tradition at MIT, but this isn't an entry about Mystery Hunt. This is an entry about one of the tools our team has for Mystery Hunt. We rarely used it, but the sheer amount of information

  • by Snively '11
  • August 2, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Being First is Important There can be many firsts

  

  lot if you would write the names of what's in these pictures down and casually glance at the first letters. You know, just in the spirit of things. : ) ... Sometimes you should stop to identify all of the different pictures

  • by Snively '11
  • May 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Classes Yo-Yo's and Cell Biology...Rock on

  

  Recitation: Friday 11 am Professors: H. Ploegh and T. Orr-Weaver Biology of cells of higher organisms: structure, function, and biosynthesis of ... . Commentary: We watched this video the first day of lecture. Possibly one of the

  • by Bryan
  • February 24, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Top Blog Posts of 2015 widely viewed and capturing the essence of 2015

  

  sliver of the voices at MIT, and yet we capture many of the experiences, hardships, accomplishments, and adversity that can occur inside and outside of ... Journey of Depression at MIT by Rachel D. '16 March 2015 ATHack by

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2015
• Blog / Summer

  a year of counting fish the shape of real work

  

  good at theoretical plasma physics you have to know a lot of things that ... one of my longest friends at MIT through this research. it just ended up ... for the world?[annotation note="to be clear, plenty of people at MIT

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 11, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A brief history of 2.007, the MIT class that inspired FIRST Robotics Complete with 1970s-era footage of Woodie Flowers

  

  been a core course in mechanical engineering at MIT. Our own Dean of ... of what it's like to be a mechanical engineer at MIT, and something of ... If you're like me (and I'm willing to bet a lot of our readers), then

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  king of boston -> king of the world? the only good fight there is

  

  : everyone at MIT calls me the King of Boston. And by “everyone” I of course ... , hopelessly misinterpreting T routes (at one point, our group of three ended up ... summer, I found myself spending copious amounts of time staring up at my

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 29, 2025