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  Back to work

  

  grumbling for part of them because of having to wake up at 7am. ;-) April 21st is the deadline for freshmen to declare a major. Technically, it ... person. The fabled Weather Machine did its job on Thursday, so at least you

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  , and for the next several decades—which marked MIT’s move from Boston to ... MIT’s music program would begin to form. For the next quarter ... for a college orchestra. The success of this concert will have much to

  • by Jeremy W.
  • February 22, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Systems and Light [by Miren Bamforth '15] Even MIT's art scene is a little nerdy.

  

  background. Once again, go to the exhibit to see for yourself! (It also runs ... and two other ARTalk bloggers in 21M.A12 (Arts at MIT), I would like to ... ’s public art collection. This week, we went to the MIT List Visual Arts

  • by ARTalk
  • October 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Venturing to far living groups

  

  . For example, over the weekend, I went to Random Hall for boffer combat ... deliberately circled around here to make it easier for Yoyo to get a pic. "Grrr ... or half meal plans for a sum of money and agreement to cook or clean

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  History of the Brass Rat with pictures of the bezel design from 1930 to today

  

  member from each of the Classes of 1930, 1931, and 1932 to design a ring ... Ring. They couldn't decide whether to put the beaver or the Dome on the bezel of ring. The Committee looked to the original discussion over the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 23, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Breakfast in Paris, Lunch in Geneva, Dinner in Milan Hop on the train and check out some sights leaving France, traversing Switzerland, and entering…

  

  I set out from Paris' Gare de Lyon to continue my journey using France's famous TGV (train

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  person, it can either force you to be much more productive, or much less ... . (This is an awkward topic for me personally because my dad would beat all ... advice blog (written by someone who went to all her Tuesday classes with

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / Best from staff

  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  to the extent —  and only for the reason —  that it is “narrowly ... quotas or targets for any racial or ethnic group, but we can take steps to ... context. We believe it is crucial for the successful future of our world to

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  very last person to speak. I concluded the neuroscience group ... , debate just wasn’t quite the right environment for me to perform in, but it was the perfect environment for me to train in. I think that, slowly, I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  things that make noises for those lost

  

  reactions, though it's results vary from person to person. your body will ... march is a rough month. you are lost, not only in a pile of things to see and things to do, but probably also in a pile of emotions you can

  • by Anika H. '26
  • March 15, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  personalities, from the bubbly and social to the more introspective. That's fairly ... Requirements, to dine on your soul for a little while.) If MIT is going to work for me, I'll have to sew together the pieces of a student's life and my

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Profiles in Courage My neighbor could kill you or save your life with her bare hands.

  

  thanks to my prefrosh George for being really independent and finding his way home at 6 AM without my help, to Kristin R for her wonderful (if slightly awkward) compliment at Meet The Bloggers, to "Joooliyah" for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  interviews has changed (though Stu's advice on how to prepare for it remains ... , they should limit themselves to nagging you to do it, and not do it for ... , test scores, etc. They want to learn about you as a person. This is your

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  of recommendation and proceed to your personal statement, where you ... , business), get a “real” job, take a year off to figure things out, work for a ... ’m happy to report that this can also be a very exciting time for college

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  goodbye after so long and with so much love

  

  waiting for me. There was never any question about whether I would apply to ... I was probably one of the youngest people ever to read the blogs. I ... newspaper. Sam and Mitra and Mollie, the earliest bloggers, were MIT to me

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 1, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Odd Jobs How non-seniors can occupy their time before and during graduation

  

  science and media. But, in waiting for the summer session to start, I ... , today I met the person who painted the sign over the door to the ... from fleece blankets (’59) to huge brass rat paperweights (’89, for their

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pop quiz, Viktor I finally discover what happens when you rapidly cool hot metal. Now my life is…

  

  According to my favorite website ever, StatCounter, somebody from ... do, and *then* find someone to pay you for it." -Gerry Sussman Well ... rapidly cool hot metal?". Well, that's what I've been asking for a while now

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  disinterprerto! a centennial, a harry potter dream, a made-up spell, a corny metaphor

  

  as an AeroAstro is amazing in a lot of respects. 9AM classes for ... (like I did for most of last year) and I feel like I've found an amazing ... /Build/Fly team, training all our delightful new members and gearing up to fly (and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 28, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  Apply to WISE! It would be WISE of you to do so

  

  decided.  Asia’s reason for applying to WISE was simple: “it was free”. We ... to see for herself that there was always something going on at MIT ... could only say hi and chat for a bit. She thought to herself, ‘how busy

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 13, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  classes, they count for little to nothing in your final course grade. You ... notorious for taking some people more than 10+ hours to do). If you ... I don't think it's a good idea to be on 72 units, for the sake of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008