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  5 days until Mystery Hunt

  

  a few more of my favorite puzzles of yore. But now, I must get back to ... "Restistance is Fuschia"... Getting close to solving another puzzle (maybe "X ... short, Mystery Hunt is a weekend long competition at MIT where students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch and a bonus video of a cat chasing a spider.

  

  followed by a one-day sale the next day, to benefit the lab and its ... created by a team of about six artists. In this blog post, I want to convey ... ). This October, I bought several pumpkins I keep vowing to bake, a few from

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Photodiary now with 0% instagram, 22% my cat

  

  entrusted us to level set and record using a massive set of equipment ... , overtaken by an art installation open common space spanning 3rd to 5th ... hall dedicated to meat. I also think I have a food addiction; I just want

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 9, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Live Kernel Patching System An MIT alum and graduate student just released a system for applying Linux kernel updates…

  

  a patch to the source code, to generate a kernel module which, when ... This is partially a plug for a friend of mine, but it's also a really ... automatically patching a Linux kernel without reboots. Jeff Arnold '07, MEng '08

  • by Evan B. '10
  • April 23, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Batman Picks a Username learn from him.

  

  Trouble thinking up a good Kerberos username? Take some hints from Batman.

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Deferred Applicants Q & A Have a question about your MIT EA deferral? Read on...

  

  working hard!) as well as a text box for any other updates you'd like to ... application. The Midyear Updates form is a simple text box, similar to an essay ... application was already strong enough to make you a contender in the Regular

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Circles, circles, circles week to week to week

  

  schedule, or the work that needs to get done, but it does mean I never have a ... back to my room after a long day of being outside with friends. It's not ... the most convenient timings. Never before a call I have to be on or a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Holidays! Pictures from our recent holiday party.

  

  wonderful holiday vacations, and here's to a great 2007! I'll leave you with ... LImelight. (I challenge any other admissions office to a Karaoke competition ... Happy holidays from the admissions office! I'll be leaving in a bit

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A major problem is not a major problem Why the text next to my picture is lying to you.

  

  all-nighter over a HASS paper, decide to major in Mechanical Engineering ... to department open-houses, and declare a major in Physics. Putting the ... as an intended Physics major with a Music minor, switched to Electrical

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  every right to be asking it. I certainly would be. I wish I could get ... school in the world to get into to begin with. I can use that fact to try to "proove" to you that it's not a reflection on you, rather it's an

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week in the life

  

  EHS training Yeah, I'm excited to finally have a UROP. This was my ... most of the time, but the bright spot is that I get to see cool people at ... -ed service fraternity. It's a lot of fun. I have to go to the meetings, even if

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  3.A03 Metalsmithing Throughout Time come to MIT, get to forge metal with your bare hands!! (and a hammer)

  

  mandrill" with a long cylindrical prong to get a perfect circle. Once that ... get a major-specific advisor (or two if you double major :0). I like ... webpages to list them all. You rank a shortlist and right before school

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Little Snails SciFi movie marathons rock my socks!

  

  brought by the giant Traags to the Traags' home planet, where they are kept ... by the Skekses starts his dangerous journey to find the missing shard ... to extinction. The story revolves around a bizarre group of neighbours

  • by Bryan
  • January 28, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We are the people in your neighborhood… On MIT's diversity

  

  's edition of TechTalk, a newspaper published by the MIT News Office. Why ... you the details of how challenging it was to produce a documentary on a ... it reminds me a lot of my family. If I were to list off every

  • by Bryan
  • September 16, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Almost Only Counts in Horseshoes I almost did it. Rather I almost didn't do it. And all for a class…

  

  activities and stuff that I'd want to do, I decided to get all my homework done early and take my free Monday off to get ahead. And so I did. Cue the fun ... well. I hoped to get free tickets to Carmen from the Council for the Arts

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Quarrying Around Ice skating in an underground tunnel

  

  Skating place at a Vermont quarry, I immediately responded that I wanted to ... Grotto has to the Freedlyville Quarry. The quarry entrance was about a mile ... adventure with the MIT Caving Club. I really enjoyed it, and I wanted to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 21, 2013
• Blog / Events

  The Great Snowball Fight of 2013 fame. glory. snow. killian court.

  

  of the movie was a little joke by Pixar. And I refuse to bow to the ... of snow on MIT: What better way to celebrate than with a giant ... West Campus tried to take it down: and this is a very exhausted me

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  When Disaster Strikes About how we'll be flexible with applications, and a couple of benefit events.

  

  things happen, like when your school is shut down by a hurricane, your home is destroyed by an earthquake, a close relative passes away, or other ... willing to work with you. If you need to work out a flexible solution for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ETH Zürich, hier komme ich! A semester of all things Swiss German and chocolate to come

  

  best to be as resourceful as possible. There is a process of getting our ... out to a group chat, and we all drooled at the thought of spending ... a letter of recommendation, and also sent an email to my advisor. In

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 1, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  Kiss the Frog Charm School and Nerdy Pick Up Lines. What can I say?

  

  ask a girl for a dance to how to enjoy the whipped cream from my sundae ... ! Brother 3: Shut up! Mom: Do I need to get out Emily Post? If I had this ... better etiquette. There's a lot to learn, and there are a number of tricks

  • by Bryan
  • February 3, 2006