Search

Search Results

• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  go listen to concerts in Boston for free. In other words: I've had a ... contrast, the piano can sustain notes, and how hard you press is correlated ... playing the harpsichord; I've just seen harpsichords in museums. There are

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I who have nothing Darling, 'tis I who loves you.

  

  entamoeba histolytica! Is this your first time in Europe... oh, wait, can I ... speaking in an unknown Asian language on his cell phone, I asked him how much ... Europe. Probably forever. I'm just chilling here in my air

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  ’m smiling in this picture or squinting because i can’t see through my foggy ... , I’m also wearing Merino wool socks in this picture. Merino wool comes ... thing that gets cold in the winter are your phalanges (i always loved that

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The Coop What's a coop? You'll find out!

  

  the pronunciation. How would you pronounce it? I, forever, thought it ... told anybody this, but I spent the better part of 3 months agonizing in ... always a luxury students get to enjoy). I've been known to spend an hour in

  • by Snively '11
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  BLARGL! Where have all the orange lockers gone?

  

  That's truly a title that says "What should I use for a title?" How ... good. I have a propensity to see something expensive, want it, and buy it ... so much of this "I want I want I want" spending that can happen before

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  You gotta have stuff Places to get different kinds of stuff around campus. And rudimentary directions, too!

  

  downloaded from iTunes and buying furniture for the new apartment to do a ... websites. I spent a great deal of the summer before my freshman year at MIT ... cartographic reality in Boston. Once freshman year, I had gotten my hair cut near

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art in burton conner making do in a non-mural building

  

  years of involvement in Burton Conner government, I've seen how staunch administration seems in their decision to oust murals. I did, however, get a ... put back art is key in ensuring that dorm space can be utilized as much

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Productive, yes. Appropriately productive, no. You would think that my activities the weekend before finals might include studying.

  

  ! how exciting). Adam and I went out to dinner, shopped on Newbury Street ... donate our unsellable textbooks to schoolchildren in Africa. (I have to ... conditioners for the new apartment. Now ask me how much I've studied for my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  My life in the bush of ghosts The long-awaited chronicles of my life as a vegetarian.

  

  I'm not so reliant on them. I gave up shaving for IAP and now I can go ... into a skillet to brown, and throwing in whatever vegtables I happen to ... chicken gyro in line ahead of me. I'd also get cravings only for the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caine’s Arcade on making your dreams

  

  its star. I will, however, say that the Caine's Arcade website is ... interested in seeing what Caine can do with an engineering degree. ... and all sorts of different games, rummaging for raw materials in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 11, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  I've had dial-up internet for as long as I can remember. One of the ... campus-wide WI-FI. I always had this sparkling image of me, sitting in ... laptop, it lets me do what I'm doing now (type a blog entry in the floor

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  website. This blogpost is the story of how I wrote that website. Play on it ... git history: As you can see, I started this project in early March ... , but in the end I'm happy with how it came out. I rewrote the chess

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  A Pre-MIT To-Do List (International Students Version)

  

  , congratulations! You have a lot to be proud about. From experience, I can say that ... might be able to help you around campus. I got in touch with the Pakistani ... campus, which I am still very, very grateful for.  In addition to that

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 17, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen AKA, the "Magic Pen"

  

  , tablets cost WAY more than $150! "How's the battery life?" I can go all day ... enjoying the laziest IAP I can muster. I sleep until at least noon every day ... one. Remember when I was a contestant in a blogging scholarship a while

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  bored in iap maybe i should've signed up for something

  

  bored. so i'm writing this blog post. (how does it feel to be the friend ... i slice and toss in sometimes. i've also started using more kinds of seasoning, which gives nice variation in flavor. making websites, as last

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 13, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  Let's face it: none of us are getting younger. In fact, I'm getting ... in a few centuries I might even be dead.  Dead. I was reminded of this ... on the block." In fact, I'll be a full-fledged crusty sophomore as soon

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Party in the MIT This is some scary stuff.

  

  't represent ALL of Baker, but I can't imagine many dorms other than Baker coming ... Tell the truth, how many current MIT students read the title of this entry and knew exactly what to expect when they clicked it? I know that at

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2010 Roll Call It's May 1st -- welcome to MIT!

  

  website, we though they might be interested in buying one for themselves (or ... shirts to any location.I would appreciate if you mentioned this in your ... your MIT reply form with an affirmative response, check in here in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  (Guest Post) how can it be home when it’s not finding a sense of belonging away from home

  

  moments where i ask how can it be home when it so obviously, clearly, is not ... "]IAP[/annotation], i began to cook™ for myself often. i would buy weekly groceries, make ... , i slowly made an active effort to make the place i lived in, mine

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  meals throughout the day; I got most of my calories in two giant portions ... celebrity drop-ins (and I doubt Tyra Banks or Robert Plant will visit Senior ... all-you-can-eat for every meal; how large is a one-meal kit? Is it

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017