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• Blog / MISTI

  Lodger Third in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring the country of Moldova.

  

  event. One other thing that you can see in Berlin is two ... inscription "Made in England." For Mitra, here is the Iran bear. For Ruth ... Prep through ESP, here is the quite vibrant Georgia bear. For fans of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 15, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  I jumped into the river ...black-haired Asians swam with me.

  

  this river is so freaking cold. Stop making out and help me! Undaunted by my cries of agony, Ling clotheslines into the water. She is ... , under a few bridges, which is harrowing in itself, and into a romantic

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Trip to Princeton U Taking advantage of the three-day weekend by taking a trip to Princeton!

  

  . Princeton has 4,600 undergrads, which is only slightly more than MIT's 4,000. It is the fourth oldest university, chartered in 1746, compared to MIT ... climbing! Katherine is an avid climber and an employee at the wall, so we had

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wheels on the Bus Go Round And Round what do you get when you cross the flinstones with public transportation?

  

  Let's start off with a little riddle. What is white, at least 2500 ... Busycle. The Busycle is a public art/community building/environment project funded by the Berwick Institute. One of the organizers of the project is an

  • by Bryan
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  5 days until Mystery Hunt

  

  One of IAP's most exciting activities is the annual Mystery Hunt. In short, Mystery Hunt is a weekend long competition at MIT where students ... will last until the coin is found, probably sometime Sunday. Many teams

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2005
• Blog / Events

  This School’s Big Game: a fun way to think too hard (how MIT Mystery Hunt works, now in Up-Goer Five)

  

  🫠. But because the point of using only simple words is NOT to make ... [/annotation] happens once a year, and it is filled with up to 3 days of many very ... ="puzzle hunts"]big-games[/annotation], but ours is one of the oldest and most

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 25, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  notes from a week of new classes the prettiest peril of higher education

  

  (highkey) bad. The structure of the class really is made to give students as many materials to learn as possible, which is noble but very messy. Every ... which is put onto the slides/notes handout. You would think this would

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 15, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  [joint post] A Map of MIT Makerspaces ft MechE grad student and mapmaker Rima Das

  

  characteristic about MIT is its plethora of makerspaces. There are big basement ... makerspaces, if you know where to look. The issue is, it’s difficult for any one student to know where all the makerspaces are. PhD student Rima Das is

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 1, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  ignorance is a virtue

  

  wake up. the analogy is that when there's something i'm alarmed about ... . similarly, looking at my grades is a choice i can make. i don't have to look ... that so-and-so thing is graded, i can ignore it. and that ignorance is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You should get this bundle right now definitely clickbait

  

  a Landlord is a deckbuilding roguelike, much like Slay the Spire ... slot machine theme, there is no real-world money or microtransactions ... "] taken from itch page[/caption] A Forgetful Loop is a time-based worker

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 8, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  20 Things I Learned In 2020 from a course 20 who is in her 20s

  

  . Enough said. There is a huge community of local mappers who chart out ... to use. Cartography is still very much a thing. It's okay to not be ... someone I didn't get a chance to say goodbye to :( Oftentimes, there is a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 1, 2021
• Blog / Events

  The REX That Was a review of the most recent confusion

  

  Today is Reg Day, i.e. Registration Day, when MIT students make official their fall schedule (add/drop notwithstanding). Tomorrow is the ... which one major component is Residential Exploration, or REX for short

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 6, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Random Post While Reading Apps. Because we need some new posts...

  

  with the life of the Admissions Counselor at MIT, here it is: We get ... life, none of that is more important than your health. I also hope you ... willing to help - no strings attached. What else is going on around here

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s a freshman like me doing at Career Fair? hint: I'm not wearing a suit

  

  ". "Career" is not really a word in my vocabulary yet, blogging is the closest ... insights about Career Fair right now is kind of like expecting a gorilla to ... . What I do have, however, is an insatiable desire for free goodies and t

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  They say you learn more by living abroad than by going to school

  

  Cheng Mountain - Fun Fact: The scenery in Kungfu Panda is based on this mountain ... reason I’m in China is to intern at an architecture atelier at Beijing ... of which is apartment hunting. Bane.of.my.existence...for most of this

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Me again (but with flamethrowers this time) yup, it's a shameless ploy to catch your interest. But it's working, right?

  

  MIT these days is pretty up on the latest social media, as is ... , and there's even an iphone app, which is super useful for tracking all ... snow:no snow ratio is. I bid someone to go forth and Google! And then get

  • by Alina G. '11
  • February 1, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Nerd Love Beauty and the Science!

  

  One of the stereotypes of sci/tech/engineering schools like MIT is that everyone is an incredibly awkward ugly nerd with acne and backne and voicecracks and so forth. However, I am happy to say this is quite false. True

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 25, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunny day – Sweepin’ the clouds away On my way to where the air is sweet.Can you tell me how to get,…

  

  mentioned Sunny's, which I don't believe has ever been blogged about. What is ... awesome as it is to wake up 10 minutes before a class and not get to eat ... since I can remember I've been told that breakfast is the most important

  • by Snively '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  case, selection committee is a pretty intense exercise as far as the brain is concerned, so when you get home at night, you're not exactly ... 're looking to do something as mindless as possible. And this is where my

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  's blog, my colleague Joanne's dog Evie is somewhat of an office mascot. What you may not know is that Joanne is, like me, a die-hard Lost fan ... , she also thinks Sawyer is cute. So last week, I combined her two loves

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007