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  The Magic of Those Ivory Keys (Guest Blog!) Part 2 of 3 of "Why I Declared a Humanities Major at MIT" series!

  

  your computer in its entirety.) So I actually did this "interview" back ... times when I felt pressure from my parents to practice piano. In the ... : I don't think I can single out one specific experience. I would say

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center

  

  really painted anything in a group before. I thought it would be both a ... music and often be the only person in the area, so I would immerse myself ... filled with student art. In this post, Kidist and I teamed up to tell you

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  random thoughts about choices why mit? why not mit?

  

  things that matter to me i never would've expected. in particular, what ... 't made the decision yet, well, i was once in your shoes. i didn't commit ... being in mit. despite that, i'm still happy i chose mit. the other day i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 29, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  by the time you notice it’s too late anime, bloons, and piano

  

  . there’s one short scene i want to talk about in this post; it is probably ... ; let me give some more legitimate examples: i played piano briefly in ... i could sit in front of the piano, know where all the keys were

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 4, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  how to move carts not an athletics post

  

  movement in that direction. you tell yourself, if i plan for the cart to move ... yourself, if i push in a direction that looks appealing i will surely end up in a location that i like you tell yourself, if i choose this city i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program Come play with us!

  

  ) in late September, and that I was outside from 2PM-5PM, I'm pretty sure ... , sunburn I did. Anyway. This entry is a PSA for the Overnight Program, in ... grandmother, for instance, would much rather hear about that nice boy I'm going

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  On Supplemental Materials Further information about application supplements.

  

  recommendation. This in general would not need to be on an MIT recommendation form ... I'm often asked about supplemental material. None of the below is required or even expected. In general, you should not send supplemental

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^(n+1)

  

  It's a beautiful day here in northern Virginia, where I'm celebrating ... material?" I'd say it's best to try to get things in by the beginning of ... National Gallery (East Wing designed by MIT alum I.M. Pei) and maybe the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 31, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  my first spring break!!! 13 MIT students take San Diego

  

  , as some may say). in my freshman year, i was kicked off campus a few ... March 27th, i got to experience spreak in all its glory! it was absolutely ... started talking about San Diego as an option since we would be staying in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2022
• Blog / Events

  MIT goes APE. Not your average Sunday night.

  

  Weekend. Last year, I waited four hours in the rain to see N.E.R.D. I would ... Hello all! I’m just popping in to show you guys a video from an ... East Movement (FM) to MIT’s Walker Memorial – you know, the same place I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 27, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Truth Values [by Ken Haggerty '11] A fantastic one-woman show about life at MIT. (Now playing!)

  

  Square Theater, ticket in one hand and notebook in the other, I wasn ... mathematician, I wasn't sure exactly how I would relate. I had seen the theater ... in the arts faculty that I finally decided to check it out and squeeze

  • by ARTalk
  • September 22, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  dance dance dance! a weekend of trying to try everything

  

  everything. I’m in clubs and choirs, running events, and starting (and ... school, I danced at home for fun, twirling through my kitchen in socks and pulling so many pique turns and pirouettes in my backyard that I wore holes

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainty becoming a boring adult

  

  me now than they did while they were in school i have a bad habit ... was being a bit unfair; i probably would’ve had a similar reaction ... description. i’ve written about this idea before in the context of meeting new

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  of the internship If things fall in place nicely on both sides, I would ... comments, which I will respond to in an untimely fashion. I'll let you know ... all of my professors in a different way. I don't know, call it Stockholm

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Summer

  I am reading so many books! getting back to my bookworm roots

  

  library in the building. I would wander down the shelves and pick up ... (i.e., in class while my teachers were talking...) I started reading less around the time I started high school, when paying attention in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Windy city

  

  Yesterday, I wrote, "I'll be back in the office tomorrow, assisting ... cancelled and I'd have to stay overnight in Virginia. Of course, all of the ... to take me in on very short notice. Eventually, I did make it back to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruminations and room-inations Written on the anniversary of one year ago.

  

  and now, where I sit in my cardboard box-strewn dorm room typing in ... without legs. It has no legs because I found it one year ago in a dark alley ... , furthermore, I strongly believe that there is wasabi powder in my eye. The

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 30, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  defining the future stop being vague

  

  used to cling to regret—I wish I could go back in time and do MIT all ... college in less than four years—ask me why I’ve been around MIT for so long ... , and I love being in this inspiring, intellectual environment. I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 22, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best (Work-Related) All-Nighter Ever Stressfully fun times at the Institvte.

  

  instruments I was arranging for would sound like in real life. Twelve non ... admission letters to your hearts in a sleepless fervor of joy, I've been ... jazzy with an alto sax. Somewhere in the middle of all this, I spent 8

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 18, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Making an Entrance On being helped to my feet.

  

  On my first day at MIT, I fell flat on my back in the Student Center lobby. Rewind four weeks, to a field in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where I ... field. I donned my Rooney England jersey that morning, in the hope that it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 17, 2010