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

  

  Sin Meters. Finally, at each stage, the teams received a certificate of ... at the "Mephistophelean Institute of Turpitude." We were given a ... Discipline of selling one's soul." This opened up a whole new series of

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

  A lot about course 9

  

  Today was supposed to be my first day of lab work in our new lab space in the gorgeous new building, but it's taking longer to get the lab ... those of us who faint at the sight of blood, there are lots of other

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The American Astronomical Society’s Winter Conference: 2013 Edition THIS IS SO EXCITING I THINK I'M GOING TO CRY

  

  seem very nice; the lady offered me one of her crackers. We're flying ... Sierra Nevadas," he replied, with sort of a snooty glance at the stewardess ... alumnae-turned-astronomers at various institutions. I e-mailed all of them

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Christmas Hug [UPDATE: New picture!!!] *squeeze*

  

  complaining about dining?*" She looked at me. This was the moment of truth ... . There was Christmas music, a happy atmosphere, and there for all of it was Susan Hockfield, MIT's one and only president. A friend of mine pointed

  • by Snively '11
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Year 2 at Hogwarts Holy Hell, I'm a sophomore

  

  . Literally dozens of opportunities for you to explore new research or get a job ... , so I have to grope at people for help (get your mind out of the gutter ... ’s a supreme amount, with all kinds of help existing at every door. The

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  A couple months ago, I wrote about how to make money at MIT. Much to our collective dismay, there is another side of the coin: spending money ... to take care of pretty much all of their expenditures, choosing to live

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tasty water, the Charles River, and other things that are not synonymous First post!

  

  coaster at East Campus, won a game of Scrabble, not done laundry, jumped on ... stack of free bowls, devoured pancakes at 4 AM, walked through a room ... at MIT, and it's clear that the insanely complex flavors of this

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Testimony from an ’11 By: Debbie, '11

  

  MIT Admissions webpage in hope of a new entry every hour. Anyways, since ... New House, Next House, and took a tour of Simmons. After that, Fangfei ... have to say, this is one of the coolest drapes I saw at East Campus. Wow

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Talks Energy at the White House "It is is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of energy and the environment."…

  

  " new level of federal funding for clean energy research. The event came ... helping establish a new inter-disciplinary Energy Minor at MIT, which is ... that abound at MIT. In the classroom: 8.21 - Physics of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / Events

  This… is… Jeopardy! [UPDATE] Jean '09 knocks off a 6-time champion; watch her defend her winning streak tonight on…

  

  knew about it, and didn't blog it. Of course, this was at a time when I ... prize of a computer and a trip to Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida ... because there was only one temple in the area The answer (question) is at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  learning how to drive and other matters of identification

  

  years swiping your CharlieCard in and out of MBTA stations. Visit New York ... friends drop you off at your home at the end of the night, but don't get out ... . You will probably end up on the wrong side of the street at first. That

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recycle, Reuse, (Map) Reduce? Jackpot, baby!

  

  that grease, dust, and oil be added to that list, at least for those of us at MIT. [1] Who'd have thought MIT doesn't own the rights to Calvin ... crufting (see: crvfting) is an important part of daily life at MIT. Although

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 10, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  meandering my nonlinear academic path so far

  

  research has to offer. By the April of my freshman year, I declared 6-9 as my ... lol” kind of way, since one of the first things I had to get used to at ... me, one of the few things that were happening were trainings at the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our Independent Studies the making of a (very) short film

  

  At the beginning of this semester, we were really unsure of what ... we were not getting a good understanding of the concepts, and at the ... entire time at MIT essentially. We would have probably taken 6.839 Advanced

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Women’s Initiative A bit about my classes - and why girls are awesome

  

  easy. It's a new class, offered as a substitute for 9.07: the notoriously ... extremely valuable pieces of information :) 9.52 - Stat for Neuroscience ... interesting in that 90% of our grade is based on problem sets, 5% on

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Blogs Turn 10: Looking Back, Looking Ahead data and narrative, past and present

  

  featured on the front page the New York Times, or that dozens (hundreds?) of ... a spectacular job at telling the many different stories of MIT as ... , I suspect, is because at least some of the commentary is moving to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries

  

  -you-can-eat dinners that each of the five dining halls have to offer. Which dining hall ... variety of food Maseeh offers. As someone who observes a halal-diet, my ... Although eating at Next House involves a 15 min march to the end of dorm row

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Advice

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

  

  exploring a new city on my own (I'd always been picked up at the airport before). There are plenty of events for parents at CPW, and lots of them do ... see, very concretely, the huge range of opportunities that are on offer

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 8, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking ahead to IAP One more week left to go! Feel the burn!

  

  . Students have the option of either staying at home/traveling/doing whatever ... opinion, one of the coolest times to be at MIT. By browsing the IAP ... for Cancer Research at the beginning of IAP and continued until the end

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to Do While Waiting for Decisions Like elevator music, except without the awkwardness of standing next to a stranger whose priorities…

  

  few things I can think of.. Things To Do While Waiting For College ... 'Belle and Sebastian University.' I was like, 'Belle and Sebastian! Awesome ... about your future. Then write a song about it. Preferably in the style of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 2, 2006