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  Mystery Hunt 2008 Begins! The annual campus-wide puzzle solving competition will be going on all weekend.

  

  and others team up to solve lots of puzzles, with the ultimate goal of finding a coin hidden somewhere on campus. For a more in-depth description ... Much Clue. To give you a flavor of the Hunt, I decided I'd post here four

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Surprising Research Results The chimpanzee-human relationship, and CEO pay.

  

  capitalization of the largest companies. For instance, from 1980 to 2003, the ... the hype to see what is really going on with salaries of CEOs in the ... ] suggest that the higher salaries for chief executives can largely be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ICE, ICE baby Guess which song would inevitably get stuck in my head as I tooled in the…

  

  timing, too. My flight is about to leave for Sacramento where family and ... something my mom would say to me, but she never actually called me Margaret ... myself I would never become. What happened to make me neglect my

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Let’s see those cell phones up in the air” cause every little thing's gonna be alright

  

  space for my architecture studio, I got a call from my friend saying that Lifehouse is performing for free across the river. I decide to take an ... as we got on the bridge towards Boston, I knew it was going to be a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  City Strangers a comic

  

  text in the art for accessibility (and because my handwriting is very ... , but I'll try to find my peace in this sprawling city, in you.  You ... from the fire escape. We listen to a drag queen read children’s books in

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  O, GRE Battle The best of the worst entry I ever wrote.

  

  this blog and is trying to tell me something. So here are the highlights ... stick is the greatest invention since written language -while cramming for ... , despite never having seen these words before and abandoning my studies to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Literature Tea & Mural Contest Artwork on cookies and walls.

  

  On Monday, I went to an afternoon tea sponsored by Course 21L: Literature. The event (which occurs weekly!) is open to everyone, so even if ... themes... in German. She introduced me to her housemate (at Student House

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  New York Times, New York Times

  

  their length and score. "We're very data driven here, so we're going to ... admissions at M.I.T., adding that she thought it was unfair to base decisions on a test that had not yet been shown to be a good indicator of a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 16, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Cambridge, Boston, and MIT in the Snow Santa and Poseidon in a winter wonderland.

  

  Here’s what I woke up to on Friday morning: massive snowflakes, falling sideways and sticking to everything. I wasn’t brave enough to take ... some photos from friends who were more brave than I was (click for larger

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside The Bubble Life? Oh yeah, I forgot I had one...

  

  ) family got to make the trip up from Missouri to see me for Family Weekend ... year, but i am going to guilt you anyway because that is what i am here to do. please blog!!" e-mail from Chris. I even got a "just wondered

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.

  

  and she won't admit unrepentant thieves to MIT. So, anyway, we wanted to watch a movie from Mike's massive DVD collection, but there were six ... of the bracket and unanimously lost to it. Sorry, Julie Andrews fans

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  small changes feeling big my winter in Armenia

  

  gremlin in me that's always eager to experience new places. Access to global ... 't have access to them growing up. I dreamt of seeing worlds beyond my own ... place really like? I was there to teach a renewable energy course at

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 17, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  40 Hours Left! The time is 0500 EST, 12/15. I am studying for finals. You are waiting for…

  

  ballad, "The Subway Express" depicted the Interborough as an arena for ... sped from lower Manhattan to the Bronx, they fell in love: (Boy) It was ... supporting arm to you. (Girl) To which I answered, "No sir!" When the guard

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s Going On Some of the 600+ Campus Preview Weekend events.

  

  /or waterproof footwear! (Thursday looks to be beautiful, though) It's after midnight here on the East Coast, so Campus Preview Weekend begins today for the MIT admitted class of 2012. It's going to be a fun weekend. In

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The LiveJournal Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part three.

  

  THINGS THAT SCARE YOU: - Other people dying - My debt-to-income ratio ... - Shirt - Shoes THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS: - Tremulant - Death Cab For ... THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS: - Prioritizing sleep

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hooked on a Feeling High on believing everyone's in love with me.

  

  , and I almost forgot the best part. Today I was talking to my supervisor, Juergen, about nice places to go in Europe. Juergen said that his absolute favorite is Rome, and that one time he went to Rome and saw the Pope walking

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 6, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Pumpkin Drop Trick-or-treating is not enough.

  

  the airborne pumpkin have to come to terms with its identity* before ... cold, wet pumpkins for the sake of simplicity. This past weekend’s wind ... 54, was built on stilts in 1964 to circumvent Cambridge’s height limit

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT salutes Harry Potter ...the best way we know how, with hacks!

  

  , and Snape). Bathrooms were relabeled to be for "Wizards ... Fenway 13 multiplexes, have sold out more than 20 midnight showings.  For ... Deathly Hallows, was being delivered to the doorsteps of muggles, the Dark

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Marjane Satrapi and French Breakthroughs The author of Persepolis visits MIT, and my French professor is famous

  

  , News Office October 18, 2006 The Center for Bilingual/Bicultural Studies ... very informative and entertaining event. I am going to have to ... 's definitely something to think about. This event, like the French Hip Hop I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  who started the fire? (not clickbait) playing detective

  

  For the last few years, I've been living off-campus in a house full ... , short for Women's Independent Living Group. Last summer, there was a fire ... living here. According to them, somebody had first smelled smoke in the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 28, 2022