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  Special Edition! Speaking of Valentine's Cards . . .

  

  350 you start to forget how you normally write your name). That's why I ... -day cards signed by all the bloggers. This means that we sat down, faced an ominous pile of ~500 cards, and started signing. Signing your name that

  • by Snively '11
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Events

  [joint post] we can’t hear you, you’re on mute another mystery hunt post

  

  Shuli. The fact that I was able to get this vibe, even though this year ... specific puzzles -- we’ll add another note when we get to that part. Shuli ... up something called the “Projection Device” to try and get her out. And

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Design Squad: Pretty much the opposite of The O.C. A show where 8 teenagers use their engineering skills to build some really cool stuff.

  

  your classmate next year!) Nate is currently getting his Masters at ... WGBH. Afterwards, you will be able to watch episodes on the website: http://www.pbskidsgo.org/designsquad. ... been a program like Design Squad - a new reality design competition

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty weeks later a post of galactic proportions

  

  meeting was the overarching timeline to get the hunt written. We selected by ... , typically a Google Doc, to a webpage that gets served on the hunt website ... time to talk about all my favorite puzzles before your attention span

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 6, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  by bike, by train, by wind, by rain getting around different cities

  

  exposed to other ways of getting around, I'm thinking about what I want to ... doesn’t seem to happen often, and the freedom of being able to leave your ... to go running. Usually when I spend four days without exercise, I get

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See your name among the stars… Forget having your name written in lights, get it written on a spacecraft!

  

  For $35 to $250 per square centimeter, you can have your name written ... spacecraft and get pictures of your content photographed in space. Choose a ... 'll return to you the actual piece of spacecraft hardware which carried your

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What Makes You Tick? To all the Early applicants.

  

  which the objective is to lower a stick propped up by the index fingers of ... side note, really take the time to appreciate your parents while you're ... not a good idea to staple any part of your college application, actually

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 14, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Internet Nostalgia Internostalgia!

  

  think that website belonged to one of most elite schools in the country ... ? But apparently a website that failed to inspire respect for an ... supposed to be afraid of a website that has black text on a white background

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Surprising Research Results The chimpanzee-human relationship, and CEO pay.

  

  used indexes of chief executive compensation show close to a proportional ... conference at Princeton, I read two articles in today's New York Times which ... Institute of MIT and Harvard was headed up by David Reich (also an assistant

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  Exploring Classes a guide

  

  build your "want to take" list, I recommend searching Firehose by keyword ... a number of different course planning websites (and apps!) to choose ... , talking to your advisor or upperclassmen in your major is incredibly helpful

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 29, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  Welcoming you to the new MIT Welcome Center a new home for admissions, and all the institute's visitors

  

  you can come by to use the restroom, charge your phone, refill your ... .[/annotation] There are many strategic advantages to our new location. We have an ... situated next to a beautiful new open space, and across the way from the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6 / New Year, New Me Looking back, looking forward & staying in the present

  

  , and went to my first bar in the US FALL Started a new series for ... intercollegiate championships in New York Flew to CA and back on two separate red ... working on rebuilding my portfolio website from scratch, testing out new

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 12, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Welcome Back! a fresh coat of paint, and a fresh batch of bloggers

  

  "card view," inspired by new reddit, to the homepage blogroll so you can ... .org better. New bloggers! In addition to our new website, I also want to ... new website to let them loose on the Internet. They are:  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2011! how to be a blogger

  

  -Yale-MIT trip to Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico, driving all the way ... videos and images into your posts to make them interesting. To be ... fashion to our large and active community, and your portfolio will

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  GRE, Boston love, and loose ends from last time Wandering around Boston lost is one of my favorite things to do.

  

  ; it's computer-based, so you get your score right after you take the ... I used to wander there. In the middle of the city. Late at night. By ... !). My advice, as for all freshman classes, is to do your problem sets

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Getting Stronger the never ending cycle of trying and failing and trying again

  

  you’re some kind of pro, but it was a pretty big deal to me, at the time ... , because you’re not equipped to face the disappointment of not doing it. But ... you have to go back up after going down, the wobble of your knees when

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2021 another year another book post

  

  new world and returning to the world of old." "New world?" "This world ... violence I am about to inflict. YISUN was questioned once by their disciples ... , 'Futility.' 'How best can we serve your will?' To which YISUN replied, 'Kindly

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking ahead to IAP One more week left to go! Feel the burn!

  

  opinion, one of the coolest times to be at MIT. By browsing the IAP ... per week with your supervisor, giving them a lot of time to train you and get you on the right track before classes start and things start to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Blog Action Day Did you ever get the feeling that the Internet is full of nonsense?

  

  entry to mention a great school that often gets overlooked by students ... Did you ever get the feeling that the Internet is full of nonsense? Well, you're not alone. Tomorrow is the second annual Blog Action Day

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Events

  “Exactly” the Same We're not being too critical! We're MIT students!

  

  for us to solve. When a new puzzle was uploaded, a group of people ... ?" "You're RIGHT! THAT HAS TO BE IT!" [Spend 20 minutes looking up Latin ... 're supposed to use the nth letter of each Latin fish name, as dictated by the

  • by Snively '11
  • January 28, 2008