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  The Making of a Mystery A James Grimmelmann Guest Blog

  

  , Codex, won the Hunt, which means that by tradition, it was our turn to ... economy. Each year’s Hunt is a gift given by the previous year’s winner to ... references to “players,” should probably not be attempted by non-gamers. Argh

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / Blog Projects

  learning about Things!! cool classes explained in easy words

  

  them in to make searching for the actual classes easier if anyone wants ... loud and clear, not talking too quickly, can all add to your story. I ... that there are real steps I can take to make people listen more. 2

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 16, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebie I love freebies!

  

  each get our schedules and get to talk about our classes, yay! Schedules ... form. Although I'm excited to have new classes and a fresh start, a new schedule means that school (and the accompanying work) is about to begin

  • by Snively '11
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  students be? According to Minerva's website, their admissions process will ... critics of elite admissions processes tend to make their cases at the ... the child of a well-to-do family in Beijing, by offering them a great

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And now for the feature presentation… ...IN STEREO.Don't ask. It's an LSC thing. I don't really get it myself.

  

  well around corners, and it had too much "give" to it, making it ... actually translated to Spanish from Catalán). Como Agua Para Chocolate (by ... Retrato en Sepia (by Isabel Allende) since FOREVER but to be perfectly

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670- Mechanical Engineering Tools- Week 1 Mechanical Engineering Tools (2.670) teaches us the fundamentals of machine and computer tool use so…

  

  use each machine, we get to learn by making a spiffy Stirling engine ... materials to make our engine out of, and a really nice drawing set. As you can ... at about 500 rpm, but we hope that we can use this class to make some

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP, CES, and other acronyms I spent my MIT IAP with a CEO at CES in LAS, and now I…

  

  , immersed in classes, and taking a quick break on a beautiful sunny day to ... January is “supposed” to be an off-month for MIT students - a break between the semesters to relax, recharge, recoup, and reflect*. But somehow

  • by Joel G. '18
  • March 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!

  

  of IAP abroad programs. I thought it might be useful to write a quick ... by GTL Italy a couple months later, after I had already decided to take ... great. You get to travel and experience living in another country, and it

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  few years trying to make wherever you are as amazing as you can (as you ... In May 2016, I wrote Denied by MIT, 5 Years Later, where I shared the ... , we always say to be true: Turning away so many kind, generous, super

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  tea shirt the tea and stories behind the merch in my closet

  

  have constantly been on a mission to better myself. By that, I mean ... am quickly taken back to the horrifying reality of that situation if it were to happen. This shirt was given to me (and the other bloggers) by

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 19, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  browser archaeology a non-comprehensive analysis of the 95 tabs I have open on my phone

  

  need to, which is sometimes often. "Poem 133: The Summer Day" by Mary ... 116: Let me not to the marriage of true minds" by Shakespeare "Autumn ... introduced me to, and which I think about a lot MIT websites (5) "Emerson

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 27, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Student, A Professor, An Alum Hacking a door, the human genome, and robots.

  

  tapping into what he already knew about humans, like how to make them ... disillusioned to learn the droid was actually animated by a tiny man inside. So ... 2002, Greiner had to approach dozens of firms. "I was turned down by most

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Stories That Made Me My identity in books

  

  . Phillips, 1984  "Dostoevsky was made by being sent to Siberia. Writers are ... references Eliot makes "Gentile or Jew. O you who turn the wheel and look to ... to blog. A major obstacle to if and how people read is discovering

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 19, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  today is my birthday & i still don’t know who to become

  

  . iv. Time is a train making infinite loops and there is only one way to ... 2021 is two-thirds over. To celebrate the newly abandoned month, I play august by Taylor Swift on repeat. As I grow older, I find that Taylor is

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  self-assessment, re: playwriting notes on taking playwrights' workshop this semester

  

  inspiring and horrifying to hear my characters brought to life by my ... felt that I had stories to tell and no means with which to tell them ... forcing myself to learn to write longform. Poetry taught me how to capture

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Comfort Matters A unique application process

  

  . Therefore, by MIT standards, it is referred to as 10-250 (ten two-fifty). It ... , I was quickly excited to hear that they were replacing the chairs! No ... generally well-liked. I mean, it's a lecture hall, it's hard to love a lecture

  • by Snively '11
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Blogs ...for the price of one! (a.k.a. robots)

  

  on a tiny robot that likes to wobble all over the place. We're making ... must be dying to hear what I've been up to. I expect the barrage of questions and interrogations to start pouring in any day now. Just kidding

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 13, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Additional Questions & Answers Regarding Music At MIT If you've pursued music in high school and wish to continue doing so in college,…

  make every effort to include as many students as possible. 3. How does ... our website. Instrumentalists are generally asked to perform any short ... maintained by the Concerts Office. Call (617) 253-2826 to schedule an

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  A couple months ago, I wrote about how to make money at MIT. Much to ... make living work without having to eat instant ramen every day in the ... 've personally found myself a lot less inclined to go out and get a quick coffee

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Book Festival #3 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  . **** Last fall, my friend and I went to the Boston Book Festival (BBF) in ... hardbacks with pleasantly smooth covers, free tickets to the fancy Boston ... to the Church of the Covenant for a Fiction Keynote. One of my favorite

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 14, 2016