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  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update The title says it all.

  

  ! What a day. I took some pictures of the kickoff, which I'll post next week. The thrill of solving a puzzle is just awesome. Obviously, I can ... other teams are still working on it! But it's so awesome to be working

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ancient Chinese secret, eh? MIT researchers discover an uncommon cure for the common cold.

  

  On this otherwise lovely three-day weekend, my suitemate Jeremy '09 found himself stricken with a case of influenza, exhibiting such symptoms ... !) of dissolving salt in hot water to make a solution strong enough to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Kendra

  

  " competition, which was held at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on May 16 ... of the chemistry department and Jamie Lewis Keith of the Environmental Programs Office, received an EPA grant of $30,000. Read the whole article

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 11, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Guys Are Used To Getting No Sleep, But I Am Old To those of you who have siblings: what's the one piece of sibling-related parenting advice…

  

  'll be out for most of June on paternity leave, but will still try to blog ... summers. To those of you who have siblings: what's the one piece of sibling ... be friends. I know of course that this can't be forced, but I also know

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Lunch

  

  those of you looking for that information, here it is: The MIT Office of ... and guests from 2:30 to 4pm on Thursday (May 12th) at Majerle's Grill ... Assistant Director of Admissions Matt McGann. I hope you can join us! MIT ISEF

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection Day 3

  

  one of the breaks today, Stu, Amy, Mari and I headed over to the Student ... Office followed, making for a fun Admissions Dance Party of sorts (which is just what one would expect to see at 11:30am on a Sunday in the MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 6, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions ...and happy thanksgiving!

  

  grades for these courses instead of looking at an SAT II score?" I'm not on ... opinions of every adcom on the matter. Not true - at least at MIT. Any of my ... 't tell you. This sort of hair splitting is certainly not on our minds when

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  djent is not a djenre or is it?

  

  usually played on guitars with a sacriledjeous number of strings. I think it ... meeting. I asked everyone, “what kind of music do you listen to?”  Someone ... is for everyone! it’s not that deep lol. at the end of the day i think

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 22, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  cold air puts a lot of unnecessary pressure on your lungs. I wear an ... slipping on the patches of ice around campus. And that’s really all I can ask ... It’s IAP and I've slowly but surely gotten into the rhythm of things

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  plastic knives spraypainted silver and other poems from 21W.762

  

  , announcing which horror film is on for tonight   i am scared of how the ... it out aloud during class for a round of feedback. And that was it! I ... ,”  my coworker coos, recounting his afterwork escapades between sips of

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken (but not actually)

  

  esplanade on the northern edge of Boston along the Charles River. It ... moved off campus. More on that another time. We went up to one of the ... had fallen :( So I went on with my life. Sort of. It was super

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 8, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  - on both sides of the equation. I apologize to those of you who think ... we think that keeping in touch with you guys on a personal level makes ... " will get something out of it. Others won't, no matter what I say here

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  experiences with all of you through the admissions blogs. Whether I talked about ... prospective members of MIT's Class of 2012 - foremost in my mind. I hope I was ... find out whether or not certain friends of mine - from across the nation

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Shortest Blog Ever (update 3 =p) 19 days till Taiwan!

  

  grade is comprised of 4 exams. I've been getting A-'s in the exams in that class, but for some really dumb reason, I lost a bunch of points on this ... "domestic side" of public health. On the side, I'll be living at Berkeley and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome

  

  leaves. I would go on walks in the middle of the day, after work, and ask ... at the same time, avoiding injury. I have deep scars on both knees ... 't remember what it felt like anymore, just that I felt a bit of real fear at

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday A day in the life.

  

  on their way to 3.091, professor of which is reportedly "The Man". The ... -Center without collapsing from exhaustion, length of walk and/or back pain. Mental ... self: work out more often for reward of hot shower. Note to everybody

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Athletics When I picked the topic for this entry, I was cheerleading at an MIT basketball…

  

  This entry is a double cheat -- I was trying to think of something to ... other day on CC. I really was paying attention to the game, but my feet ... of sports at MIT, and a lot of ways to get involved with physical

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Events

  life, with the brass rat we're halfway there????????????

  

  dancing—which are, of course, fun but it’s really just that. Overwhelming ... where a whole class is together, and this was one of them. It’s fun seeing ... . Everyone wanted a bite out of everyone for photos, which panned out

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • August 26, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Since U Been Gone While I was out, the world changed. (UPDATED)

  

  conspiring to drop it on April 1st. Despite the fact that half of us burst into ... the second token out of my pocket and set it most intently on my desk ... when she ran out of unsweetened bakers' chocolate, so she chopped up some

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 1, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Manage Your Future

  

  the curriculum of the university: worked on syllabus design, reading ... Xerox (India).  Sara Hernandez Class of 2015 MIT-India Program ... research project that was conducting comprehensive surveys on the rural poor

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 30, 2011