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  CMS.621: Fans & Fan Culture the class that changed my career trajectory?

  

  world around me and see things in a perspective I've never really ... I first saw the class in the course catalog during my freshman year. I ... . Last fall, I saw it would actually be offered in the spring and taught by

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  places at mit (favorite) places (to work/study)

  

  has been sitting largely in its tote bag on my shelf because I wanted to ... usually travel on a daily basis, I want to cover as much as I can. I want to ... pretty quirky, MIT can be beautiful. :) Two... I told someone the other

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 27, 2017
• Blog / Advice

  17,707 words writing at night like you're running out of time

  

  for me in a way that I haven’t done since college applications ... [/annotation] how much writing I’ve done in just the past month for classes ... way) was the most joy I’ve had while writing in a long time. 2113

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 24, 2020
• Blog / Events

  21: The Movie Night From the Bay Area to Boston, Seattle to the Florida Keys, Houston to Chicago, the…

  

  anything like that classroom in the movie." I actually thought the movie 4-145 was closer to the real thing than most of the rooms in the movie (I ... Robot. Their CEO, Colin Angle '89 SM '91, makes a cameo in the movie (I believe

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Spending the F.A.T. with Arthur Ganson A missed opportunity to build kinetic sculptures with artist Arthur Ganson.

  

  Friday, Nov. 24.” I can’t believe I missed an opportunity to build ... News flash: Thanksgiving vacation is over. I spent my three days at ... . At the time, I knew that two actions were notably absent from my list

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2020 Hacks Back

  

  out in little silver tubes. Every year we enclose something different. A ... Class of 2020, we enclosed the following note in the tube:   ... for the pictures)  I strongly suspect the Class of 2020 is trying to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s May 2nd. Have you replied to your colleges yet? The music has stopped -- the last dance is over.

  

  , learn about their lives, fall in love with many, but can only choose a few ... ...all in hopes that they'll apply to our school. We wait in anticipation to see the applications roll in. Students enter into the application

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2012! how is blog formed

  

  people who can communicate in a compelling fashion to our large and active ... blogging for us, we are primarily interested in people who can tell stories ... It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things: 1) It's

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 9, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LIVE-BROADCAST: With the Void, Full of Powers [by Mei Zuo '13]

  

  , climate that is invisible but present.” Predicated by [The Void] I ... broadcast live! Electronic participatory art; engage in the creative process. Follow @NouveauRealisme ! If you’re in Boston, come to Killian Court

  • by ARTalk
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  preserving student community what does it take?

  

  that come and go but are united in their values, and so on. I know that ... someone wearing a Bomber shirt ten years in the future who I don't vibe with ... out multiple times in the past, I know I'd do the same for any future

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 20, 2020
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain the context of my grades/scores, and/or provide additional information?

  On the application, there are designated spaces to provide additional context on how the pandemic or other circumstances may have disrupted your coursework, access to testing, and extracurricular activities. If you feel it…
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Turbo)Votes making voting easier by/for MIT students

  

  registration easy, we can significantly increase engagement in upcoming local ... several nonpartisan ways we can work to make that happen.     I ... tl;dr: As of this fall, any member of the MIT community can use Turbo

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reference Frames Vision - of the present and for the future - is powerful

  

  - even easier - than before. With that in mind, I invite you to ... spite of that, you've still achieved in many ways. That's why I suggested ... Even in classical mechanics, physics tells us about relativity, where

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 19, 2011
• Blog / Announcements

  To our prospective students and their families on taking care of ourselves and the people we love

  

  Making Caring Common report was released in 2016, I wrote that an important ... , especially in times like these. I'm writing today to reaffirm what Chris said ... worry about how things will look to us.   In the last few weeks, I have

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 27, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  in which everyone can thrive and succeed. From what I have seen of ... should I take or activities should I be involved in? There is no one answer ... and recommendations highlighted in the Turning the Tide report, and I

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• 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 ... playing the harpsichord; I've just seen harpsichords in museums. There are ... why." -Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart *     *     * I took classical piano

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

  Faculty Luncheon for Local* Admitted Students *local: from New England or New York, or anyone who just happens to be in…

  me (maybe that's a good thing?), but I come to you today with important ... us in addition to the many activities they're planning for Campus Preview Weekend in April. We brainstormed, made charts and graphs, and after

  • by mitblogs
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…

  

  operated Wallace Observatory in Westford, MA. Once at the observatory, they studied extrasolar planets (a planet outside of our solar system), which I'm told is currently a super hot topic in astronomy! The goal of the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  And So It Ends, And So It Begins May 1 marks the end of this admissions cycle and the beginning of the next.

  

  , I sincerely hope that you will keep in touch. It's been a true ... what I'm going to do without her next year. It's sortof like in the ... 'm still here in 18 years when she finishes her dissertation, you can bet

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How Hard is MIT? A quantitative analysis

  

  ] (which makes sense if you think about it). In my excitement, I gripped ... Introduction Before coming to college, I often wondered how hard MIT ... measurements backing up these results, how could I trust their accuracy, let

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2023