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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800 An organ, three harpsichords, and lots of learning

  

  written for. The harpsichord, for example, cannot sustain a note. You hit a ... organ for us. Here's a picture of the Kresge organ: It was built in ... lessons for 14 years, played the trumpet in concert band for eight years

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Four September 13th shall henceforth be known as National Gauss Appreciation Day.

  

  ): “Merica”, power struggles, and the historical game of RISK. For a history ... both are insanely accomplished, and the stuff they have done for the ... thus far. It also should be mentioned that it is a major plus to hear the

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 19, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Steve and Me remembering steve jobs

  

  I remember the first time I ever saw a computer. I was four, and my ... soldering iron for a slim-cut suit and gotten into semiconductor sales, was ... was stored on top of a tall cabinet out of harm's way. The very first

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Turkey Time MIT Admissions will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.

  

  Wednesday afternoon, November 21 through Monday morning, November 26 for the ... until a few days after the holiday. Please do not send multiple copies of ... .T.) Chain Reaction What is the F.A.T. Chain Reaction? Better to see it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Baseball!! a blog about baseball and internet games and embroidered hats and New Zealand Indie Rock.

  

  stadium cheered for the red sox as Enmanuel Valdez hit a single with only ... the first day of classes, you become a freshman, but until then you are just a silly little baby that [annotation note="When I showed up on the

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 4, 2023
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Poemtober! the only thing harder than writing is not writing

  

  draw a picture for a different prompt every day in October. This year ... really like a lot of the poems that came out of these. It was interesting ... -- since the prompts were intended for art rather than poems (and I think

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 17, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Optimal Solution It doesn't exist

  

  cannot possibly be processed to the highest degree of accuracy for ... shuttle, race a car, finance a project based on limited data in the face of ... to the Tex-Mex you find back home. Oh and also had a real job!  At

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • September 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  1 day in the life of an MIT student

  

  go back to sleep. It had been a late night of work for both of us the ... a gift card for the first time at a TGIF! :) 5:30pm-By this time, I ... The unabridged version of a semi-recent, semi-typical, but memorable

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 12, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Atomic Friends a comic

  

  first assignment of the class, we were challenged to write a script for a ... of Niels Bohr is drawn onto a whiteboard in the background, with his ... ’s atomic model.   PAGE ONE PANEL 3 A simple scientific drawing of the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 17, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Emergency Morale Booster Night! One of my favorite e-mails of all time

  

  people are feeling a little down and/or exhausted at this point in the ... impromptu Disney Sing-a-long tonight! Here's the deets: When: 8 - 10 pm ish ... outside to throw a Frisbee around with two non-French House friends for an

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer? click me! click me!

  

  : There is a physical prize for the picture I deem the best. The actual ... know that, she, in fact, also just climbed a mountain (at 2000 meters - compared to that, Twin Peaks is merely a foothill!) Polish mountains are

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 4, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much

  

  again, I was on the hook for a $94k car, and the moving trucks were headed ... to have the money I needed for a late February delivery so I had to ... Oregon for work.  I found a real estate agent, found a lot, and built a

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016
• Blog / MISTI

  Break New Ground Join the NEW MIT-Chile Program

  

  , Japan, Mexico and Spain. The program is a part of the Center for ... facilitated during the spring semester. With a population just under 17,000,000 and one of the world’s highest economic growth rates, Chile is a

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am only slightly less boring than usual The title says it all, no?

  

  year working as a Program Coordinator for the Office of the Arts: do you ... office? we're going to the mfa for a film (sleepwalking through the mekong ... for the film ( a travelogue of sorts from Dengue Fever's visit to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Night at Random Beautiful people at a beautiful hour.

  

  For the past almost four and a half years, which is just under a ... (a giant meringue) for Loop’s floor dinner the next day. Bianca was ... Hole, where I chilled in the corridor outside Black Hole lounge for a bit

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  9000 Words This post doesn't have 'em.

  

  Kennebunk, Maine. The sand was the perfect dampness for writing, so I ... the past 2 years). I) Our GRT (MIT's equivalent of RAs) threw a ... Figure 1. Life outside of classes. A) Study break to make Matt

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 9, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2022 (ok, i didn't enjoy all of it)

  

  , lauded for its innovation. The cute graphics and innocent opening belie a ... Narrative. Going for a Beer (1100 words). Content warning: domestic abuse ... drinking a beer at about the same time that he began to think about going

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 21, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Three things I didn’t learn from class behold, the listicle

  

  it into the saw in order to make a cut. To use a bandsaw, after checking if it’s the right bandsaw for the material you’re cutting, you turn a knob to raise the handguard, turn the machine on, and push

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 26, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot #1 Short summary of a long week.

  

  for a breathless noontime hour and ran. Terminal windows dissolved into concrete sidewalk grids, swollen with rain delicately infused with the brine of Boston's air pollution. Soaked in a brew of life

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  for a class of about 1,075 students this year. Based on our estimates of ... uncertainties, we also keep a waitlist of students. Is the waitlist ranked? No ... -- approximately 4.3% of applicants -- a spot on the waitlist. Not all of those

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010