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  Admissions Decisions and Mystery Hunt A few thoughts and a lot of puzzles.

  

  if I got into MIT I would be the person I wanted to be. That’s not true ... happy. For the next two days, here’s some important advice from the ... year’s Mystery Hunt set at least two records: it was the longest hunt, at

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Entry: MIT Cycling Team Training Camp Hundreds of miles of riding and thousands of kilojoules spent.

  

  . After a night’s rest, the team woke up and cooked breakfast, then ... for the day’s riding. For me, the first day consisted of a ride up ... M/QoM) record attempts from the day’s assaults. After a particularly sumptuous

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Class Crossover Using engineering leadership while stuck on the wrong side of the internet

  

  – Engineering Leadership. It’s a short class required by the GEL program, and ... print. First I’m going to frame the situation. Let’s start here: Last ... and forth over The Tech’s various mailing lists about how we plan on

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 20, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Week(end) [Read: New York] Adventures Parts 2-4 I’ve affectionately named these adventures: #metroentertainment

  

  Frida’s Soul Food near Columbia University 11:27 pm – more movies and ... New York Admitted Student’s Gathering and met members of the Class of ... another of my MIT friends in the city for the week, sat in on their women’s

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • April 2, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Which I Get Schooled By My Professor This video does not contain an improvised song, but it does contain Peter Reddien.

  

  – if something’s messed up, it’s usually to blame.) The real gem of this ... up pretty chipper people (see Matt’s post). For those of you who were ... , about how much thought they put into deciding what’s best for each person

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Leadership Training Institute My first guest blog!

  

  Everyone. MIT’s Leadership Training Institute is a student-run leadership ... “how I get down.” LTI’s curriculum combines self-reflection, service ... student’s vision a reality in the hopes that his success will motivate

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus: Building a Camera at the Hobby Shop [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] If you have an idea, you can build it.

  

  Art Association’s Speed Graphic. I loved the results: The fine ... woodworking or metalworking experience. But that’s the great thing about ... how to use the Hobby Shop’s water jet by creating something for

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Lament for CPW (Guest Entry) Of lanyards, Capture the Flag, and headwraps.

  

  of a pset), the situation isn’t any different. It’s a brand new, red ... the size of a tangerine. It’s nothing really that special—there were ... every moment of my life at MIT—that’s just setting myself up to be

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: A sneak peak at research @ MIT This new website is sure to change the way that the world thinks about MIT…

  

  a timeline of the project’s progress, and conducting interviews ... (developing a new applications-based curriculum for MIT’s introductory ... . Winter Break passed and I had a chance to look over Beth’s paper. I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holiday Gifts, MIT Style Some unique products from MIT people.

  

  traveler’s schedule." Dietrich’s Transition can be driven on any surface road and requires only a sport pilot’s license to fly. The SUV-sized vehicle ... , and patent-pending deformable aerodynamic bumpers. Since the driver’s

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT after SFFA technology and the dream, deferred

  

  Today I spoke with MIT News about the impact the Supreme Court’s ... Damon’s MIT-janitor character says to a rival from Harvard in Good Will ... .50 in late fees at the public library.” But of course —  and as Damon’s

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • August 21, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  the threek post! my lovely lovely year on maseeh three

  

  I shouldn’t have ranked Maseeh first. That’s the thought that kept ... is a place I never knew I needed until I found it and now there’s no ... back from a day of locking in or balling out or both, it’s not my room

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 27, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  “we have the winter olympics at home” the winter olympics at home:

  

  (where most of MIT’s undergrad dorms are) from Simmons Hall and several of ... -Cambridge area, it’s practically a gold mine for snow-related activities, including

  • by Allison E. '27
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  greta gerwig’s barbie and insecurity aka moving to college

  

  As of this weekend, I have watched Greta Gerwig’s 2023 blockbuster Barbie six (6) times. I have also cried to Greta Gerwig’s 2023 blockbuster ... . Although the “I’m Just Ken” memes and bright pink were shoved down everyone’s

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an unsolicited review of the whitney biennial (not really a review just stuff I liked)

  

  prominence. Basically it’s a big show that the Whitney puts on every two years, with a different overarching theme each time. It’s known for 1) focusing ... that’s really not a complaint. The show featured 71 artists and

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • March 25, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Uncanny Valley im gonna make you shit your pants

  

  exploit this behavior. As they say, it’s now a feature, not a bug. This is ... screw with our brain’s perception of emotion. Therefore, I picked the

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  journey to the end of the world visions

  

  caves, and got a few diamonds. diamonds! i won—and that’s where the story ... axolotl. lush caves weren’t around when i first started playing; it’s a small reminder of the time that’s gone by since i was a little kid

  • by Ali C. '26
  • November 16, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  living having the time of my life

  

  high school was competitive to the point of being toxic, and that it’s ... hadn’t truly lived until I came to college.   doing stuff So what’s the difference between living and surviving? PLAY. Living’s supposed to

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  New Major in Climate System Science and Engineering

  

  combine scientific understanding of the earth’s systems with engineering ... governments increase resources devoted to tackling the world’s most difficult

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  church gardens some paintings!

  

  ) and don’t tell me that’s not posh. Anyways, I scribbled the following ... Liverpool church garden may not function as a church anymore, but it’s still

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 3, 2023