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  5 days until Mystery Hunt

  

  finding a coin hidden somewhere on campus. For a more in-depth description ... Waffle" (based out of the Simmons Hall dormitory, which looks like a space ... One of IAP's most exciting activities is the annual Mystery Hunt. In

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work and Energy Can't do the former if you don't have the latter.

  

  up late, and climbing on roofs, I met the start of school with a ... , gathered my books, went to a study room, and didn't move for about four hours ... .005 (Disease and Society in America a.k.a. my humanities class for this

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…

  

  as the grad students in my lab for probably a tenth of the salary ... recitation is not the person lecturing. For instance, I have 5.60 lecture three times a week in the Stata Center, taught by Professor Bawendi; my 5

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Going Social Thinking about MIT Admissions and social media.

  

  respect your wishes, even if you ARE a certifiable moron for going with the ... and Circumstance bellowed off the bricks nearby. Over the din, a friend ... then. And though I still can't grow a decent beard, oh how the times have

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  growing over time continuing to become myself

  

  that I'm not who I used to be. For a while in the middle of MIT, I felt ... readers, there might still be just one person, or one in a hundred, for whom ... , and this post is for you. During the semester, mired in work and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 31, 2022
• Blog / Study Abroad

  One Life to Live In which I use the title of a soap opera as a motivational phrase

  

  here instead of studying for the TWO exams I have on Tuesday. This way ... , you know that you wouldn't really mind a year off from the traditional learning environment. You only live ONCE! You're only young for roughly a

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  in remembrance of my sticker collections for stickers are vessels for stories

  

  water bottle that the other party probably got for free. But a second ... club safe. As a result, I'm serving on the exec team for my third year ... drew this sticker for a sticker pack, which the 2024 Class Council later

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 5, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Home Warning: Graphics Intensive.

  

  a pile of transcript/recommendation request forms to the Counseling ... throughout the years. For me, that's what made my last semester of high school ... off to Madrid for the next month (basically all of IAP) tomorrow night

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  can’t stop smiling a time capsule for freshman fall

  

  . I did some actual psetting for a while, then checked the time. 7:30 pm ... school (hooray for being a clueless little freshman released from the ... ’d come home and lie on the floor for a couple hours to slowly recoup my

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  incremental game support group let's distract ourselves with games!

  

  two in the game. You can play this for over a month and still have ... was. I think it's the best incremental game I've played, and it's a ... 's worth playing just for the story. Rather short; you can finish in one

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reading, Thinking and Igniting Innovation Rational optimism about MIT and the future

  

  hike. I was in a strange mood. I`m a student at one of the most ... the pace of life, the thirst for knowledge and the search for new ideas ... , change or technology, and being content (for the most part), I`m still

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 5, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  Taking the L: Part ✌️ My goal was Heaven anyways.

  

  failure, back to fail a little bit more! I think that the weather has a ... work on the robotics board.  The theme for this year is “Wicked FBD: Applying Gravity”, and the board is Wicked themed. There’s a poppy field in

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Are you sure you don’t want to cancel? Double whammy.

  

  11:30 am. For those of you who don't know, the GRE is a computer based ... Airport. Fly to Houston, TX for a day long interview. Now keep in mind, I ... parts of the trip. I exit baggage claim, and there someone is holding a

  • by Bryan
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Sleep is Overrated (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ann '14!

  

  amazing, and CPW was the first time that I pulled a non-academic, non ... classmates. That’s what really showed me that I can see myself at MIT for the ... about such a rich campus culture together. The book of events also

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  time travel is overrated conversing with my past self

  

  ."]home[/annotation] in los angeles, sitting at my desk for the first time in a year. it ... didn’t come back for a short eternity. it was warm, warm enough that the ... on the last day of freshman orientation, just a few days before i

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • November 2, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  the most stressful ones of my life, and is a saga that unfolded over ... , but I'm sure at least a few of you will have the same difficult choice ... town halls that the administration ran, because honestly, MIT admin has a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  g e m i n i j u i c e a saga of screenshots

  

  line-demarcating with the retractable seatbelts apparently have a name ... juice. i didn’t know that was a thing you could do?? but ok whatever the ... … who in the world could've come up with this demonic combination?? a

  • by Allison E. '27
  • May 5, 2026
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  on mit’s mailing list culture update: tetazoo glounge

  

  chat for emails. as the name suggests, it's a list of emails that an ... send things a group chat would be used for, like "psetting in the tvl ... 'm spending my free time playing a lot of monster train. actually that's the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 17, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  on success, meaning, and time existential musings about big questions with no answers

  

  post can guide your own thoughts, the beginnings of a framework for you ... wasn’t a natural “clear goal” anymore. I was a poster child for the ... and all of the bad feelings of reaching for a door and finding it closed

  • by Phi A. '21
  • December 15, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2030 are now ... , and the useful arts to make the world a better place. We can’t wait to ... in the end. Take a deep breath, shake it out, and go crush the rest of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2025