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  Cheat Sheet This amazed me when I first saw it.

  

  Mystery Hunt is a yearly tradition at MIT, but this isn’t an entry about Mystery Hunt. This is an entry about one of the tools our team has for Mystery…

  • by Snively '11
  • August 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  You should live in EAsT camPUS A few of the basic things to know.

  

  What sets MIT’s East Campus apart from other dorms of the college type? 1. You can learn how to cook. What better way to learn how than to live in…

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • July 31, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Heartbreaking Lunch of Staggering Genius I'll write about campus dining some other day.

  

  Three days of Manhattan ended on Monday afternoon beneath a dripping tarp in the dregs of Chinatown, torrents of rain flushing from the sky and breaking like bones on the…

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  You should live in Burton-Conner! What you won't see in the i3 video!

  

  I found an old clip on YouTube that I uploaded a long time ago that I somehow never blogged. One day, Adelaide ’09 and I realized that we both had…

  • by Snively '11
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Jonte ‘13 The fourth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Continuing our series Introducing the Class of 2013… Jonte ’13 Sean ’13 Terence ’13 Christy ’13 Craighead named Brown Scholar Friday, June 19, 2009 By JOEL TURNER – Staff Writer…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do Alums do? Are you exceptionally forward minded? Already thinking about what you'll be doing as an alumni?…

  

  *snively will be mad I beat him at posting this* *not anymore, curse you Stanford!!!!* So by now you might think you have a fair idea of what to expect…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen: The Sequel! I've written about it before, and now I'm writing about it again!

  

  Back during IAP of last year I wrote an entry about a brand new “toy” I bought at the MIT bookstore. This “toy” was Livescribe’s Pulse Pen, and looking back…

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summertime When the Thrills are Cheap and the living is easy.

  

  Hey folks. I’ve been busy, which still isn’t a good excuse for not having posted anything substantial in something like seven months. I kept procrastinating about blogging throughout the majority…

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Sean ‘13 The third in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class. Plus, a related…

  

  Let’s continue the series Introducing the Class of 2013… Sean ’13 Terence ’13 Christy ’13 At the end of the article about Sean, I’ve attached a bonus related article. Enjoy!…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mattress Dominoes! One of many reasons why my summer is better than yours.

  

  For those of you who don’t remember or are new here (or don’t care about what I have to say all that much – there, I covered everyone!), I’m spending…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! Do yourself a favor and watch this! Make sure you're not doing anything for the…

  

  On Monday, I got to see a pacemaker insertion surgery, eat lunch in scrubs, and pretend that I was on Grey’s Anatomy. My preceptor was Dr. Lee, Course VII ’76,…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  Hard to believe July is nearly gone eh? Yup in just a few short months all of you prefrosh will shed the “pre” (presumably through the use of “prease” if…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Terence ‘13 The second in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Today, we continue the series Introducing the Class of 2013: Terence ’13 (today) Christy ’13 Augusta Student From Local Housing Project Heads To M.I.T By Fraendy Clervaud WJBF News Channel…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  Six Recent Life-Changing Thoughts on Food There's six lessons (and a recipe) somewhere in there.

  

  I. Emergency Dinner Sunday afternoon catches me cooking for 30+ in a hot frantic kitchen where the concentrated afternoon heat fringes on vile. Might I mention that my cooking partner,…

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

  Celebrating the Moon Landing MIT celebrates today's 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.

  

  Today is an exciting anniversary — July 20, 1969, was the day Apollo 11 landed on the Moon. And because of MIT’s significant role in the moon landing, folks around…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Story Oh goody!

  

  As I’ve said many a time, but will say again for new readers, I live in Burton-Conner. In Burton-Conner we have kitchens, kitchens for cooking our own food, if we…

  • by Snively '11
  • July 19, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Christy ‘13 The first in a series of articles about students coming to MIT in the fall.

  

  I’m frequently asked about the students that are admitted to MIT. Who are they? What is their story? Beginning today, I’m going to be posting a series of articles about…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  I’ve been involved, in some form or fashion, with MIT Admissions for 4 years now. I’ll be honest, I used to know a whole lot more about it, back when…

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  What have you been doing lately? SPOILER ALERT: Mostly StumbleUpon

  

  So it’s mid July, Summer is well underway, all the major Holidays have passed (read: the 4th) so what’s your favorite blogger up to? I don’t know, I’ll go ask…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Oh, the Places You’ll Go(ogle) The path to enlightenment is paved with Google searches.

  

  Late last night, I cut the brakes on the Sleep-8-Hours-Per-Day bandwagon and pinwheeled into a rut of intense, hardcore* Googling. Or, to cast the situation in the linguistic frame of…

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 14, 2009