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• Blog / IAP

  Bad Ideas Month word of the day is oops!!

  

  making progress. Not as much as I had hoped, sure, but still enough to be ... happened to be holding its awards ceremony right next door, so I’d go into ... myself to use IAP to explore new hobbies, be with my friends, and relax

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 3, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  16.810 Rapid Design and Prototyping 8 days to build an airplane. Intrigued?

  

  If you're considering MIT, you probably like to build things ... dedicated to LEGOs. I have three brothers, so we racked up quite a few LEGO sets (likely well over 10,000 lego pieces by my 13th birthday

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Starting 2012 on a volcanic island bonfire! but no eruptions yet [photo-heavy]

  

  translation. I'm here to introduce to you Jeju Island, South Korea, as experienced by twenty MIT students. After the endless flights, we finally ... were about to find out how Jeju does New Years'. (I apologize in advance

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 11, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Oh The Things I’ve Seen Warning: Hold on to your socks

  

  a ton of movies, tv shows, and plays to fill my visual cortex! As such ... the last month. (Warning: Hold on to your socks) TV Shows: Southland House Lie to Me Bones Men of a Certain Age The Game Meet the Browns Numb3

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • February 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pervnert This entry is not suitable for children under 7 or finite-volume, compressible vapors.

  

  . Don't forget, Mitra! I solemnly swear to starr writing entries MIT again ... Honors Chemistry. It was a video about VSEPR and gas laws produced by the ... trenchcoat. All motion in the room seemed to freeze as the shadowy character

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Questions What questions can I help answer about the application process?

  

  up the comments to your questions, and then tried to answer them (this ... ).  Directed questions that can be answered relatively briefly are best; those questions with answers that can be found easily on the website or that require

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt Highlights Highlights from the Hunt complete with the first puzzle we solved!

  

  Soon I'll be posting some photos and such from the hunt, but for now ... , this week, I'll be highlighting some of the puzzles from the hunt. The ... -P-E-E-D O-V L-I-G-H-T" Pete: "Hello, I'd like to speak to Agent Chitty Chitty

  • by Bryan
  • January 15, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Mocktails happy new year new you

  

  to be in this post!   $picy     Happy New Year! Hope ... It's 2017 now according to the Gregorian calendar. I'm a frosh.5 (RIP ... mom has introduced to the household.   why   To those of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happiness ...can now be found on a website

  

  , haha) could have been used to describe me. Thanks to one of my friends ... entry coming soon!) counselor - I've had a chance to spend a little more ... . It gives people all over the world a chance to submit stories about

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Ends 522 EA admits, Snively, molecular jewelry, and Evan Broder's holiday card - more random than…

  

  . Congrats to all of you who got your applications in on time. :-) And being a ... of EA admits from last year's 390 to this year's 522. Fear not, we have no plans to increase the class size, nor are we abandoning the

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Go to one in a town near you, and send in your pictures/reviews.

  

  Massachusetts to Malaysia) will host parties in their hometowns for students admitted to the Class of 2011. If there's one in your area, you should check it out -- it's a great opportunity to meet some potential future

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Firehose Warning: insomniac blogger on the loose.

  

  of my time immersed in the intricacies of addition reactions to alkenes ... chemistry), not to mention the peculiarities of second-order ordinary ... was the point. Not because I'm trying to show off - I read most of those

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come Together What do you believe in?

  

  find them. There's power in numbers, and there's a lot of good left to be ... physically significant counter-example to this premise. Let's start from the ... Munroe. Generally the comic is true to its tagline. It's nerdy, it's cute

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi(e) Day: The Baking Of created with love (and pies) by the bloggers

  

  year, Chris Peterson summoned me back from my alumna grave to apply my treasury of comedic novelty photoshoot experience to pieing the bloggers in ... influenced by action-spy-thriller-heist-explosion movies. Tim the Beaver flips

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not Much Has Changed except a lot has changed

  

  talking about what his first year at MIT is going to be like. That post was ... Simmons folk, new kids on the block. Time to write the next chapter, to be ... 's Thursday the 18th, so I'm going to take the time to submerge myself into

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  Where the Sun Shines, There Hack They MIT is known for many things, including its legendary hacks.

  

  deconstructs the psychological nature of hacking, and gets to the inner zen of ... unusual but relevant introduction to MIT, I highly recommend this video on ... , a 2003 book on hacking published by The MIT Press. Little is known

  • by Laurie Everett
  • August 2, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Scooper Bowl All you can eat ice cream.

  

  Apparently, Boston has the highest per-capita consumption of ice cream. I'm not surprised. As you may have learned from an old entry by ... : $3), you can consume Boston's favorite treat to your heart's (stomach

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy This Week: Week 1 Spider-Man, Nina Yuen, and More!

  

  week. The rules are simple, what I post needs to be something that you can also enjoy (called the Zaxxon Rule) and the post shan't be too long. Amazing Spider-Man 2 I was lucky enough to see this movie on April 12th

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  NIGHTMARISH THOUGHTS fear of technology

  

  Hello all, I interrupt the great back-to-school flow of these blogs to deliver a semi-personal, semi-existential rant. I am THIS close to ... I really want to help undermine the value of the physical public

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Ah, TV… A super-sized value meal for the mind, not the body.

  

  Action Applications. Can I be frank with you? (As apposed to Bob? I'm so ... a stressful endeavor. I know, I know! Applying to college is beyond ... 's Anatomy. SPOILER ALERT! This entry assumes that you are up to date on all

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 23, 2007