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

  

  about Mystery Hunt is how, in some senses, it is a microcosm of MIT ... synopsis" of how the Hunt went down: The hunt began with teams gathered in ... coin and win the hunt in a mere 25--no, 15--no, 5 puzzles, if they'd only

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Scheduling Conflict Which class should I take? (Results from the previous poll posted.)

  

  Department in fall, 2006: The Challenge of World Poverty. The class is intended ... ? Should we leave it to the NGOs? Where is the best place to intervene? How ... From the comments on my last entry, the mean is 3.21748954013248 and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Takin’ My Time I've got to keep on chasin' a dream...

  

  understand it, is much later than pretty much every other school in the country. Kind of cool. And with Drop Date, comes Piano Drop! Piano Drop is a ... time, and I can't wait to see the issue come out in just a few weeks

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 29, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Scholar

  

  (perhaps more on this in a future entry), but I'm happy that it is a program ... ABC has a new reality television show called The Scholar, which is a ... , a prize that could be worth as much as $240,000. They will have to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Optimal Solution It doesn't exist

  

  thing I’m slowly learning is: Don’t judge a good decision by how the consequences turn out. A good decision is based on how well you processed the ... excuse of coffee since neither of us is a fan. One of his questions posed

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • September 30, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  As the City Slumbers thoughts while walking in a park

  

  holly berry, which in hindsight is not a berry one consumes, but the ... prefer walking. There is a strangely high density of ice cream shops in ... -between.  The grass is dead in the park this winter, because in a desert we have a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Finals Week…A Different View ...Or why I got up way too early this morning...

  

  play a similar role to that of the Graduate Residence Tutor (GRT) in the dormitories. We're there to offer advice, make sure there is soda in the pop ... it. I've really had a good time living in the house this year. I have

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • May 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Cacophony of Coats Also, my courseload for this term!

  

  , could be acquired in a variety of stores, some of them nearby, some not ... metaphor of a post-it-encrusted cubicle? Anything is possible, but the ... -classical music until high school, so this is all kind of new, but jazz is like a

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  seven scenes from Paris a simple story

  

  really, for how quickly it was dredged up again, like the structure of a ... ’d have to draw, or if they saw their home in a new light, with sharper ... in a crowd pulsing and throbbing with phones held in the air like

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week Robot and sports and owls, oh my

  

  , have no time limit.  They can quickly fling a black hole in the middle of ... been working in teams to design, build, and control robots to assist a hemiplegic patient in a few daily tasks, with the end goal of performing in a

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 9, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventure Time at MIT We went on a hiking and camping adventure!

  

  though or how much further we had to go, but we did feel a bit better that ... is very involved in climbing and hiking and other wonderful adventures ... and informed us that there was a place in the woods nearby called the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 22, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  In The Mail Well folks, the time has come. The letters are in the mail.

  

  to reflect the clean-shaven face, as promised (sorry mootmom, but a pact is a pact). :-) Enjoy these other pics from the day's festivities ... exhausted (Amy)... All in all, we're relieved that this part of the journey is

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March

  

  , in a way, I was. Science isn't celebrated enough in our society, and I think a big part of that is it's not really in the nature of the science ... ceremony is a black tie event; I was sporting my tux. It's a pretty swank

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Over Spring Break A flattering video of MIT Women's Tennis derping around California

  

  two years, which is doubly as nice for me because my family lives in ... -ranked team put us in a better position for NCAA qualification. I think that ... together in a way that makes me smile a lot on the inside and the outside

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 11, 2015
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Deferred A forum

  

  We'll have some advice and instructions for Deferred students shortly. In the meantime, please feel free to use this forum to chat.

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Photodiary now with 0% instagram, 22% my cat

  

  thesis proposal about to be turned in. Reese what are you doing that is not how cat feet work That's better. I'm in a cooking group on my ... pictures: As I was leaving East Campus for class, a squirrel with a full

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 9, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  5 years out What some MIT alumni are doing five years after graduation.

  

  its graduates. But unlike many universities, MIT's alumni magazine is a ... : Technology Review. Actually, what you buy on newsstands is a slimmed ... . The highlight for many alums is the "Class Notes" section, a regular

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  senior appreciation post in which i rant about my idol

  

  give the usual spiel about how disillusioning it is to detach yourself ... , and still be so ready and willing to take in a lost, naive freshman with ... niche in the giant machine of moving parts that is college? I was sure

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 15, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  We will not be taking anyone from the wait list in 2020 closing out the wait list for the Class of 2024

  

  list are invariably awesome, and we hope to find a space for them in our ... see you at MIT in the future, perhaps as a graduate student, faculty or ... list helps us manage the inherent uncertainty of not knowing how many

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Tried to Ford the River Are you even old enough to remember this?

  

  of the Oregon Trail computer game is coming to MIT and giving a talk ... I will be at a formal on the 33rd floor of a building in downtown ... Pika (69 Chestnut Street) I don't know how many of you had the luxury of

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2006