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  The Making of a Mystery A James Grimmelmann Guest Blog

  

  , unabashed law and policy geek. Before I began working at MIT, I was a Research Assistant at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, and I still stay ... the occasion. At the Hunt wrap-up — presented as an awards show for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for September imagine a movie montage, but for politely asking teachers to say nice things about you

  

  We're big fans of Spotify here on the blogs and have been for awhile ... ; back to 2014 for my post on how I read applications; Nisha's post in 2018 ... wanted to just sample a new song or album before you paid anything for it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Your college application motivational soundtrack for January patience, young grasshoppers

  

  slightly more tolerable, we made another playlist for y'all! Enjoy :) https

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 10, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  Bright IAP a post in two, kind of unrelated, parts

  

  Bridge finalist. My friend, was accepted. I was so happy for him, but I was also ... to do this for me. Later (in a silvery package) I received an official ... : while at the 'tvte I was slightly worried if things would change with

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  How to Perform an Organ Transplant Doctors agree! "This is really the only guide we could find online."

  

  't actually help at all and sleep on your futon for essentially the entire ... Step 1: Wait and Hope You have to wait. Not a week. Not a month. At ... At this point, others have claimed the organ before you. Don't lose

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • August 4, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  why mit

  

  there is still deciding where to go for college. happy decision day ... approaches. for those of you who've already decided to come to MIT, yay! welcome! for those of you who are still on the fence, i thought i might

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wish I Joined the MIT 100K as a Freshman four years of this would've been great

  

  I look at the clock - it's 5 am. I started working at 3 pm. What just ... working on stuff for the MIT 100K Competition. I started helping out with ... acquired by Broadcom for $1.24 billion. The competition occurs three times a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 8, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  took Simmons 40 days and 5 hours. I am incredibly grateful for the help ... ,000 piece puzzle to leave out in Simmons for people to solve over IAP? If this were anywhere else, they probably would have chuckled at the joke that I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Candies and Costumes and Pumpkins and CATS Princess Leia and Orphan Annie ran around with laser guns and threw candy at people.…

  

  wearing a firefighter costume I bought off Amazon for a separate occasion ... ever, after having dyed hair for more than six years now. I've always ... /slept with my kitten until more meetings at 4pm. I was really tired. I slept

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Family Weekend 2014 family weekend 2014, day 1 and how I had fun

  

  . Well, not really free time. I COULD be studying for my 8.02 exam on ... about the hackathons that happened all the way back at the beginning of ... waaahmbulence for a bit, I got straight to work. I traded away sleep hours for

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A bear encounter and a wild cow-milking contest Summer adventures

  

  arrived, he suggested that I borrow his sister's mountain bike for the ... around the parking lot for a while. I felt okay, so off we went! The first ... stomach hurt, I was out of breath, and my butt was NOT happy at bumping over

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 24, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Astronomy in Paradise Lost I can't resist.

  

  seen, although I suppose you could think of the chain as a metaphor for ... these dudes: I attended a talk by Wolszczan about a year ago (at this ... efforts at MIT, and TESS is going to revolutionize our big-picture of these

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 27, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.

  

  resolve your own worries, or at the very least distract you for a little ... course), “This does not seem trivial at all and some of us did not have ... song Yakko's Universe from Animaniacs, and Pokémon for nostalgia) After

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Blog] CourseRoad! A simple way to make your four year plan!

  

  to be part shameless plug for my website CourseRoad, and part ... strolling through the Infinite when I came across a poster for something ... corkboard at knee height let me know about a competition to build some piece

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 25, 2012
• Blog / Events

  The Blogger’s Cut, Year One Some other first year memories captured in photos

  

  little dejected. It must've gotten Stockholm syndrome from being at MIT for ... was turning in a p-set for 5.111...or 5.12, I can't remember at this ... building for using such a cheesy html gimmick in a reputable post. But trust

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Juggling Act When you're used to life in Hell...

  

  front desk for students to use. The receptionist smiles at me as I hastily ... for 18.02 (multivariable calculus), which is one of the freshman GIRs. Each semester, the Math Department (and most other majors at MIT) hire a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  DONE (sorta) If I'm done, why am I still stressed?

  

  + Roller Blades = awesome. Rumor has it that I can get a fine for skating inside buildings but nobody has yelled at me yet (well, except for Copy ... . This morning I woke up at 5:30 and went skating for a couple of hours. I

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

  My UROP Experiences Research is kinda cool.

  

  crystalline side-chain block copolymers for actuator applications". That's a bunch of big words for a simple idea. 1: Attach liquid crystals (the ... to two synchrotrons: The one at Brookhaven National Laboratory and the

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sam Survey I'M HOSED.

  

  easy, in that order Record for number of grapes held in mouth at one time ... ..), but I haven't posted at all in March, and if I stopped posted entirely ... until about a few weeks after I graduate. Also, I made fun of Ben for not

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  when I walked in. Go ahead, laugh at me for overreacting and nearly ... mailbox. My parents are in NYC at the moment (today's their anniversary ... keyring, so I was essentially screwed. I yanked at the box, hoping that it

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006