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• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 Classes For 0 Credit: Beethoven to Mahler and Paradise Lost That can be rearranged to say: Paradise lost to Beethoven and Mahler.

  

  Beethoven to Mahler Last semester, I took my first music class at MIT ... one of my physics classes. My friend Ben H. '14 was in a similarly ... composers is, in my mind, an abstract idea and not a human being. The idea of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for EA Deferred and Regular Action students your last minute questions

  

  be available on MyMIT in January. On this report, you can provide us ... updates. Should I send in a whole new version of my application, or all ... , but try not to wait until the last minute! What happens if some of my

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 20, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Big Questions and Small Scientists The kids I volunteer with are magical.

  

  ) and it was close to Halloween: my birthday. My little sister poked her ... my towering intellect and spirit, and not the combination of bushy ... , at the elementary school where I volunteer on Tuesday afternoons. My

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots Here's how I spent my summer.

  

  It's been a while since I introduced you to MIT (my way, of course ... about my UROP   ^_^ It all started back in March, when I began poking ... bioEE UROP - that is probably my ultimate field of study - but then

  • by Piper '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  A Three-part IAP sababa* in more than one way

  

  Israel was only the last piece of my IAP this year. I spent the first week ... in admissions (‘twas the season) and doing whatever my heart desired. I ... were really interesting (my subtle hints to get you to consider courses 1

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 17, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Moves and Music(als) Illustrated with tons of images and a video, and not *as* many words

  

  , not-so-involved career. I got my start in the second half of senior year, when my high school staged its production of Guys and Dolls (this will be ... carved out a good niche for my artistic inclinations to speak from personal

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Feedback Works Warning: analogy ahead

  

  So, as I mentioned in my previous entry, my GEL classes don't have p ... before about my role as a leader. Not convinced? Well, here's another ... the cheerers last year, and I ran around with a red "M" painted on my

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One Year After Michael Jackson An out-of-place tribute to the King of Pop

  

  there are two days in my life that felt quite similar: September 11th ... perceive my surroundings and their significance. A year ago today, I felt a new kind of shock. I spent my morning and afternoon in lab at MIT

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 30, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Roman Life A.k.a. not-Greek life.

  

  Travel] (^ one of my many talents -- surprise! And yet another something ... three midterm tests in three of my classes, and an essay due in my fourth ... that point, I'd already received most of my grades and was no longer

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week 1 Autumn tastes like warm apple pie covered in bacon.

  

  ) classes knotted my temporal ropes into a gnarly mess, wrapping up any loose pieces of slack time between 7 AM and 9 PM. After Thursday, my self ... , my interest in comparing mediums had evaporated to the point where I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 13, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Leadership Training Institute My first guest blog!

  

  , since I seem to always be falling behind in my classes and getting royally ... . :) ---- Hey! I’m Jia Zhu, a sophomore biology major at MIT. Although my year ... part of my MIT experience has defined my views about service and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  College The path to self-discovery is lined with my blog entries.

  

  of angst and pain known as Paying Tuition). My situation was thus: One ... colleges. After about 5 picoseconds of staring at my acceptance letter from ... grade. So I decided to cross “Finish high school” off my to-do list

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thank Goodness! "There are bridges you cross / You didn't know you crossed / until you've crossed."

  

  (the tagline is my favorite line from Wicked, hahaha - how ... to do well in Orgo? It's supposed to be the most basic of all my ... 't make sense to my young and undisciplined mind. I don't know if it was the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / How to MIT

  Expanding on Pass No Record It's not so much a time machine, as it is a dodgeball cannon!

  

  Alright, my first serious, thought-out blog entry in quite some time ... learned more than I've probably ever learned during my first semester here ... nights and early mornings fighting my way through problems sets and working

  • by Snively '11
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Emilienne: The Sophomore who does brain surgery Emilienne has been studying the brain through her UROP in the Fee Lab.

  

  lab. I’m certainly glad I did! I’ve learned so much from my ... : “Whether it’s formal gowns (my favorite thing to sew), quilts, pajamas, or gifts for my sorority sisters, I always like to have a project

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Real Snow! Real pictures this time.

  

  frozen milk chips in your cereal the next morning. =) In other news, my ... dorm will pay for it (or at least subsidize the cost.) My GRT (grad ... of my life, my floormates and I packed our bags and headed up to New

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Well, at least you didn’t fail, right? A tale of mystery, wonder, and the worst possible way to handle too much work…

  

  painful but doable. But it's Saturday, and according to my 18 ... food on campus. Spend the rest of my Saturday hanging out with friends ... repeat in my head for a week already. As the song is less than two minutes

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Then and Now The two are remarkably similar.

  

  First of all, I give you an excerpt from my personal blog, written ... months ago, I began my first term at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I remember leaving my theater class terrified by the daunting

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Hey VMars fans Wallace is Course 2!

  

  Oh my God. I was peacefully watching Veronica Mars last week, when ... totally made my day. Engineers rock. Of course, Wallace is failing MechE and ... more snark in my life, you think? Responses to Comments Nur asked: Just

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hi, I’m New Here The requisite introduction.

  

  This past Sunday night, my friend Hanna '10 and I did our first radio ... anything to do but yell, "OH MY GOD WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE WHAT NOW ... same level of panic while I introduce myself. My name is Keri Garel, and

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 19, 2006