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  Spotted: A Brass Rat in the Wild? Is this an alumnus hacking McDonald's, or McDonald's hacking MIT? I can't tell

  

  -in-jokes from whoever directed the ad? Is this an alumnus hacking McDonald's, or McDonald's hacking MIT? This is like the Zapruder film for reflexive ... . This is the first rat I've seen in a commercial, though. And it leaves me

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2017
• Blog / Events

  science bowl we ran! a competition! virtually!

  

  loved it. Science bowl, for those of you who haven’t heard of it, is a ... answer. The rules are a bit more complicated than that, and are best ... , and more. Above all, my science bowl team was fun for the simple fact

  • by Phi A. '21
  • November 16, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  [guest post] from the vault: hall exchange notes notes from a hall exchange in 2017

  

  preparations for next act, the large expanse is occupied by a set of black ... of the week is still quite busy for me, so i will have to stop my field ... premises undetected and without any trouble as agent june opened the door for

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  on knowing what I’m doing in which I decide to go to grad school

  

  it is perhaps the fact that I wouldn't mind staying in academia forever ... there are, but I'm glad at least to have a road to follow for the next ... i. before MIT The truth is, my scientific "career" started a while

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 3, 2022
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  The Holy Grail of Hacks Returns and everything it took to get there

  

  brief appetizer for what’s ahead. The star of the show is, of course, the ... ="Campus Preview Weekend"]CPW,[/annotation] and a crowd is gathering in front of the Green Building. This is far from an official event, but the word has

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 3, 2026
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  sundays in the parks with friends a post title based on a musical based on a painting

  

  Riverway and the Back Bay Fens, near the Fenway[annotation note="T stands for MBTA, which is the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, which runs Boston ... took quite some time. It turns out that the Fenway T station is actually

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 15, 2020
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With BJ Novak, opened by Barack Obama You may have heard of BJ Novak from his role as Ryan Howard on NBC'S…

  

  , and an MIT alum my mother is very thankful for: (What can I say? The ... on the other side of the wall is developing an indoor autonomous quad ... coming until the weekend before, but all I know is I received nine separate

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  for change in (expected + unexpected): print(change.get_thoughts())

  

  that MIT is hard, and everyone tries to prepare themselves for the fact ... -confirmed my conviction that the best way to make friends is freshly baked ... -done list! Expected — Weather This is the one that everyone from [insert

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 19, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  checked off 101 things to do before you graduate...

  

  dorms without elevators? For reference, the Green Building is a little ... This blog has been in the works for a… long time. I first started ... the C League (Leagues go from A to C, in decreasing difficulty), so for

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Doesn’t Feel Real getting from one place to another

  

  for the course is to pick a spot in nature relatively near to Boston, go ... some than for others. Which is why, I was shocked when I did the reading ... times over the years, but this time is different. For the first time, I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 24, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  in honor of tau the superior circle constant

  

  , but a circle is the only two-dimensional figure for which all points on ... =\frac12 at^2[/latex] is the formula for the distance traveled [latex ... ]. One way to “derive” the formula for the area of a circle is by taking

  • by Phi A. '21
  • February 20, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  An interview with AoPS "What Kinds of Students Does MIT Look For?" but ASMR

  

  and pursuing them is, again, going to be the best thing for them and ... , that my to the question of what we look for is the kind of thing you can ... MIT is the right place for you. And what changed was the kinds of data

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2022
• Blog / Class Projects

  I DON’T NEED YOU ANYMORE. the making of my final video project

  

  not exploring it enough. The tripod is actually incredibly useful for ... always somewhat unsatisfactory or a little off. I thought that the best way, then, to combat this is to force myself to make videos. The assignments

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  An American in Copenhagen but my luggage went to Amsterdam

  

  are closed except for Fotex, which is the Danish equivalent of Walmart ... ; the machine is kind to me, has free seltzer and coffee in the break room all day. There is oatmilk in the fridge, and a basket of granola bars

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 14, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Not Admitted Students I just wanted to tell you a story. It has a moral, but you don't…

  

  the next step. (and for those that think I'm too verbose, please just ... temple to rest. It was soon time for the second monk to try his luck at ... there, formidable and unyielding as it was for the first monk. Attempting

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Morning Person rise and shine

  

  .']dorm[/annotation] is located directly next to the Charles River. There are several ... [annotation note="Except for when I sleep too little the night before, because I ... it a very personal and productive time.For example, the early morning

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admission Interview Tick tock!

  

  The deadline for Early Action (EA) application, November 1st, is just ... EC directly, and the contact information is listed in your My ... sooner is better than later. The deadline for setting up the interview

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Designing dead ends A look into the "misc." folder on my desktop

  

  responsible for setting up our major publications to print (like the Affording Your MIT Education book for SFS, and the Application Guide, Best of the ... ="attachment_56945" align="alignnone" width="1400"] This is the landing page for the

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  (another) postcard from GTL spain and an unexpected crossover with the Edgerton Center

  

  anyone in my life for granted. Similarly, my brain is swimming in all the ... . Essentially, the event is 100 high school students teaming up for a three day ... thing that helps is to pick your head up, to stop staring at the sidewalk

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 1, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-Guide to CPW KAPOW! GET EXCITED!!!

  

  thrilled to meet and host you, Class of 2020! Get excited!!! For the past ... thinks they will have the best guest. The magic algorithm that matches visitors to hosts definitely works. Now, for us, CPW is a familiar event

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2016