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  The Coin Is Found! The Mystery Hunt ends after 36 hours.

  

  captained by my friend Dan '03. Way to go! Dan '03 of The Evil Midnight ... What Bomb at Midnight in a refridgerator in the basement of E18. It was a great 36 hours of hunting! I'll post some fun puzzles in my next

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 15, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spring Break! Spring Break Broke.

  

  So I'm sitting in the airport in Toronto on my way to London where I will be next week for Spring Break as well as Paris. I'll be sure to post photos and entries all this week. If you happen to be in London or

  • by Bryan
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another one! The return to campus, round III

  

  same energy. The streets were full of fraternity vans trying to snag new ... promise you: the excitement never wears off! Even after a day full of ... of a thrill upon seeing the Dome for the first time in months. As soon

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • September 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Peace Out, 2005 Saying goodbye to a great year!

  

  2005 in Review Being in college manages to teach you a lot of life ... 'll be better off from it. Here are just a few highlights of what college ... and lost. This was probably one of the best learning experiences of my

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  forbidden gatorade cell media looks tasty...

  

  media is, in fact, drinkable. It comes in a whole range of pink colors! It ... anything else, I should give a disclaimer that this post is based on anecdotal evidence. I haven’t tried many of these, and you should try none of

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just A Small Town Girl Blogging in an awesome world.

  

  .) On top of that, moving to a big city for college ended up giving me the ... blogging. I enjoy a good book of imagist poetry every now and then (see - my ... of being back and Matt McGann and Chris Peterson have already called me

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Read Some Science Fiction You'll see why in a bit

  

  I love going to the MIT Media Lab. Being part of the MAS Freshman program, I spend a lot of time there. It's a research facility that specializes in projects that focus on interfaces, interactions, and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 16, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March No longer MIA.

  

  Bauer, attends the City University of New York Honors College. ... This entry brings to a close one of the longest periods of blog ... ? Domestic selection (final stages). It's been a long season of Regular Action

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The seniors are tired but the frosh are fine

  

  prefrosh are here, so I need to put on a smile, because MIT is supposed ... -orientation program, which means more first-years arriving on campus, which means ... the Galactic Puzzle Hunt, [2] and I'm one of the writers, and I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 2 Hearing Amazônia

  

  … is certainly one way of explaining why we have electric eels. That ... INPA. Next, some of MITWE/FJE’s own gave presentations – Axel V. (on ... ), and Scott S. (on the science of disaster movies). [embed

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  bearing on your application, as ~50% of our admits end up majoring in ... to the context of your overall app - what you're interested in, what ... , not to one of its 5 schools. ------------------------ Zack Yang wrote

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: The Story So Far An update from the frontlines.

  

  energy on campus right now is absolutely amazing. The Infinite Coordidor is ... campus tours, the sun is shining beautifully, the steps of the Student ... unraveling the mysteries of Sn2 reactions and E1/E2 elimination. We followed

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Build awesome What to do if you like to build stuff.

  

  -scratch inventions and creations get our attention in the same way that many of those ... . These hands-on projects tie in directly with MIT's core principles. And look around MIT for lots of examples of cool projects, like: Disco

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  For love of Baxter A story of love, loss, and catnapping on Burton 1, as documented by my cell…

  

  place it on the dining table of the 132 suite at precisely 12:10 AM on ... kidnapped Baxter because he smells funny and no one on the floor likes him. If you ever want to see him again, you must meet all of our demands. The

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Everybody’s Reading Applications!

  

  It's definitely the busiest time of the year for application reading (hence the low post count this week... luckily Mitra has a couple new ... turns out, she was reading applications, for a New England private high

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  It's my junior year, and I am busy working on graduation requirements ... upcoming fall. And this is true: most of the classes I am taking are just classes I want to be on my transcript when I apply to college. Even if it

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  socializing safely ...but also leaving my room maybe once a day

  

  think about last year, I feel like I'm missing out on a host of ... here's the thing: most of my MIT friends are currently in the ... to meet up with all of them since I'm hosed all the time. given current

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 15, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Puzzle: Are we going to win? another puzzle to stimulate your mind

  

  My friend Brian, Course VI '07, came up with this puzzle. I'll give you one hint for now, use this website for help. I'll be travelling this weekend, so I probably won't get a chance to post the solution until

  • by Bryan
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Admissions Math Month, Part 1 – Duality There are two wolves inside you

  

  points on a sheet of paper. If you want to connect those two points ... points define a line. Now suppose you draw two lines on a sheet of paper ... Did you know? Of all 7,238 MIT Admissions blog posts before this one

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 20, 2024
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What type of first-year learning communities are available?

  to the community, and each learns in their unique way. Although we can ... , we have a variety of programs to choose from. MIT’s first-year learning communities offer a distinct kind of learning environment that