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  “Exactly” the Same We're not being too critical! We're MIT students!

  

  Mystery Hunt ended just over a week ago and I think it's safe to say ... , and monitor all the puzzles) and get to work on it. It was titled ... Big Bad Wolf, Remy, and El Kabong. We had to do some Google searches for

  • by Snively '11
  • January 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Behold, a day job! Still with ultra-short travel time!

  

  and playing around with bacteria. More than once a week, you could hear ... spent more time than necessary looking into the origins of their name and ... -British-girl-group kitschy image they're trying to pull off, which has nothing to do with

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Happier Than Ever on quitting and long-ish distance biking

  

  the elevator to crawl between the platform and the station. I consider ... clear enough my commute sucks ass and eats up so much of my day"]7am-7pm ... on a gravel footpath between the station and my office. I have to get

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Exponential Decay This entry probably isn't about what you think it is.

  

  translates to a lot of verbiage. And while there's nothing wrong with new posts, every now and then I get kind of nostalgic for old posts. Some things have ... lasts for a week. What happens after that? Well, once an entry leaves the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Reading Commences The applications are in, and now we're reading them.

  

  . There will be much more to say about the reading process as November ... Things are starting to get quite busy! Now that the Early Action ... : ...and a similar scene from my office this time last year: Yes, still

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Top Blog Posts of 2015 widely viewed and capturing the essence of 2015

  

  2015 has had its ups and downs for pretty much everyone on planet earth. From little victories to large setbacks, everybody's gone through something. As we move onto 2016, I like to think about what in my own life the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  reviewing Amazon products, but I only bow down to the Bezos occasionally, and ... my loan history and see every audiobook I’ve ever listened to, when I borrowed it, and how long I spent listening to it. And so… after forty

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  SOFT HOUSE five college students doing burpees on gravel at 1 am vibes

  

  amounts dedicated to working and having fun, so we grind out psets on weekends and then party after. It's great to be surrounded by hardworking ... blasting music on weekends and we don't have to feel bad about doing the same

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 8 & Beyond

  

  text book I used for 1.00: Introduction to Computers and Engineering ... domestic applicants has ended. I spent much of the day discussing and ... On Selection Day 8 (Thursday), I wore a skinny tie, and worked with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Emergency Application Extension for students affected by the storm

  

  , freezing to them, and then being subjected to 50+ MPH winds is the landlocked ... damage to the electrical and telecommunications infrastructure than any ... heat, light, or the ability to cook food, boil water, and generally care

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2600 Years of the University college life since 600 BCE, as told by Prof. Shailendra Mehta

  

  , traveling to Taxila, where roads and civilizations come together. A professor ... Education: the idea behind this was (and still is) to completely transform an ... MIT Office of Digital Learning designed to facilitate awareness, deep

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 21, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  cup and peers contemplatively off to his left. John Negele, who studies ... some point, I felt a presence, and looked up to find Frank Wilczek ... composure, I pointed to the "Faculty Interests" bulletin, and said "I like

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Saturday Roadtrip Out on the open road.

  

  the nice part was that it only had 1200 miles on it, and it still had the new car smell. My first leg of the trip brought me to Lawrence, MA ... Humanity. The two tasks for the day was to remove from siding from the

  • by Bryan
  • January 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summertime When the Thrills are Cheap and the living is easy.

  

  the summer to sit down and write them out. Two semesters in, and the ... was a fair benchmark for which course to declare, so Brain and Cog it is ... -EMS EMTs work. They tend to hire us, they pay, and most of all, they are an

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  More Milk Please And a cookie too. If by cookie you mean an awesome metaphor.

  

  possibly join and I expect my inbox to be flooded with information session ... happened to me in these two and a half weeks in just one measly blog post ... .09 Minds and Machines Some people compare the MIT experience to drinking out

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Applying Regular Action – Q&A

  

  to fix it and then bam — you're out of time. No good.   ... shape and make a good faith effort to inform us of your circumstances, we ... both Parts One and Two, there is a link that will allow you to preview

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 20, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Scootah Hockey a sport of tradition, friendship, and raw athleticism

  

  guarded by a vigilant goalie with the power to apprehend nearby pucks and ... resistance from our opponents, my teammates and I won 1 to 0. Afterwards, I ... in this way for five nights, and then the final bracket was revealed to

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 13, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT in the news MIT research and hacks in Time Magazine & The Economist. (P.S. Bono visits!)

  

  religion and wealth. Prof Gruber was my 14.41: Public Economics teacher this ... that its persons of the year are Bill and Melinda Gates and U2's Bono ... from Bono's visit to MIT to discuss poverty research. Here's Bono with

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Order of Operations In what order should your application be submitted?

  

  application, and also send, via snail mail, the extra piece(s) to the Admissions Office. Be sure to include your name and date of birth. These can also come ... interview before I submit my Part I?" and "What happens if my teacher

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT & Boston colleges Some tips for checking out MIT and Boston this summer.

  

  than 50 colleges and universities in Greater Boston, making it easy to ... are on subway lines, so renting a car (and trying to navigate Boston ... 'd like to be at somewhat smaller information sessions and tours, Tuesdays

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 11, 2006