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  Mystery Hunt Day 1 Liveblogging the beginning of this year's campus-wide puzzling competition.

  

  liveblog, updating this entry throughout the day with thoughts and stories about the Hunt, one of my favorite events of the year. In short, Mystery ... lots of puzzles (which lead to more puzzles), with the ultimate goal of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] GetSimmons! Writing is hard, so here's a video game instead

  

  the same dorm touch, they merge into one! Note: The order of dorms is not intended to be a ranking (boo), but is instead based on how many ... by Summer Moulder '26. Inspired by GetMIT by Mitchell Gu. Based on 2048

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2022
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread talk amongst yourselves

  

  Decisions come out in 36 hours, and I know a lot of you may be ... application of course, or what you want to do with your life, and so forth - but ... some steam with your fellow applicants, on two conditions: 1) don't talk

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

  Quick updates A post about not having any news (yet).

  

  . Regardless, if you are on the waitlist and hope to be taken off of the waitlist ... The Class of 2010 is beginning to take shape. We know some replies ... government will sell shirts or hoodies with "MMX" or "MITMMX" on it (props to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Like Never Before Kevin Rustagi '11 talks about the MIT LMC and then some.

  

  Hey you guys! I recently had the pleasure of meeting Kevin Rustagi '11 and interviewing him at the Guitar Center about his club: the MIT ... club that brings together various MIT bands through concerts, shows, and

  • by Celena C. '12
  • August 30, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  I Am Not As Lame As I Appear I've just been feverishly at work on the new website...

  

  everything else has been on the back burner. But I got all of your blog applications (thanks!) and I have a file with all of your questions which I ... Really. I've just been feverishly at work on the new website because

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  World Cup Challenge Results The answers and winners of the World CUp Challenge of MIT international admissions.

  

  The World Cup Challenge was a lot of fun! No one got a perfect score, but on the whole, people did pretty well. Below are the results, with the name of the country in each group from which MIT received the most

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 16, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5 days to May 2

  

  you considering? Leave your thoughts in the comments... For those of you on the wait list, we won't know if we'll be going to the waitlist until we hear back from everyone. With postmarks on May 2, I don't expect

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When I Grow Up In which I contemplate growing up and what I am going to do with my…

  

  was not and is not easy. There was (is?) a point where the thought of ... scary as hell. So what do I want to be when I grow up? Part of me is ... POLYMERS and CATS." Really. All I want to do is have my cat (and maybe

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 8, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  unraveling the mysteries of Sn2 reactions and E1/E2 elimination. We followed ... 'm headed to my last class of a day, an hour-and-a-half lecture ... (and see?) more about the fruits of our meeting later. At 5:00 I'm due to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  lessons learned this summer reflecting back on a summer that flew by

  

  't from one particular category of my thoughts - they are very random and i'll be impressed if you can catch a single thread of coherence running ... routines is also hard my body really has aged and no longer can function on

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 2, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Satisfaction New year= New opportunities/classes = Happy Kirsten

  

  of time in my room working on psets and studying for all my classes :P ... of moving objects. Rolling, oscillating, and spinning. You name a ... .01 (Classical Mechanics) on steroids, and I absolutely love this class! What

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 13, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Your credit history is too short and other adult things

  

  limit, and that you should pay it off when you can. This kind of all goes ... dealing with problems, and more of having to worry about these kinds of ... alone and full of problems, and my choice was either staying immature

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2023
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What programs fall under the School of Architecture & Planning?

  Architecture was one of the four original departments at MIT, and it ... and technology. Through recognition of architecture as a liberal ... : the Department of Urban Studies and Planning; the Media Lab and its
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two cakes and six cupcakes ...they may or may not resemble astronomical objects.

  

  here with me, and one of them turned 21 three weeks ago. I mentioned that ... observations of the cake. We're nerdy and we know it. ... I mentioned that I'm in the midst of a summer research program at the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eyes Wide a scandalous, unintentionally-devoid-of-meaning recent history

  

  of the time, and proceeding to sit down for a whole two hours and ... arduous task of hanging my posters on the walls of my dorm room. There is ... manifestation of everything I love!     A few bits on a bit of my

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 8, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... early action, 13% more than last year. We admitted 390 students, or 11% of the applicants. A similar number of students were denied, while those

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Greek Way What I did for a Klondike Bar, caesar salad, chicken florentine, mushroom ravioli, chocolate torte,…

  

  in Chemical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, and Nuclear ... inducted or inaugurated or initiated or something into the MIT chapter of Tau ... make me a little bit uncomfortable. Now, TBP isn't anything like one of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding Inspiration encouraging motivational inspiration

  

  filled with too many midterms for me and too many college applications for many of you, I’ve watched motivation jump off of a building, and with it ... the person sitting next to you on the bus. We’re strong and beautiful

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 7, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  New Server As of this afternoon, mitadmissions.org is living on a new (and much faster) server.

  

  Hi folks, As of this afternoon, mitadmissions.org is living on a new (and much faster) server. You'll probably notice better performance in page rendering right away; commenting is still slower than I'd like, but

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 30, 2007