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  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  to explain that they needed some maps for a puzzle. This sort of frantic searching for resources will be pretty common this weekend. Friday ... some of them for more information about the case. But the contacts won

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  For a while now, I’ve had this realization that I tend to overthink a ... predictions for outcomes. But every time you consider more details, you do more ... touch with reality and lives in a world of illusions.”    For me, I

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Out Sick aka, a subject line for too many emails

  

  regardless of how I avoided the plague for so long, the fact of the matter is ... rescheduling or simply asking for forgiveness. Everyone was more than ... for an extension. I did what I could of the problemset, I sent off that

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  No Snow, and on singing badly me? singing? and posting it online?!

  

  that you're doing for fun. It sounds really silly, but… it's pretty easy ... excuse for spending seven hours the other day listening and recording and ... effort for something that didn't end up looking too great. I mean, I had to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  a tour of New Vassar also known as west garage

  

  choices made for this building. The color scheme in particular annoys me, as ... ="I know theyre important for energy efficiency, etc,, but they have these ... Jeffery Gibson. This work was specially commissioned by MIT for its

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / Events

  To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before: P.S. I Love You THANK YOU LSC

  

  chat this: HELL. FUCKING. YES. For those of you who don't know me ... sucker for romcoms. And it's ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE that MIT Lecture Series ... talked to the lady at the front, saying we were here for the early

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  unquantifiable growth progress that can't be measured

  

  with quantifiable successes—exam scores, for example. And sometimes this ... to be honest: The reading journals were difficult for me because they ... patterns for function. Similarly, this cover letter is difficult for me to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 5, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Kekka dake da! "Only the results remain!"

  

  . Ha. Ha. I took 18.06 (Linear Algebra) for about 2 weeks(?) before I ... ;   I was happy for at least a moment. At this point, I started scrambling for another arts/humanties class to take. I emailed at least 3

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • March 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Was Great in the 1800s (and it's still awesome today)

  

  students did for fun, also in the late 1800s. For some of you, this post ... women were respected for the work that they did: And the 1896 yearbook ... is to talk about what the students did for fun. And to start, I'd like

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lego Heroines interview with the amazing Maia Weinstock!

  

  the deputy editor for MIT news and also helps manage MIT’s social media ... South America, but she managed to squeeze in some time for an interview for us! Listen to the full interview here: I hoped you enjoyed me

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Virtual Reality, Startups, and Donuts in a particular order

  

  for lunch and just wait for dinner. -Minutes later- I was walkin ... little thing in front of me: Ain't No Rest for the Hungry. After taking ... the new Vice President and Dean for Student Life, Suzy Nelson. I sat

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Am Excited a day in life of a student

  

  it later on here boosts the thrill, for I am a wanderer of the ... surprising, and set the tone for my day. I’m certain it will be bright. Later ... neglected for a minute too long. Then I’ll head to the west side of campus for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT = Home the excitement of a freshman

  

  MIT dome. I’ve been on campus for three weeks, but still every time I pass beneath it, I shudder. For years, I had admired it from a distant ... mathematician, and I look for patterns in the world, yet I want to believe that

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Forget These I forgot to bring them when I first came to MIT.

  

  to pack extra pants. When I went home for my birthday, I remembered my ... that reminds you of home. Your dorm is your new home for the next eight ...  tree. Giant Googly Eyes for your fridge. Just have something that lets people

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 19, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  We met an alumnus from the Class of 1952 and fixed a window, and went bouldering.

  

  for the locking mechanism to work, so I called instructions through the ... much faster reaction time than I do, since in the seconds it took for me ... physicist," he revealed. "He’s a social worker!” After chatting for a few

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ushering in a New Era An open letter to Pass/No Record (with footnotes!)

  

  fun in the fall and I’m grateful for the stress relief you provided. The ... there for me**. Like a rock. Or that piece of paper I accidentally ... can't seem to do that here. I had to settle for these floating stars

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  stepping back on keeping your priorities straight

  

  saltines for a meal, hoping to recreate Chicken in a Biskit to slowly ... for "when I have more time" -- sleep, for one, but mostly art. Two ... could be sleeping. I should probably go scavenge for real food. Lately it

  • by Connie H. '15
  • November 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Feel Old Senior year? Already? #indenial.

  

  Things to Do Before I Graduate finish the requirements for my two majors ... for STS (it's been sitting in my backpack for weeks now) get into ... I'll be an admissions blogger, and so on. I promise - like, for real

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Flies… especially when you are having more fun than you could possibly imagine.

  

  campus for their 5th reunion and I would be here once again for my 30th. My ... and brought them to the point that made MIT the right college for them ... them to campus for CPW that April. I saw their nerves when they first

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Quad Life four girls become roommates, hilarity ensues

  

  paired up for their room assignments within Baker. "Want to be my roommate ... pretty smoothly until she brought up that she would be waking up for crew ... and hello panda) -- and it's not easy to describe. (For those of you

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 13, 2012