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• Blog / Events

  MIT Mystery Hunt is happening! watch the kickoff at 12 PM EDT today, 1/15

  

  Hunt is a time-honored tradition, which you can learn more about in CJ ... Hello! I'm writing this very, very smol post to tell you that the MIT ... . It’s like a Sudoku or a crossword, but you have to figure out the rules

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nemo Found the effects of cabin fever

  

  or the yoga pants Liz decided to wear into the snow. You can also wear ... too can prance around until you are delirious from the cold! Now that I ... dress for a blizzard... If you're from a warm place and you are a

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 9, 2013
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What do you mean by “MIT Speak”?

  MIT uses numbers for everything. You could be in 10-250 taking 18.03, which is 5-0-7, for 6-2. At MIT, all of your friends would understand exactly what you're saying. (You have to enter "MIT Code" in the ask field
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give the girl what she wants Ruth '07 wants pictures, she can have them.

  

  questions. What do you see in this sunburn pattern on my leg? Because I can ... pretty well in high school calc or physics, you may want to get the credit ... recommendation I have is this: upperclassmen can be great resources. You'll have

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  infinite corridors can’t believe there are no posts with this title yet

  

  longer and collect more experiences before you can really understand your ... in the (almost) two years since leaving school, the term “infinite ... is the picture i have in mind: i was so preoccupied during undergrad

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Twas the week before Thanksgiving ...and I'm not really feeling all that thankful. Yet.

  

  waiting patiently for their dinner. You can see Jay '08 attempting to carve ... cut down the Christmas tree, but what can you do when flights home cost ... 't forget that it's not the tryptophan in turkey that makes you tired after

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out of the lab and into the internet Confession: I actually listen to music from the movie Ice Princess. I'm not even kidding.

  

  go somewhere else so you can make more varied connections in your field ... you are omg in love with MIT right now, it's very possible that you ... might change... hell, you just might want to be able to live in a new

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  CPW Advice 2k19 come party wildly and/or play wii and/or perceive wonders and/or...

  

  , in my mind, can only be described as a curse. Even if you love those ... so you're honestly kinda meh. And that's all okay! I definitely can ... 'll share what advice I have, and hopefully it can be useful to some of you

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 8, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  clay crash course one month of wheelthrowing later…

  

  , you push in firmly to force the clay up and down until it reaches a ... pull evenly, as fluctuations in wall thickness can make your pot unstable. Repeat until satisfied! This is the exciting part, where you can define the

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An American Idol Math Question You guys are all good in math; help me out with this one.

  

  You guys are all good in math; help me out with this one. My mom ... her that American Idol's voting system may have some issues. Did you ... ), within those two hours, can handle a finite number of calls - then it

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s here! The post you've all been waiting for, or at least until you saw Snively with…

  

  Tube in HD, YouTube (regular quality), Vimeo, and TechTV, amassing over 10 ... Some of you may remember that a few months ago, Snively and I, as ... show it to you, since the Next Big Mailing has officially been shipped

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 25, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fraternities @ MIT They're quite a Rush.

  

  like this: "You can tell what we care about by the way we introduce ... and the same triumphs - both of which can be found in abundance at MIT ... more and more about my own freshman year - in particular, the choices I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  For pi are cubed. There can only be one winner.

  

  , MIT now gets Comedy Central! Do you know what that means? I can watch ... DID YOU KNOW? Some languages do not effectively distinguish between ... Jewish." But there's not, so this will go in Miscellaneous. From: Irving

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT this summer (part 1) It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of…

  

  departments, labs, food establishments, and more. You can visit the Admissions ... entries on how to visit MIT and Boston this summer. For those of you who plan to visit, please leave your questions in the comments; I will answer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What does the Office of the First Year do?

  general academic information. In addition, staff can assist you with the development of skills and learning strategies and can provide individual
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am a hapless klutz Stories about Nobel laureates.

  

  're interested in isn't listed as having open seats, you can usually go on the ... , because that's where the physics department is, and I'm pretty sure you can ... advance!" Well, for some classes, you can just accept that you have a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Eating Too Much Cake Just kidding, this post is about physics

  

  Sixteen months ago, in April, I made a promise to myself: if you ... ="Pizza, you idiot, you were in Naples"]pizza[/annotation] . I was ready once ... eight. You say, “Mom, can I buy that entire cake and eat it?” Of course

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 25, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  November 1 Updates The latest from the Admissions Office.

  

  release EA decisions. It will likely be sometime in mid-December, but you ... you're reading this. Your EC's contact information can be found ... own forms, the NACAC forms, or the Common App forms. You can submit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Why Leadership? (guest post) Inclusive leadership and vision-building at LeaderShape 2018.

  

  the big dreams that brought you to campus in the first place. Leader ... you never end up participating in the program, I hope you remember not ... frustration in a compassionate, fatherly way. It can be the feeling that one is

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 21, 2018
• Blog / Events

  It’s Almost Here! The sun? Orientation? Only time will tell.

  

  career opportunities! If you’re interested in becoming an engineering ... -196): As part of “Freshman Explorations” on Thursday, you can have lunch ... activities in which you participate, the places you go during Orientation Week

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 26, 2010