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  Mystery Hunt begins tomorrow A fun puzzle to solve.

  

  The annual Mystery Hunt (history here) begins tomorrow at 12:17pm in MIT's Lobby 7. To give you a flavor of the Hunt, I decided I'd post here one of last year's most clever puzzles (this was just one of 114

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hi from Cambridge

  

  I will continue with the series of photo entries -- they take some time to put together, and I haven't been in front of a computer much ... I'm spending some time at MIT seeing friends. I've been on the east

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Just Because It’s 2/29 I apologize that this blog has nothing to do with MIT.

  

  . So, every 4 years (or, in the case of years that satisfy yr# mod 100 ... . Anyhow, I just wanted to point out and celebrate the 5th Leap Day in my ... road trip back to school because all the roads were clogged from Chinese

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  What should I be doing now? Tips for regular and early applicants.

  

  their time! Try to get your application components to us in advance of the ... Applicants Schedule your interview now.* The deadline (December 1) to schedule ... deferred to regular action for further consideration (and some of those will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  convenient to say numbers rather than having to recite the title of every class ... just got to come to find out. The Tunnels The MIT tunnel system is one of ... fundamentals of lifting and inspired me to go to the gym consistently. This IAP I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Surviving CPW Tips and tricks on making the most of your CPW experience

  

  ;-) Here are a few tips to making the best of your CPW experience. Rule #0 ... talking to the potential students. Rule #2.5: Caffeine. Courtesy of Snively ... , I still had a blast; so, regardless of weather, get ready for the most

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  a text convo on failure and other stuff i guess

  

  refusing to get up" "failing to attempt is the biggest failure of life ... So if I take them now, I would really struggle to wake for the sunrise Are you up for something? Writing a bunch of[annotation note='the mit

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Play it again, Sam You wouldn't be saying that if you were in lab with me.

  

  moments of panic, I had the sense to reach in and rip it out with one clean ... get at MIT, with all the work they have to do? Well, yesterday I broke ... . Luckily, the average was 47 with a standard deviation of 25, meaning that I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  MIT DDR Tetris on 6-foot LED Matrix "We did this because we were bored." -- Russell Cohen '13

  

  both, on a 6-foot tall LED display, thanks to three bored MIT students. Burton-Conner Tetris Battle (Burton Conner is the MIT dorm that is home to ... -Conner Tetris Battle is the creation of two Course 6 juniors, Russell Cohen '13

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Deprotonated I see the way you're split into your ions and you're fully dissociated.

  

  lyrics to "Deprotonated", the chemical rendition of Avril Lavigne ... interesting, to say the least. Orgo is notorious for being slightly less fun ... . (I will say that I like the subject matter more than that of 5

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  While You Wait… ...why not play Brawl?

  

  , March 15 (Pi Day + 1). Best of luck to all of you! 2. Super Smash Brothers Brawl, possibly the most anticipated game of 2008, came out today. Can I ... . Although I've yet to see the hack for myself, as I've been working in my room

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21E our major in a diagram!

  

  about the requirements of 21E, and were inspired to make a diagram, sine 21E can be confusing. So, here it is, filled out with the classes we've taken to meet the req's! Legend GIR = General Institute Requirements

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 9, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m still here (and MIT’s still hard) The little comment that wasn't. (This isn't edited. It sounds awkward at times. Deal.)

  

  I started writing a brief response to some of the comments on Chris ... the former to the latter, since I become increasingly aware of how lame ... .) In response to all of these comments, I'd like to deliver a poorly

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  My favorite room on MIT’s campus a personal room of requirement

  

  . Something feels different for me—among the usual buzz of activity ... ;   Tomorrow is Career Fair, and out of the 26 emails I’ve received so ... . During retreat, the scientific community gathers to present research and

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 24, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  upcoming fall. And this is true: most of the classes I am taking are just ... 's kind of tiring. But when I look at the list above, I can't imagine ... Course 18 (mathematics) you need two of these classes to graduate. I really

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Rush & Recruitment 2012 Evan and Denzil weigh in on this hectic week

  

  from the stress of life and academics, the chance to have unforgettable ... one of the greatest opportunities to help me develop as a woman. My ... -long bonds at MIT. My freshman year, the process of Recruitment allowed me to

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MIT and other summer programs Juniors may want to start thinking about summer programs including MITES, RSI, and WTP.

  

  to one of these programs, don't procrastinate! The MIT programs are ... of the large block of free time to do something meaningful for yourself. ... This message goes out especially to the juniors... seniors, spread

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  well, well look who's inside again

  

  reality, it's to maintain some sort of relevance, to get the comments and ... us to here. To now. Where I, even now, at the age of 19 still overshare ... to process the fact that I'm living through a pandemic. I've expressed

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  interview: joy buolamwini hidden figure, poet of code, low-key actual superhero

  

  been a part of the Center for Civic Media...just having the freedom to ... had the distinct privilege of chatting with her last week and we had a ... social robots lab. And some of the projects I did there involved computer

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 5, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in Cambridge I less than three the holidays.

  

  to laze around and watch War of the Worlds with Adam's dad (um, lame ... Well, I'm back at MIT after a lovely Thanksgiving in the land of the ... friend Chris '09 back to Plymouth with us -- his dad works for the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 26, 2005