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

  

  coin and win the hunt in a mere 25--no, 15--no, 5 puzzles, if they'd only ... videos on how to be really really evil in various fields, and all the ... , which led them on a goose chase through the halls of MIT and down into

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fitting In Fitting in at MIT

  

  students, people from home, and the like is: "How do you feel like you fit in ... with me and my family, you might get confused and think you were at an ... somehow reflect or resemble them in some shape or form, and I think students

  • by Bryan
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  albums i like and why i like them pov: i ramble about music and won't shut up

  

  is like a little universe, and every time I listen this album never ... I like music. A lot. And I like telling other people about the music ... to [insert mildly obscure musician here], and their random album from

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • September 8, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Answered Questions, answers, and Sam's face. This is the real MIT.

  

  conclusion of my EMT class and random dinner parties with friends. About ... wisdom regarding all things MIT and also possibly his blogging prowess. I ... , and 'cheap' prices. On the other side, I can get a Mac with it's super

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you could track minute-by-minute data on yourself, would you? 4 Weeks of sleep, activity, heartrate, and computer usage data reveals something

  

  Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139   INTRODUCTION ... ropes, medicine balls, and floor ladders from exercise stations cycling around the room, MIT students collectively sighed and picked up their

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In which brains are awesome Neener neener neener.

  

  -semester senior with two classes and a swim test* left between her and graduation: 9.15 - Biochemistry and Pharmacology of Synaptic Transmission. This is the last of my six Course 9 elective classes, and it's looking to be one

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  ”. Short of having her come to MIT and feel the fabric herself, there was ... to… [annotation note="Synthetic materials like polyester melt and smell ... of the question, given that they might be made of real silk and my mom

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  unquantifiable growth progress that can't be measured

  

  I like to quantify. I like magnitudes and metrics. It's incredibly ... , money earned and spent (mostly spent). In fact, I often conflate progress with quantifiable successes—exam scores, for example. And sometimes this

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

  Thanksgiving Nostalgia if MIT == home

  

  10,968 hours. That’s 457 days, which is 1 year and 3 months since I ... driveway as I had done thousands of times before (driving was weird in and of ... ’re often the place of absolute highs and lows, where epiphanies have occurred

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Short Thoughts Girlhood, editing, iPhone notes.

  

  a headache and wake up still with a headache. It's the first time in ... about girlhood and math competitions--it's under my full name, and it ... -school girls who compete in math (and their peers); if you fit that bill (or not

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime Happenings A summer of research and relaxation in Boston

  

  university just as much as its classes and campus. During the school year, I ... compilation of end of the year reflections from my lovely friends and amigos ... before summer’s end! After school let out, I hopped on a plane and flew

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Free-est post! un-free schedule

  

  In the hassle of getting my life and graduation requirements together ... professor at age 20. He frequently cites his own papers in lecture, and we ... line of succession from my high school robotics club, and an ex

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 28, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Row, row, row your boat aka varsity sports at MIT

  

  what seems ridiculously early for MIT students to go and exercise for 2 ... clothes are kept, where I spend 2-3 hours every morning and some afternoons ... -wee soccer in kindergarten at the ripe old age of 4 and since then I have

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  working in studio for five hours and I hate my life but it was awesome,'" he mimicked in a higher-pitched voice and some sort of everlasting smile. It was past three in the morning and I'd just returned home from Studio 7

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “…being a geek works out…” A UROP at the Center for Sports Innovation.

  

  's Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel, where he tests cyclists' positions and new ... his expertise in fluid dynamics to develop and, he hopes, patent his own ... productive," Blair, a former world-class triathlete and ex-NASA engineer, said

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Formula SAE: A Turbocharged Experience Join the MIT Formula SAE team to design, engineer, and build a small formula-style autocross…

  

  Ever wonder how a Formula 1 car can reach speeds of 210 mph and pull ... , engineer, and build a small formula-style autocross racing car and then compete against 130 other vehicles from universities across the country? If

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 1 The answers to your recent questions.

  

  admitted to MIT are admitted to the entire university and may choose any ... takes me to the school and Yahoo maps. Interested in attending the Sept ... enter MIT "undeclared," and, at the conclusion of the freshman year

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  sitting down no more sprinting

  

  I’ve been back on campus for about a month and a half now, and it ... the classics! I was only a ten-minute walk away during the summer, and I ... my possessions crammed into two suitcases and a million tote bags

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • October 12, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I Never Thought I Would Join a Sorority ...but here I am?

  

  sororities and fraternities at University X do have all of those problems, like ... goal of which is community-building and fostering social interaction. If ... had the preconceived notion that many sororities were racist, and I didn

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  -down triangle. Alan Guth, father of a theory describing the early universe and my advisor, stands in front of a blank board; he is grinning, hunched over, and ... cup and peers contemplatively off to his left. John Negele, who studies

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012