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• Blog / MIT Life

  My Last Blog: Introducing My Successor I started "The Humanitarian Blog" to spotlight the amazing work that MIT students are doing…

  

  continuing it as an alum, but I decided that it'd be good for someone new to ... freshman class starting school tomorrow, it's strange to think that I won't be returning to my beloved 254 suite in Burton-Conner, hanging out with

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2006 announced

  

  , we strongly encourage you to register by then anyway, but will accept ... where students and others team up to solve lots of puzzles, with the ultimate goal of finding a coin hidden somewhere on campus. For a more in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  of. Unfortunately, by far the most common scientific test for silk is ... are attached to it. For example, here are the FTIR spectra of silk and ... , which makes it very easy for me to identify the material. [caption id

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My design won an MIT merch contest I don't know why

  

  that because it'd be funny to write a serious justification for whatever ... their stores, so I’d imagine it’s important for them to capture the ... made fond memories at MIT. However, it can feel disappointing to not get

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 23, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  [Joint Post] THE WORLD’S gREATEsT CROSSOVER EPISODE Jebby '25 is my flatmate

  

  know I'm in the UK, but it's still surprising when I go to play a song and get an ad for body wash where everyone is talking with a British ... are names of real places. I've been here for two days and I'm really

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 4, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Are We Dating? Till blogging do us part

  

  . Komen Breast Cancer Race for the Cure: We also try to visit New York ... close to me in pictures. Plus we do a lot of fun things together Sam ... time working than sleeping: But to answer your question, there is

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  He Zigs, He Zags MIT's new video podcast.

  

  MIT has an experimental new video podcast called ZigZag. Currently ... ! Hosting is harder than it looks! I have a newfound respect for Jon Stewart ... the cellphone ringtone competition and IAP. It's fun to watch Zig

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I Suppose It Was Inevitable That We Have An Office Instagram a list of some other places you can find the blogs (and the bloggers)

  

  other way than navigating to or searching for MITAdmissions.org. Of course ... Nearly five years ago I added a Facebook share button to the blogs. It's strange to think that was so long ago, and also strange to think

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can’t live without clean water Alfinio's sustainable water initiative

  

  to create a model for global engagement for students and their partner ... individuals worst hit by a lack of access to safe drinking water. Worldwide ... ailments for this and surrounding communities. If you want to learn more

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision Date 2011 Decided to announce the announcement of decisions.

  

  username and password. The verify page is available now for applicants to ... Office: The cable was accompanied by the following encrypted text, which was broken by double rainbow tables all the way across the sky: MIT

  • by MITLeaks
  • March 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime and the living is slightly less difficult than usual MIT = Masochists in Training

  

  life.) I've also been getting stuff together to apply to grad school. I ... night and write my statement of purpose. (For grad school, you don't get ... , yes?) I'm trying to get everything together before school starts

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Two Hosed, feeling, writing, love and hatred and whatever else

  

  commuting to a new location to write, I would. I had time to do it. I like to ... pillow to the second it hits the pillow again, I am moving. For the sake of ... for CMS as much as I expected to. We debated for an entire ninety

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • February 26, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?

  

  applications. It's been hard to find time for much else (like blogging and email), though I've been sure to take some downtime for Heroes, Veronica Mars ... tries to remember my blogging username/password. So then, where have I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Sunrise If a picture is worth a thousand words (minus inflation), that makes this post much…

  

  time studying and you won't get to sleep much. But I've really been ... IAP, for those who are just tuning in, is one of the greatest times to be at MIT. It's all the geek-culture, learning cool things, without

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Very, Very Important News That title is written to tantalize your RSS readers.

  

  . Everyone is super tired, but we'll all get a bit of a break soon and we ... in the next few days; in the meantime I really need to say something that has been on my mind for the last half hour and will probably consume

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 24, 2005
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist, or you want to learn more about it, you can read more here. Waiting ... A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More on DesigNerds DesigNerds: Product Design TV

  

  enough, I was walking down the Infinite on my way to study for one of my ... So after getting a few questions and comments about DesigNerds, I decided to email the grad student behind the project, Barry Kudrowitz. From

  • by Bryan
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Zambia Ate My Neighbors We only get 20 minutes on the internet every night and I spend 15 of…

  

  have to admit, the minibus experience takes a little getting used to. The ... optimization problem for a group of five to select which bus out of the 10 ... was! We took a minibus from where we're staying to downtown Lusaka

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  finals week for us here at MIT. So to all who applied, whether you get in ... because I could. I would get things done, I'd just be sure to calculate how well I needed to do on the next exam to get an A in the class. I thought

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  Today is a Super Important Day This is kind of a big deal.

  

  Today is an important day. The end of an era, the beginning of a new one. I know that I, personally, have been counting down to this day for ... -in and speech. In addition, for those who wish to watch more of the

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 20, 2009