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• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  the chamber chorus. I'm also an Arts Scholar, which means that I get to go listen to concerts in Boston for free. In other words: I've had a ... couldn't tell you off the top of my head how to distinguish between any of

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

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  ideas how to get him noticed beyond the normnal high scores in school. He ... a read, because I give an in-depth account of how I managed to ... important points in there. A common question I get a lot was articulated by

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  a season of secondhand joy on mudita and vicarious delight

  

  think about it, it startles me how much performing arts there are in mit ... something you use to eat a meal at a dining hall. people who live in dorms ... people standing in front of the cashier, waiting to just tap anyone in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  A New Year, A New President Introducing Dr. Sally Kornbluth, the 18th President of MIT

  

  faculty and the school in general, Dr. Kornbluth talked about how getting ... —  Rafael Reif announced his intent to step down after 10 years in office ... MIT News, as well as in an email sent to the entire MIT community by

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Caring for the body health, am i right?

  

  our check-ins. And it's fine. Most nights I get between seven to nine ... ? But also, I'm not sure how much I actually want to change this. Back ... . And don't get me started on how bad I am at lifting things. And sure, I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2022
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Moving Across The Pond From One Cambridge to Another

  

  DOTA2 players Tune in next time to learn about how I managed to get ... long time D&D/MTG player in HS, it's been nice to get back into the ... competitions later, I'm still having a blast. I came to learn how to dance and

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 6, 2014
• Blog / Personal Projects

  loftblogging 2: acoustic boogaloo turns out that at mit, even the non-academics are incredibly hard and deeply rewarding

  

  midnight, trying to varnish the wood, getting dust in it and wiping it off ... freedom, and many people build lofts for their beds in order to acquire more ... another plan for this blog post: I was going to build a loft in the first

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 29, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  . I’m a teaching assistant. To get funding, most MEngs have to TA or RA ... fellowship. In particular, we have the 6-A program, which allows you to intern ... ’t randomly hit up someone on my floor to go get boba. Plus, many of my closest

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / Community Projects

  Bad Ideas events I went to (another late IAP post) i can’t believe ellie beat me to the punch

  

  showed new people how to make them as they came in. I don’t how much we ... drinking, I could soak the lower half of my face in milk to feel less of the ... much milk as you possibly can. Casein (a protein found in milk) binds to

  • by Anika H. '26
  • March 8, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  on being seen ...and why that might be important

  

  what MIT means to me.  The short version is that it is the place in my ... as well as what you do is not a one-way street.  In order to really be seen, you have to allow it.  You have to invite people in, and it

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that are awesome being published, D-lab, and MISTI. Also cookies. But there are no cookies in this entry.

  

  - energy storage is a tricky problem. How creative can you get in solving it ... idea how to capture the data from Java directly to an Excel sheet ... gave me my awesome experience in Spain. Then, they also sent me to Italy

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19

  

  a close friend. In this post, I'll describe how I made the decision to ... about how they would handle the fall, I decided to seriously consider taking leave. I realized that taking leave would allow me to feel in

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  What have I been doing this break?

  

  am not sure how many transfer applicants get in and what the admissions ... house in Woodstock, Georgia, a town which appears to be half farms and ... team once I get back in town and IAP starts - Visit my old high school

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee With a title like that, it has to be good!var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol)…

  

  administration in some form or fashion. Most of these get sent to dorm mailing ... audience of this site. I support Snively 100% in wanting to have that ... or negatively), not something that needs to be worked out in real time

  • by Snively '11
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer a list of verbs

  

  wrong in a house! Studying: I need to get credit for 18.03, Differential ... beauty to be found here. The sunshine drenches everything in ethereal ... to two companies, one in Cambridge, Massachusetts and one in the San

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 25, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  major uncertainty switch 2 A 6-2?

  

  really wanted to major in. Too many cool things at this school... how could ... also how to approach problems. There are definitely many different approaches to how students here study/approach learning stuff, so while I’m not

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT, You Make Me Wanna Wait! Between high school and MIT, I took two years to travel and work as a…

  

  or gossip or student club presidencies to get in the way... what would ... returning to school in the fall, you finally get to work on that dream project ... to college ... what to bring, how you’ll spend those last days with

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Visits… Bring Em’ On! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a fall visit to a…

  

  gracious to send you. I know that most of you will put it all in a big box ... fall visit to a college or university that you are interested in ... much a school costs. You are in the process of determining where to apply

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Labor Day, literally Moving back into my dorm room

  

  back to my dorm in a giant U-Haul truck I always dread having to move my ... choose to store their stuff in a lot of different ways. Some people have ... to 6 boxes of storage in the dorm itself (usually in basements or suite

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 3, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents too…really!! ...a helpful guide for parents (I hope

  

  Class of 2015. We're getting ready to welcome lots of their parents too ... tough decisions and the best way to do that, we think, is to take part in ... logical choice to talk about what the weekend has in store for you if you

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 1, 2011