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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Holiday Stories Here's mine. What are some of yours?

  

  's class decided this would be a fun event for the dads, and that's how this ... and thus I had to avoid Miss April that night. But that's a different ... prefab houses and held our own against the moms. But then Tim had to go

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  First Blogiversary One year ago today, "McGann's Factors" began.

  

  blogs up and running, I feel very proud of what we've been able to do. Over the past year, I've learned a lot about blogging and how to best ... reading, commenting, and otherwise being a part of this project over the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  TELETHONNNNN brought to you by Domino's

  

  follow up with the students I got a chance to chat with and hear from the ... After my kickboxing class today I ran to the Bush Room and just finished a three hour shift of the Admissions Telethon, calling to

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / Events

  5 days until Mystery Hunt

  

  and others team up to solve lots of puzzles, with the ultimate goal of ... will have "warm-up" activities prior to the beginning of the Hunt, and at ... closely as Jeff, Keith and Liz explain how to solve some of the unsolved

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senior Week: Anjum Sharma A salute to one final senior.

  

  the walk highly entertaining. What's funny is that now I'm addicted to ... the topic is highly interesting and something I'd have been completely ... completely unrelated to his class and made himself incredibly available as a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A suite surprise My suitemates find out I'm a blogger

  

  tell me that they had waited for me to leave for class, printed and taped up the bio and pics, and then waited some more until I came back to the dorm. And if that wasn’t enough of a surprise, the next evening, I

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 19, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  deferred, you are one of the applicants who are going to be reconsidered without prejudice in Regular Action. A lot of MIT students, past and present ... that you don't know what to call; all of those feelings are perfectly

  • by Decisions
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  I like romantic things like music and art ...so why don't I have a boyfriend?

  

  'm writing a blog entry to you just to put off the fact that I have to study 20 ... a third of the dishes and takes home about a half of the prize money ... to present a total of 6 dishes for tasting and judgment. I was incensed

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Normalville

  

  to start solving the puzzles...   We had a wall full of ... ? The honor and privilege of writing Mystery Hunt 2006. I hope to see you there! Coming in the next few days: a post about public vs. private high

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Just 5 Days Left! Mystery Hunt begins in 5 days.

  

  cannibals and put to the following challenge: Each shall get one hat of either ... their heads; however, they are allowed to devise a strategy before the hat doling-out begins. So the question is: How can the group guarantee that 99

  • by Bryan
  • January 8, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy New Year Everyone! See you in 2006.

  

  2006! :-) B. P.S. A big thanks to Timur for the Santa Banners on Matt ... I'm outa here until Monday, January 2 and I won't be able to respond to email or blog comments until that time, so I just wanted to wish you

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Blogs A quick note on admissions blogging.

  

  applications of the year, I note that I'm getting a lot of new traffic to the ... ; alumni, and the generally curious), and now it's a reality. So, if you ... . This reminds me that we haven't officially announced that all of the MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are my chances of admission?

  and don't have a formula or weigh any part of the application. Although ... admission are. We couldn't do that without a thorough review of an entire ... non-academic, who have taken a rigorous academic curriculum and done
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trouble staying focused Finals. And about a zillion questions.

  

  , since I had one on Friday afternoon and the other is Thursday morning ... calendar, which says that it's five days until Christmas and I deserve to be taking catnaps and eating cookies. I've managed to get a few experiments in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Events

  A Mystery Hunt Puzzle A Taste of Things to Come...

  

  molecular orbital diagrams. You still have a 14.01 pset to do, before the sun rises - and you haven't even read the textbook yet. Suddenly, these images ... It is 2:45 AM. You have just finished your 5.111 pset. The

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Three cheers for the MIT Marching Band Is the band ready? You bet they are.

  

  in the drill, and then taking large bows. I tried to remember slow ... band is pretty cool in itself. 7. The entire band shouting at a ... beavers all. And when we get together, We do the beaver call. e to the u, du

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Coin Is Found! The Mystery Hunt ends after 36 hours.

  

  What Bomb at Midnight in a refridgerator in the basement of E18. It ... Hunt! "The Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb at Midnight" is the team captained by my friend Dan '03. Way to go! Dan '03 of The Evil Midnight

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 15, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Can you patch me through to the blimp? "Can you patch me through to the blimp?"

  

  , Yonas, Chris, Tom, Christi, and other Bakerites made this huge sign to hang from Baker to celebrate the Red Sox. We wanted news coverage, and ... calling our local Fox channel. I really wanted a live person to answer the

  • by Bryan
  • October 2, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Year in Review blogs, bhangra, and a baby monkey

  

  for its signal of the year coming to an end and the promise of the new ... ornaments off the tree to pack them away while drinking cocoa and listening to ... highlights of my year in review. And what an awesome year it was! 1. This is a

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 22, 2011