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  Two hundred puzzles, fifty hours later mystery hunt, mystery hunt! puzzles puzzles puzzles!

  

  This post contains minor spoilers for the structure of MIT Mystery Hunt 2020, which are unmarked. This post will contain major spoilers for ... puzzles above and below Searching for something new The last puzzle

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 4, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of a Second Semester MIT Student first week impressions

  

  6.042 - Mathematics for Computer Science For all of IAP, I've been ... classes now, I need to take classes that genuinely interest me in order for ... realized that the classes were far too advanced for my feeble mind and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 7, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ten Years (On Dreams) Ten years ago, I was exactly where I wanted to be.

  

  partner Cory and I have been together for almost nine years now. We met in ... High? Teaching was weird. One of my first times reserving a room for ... that room at all, and finally said I could have the room just for this

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  motivation musings as i look back on the year

  

  about this — call [annotation note="a service repair hotline for on ... else to do it right that second. It took about a month for it to be fixed. For three straight weekends in June, I went on hikes. My road

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / Events

  An Interview with the Tetris Grand Champion Meet Fractal161, an MIT Student who's the second person ever to beat Tetris.

  

  everyday life after playing the game for a while. I remember I had trouble ... posters for this movie called it “The game you couldn’t put down. The story ... the news, Ceri suggested I interview Fractal for the blogs. So I did

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • February 19, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  calorimeter was actually a pretty good analogy for my life, and then I decided I ... Experiences to enjoy outside of this box. I also have some options for the way I ... for the undergrad. ii. I started writing this blog in the fall, when

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  if only I cad more time… Diving into software, ft. a bad pun

  

  /or procrastinating. Just a few days ago, I beat my all-time record for cutting it close ... times. Luckily I’ve caught the culprits for this issue. With the simple ... [annotation note="I'll take 'How did I Survive High School for 500' Alex

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: From the Life and Times of Cam

  

  computer screen in the coming weeks. For the record, it's virtually unheard of for MIT prefrosh to write guest blogs before CPW. Cam's situation is ... intersection of my life and MIT – which is surprisingly large for a high school

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 2

  

  , "Is it possible for a junior to be admitted to both MIT & RSI ... to know how many will be accepted for each of the three, and when notifications will be sent." Well, I did say, "Because I do not work for the CEE

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT after SFFA technology and the dream, deferred

  

  means to me, both because I am ultimately responsible for the makeup of ... for more than forty years.  One hot summer day, many years ago now, I ... . I remember standing there, seeing the Great Dome for the first time

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • August 21, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  F=-kx spring break in nova scotia, nyc, and dc

  

  bags for a bustling East Coast adventure. This year, we went on a ... requested for sensitive information like my social security number. I even ... suspicious. The email was an invitation to the White House for celebrating the

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • March 31, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what I did this semester in broad strokes!

  

  Experimentation I also shopped 21M.601 - Drawing for Designers for a couple weeks, but I was very much not built for 7-10PM classes.   8 ... , centers instead on dynamics. This was my favorite class this semester, for a

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the First or at least, I used to

  

  class period. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. Six times for six classes, for (what ... has their own subjective view of what boring is. For instance, some find ... campus boring. I find it just long enough for a good conversation with a

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 14, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  i feel completely fine and maybe that's okay

  

  blog post of that nature. Frankly, I've been overdue for such a post, both in the sense that I haven't appeared on the admissions blogs for a ... sparing a thought for all the woes which continue to sit in the back of my

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 12, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  taking care in all forms

  

  student's obligations year-round."]for a while.[/annotation] and when i was ... and emails that i've left to sit for weeks, because the longer i put it off the worse it is going to be for my mental health. it's asking for

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 22, 2022
• Blog / Residential Life

  Life on Campus? remastered 2021

  

  the 2nd floor and then again to the mezzanine. I sat for hours with my ... , blissfully unaware of the chaos unfolding around them. For most of 2019 ... lobby for rowing practice when an arctic blast of wind hit the door

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 8, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  I’ve been reading applications And I'm still reading them

  

  kitchen, somnambulant and predictable in my unending search for caffeine ... ’ve struggled in the past to establish a healthy routine for reading applications ... hyper-productivity where I worked continuously for hours until my cases

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  and i try to find my place

  

  and I told him that for once in my time at MIT, I want to be good at ... morals. Would you work for a company that works closely on military weaponry? Are you comfortable working for a tech company notorious for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Crab Cave or: i moved to dc with friends

  

  going on with me and my life. For those of you who don't know, I just ... area, to live with my five friends. We moved not for any job opportunities specifically in DC, but more for a dedicated living space away from

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 20, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  Parting Remarks Part I: Leaving Marks reciprocal changes

  

  tombstone for MacCon, the deceased MacGregor Convenience store. The 2020s are ... with Ethan[/caption]   A solidarity banner for the deceased ... be a free-food style mailing list but for people willing to do odd jobs

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 28, 2020