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  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 ... a piece distinct.) 21M.235 ("Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800") is ... as a prerequisite. This class trains us to listen to a piece of music

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

  A Week of UROPing in few words

  

  conversations, I found a group of people in Course 2 that I enjoyed talking to and ... meetings and started reading different papers to get a better idea of what I ... was how to use a very strong light to cut tiny lines in paper. [carousel

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just a little advice…

  

  a favor, and introduce yourself to me. I'm very friendly, promise. To ... their application. In light of this, I'm going to tell you a story. Maybe ... . She had applied Early Decision to Cornell and was expecting a decision

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 31, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  (supposed to be) studying for a 9.24 (Diseases of the Nervous System) test ... blah.) Since I know a lot of people will be needing to make a college ... chose MIT. 1. I knew I wanted to be a biology major of some stripe, and I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Getting Back to Normal ...with some help from Macklemore

  

  Spring Concert.  Every April, students bring a major musical act to campus ... Staton 1962: The Four Preps So, here's looking forward to a great concert ... It has been a rough couple of weeks in Boston and at MIT.  Wednesday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2013
• Blog / Events

  To go home or to stay home Homesickness never hit...but I'm still thankful to be in L.A.

  

  to stay close to home (potentially as close as a half-hour drive) or ... wondered if moving across the country to school was taking a huge risk. I ... before I adjusted to a new environment and began to enjoy everything that

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Maseeh! A look into MIT's newest dorm

  

  As you may or may not know, I'm a Maseehdonian (aka I live in the new ... think the world knows much about Maseeh, so I'm going to give an e ... 's extremely convenient that I literally just have to cross the street to get to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2019!

  

  the blogs is to allow our bloggers to communicate what being a student ... for this. It's a pretty good gig to be honest. Your application will be ... become a Plant Dad (tm) and am growing tomatoes in my office window The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  in high school, I was a pretty shy person. I was very quiet, went to ... sleep. So to a degree, the reaction my friends had was well deserved ... House, and I was on my way to Baker. (pause for information) Just a few

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Brief Retreat How a short trip to Block Island left me revitalized

  

  up last weekend, when my family and I took a trip to Block Island, a ... sinking feeling that I was able to shake off by taking a few swimming ... daydreamed about what it might be like to own a yacht many years from now, and

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 31, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Centimeters to Inches A Guest Post by the talented Antonella Masini '21

  

  ’s window, a shy, tanned girl arrived looking from left to right trying to ... but got used to the imperial inches and screwed up a recipe or two ... .   Distance is much more than being far away, It is to know how a

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 4, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  a pi day (decision) story 3/14/21 at 6:28 PM ET

  

   [email protected] and a friendly guy named [annotation note="please be nice to them ... 14 at 6:28 PM ET. To check your decision, visit apply.mitadmissions.org/apply and go to your Application Status Page. That’s the same place that you

  • by Tim
  • March 8, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Introduction To ARTalk An introduction to the ARTalk guest author blog by Kerry Powell, Assistant to the Director…

  

  Symphony Orchestra, and the Media Lab, to name just a few. MIT Dramashop ... , and nerds you'd expect it to have, such things are only a fraction of what MIT has to offer. Being an artsy person, I signed up for a pre

  • by ARTalk
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Bermuda, Jaimaica, oooh I want to take you to… One week of fun in the Dominican Republic

  

  for a brief run-in with Hurricane Ernesto on our second to last day. The ... Hola amigos! I just got back yesterday from a week of R&R in the Dominican Republic. It was our third visit (click here to see last year

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A moveable feast

  

  ago I came to MIT. After a period away, I recently came back to wear a ... a city's darkness opens it to the eye. When the streets of Cambridge ... of a kid trying to surpass himself at 6, and finding himself awed at

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • June 16, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  Bienvenidos a Miami Updates from South Florida.

  

  expected, meaning a number of folks had to stand. To those of you who stood ... helpful to you. We had a great crowd in Miami. The Miami meeting was one ... and times to schedule meetings, and I was uneasy about having a meeting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Etiquette Workshop: The Keys to Painless Networking Jodi Smith taught the UPOPers the keys to painless networking!

  

  appropriate if you're introducing yourself to a veterinarian or fellow dog lover. 5. Do your homework! If you're going to an event sponsored by a ... you are going to be the "driver" or the "passenger." 9. Make a graceful

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A typical first semester more or less

  

  impossible right now. Life is now mostly a choice of how to spend my time the ... decided to skip 18.022 lecture on a whim to go to CVS with my friend to pick up her meds. Is skipping 18.022 generally a bad idea? Probably. But to

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  I Get To Blog Today! Is this meta enough?

  

  . Don't waste time trying to prove to yourself that you can finish a PSET ... to an organized, clutter-free space is a huge boost to your mood ... . Because writing let's you put a stop on the clock to reflect what is and

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

  comprehend my state of mind back then. I want to have a conversation with that ... math major. I had a clear life plan to start in the first semester ... major for almost a semester, and still plan to take more physics courses

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018