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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Riddle Me This The return of the puzzles.

  

  "How do I get to New Amsterdam?" "Just follow that road and don't be afraid if you see something unfamiliar." Whatever happened to fair dealing ... stifling. We just couldn't wait to get out of the place. (13) Enjoy!

  • by Bryan
  • October 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Work, friends, sleep – pick three In which I manage time effectively.

  

  hours on a MONDAY. And I got to sleep by 1AM, and then I woke up in time to get to my UROP at 10. Eight hours of sleep. SKILLZ, I TELL YOU ... sometimes I get on my computer to check my mail and somehow spend five hours

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode I: Hey Joe The one with the game of ultimate frisbee in the rain.

  

  not while friends are on vacation in Maine and only get the chance to ... to their houses for a weekend. Joe lives in Portland, which is "Maine ... kind of passed out with A Prayer For Owen Meany open to page 89 in my lap

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Beacon St. and Marlborough St. Rooftops and flowers on two streets in Boston.

  

  during my MEng, I’ve fallen hard in love with this city—Cambridge, then ... before I graduate I want to show you more of these places I love, starting with Beacon St. and Marlborough St., which run parallel to the water on

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Minesweeper Monday Episode One: Quantum of Solace Emulator

  

  Hello everyone and welcome to episode one of Minesweeper Monday, a bit that I might never do again! In this episode I talk about Coffee and Radio and Movies and try for far too long to get an emulator of a game to

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 30, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Christmas with the McGanns

  

  from my house (according to Yahoo! Maps) is the famous Big Duck, which always gets all gussied up for the holidays. It's great to be able to ... The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. Two nights

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Obama’s Visiting MIT! Does that mean he gets an advantage in the admissions process?

  

  my stretched attempt at trying to tie in a completely unrelated, but ... how many people came to the event. That way, the next year, we can try ... "expressed interest" in the school, and they try to use that piece of data to

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 20, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Getting My MIT Decision on Pi Day Pie a comic

  

  this comic was inspired by the pie invention scenes in Waitress the Musical

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 12, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Brass Rat

  

  I get a chance (maybe when I next answer questions in a day or two?) I ... MIT Class of 2007 class ring. (Thanks to Mitra for the invitation ... process begins in freshman year with the highly competitive process of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 28, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  First Midterm of The Semester Here I go...

  

  campus to get to Walker Memorial where the entire auditorium will fill with ... upbeat music to get hyped up on my march over. Pray for me. Thanks. ... just finished gulping down a breakfast burrito. Back in high school, I

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

  Nice Try, Caltech Hacks > Pranks :D

  

  you...I should probably get back to work. My last calc midterm of the ... am sufficiently focused enough to get work done. Wish me luck with ... Hack at MIT I managed to snag one of the fake papers that, as the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 1, 2009
• Blog / Events

  July 4th Pictorial FIREWORKS!

  

  So where did I decide to watch the fireworks from? C! The MIT ... excited electrons in the sky. I stopped by Ashdown (grad dorm) for free ... on TV, part of the barge actually went up in flames. Remember, you saw

  • by Bryan
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Temp assignments and cautionary tales

  

  summer, you get to rank the dorms in order of preference, based on information sent in early summer, and CPW observations if you went to CPW. In ... they're meant to be doing. There are certain mistakes in the approach to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  learn how to face them. And you have to have fun in life. The fun is what ... a wooden pull toy. I am learning how to be a leader through dorm ... Donald’s takeout in hand at 3am. I love when people I recognize wave to me in the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Back From Vacation Tales of swing sets and answers to the various questions in my inbox.

  

  form by May 1 (postmark date) if you intend to enroll at MIT. How much is the deposit to secure my place in the class of 2010? Where do I send the deposit? No deposit is required. Just be sure to send in the form

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred? Shameless thievery from a colleague's blog topic (sorry Matt).

  

  that receiving the news that you are deferred has to be disappointing (to say the least) to all of you. Please take heart in knowing that you ... . Please let me know how I can help to put it into a perspective that helps

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Multidimensional Showcasing an aspiring physicist with amazing musical talent

  

  Charles river. In addition to excelling in his coursework, Joey happens to ... /rock genre and now writes and records a few songs each month. In addition to ... usually gets a sneak preview before Joey posts his songs to Youtube for the

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

  Things That Made Me Happy (and Sick) It’s me and my infection’s TWO MONTH anniversary!! 🎉😍

  

  , chaotic joy.  But I think there might be something to pick apart in those ... outside in the rain to visit one of Starbucks’s 6 reserve roasters in the ... my experiences enough to come up with some deep analysis of my semester

  • by Powers '23
  • January 4, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  sitting down no more sprinting

  

  1.5 weeks during which I really had nothing in particular to do. Then ... ™. I had to slump over in the Maseeh 3 bathroom at 4AM and cry for no ... . I also know more things about myself now, like how I like my bed to be

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • October 12, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  suggestions for MIT merch but they're bad

  

  Villain Swivel Chair – In case you use your degree from MIT to become an ... How is it already December? It feels like it was just a few days ago ... time for gift-giving. A couple of weeks back, I visited the MIT Coop to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 10, 2021