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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pottermania hits MIT Excitement for the release of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows.

  

  the release of the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series ... time around, but on the morning of July 16, 2005 -- when the sixth book ... Harry's lightning bolt scar on the Great Dome. On Confessions of an Aca

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Real Snow! Real pictures this time.

  

  Despite what I said last time, I did manage to snap a couple of pictures of CPW, so here they are: Mason '10 (yes, that Mason, from the ... Mason! The Snack Bar, where we kept the thousand-plus dollars worth of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  seven scenes from Paris a simple story

  

  of the loaf to share, letting its flakes fall to the ground between us ... rhythm of speaking to your best friend again, after forgetting—but not really, for how quickly it was dredged up again, like the structure of a

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SONIC JUBILANCE A day at the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building at MIT

  

  Banjos & Basements: A Brief History of Music at MIT Music has been part of MIT since the Institute’s earliest chapters. By 1884, 23 ... officially launched. The October 22, 1884 issue of The Tech confirmed that, “An

  • by Jeremy W.
  • February 22, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  every book I read in 2022 all nine-plus of them

  

  Reading is one of the few real hobbies I've managed to hold onto ... rather difficult one, and remember all of the good books I found time to enjoy. So, to reflect on that reading, here's some mini-reviews of

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 8, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  In Transit: Summer Edition A guide to objects that you could theoretically use to get from point A to…

  

  The Introduction This is only part of a comprehensive guide I hope ... not an expert by any means on any of these things. Whatever I have written here is from my own personal experience or the advice of others. If

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 5, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  Last week I, along with most of the admissions team, attended the IvyPlus 2011 conference at Yale University. IvyPlus is an every-couple-of-years-more-or-less-when-we-feel-like-it gathering of admissions folks from the "IvyPlus" schools, defined, for the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Words of Encouragement

  some small distractions to help with many weighty things

  

  prominently for you, oh reader of this post, MIT EA decisions (which come out tomorrow/Saturday at pi time). but we're not going to talk about any of that ... , weary traveler of the world (or at least the internet), and rest your eyes

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  These are the drones you’re looking for Aerospace engineers: what do they do in their free time?

  

  Hi, I’m Mollie! I used to go here. I was one of the OG bloggers ... . Since graduation, I’ve been pursuing the slow boat of academic science — I ... living in Boston since I blundered onto MIT’s campus fresh out of Columbus

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  self-assessment, re: playwriting notes on taking playwrights' workshop this semester

  

  Though I’ve thought of myself as a writer for most of my life, I ... meaning in the everyday arcs of human experience. But still, I struggled. I ... . This was my state entering playwrights’ workshop, with the basic aim of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Winter is coming. actually, it's already here.

  

  Confession time: I'm one of those West Coasters. The ones who get ... the snow is while everyone else got sick of it three weeks ago. But can you blame me?  Just look at the results of last night's storm: ^ the

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

  Free Lunch Who says there is no such thing?

  

  One of the first things I did when I came to MIT was get myself on a bunch of email lists. I now know what is going on around campus with web ... one is one of my favorites and I get a number of emails in my inbox from

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Incentive to Drop Out Two MIT students get $100,000 and lots of opportunities in a two-year fellowship.

  

  Yesterday, the Thiel Foundation announced the first class of the "20 Under 20 Thiel Fellows." Though actually numbering 24, all of the Fellows are indeed under 20 years of age. According to the press release, more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Unlike any other. [by Nathan Kipniss '14] "Welcome to the Gardner"

  

  One of the things I love about the Boston area is that being a college student gets you all sorts of discounts at cultural institutions. By ... advantage of a new opportunity that allows MIT students to visit the Isabella

  • by ARTalk
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT History Makes MIT Spotlight! Again, bringing you live reporting from the underappreciated MIT History department.

  

  her treatise on the formation of the Constitution of United States ... , and she is an absolutely fascinating speaker. She has done decades of research on colonial United States up to the Declaration of Independence and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I saw a turkey the other day… hello, world!

  

  ...which may not be a big deal to most of you, but since I was on a ... ’t wildlife in Boston; I’ve seen my fair share of creatures, including the ... their behalf). One of my favorite places to run in Boston with the cross

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 14, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  No Pain, No Gain I wish it weren't so.

  

  . It would be somewhat forgivable if these minor wounds were a result of ... between an absurd sense of calm and an overwhelming sense of panic. I've forgotten so much of what I learned in the EMT class I took over IAP, and I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Diffusion Summer time!

  

  Diffusion, that's what's happening now. Finals, all of them, are ... . Many of MIT's dorms lie along the same stretch of road known as "Amherst Alley," but to make matters confusing all of the dorm addresses are on

  • by Snively '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Neglect Your Creative Side And I don't mean the side of you that thinks up math problems while you…

  

  First off, congratulations to the Class of 2012! From what I hear you guys are amazing. I can't wait to meet you. And to those of you who weren ... . And now, with the congratulations out of the way, it's time to get to

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  This goes out to all of you waiting on tenterhooks for decisions to come out in a couple of days (I love the word "tenterhooks." It's amazing.). These are just a few small ideas - I know you can think of others tailored

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008