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  A Mystery Hunt Puzzle A Taste of Things to Come...

  

  It is 2:45 AM. You have just finished your 5.111 pset. The ... molecular orbital diagrams. You still have a 14.01 pset to do, before the sun rises - and you haven't even read the textbook yet. Suddenly, these images

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy Thanksgiving! Holiday wishes and fun stuff.

  

  Happy Thanksgiving! My friend Jennifer (MIT '01) is an artist ... assistance this Thanksgiving? One place to check out is Instructables (a project of the MIT-alumni company Squid Labs), where there's a DIY

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  ZigZag Episode 7 A new episode features Commencement highlights and an interview with the party button guys.

  

  Episode 7 of MIT's video podcast ZigZag is out now. Stories include Commencement and MIDAS (a.k.a. the party button). Check it out. Marsha Bolton ... graduating students (you can frequently see my thumb). Marsha is broadcasting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 18, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How many students play sports at MIT?

  With 33 varsity sports teams, MIT is the largest DIII athletics program in the nation. About one in four MIT students join a team during ... potential Olympic contender or if this is the first time you've ever thrown a
• Blog / Academics & Research

  FINAL TERM ATTACK Like a black light attack, only it's not like that at all.

  

  Sciences from MIT. I can see the light. I CAN SEE IT. IT IS SO SO CLOSE. Of ... at) -1 example of partial view (only part of the performer is visible ... Life is the first thing that should come to mind when I have to develop

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Global Languages Freshman Learning Community engaging frosh done right

  

  cultures. There also is a special focus on global responses to the Covid-19 ... culture.  Something that makes the FLC really special is our incorporation ... 've already eaten them all :) The effort put into creating the packages is so

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From Atlanta I heart Exploding Bacon

  

  applying to MIT were even born. The goal of FIRST, broadly speaking, is to ... haven't been there, this is the next best thing: The field was set up in ... Those of you with memories slightly longer than the average goldfish

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Quidditch: The Best Thing EVER? Yes.

  

  Today. I. Joined. Quidditch. The awesomeness is still sinking in ... volunteered to dress in gold and play the snitch. The snitch is allowed to run ... spectators. Given that the sport is brand-new, I expected the stands to be

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 7, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT wins the gold

  

  shot from far away. Note how the medal design has a hole in the middle just like the Torino medals. A much more close-up shot. You can see the construction and securing details. It was a very windy day, but the medal

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 1 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Audition for everything.

  

  [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] In high school, I sang in the ... ’t think I had much chance at getting into the Symphony Orchestra ... preparing an audition piece or go through the torture of auditioning. Luckily

  • by ARTalk
  • May 3, 2011
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Where can I find info on the School of Engineering?

  The MIT School of Engineering is world renowned. Covering everything from ocean engineering to aeronautics, there's something exciting going on in every department, lab, and classroom. There's way too much to
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  How do I apply to the Women’s Technology Program?

  WTP is a women-focused program aimed at empowering students from groups that are historically underrepresented in engineering by providing a ... in the summer after 11th grade.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A brief history of 2.007, the MIT class that inspired FIRST Robotics Complete with 1970s-era footage of Woodie Flowers

  

  in 1992. What I didn't know at the time is that FIRST was actually ... classmates, Megan Smith is now the current Chief Technology Officer of the ... famous class, and is certainly among the most infuential. Last week, Mech

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music, Photography, and Two.js i am proficient at two (2) of these things.

  

  this under construction building that's way down the river. This is a picture I took with my phone of a film print, so a lot of the quality is ... is that you can actually see the sunset through the windows of the

  • by Joe B. '18
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  I can’t feel my face Snowmageddon 2018

  

  cold. Why-is-the-air-trying-to-kill-me cold. Something known (rather ... the day after Christmas, which is when the face-freezing cold hit hard ... Ave. light up at night. I believe the term is “Winter Wonderland”. Then

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • January 5, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Reunion Weekend MIT alumni return to campus.

  

  catch up and celebrate. Reunion Weekend is a very exciting time here! I actually was out of town this weekend, so I can't blog about the Reunions ... Robert Goodman '75 - New Jersey Teacher of the YearBrewster Kahle '82 - founder of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Multidimensional Showcasing an aspiring physicist with amazing musical talent

  

  . And the place to do that is here, at MIT. ... Occasionally as I lie in bed at night puzzling over the hecticness that is so typical of life here at MIT, I hear piano chords playing on

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Updates from Admissions The latest from the home office in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

  

  For next year's prospective applicants: This week, I'm out on the ... , parents, and guidance counselors in the Mid-Atlantic states. Currently, I ... Philadelphia. On our way to the venue, we saw a rainbow (just a single rainbow

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Entrepreneurship invasion I love it when students start useful companies.

  

  know to join the team, too, at least for the summer. The company is ... is drew houston '05 (founder of dropbox and the 'mit friend' from the ... student who I haven't seen in a long time stops by my office. In the process

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy Birthday to m—-suck. I turn 20 and cry tears of blood

  

  PSET is open source so I'm allowed to post it. So, you know what the best part about all of this is? Guess who's birthday is right around the ... are at least two reasons behind this, one that's my choosing and the

  • by Snively '11
  • September 28, 2008