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  Classes – Spring 07 Ending MIT with a literary bang. Can you hear it?

  

  beginning of the 18th century and the end of the 19th century, became an ... , Dickens, the Brontës, Eliot, Hardy, and Conrad. The class alternates between 18th and 19th century topics, and may be repeated for credit with

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 06 The inside scoop on all 54 units I am taking this semester

  

  long run to government finances in the intermediate run and economic ... Nobel Prize and National Medal of Science) good thing I have: An alarm ... Description: Preparation and analysis of financial statements. Focuses on

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Case of the Considerate Robbers and other winter adventures

  

  , encircled by the Andes mountains’ snow-capped peaks on one side and the vast Pacific Ocean on the other. Tucked into little apartments and host families and plagued nightly by the severe lack of central heating, about thirty

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • August 3, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP of Coding time to catch up

  

  , for the surprising amount of support and encouragement over the past few ... the same thing I am and it's both humbled me and empowered me. My post "The Pretender" reached 6,000 views in less than a month and has been

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 5, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  I don’t watch much TV anymore and I’m a little behind when it comes to pop culture references, pop music and the like. If it wasn’t for facebook and my two teenagers, I’d be hopelessly inept at water cooler

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  hazy mid-semester days what i've been up to lately (mostly, psets...)

  

  It's that point in the semester when days and weeks blur together in a haze of pset after pset, lecture after lecture, and a midterm always ... , and[annotation note="Those of us in cold climates, anyway. The rest of

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 2, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sweet summer song

  

  Hey folks, it's been a while. I've been very focused and not in a writing mood for the last couple months, but I'm back and I'm excited to ... takes the light and ranges Through all the moods that pass; Dissects the

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 19, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  crazy party weekend from 2019 to now

  

  were cpwacc, firehose, next sing karaoke, and handwhistling. this past ... this mashup of ennodu nee irundhaal and permanent. the first few seconds of that performance were some of the most ethereal and gorgeous sounds

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every Piece of Media I Consumed in My First Week of Class that was relevant to my studies, i guess

  

  media studies to English, and as a result, I've had to consume a lot of ... first week of classes. CMS.S60 Rap Theory and Practice I'm taking two music-ish classes, 21M.150 Intro to Music Theory and CMS.S60 Rap Theory

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 13, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Virtual Fall, Real Performances coming soon to a zoom very near you!

  

  cappella group, the Asymptones (tagline: "we sing fun and nerdy music!"). We had some really, really awesome repertoire planned for last spring, and it all got left behind when we moved out and stopped rehearsing

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Last Minute Rehearsal music in the time of corona

  

  happening (at least not in their originally intended form), and the work that ... about one of these events that we were involved with and the experience of ... , because it was actually a really beautiful and healing experience amidst the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 18, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Next House Thanksgiving 2016 (sort of a guest post) A (very late) recount of last Thursday’s celebration

  

  so hungry and then I wasn't hungry after I ate the good food" "Juicy ... about the event and this is what he told me: "The Next House Thanksgiving ... seems to have grown each year. This year, we had around 70 signups and we

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • December 1, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Report on the Status of Undergraduate Women at MIT in honor of International Women's Day

  

  Less than two weeks ago, Caroline Chin and Kamilla Tekiela (both ... MIT, sharing and analyzing the findings from an extensive survey designed and administered in 2014. The takeaway: young women at MIT are every

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / Events

  A Faculty Dinner We invited our favorite faculty and staff to our hall for an awesome dinner!

  

  students, and friends! This year we had over 16 different faculty and staff ... lounge for the occasion, and we spent the whole day cooking in the kitchen preparing food for our favorite professors and instructors

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Rain is evil There's only one kind of good snow, and rain isn't it.

  

  . Except that it's a little bit warmer. And a lot more humid. Not nearly as ... complaining. "I hate the winter. And layers. And bulky winter coats. And static electricity. It has no right being this cold out if it's not going to snow." And

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Class-tastic

  

  classes this semester -- and so far, it's been great! I only have one class on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and two classes on Mondays and Wednesdays. My classes don't start until 11 AM each morning, and I have plenty

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some virtuosos play $4 million violins, and some Trojan heros wear brass rats $4 million violins, not 4 million violins. Joshua Bell isn't *that* intense.

  

  semester Having musically-inclined friends (and a relative) at MIT Having ... concerts in the past week, for free. Concert #1: Verdi's Stabat Mater and Te Deum, performed by the MIT Symphony Orchestra (MITSO) and the MIT Concert

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Looked outside my window, and what did I see I probably shouldn't be surprised, but I am.

  

  impossible to try and capture it all in a blog. Never fear though, I'll figure ... , the future of cars, and Bill Gates at once, even if it means I just have

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Turn around and pretend it wasn’t you Words of Wisdom

  

  out tons of free stuff and market to the college crowd. Alas, I didn't attend as a college student, I was there for Livescribe, demoing and ... people recognized Chris and I there and we got the usual "Hey! Are you that

  • by Snively '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AFROTC = stress, and why that’s okay Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps: "what do you do every week?"

  

  that the FLX could test our leadership and problem-solving abilities. But ... Force and its history, customs, and practices. Every year the focus shifts ... and junior year, and after that towards working and living as an Air

  • by ROTC
  • November 4, 2009