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  The Making of a Mystery A James Grimmelmann Guest Blog

  

  competition on a grand scale. Teams of up to 200 people attempt to be first to ... hilarious), I try to end my days reading journal articles, policy books, and other things full of ideas that tend to keep me up thinking. Few

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  One Day at a Time or, springing into junior year, part 2: electric boogaloo

  

  to be one of the most stressful movies I’ve ever seen, and the first ... situation at MIT. He’d already heard (it’s hard not to be constantly plugged ... tell which one was winning over me. I’m not afraid, I said to him in our

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  about my class projects here. A major contributor to my enjoyment was ... music technology to open-heart surgery. The freedom to choose between so many classes enabled me to learn and apply interesting ideas across all

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  6.5 Years Post-Graduation, I’m a Beading Artist a twisty path

  

  returned to the blogs to let people know: “I did not graduate from MIT on time due to mental health issues, but I’m thriving, and I’m a health ... straying from the path set up by my education, but it was meant to be. I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Residential Life

  🦆🦆🦆🏳️🏳️🏳️ 🦖🦖🦖 SIMMONS!!! RETREAT!!!

  

  153 minutes before the deadline to sign up for the Simmons Retreat, I ... I couldn’t go—I had promised to go to a Puzzle Club event on Monday ... place over our student holiday, from Saturday, October 12th to Monday

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 17, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  i [don’t] have covid?? in conclusion, i am the absolute worst at managing stress

  

  four hours straight with my friends to 2010s bangers, which was the most fun I've had in a while. But it also was the first time I'd moved for ... ventilated everything, but I felt pretty damn awful to be potentially putting

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything I Miss and Don’t Miss About MIT Frolicking in nostalgia

  

  MIT milestones often have something to do with 3.14159... 7 years ago ... weekend baby!!! Some people may sneer at how MIT folks seem married to ... traditions. And to celebrate--and mentally prepare for this frenzied weekend

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Punt Puzzle A collaborative affair

  

  typically often used as a verb. It refers to an action or a series of actions an MIT student performs, one that usually leads to statements like, “I had to stay up all night working on that (favorite expletive) p

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  How I got mugged in the frozen foods section. So, MIT is kind of like a turkey and provolone Subway sandwich.

  

  love to death, but their reaction to the first dream would have been a ... Potter, and I had to get Dumbledore’s help because I was hiding in a broom ... organization, and we needed his help to keep Voldemort from getting in because

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 5, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Overheard at MIT Vote vote vote!

  

  Don't forget to vote for me in the 2008 blogging scholarship competition! Thanks! One of the biggest culture shocks coming to MIT for me, a ... likely to hear things like ". . . at 6 and then head to the game . . ." or

  • by Snively '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Boston Marathon ‘08 I'm back!

  

  [edited 05/14 after first posted at 2 AM; corrected by Clara '10 ... way the trees look from my dorm room and exactly how long it takes me to ... material, either (it takes me 6.2 seconds to tie my shoes). I've got the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 14, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Steer Roast 2008 We Sport Death like it's never been done before

  

  . If your initial reaction to that was "...um, what?", then I'll fill you in: Steer Roast is Senior House's claim to fame - it's our annual ... ; instead of getting a band or two to perform, we hire a dozen bands to play

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Value added You are not the same person you'll be at the end of undergrad, and your…

  

  several problems with this logic: Not everybody wants to go to grad ... to grad school. You are not the same person you'll be at the end of ... school applications (particularly in getting into my perfect program) to my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding spiels metal hot glue gun go brrr

  

  's where I learned how to 3D print, lasercut, weld, and fiddle with ... forth towards making, well, making as accessible to the MIT community as possible. Kind of a tangent, but I want to shout out the fact that

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 9, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians How many MIT graduates have been in the Olympics? No, not the Science Olympiad...

  

  Since everyone seems to have Olympic fever these days (Michael Phelps ... likely to be in the Science Olympiad or the International Math Olympiad ... hurdles (Liu Xiang's event) at the very first modern Olympic Games in 1896

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Dig me, but don’t bury me This entry is brought to you by McDonalds and Google. I mean, literally.

  

  reason I came to McDonald's in the first place. I mean, I'm glad I found ... I just got done with uploading way, way too much blog to the other blog that MIT pays me to write. So you should go over and read that now

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Could Write a Song a Hundred Miles Long I only sing Coldplay because it will help me get girls.

  

  Chamberlain claimed to have slept with almost 20,000 women. Since he was 56 at the time of that statement, this would correspond to Wilt having slept ... the greatest Michigan accent of all time, chose to teach the class such

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) Things just about get crazy-go-nuts.

  

  groups, it's a lot more interesting to cook for myself. By the way, I hate ... of a pyramid--larger blocks at the bottom, smaller ones on top. Try to ... see how well that works. I used to hear that cooking is just applied

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I hate the way I don’t hate you

  

  Garden State. Still having jet-lag, I woke up quite early so I wanted to ... came highly recommended, and overall I'd have to say I liked it. After it ... to have some sense of as much of America's cities and towns as I can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Little things that remind me im not home

  

  ="" align="aligncenter" width="606"] i forget who first shared this to me but ... your breath fogs up with you breathe out? Cool, but only the first time ... -student-friends for suggestions, and I’m too lazy to format this in any coherent way, so

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 15, 2019