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• Blog / Admissions

  A few quick answers The skinny.

  

  Selection has been busy enough that I haven't had time to do a full Questions Omnibus, I do have enough time to steal an idea from Ben and quickly ... . ------------------------------------- When will regular action decisions be released? I don't know yet when

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt begins tomorrow A fun puzzle to solve.

  

  The annual Mystery Hunt (history here) begins tomorrow at 12:17pm in MIT's Lobby 7. To give you a flavor of the Hunt, I decided I'd post ... puzzles from last year), one I think you'll enjoy. Like many Mystery Hunt

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Professor Creates DEATH RAY! I'm not making this up.

  

  with a healthy dose of comedy thrown in. So when I saw a headline about a professor inventing a real DEATH RAY, I didn't figure it would be a real article about MIT. I was wrong. An excerpt: David Wallace, an MIT mechanical

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn in New England The trees explode with color.

  

  I've been lucky enough to be able to enjoy autumn in New England recently. For those of you in regions that do not have four seasons: autumn ... with color. I'm not a great photographer, but I hope some of the below

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Hacks and meta-hacks

  

  A few nights ago, I was walking down the Infinite Corridor with two ... few years. I was really entertained by this clever and subtle hack, so I took pictures. I'll also summarize the pictured hacks for you. It's been

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome MIT Class of 2009!

  

  about the Class of 2009. I'm very excited to see who the class will be ... attention to them. Short entry today, since I must run to a College Fair... yes, we're now thinking about the MIT Class of 2010 (and beyond!). I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  In Real Life Matt and I are in the process of putting together a "Meet The Bloggers" party.…

  

  For those of you who will be attending CPW, Matt and I are in the ... description I just submitted to the events crew: You've spent the last 6 months ... 'll probably be in the Mezz lounge; hopefully I'll find out the definitive

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Bad Haiku What better way to welcome spring than to write some awful haiku? Help me create…

  

  weekend. I'm seeing the first signs of spring. What better way to welcome spring than to write some awful haiku? Help me create a silly thread. I ... that is not light-hearted will be deleted! :-) I'll start. McGann's new

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 21, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Windy city

  

  Yesterday, I wrote, "I'll be back in the office tomorrow, assisting ... mailed out on Friday!" It seems Mother Nature had other plans for me. I got ... cancelled and I'd have to stay overnight in Virginia. Of course, all of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Everybody’s Reading Applications!

  

  entries recently to keep folks entertained and informed). While I was busily reading application files today at the Diesel Cafe, I realized that a woman ... school; she works in their admissions office. As it turns out, I had just

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give MIT Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences a Chance Yultide Day 5

  

  This week, I am fulfilling my dream of taking over the Admissions page with a series of six consecutive posts. I am calling the takeover ... ," Day 2 - "Just 41 Pictures I Took in 2017," Day 3 - "College Life Changes

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Trick or Treating Halloween Shenanigans

  

  I can’t remember the last time I dressed up for Halloween. Last year I celebrated by popping into Spooky Skate and skating (read: falling ... that was as close to a celebration as I had come in quite a few years. A

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer on the West Coast A visit to the west coast to see what life is like on the other…

  

  A couple of weeks ago, I flew thousands of miles across our wonderful ... , I didn't have much (any) exposure to the West Coast, and it was ... ! I traveled all the way to California to visit my boyfriend, Herbert M

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Giant Cows Eat Venus; Earth Next Breaking apart and growing, fireworks, and a story

  

  I wanted to run for president someday. What’ll happen to us if all our ... the screen. “Listen,” he said, “I don't know what's going on, but we ... be on the top right.” “I don’t see it. All I see is the sun. Do you see

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 25, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Upside-down and Reversed: Photography at MIT [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the…

  

  ;75 continues to come to MIT’s photo classes to share that inspiration (I ... this comes a plethora of resources and activities, which I’ll try to share with you as concisely as possible (although I really could go

  • by ARTalk
  • March 23, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  The train in Spain is ungainly, take a plane I'm an MITblogger, get me out of here!

  

  hold it between two supports. Barcelona, I don't know about. The first ... ocean. And the third day was not supposed to exist, but I had a ... ticket for the Super Special Hotel Train, leaving Ling '07 and I stranded

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Conspiracy and intrigue

  

  -Xin asks, "Hi, I need a bike (damn Simmons). I hear there are bike auctions sometimes. Where do I find out more about them, like where and when they are?" Excellent question, Xin-Xin. I'm not much of a cyclist, but I looked at my

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Have you seen your mother baby standing in the shadow? A visitor's guide to Harrisburg, PA, with original soundtrack by Billy Mack.

  

  ...and have you seen "Underworld?" My friends in Harrisburg and I ... the group over winter break, I knew that I had to pick a winner this ... Allison's new [Video Retailer] Movie Pass in hand, I vacillated between

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 18, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  turning back time now your clock can follow the right hand rule!

  

  I spent this past [annotation note="and also the summer before that"]summer[/annotation] at Canada/USA Mathcamp, where I lived five weeks in Tacoma, Washington ... do, and as a serious and dignified mathematician myself, I’ve learned

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 27, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  my first spring break!!! 13 MIT students take San Diego

  

  until a few weeks ago, i'd never had a college spring break (spreak, as some may say). in my freshman year, i was kicked off campus a few weeks before spreak due to the pandemic, and i've had no opportunities for

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2022