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  Mystery Hunt 2008 Begins! The annual campus-wide puzzle solving competition will be going on all weekend.

  

  short, Mystery Hunt is a weekend long competition at MIT where students ... finding a coin hidden somewhere on campus. For a more in-depth description ... Much Clue. To give you a flavor of the Hunt, I decided I'd post here four

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring! What I did (and didn't) do over IAP...and plans for my last semester!

  

  ’s accent. Where is she supposed to be from? She sounds like she’s trying for ... ) until she meets a guy (or a recipe) who opens her eyes (to the miracle ... came and had samples and there was a huge taste-off where people could

  • by Alina G. '11
  • January 30, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2017 FAQ You've got questions, I've got answers

  

  are a finalist – congratulations! We’re excited to have you applying to ... option. There is no need to follow up by mailing a fee waiver to us. Q: I ... be able to consider you during Early Action (just a few weeks later) if

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  On Being the “Dumb” Friend and the freedom from comparison

  

  I find myself comparing where I’m at to where my friends are at, I sit ... help with a pset problem, when they had to explain it four different ways ... ’t come to MIT on an equal playing field. My friends came in with a massive

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How To Make (almost) Anything

  

  hedge my bets, I've set out on a crusade to learn more about regular old ... week we cover a different fabrication technique on our quest to make ... cutter to make a press-fit construction kit - like a LEGO model, except we

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / People & Identities

  what is and isn’t me (rush, part 1) and the somewhat methodical unraveling of self

  

  came to MIT, I really didn’t think frat life was for me. And there is a ... had little to no interest in joining a frat here at MIT. It was a ... Texas, where the concept of a fraternity (especially at a state school

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • October 7, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Blockchain and the Niger Delta Creating a system for accountability

  

  @MIT, where today’s successful expatriates or diaspora feel a powerful desire to ... members to start a chicken farm in his home country, the Ivory Coast. This ... series. We spoke over a video call, from Boston to Lagos. “I just wanted

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / People & Identities

  Fortin’ with Mimi Let’s. Talk. About. Queer stuff.

  

  So, in Massachusetts, there is a law called “An Act Relative to ... Massachusetts will vote to repeal or keep the law. As a transgender woman, my ... MIT and it’s wonderful people. MIT is such a great place to be queer! I

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • September 18, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  like a freight train a schedule post

  

  to actually write a blog. Life has been good, but busy. I’m taking ... ."]main thing[/annotation] on my mind, and I've been meaning to write a schedule ... Infinite every weekday, slip into a touchdown space to listen to a zoom

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 19, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  About Tomorrow Good Luck Tomorrow!

  

  , or limit the things you can do. You owe it to yourself to find the ... high school as much as you can, a ton of stuff is going to happen in the ... wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  conversations with friends so many different ways to feel lost

  

  'm going back to i'm just here in nyc for a bit _____ m: since i’ve gotten ... so directionless like i’m in the middle of a field and there used to ... : okay so my take is that mit selects for people that like to or have a

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 21, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Putz and Tetazoo are friends!! field notes from a faraway land

  

  to find a souvenir store in the faraway lands of Putz, but I will send ... The Putz-Tetazoo exchange program is a longstanding tradition where a ... involves many a prank and snark. During their stays, each resident is to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  can’t stop smiling a time capsule for freshman fall

  

  , and to be quite honest I think a lot of where I am right now is just ... ate a breakfast of cheese & crackers. I walked to my first class of ... the hallways, wonderful communities to join, and a whole city to explore

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected

  

  much more than the material that is directly taught to you. If you’re a ... only the slightest amount — maybe even a bit that wasn’t important to the class as a whole — will stick with you. To show this idea in action, I

  • by Phi A. '21
  • May 27, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Nisha’s Video Game Review cloud is judging me for this

  

  permanently humongous backlog of video games that I barely manage to make a dent ... a person is not knowing how to separate work and life. During school ... ="capitalism is a fucking scam and is going to ruin my life by stressing me out very

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Another week? It's all in the name of pass/no record.

  

  , felt the air a little bit, and can't find the joy of core classes under ... reliable. I want to see it through on an international level (better learn a ... courage to wheel this cushy cloth seat out of here and replace it with a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  A Tribute to the people of South Africa

  

  week that I didn’t find the time (or the energy) to step away from it all ... an entirely new continent (whoop, whoop there more to go). There’s a ... . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inhale. Count to three. I stand, staring at my feet as a blend of laughter

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 17, 2019
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Culture Clash Spain doesn't do sarcasm, and my soul is slowly dying. But then I took some…

  

  talking to is me"). I might be turning into a linguistics nut, but I find ... , a camel? Come on. Where did THAT come from? Why isn't it at least a ... ," which I think is a much better expression. Now I can just switch to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  browser archaeology (fatima's version)

  

  's discord status a while ago. "I'M GOING BACK TO MINNESOTA WHERE SADNESS ... tabs open on my phone to see if such a post would be worth doing. it was ... , because why not! will follow a similar format to Alan's post :) poems (18

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • May 3, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  did you miss the EA deadline? why i applied and admissions anxiety

  

  happy to be acknowledged!"]received a response[/annotation] to my email a ... planning in this way (to my knowledge). I applied as a civil engineering ... has to take 3-4 subjects in a single humanities subject to graduate

  • by Victor D. '27
  • November 5, 2025