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• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2007 A final report from this year's awesome IAP puzzling solving funfest.

  

  synopsis" of how the Hunt went down: The hunt began with teams gathered in ... videos on how to be really really evil in various fields, and all the ... about Mystery Hunt is how, in some senses, it is a microcosm of MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  The Starving Student’s Guide to Cooking For Yourself it's easy to ditch that meal plan and save loads of money.

  

  In my last post, I mentioned that I came to MIT never having cooked before in my life, and immediately chose a cook-for-yourself dorm.  A few ... 's pan (I prefer it to a regular frying pan because it's deeper and can

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  , which freaked me out a bit. "How are you doing?" Well, I thought ... do between now and next Sunday than I have ever had in one week, ever ... remember starting to giggle - and then my eyes were closed and I was in a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  First Midterm of The Semester Here I go...

  

  can't take an exam without scrambled eggs in my stomach. I've been ... just finished gulping down a breakfast burrito. Back in high school, I ... that I can to prepare. I'm going to start the 15 minute trek across

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 1, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am dumb

  

  blowing so hard that my new umbrella broke in 30 seconds, and then I was ... , and I got soaked from the knees down in the torrential rain. And then I ... , and so I'm sitting here in the cluster trying to figure out the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  I am an MIT Admissions Officer, AMA you know the drill

  

  'll pop in and out as I can to answer whatever gets posted. ... comments and answer them in the blogs. That was pre-Disqus, and I think ... else, or just talk amongst yourselves in the open thread below. I've got

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 2 Hearing Amazônia

  

  ’t understand how the researchers there can stand working in that room all day ... us the theatre would be pink, I imagined a muted pink that blends in ... . (Unfortunately, this included a cupuaçu dessert pizza, but I suppose you can’t win

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Varied states of the basement A roundabout trek to an underground level of Building 7 leads me into areas very…

  

  the ceiling in this neglected room, but it looked interesting, so I took ... construction, as you can tell. Turning back around to leave, I spotted this worn task chair waiting patiently in the corner. Hi, chair! How do you

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Teaching at MIT we live and we learn and we teach

  

  . Each opportunity was different from the others in how many hours I spent ... reflecting on how I've spent my time outside of class. Of the various activities I have tried here at MIT, teaching has stood out because of how it

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 16, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] MIT THINK Scholars – A High School Research Program! From one side of it to the other

  

  just chill with us :) My project idea struck when I was wandering in my local contemporary art museum. I love the serenity of art museums, in ... . Starry Night in the style of Mango[/caption] I stared at the solid black

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  FREE FOOD! FREE FOOD! EVERYWHERE!! AM I YELLING??

  

  the ridiculous amounts of free food I got this week. In that particular ... number in the lottery, I'm in an excellent double with the view of the ... This morning I got a frantic call from my mother. MOM: Is it true

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  below —  and in a separate conversation with MIT News today —  I ... highlighted in transparent red, you can hover over it on desktop (or tap, on ... efforts to understand how we can best evaluate academic readiness for all

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Will I receive AP/IB college credit?

  on the ASE as your grade in the class; if you do poorly you can simply ... is commonly available in high school. However, many of our students ... challenged themselves in high school and have taken advantage of their
• Blog / Admissions

  Nance Nance Revolution! (+ My CPW Recap) New art and new memories.

  

  perfect fit for MIT and I can't wait to see you as a freshman this fall ... cannot express how pleased I was to gaze upon the MIT family and see a ... and see MIT in all of its glory. We finished off the evening with what I

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An Enigma Wrapped In A Riddle A prize will go to the first person to unwrap this mystery.

  

  in the neighborhood, I can speak with some certainty that he is not ... constructing this "structure" in his front yard. I know that many of you are ... applications and I promise you that no one will be harmed! Take a moment to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 27, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  nth Annual Concert in Bad Taste We are the mooninites..

  

  can find a list of the topics that they made fun of (all in jest, of ... toilet paper across 10-250. Why in the world would someone do such a thing ... nth annual concert in Bad Taste. Basically, they make fun of everything

  • by Bryan
  • March 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  On abnormality

  

  this entry to a small subset of the ways in which I am either unique (if ... graphs. If it can be made into an Excel spreadsheet, I have not only made ... stored it in my Athena locker. One of my more notorious quirks is that I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  busy, busy, busy screaming into the void

  

  off half a tablet, i can just put the other half back in the container ... the only way i can convince myself to write anything for the past two weeks has been bullet points. lists in lists in lists. i wrote an entire

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales From Turning Twenty They range from "a little peculiar" to "utterly bizarre."

  

  Nov 3: I ended up in an ambulance, then at Cambridge Hospital, then ... weird. 4. Tuesday Nov 6: I voted in the presidential election for the ... . Turned 20 at 7am. Half an hour after turning 20, I was in an office

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See, I Am! (CI-M) Communication-intensive economics research. (If that sentence doesn't make you want to read this entry, I…

  

  See, I am here! Sorry for the gap in my posting. My CI-M (TLA!! Sam ... CI classes in your major: CI-Ms. I invite you to join me on this ... 'm being totally honest, though, when I say how rewarding this project was. I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 19, 2005