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  Mystery Hunt 2006 announced

  

  ultimate goal of finding a coin hidden somewhere on campus. For a more in ... and Games Magazine. Anyway, here's the email: Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18 ... last two years, we are handling the job of assigning rooms for team

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opening doors How being an MIT cheerleader can help you get a job.

  

  ... apparently I'm not very good at applying for stuff, a deficiency I am trying to remedy for graduate school applications. So I had known about the NIH ... was too scared to ask any MIT profs for favors (I am a huge chicken

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 3 Showtime!

  

  “playing exam” doubling as an opportunity for him to check on how we’re doing ... before the big concert; naturally, the entire afternoon was blocked out for ... ) and her husband in person for the first time. Our cast of performers was

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple A behind-the-scenes special on directing a play

  

  leads the vision for the production. During the initial prod meetings, I had to advocate my vision for the play and inspire the other designers ... first class play in 2nd grade. Science was a way to explore the universe

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!

  

  and download the MIT Mobile app: For Android/Google Play For IPhones ... event you want to attend or star each event for every day on your phone so ... 't enough for your parents, you can tell them that MIT has a 24/7 student

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ingredients for a black hole: 1. Hydrogen 2. Soda 3. Bottle Irish pub-lic outreach

  

  astrometry, UVA now uses it primarily for teaching and public outreach. On the ... cluster in the dome, waiting for their turn to climb up the wooden steps and ... (yay!) as well as new friends. After my radio astro talk, I talked for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  winter things a sampling of IAP plans around campus

  

  second and third weeks of IAP for me, all day. I am UROPing, playing in ... IAP stands for Independent Activities Period. For the month of ... [annotation note="UROP stands for Undergraduate Research Opportunities. this

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  On Reconnecting spending winter break in India

  

  playing in the streets blended with the crowing of roosters. The perfect ... sunshine. And where hot street-side pakoras were perfect for a rainy day. A ... back in Boston for a week now. Roosters replaced with phone clocks. Kites

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 13, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  6.5 Years Post-Graduation, I’m a Beading Artist a twisty path

  

  —I could’ve woken up for 100% of my classes! Imagine thinking for years that ... complicated by zealously money-saving insurance companies… But instead: art ... what now? Well, the one medication FDA-approved for my sleep disorder

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year in laptop stickers RIP my laptop 7/19/20

  

  . losing the files on my laptop and having to pay a good amount of money for ... stickers. i'd been saving space for stickers from all four years at MIT, so ... behind for other residents. this was the first sticker i put on my laptop

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home is Where the Heart is In which I speak only in trite cliches.

  

  considering a jar of peanut butter a meal. Yes, it's time for final exams. And ... money from a Brazilian orphanage and also kicked puppies and/or small ... 's a place for you. That is why I don't think it's redundant to add

  • by Tom R. '14
  • December 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Valentine’s Day from MIT Because theobromine is delicious.

  

  , arriving in mailboxes across the nation just in time for everyone to celebrate today's excuse for the industry to make lots of money selling ... the Admissions Department has cooked up for its Early Action admits. If

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Freezing My @$$ off at CPW By: Andrea '11

  

  my Dad's money in exchange for the best education I can get. I hope I ... breakdown for five minutes when I realized I was going to college with a couple hundred geeks. Luckily, MIT wanted to pay for my trip to CPW, so I

  • by Bryan
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…

  

  business is not an option for most people, though it is a convenient way to ... job and being out of the loop for a few years can really reduce your ... employer would take on by spending a lot of time and money to training you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights, Sounds, Smells, Tastes, and Feels of IAP photo dump

  

  startup founders, rode an UberCHOPPER for free, and got into the TechCrunch afterparty. But my main reason for being there was to get more into virtual ... brothers was also staying in DC, interning for the Department of Energy. So

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Calm Down and Breathe Heeeeeehooooooo

  

  In which my brother and I embarassingly parody a song (first one to recognize it gets some brownie points):  Edit: Evidently I am not so good at predicting outcomes of NFL games. But seeing how this post-season has been

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 20, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Teaching at MIT we live and we learn and we teach

  

  outreach programs include BoSTEM (a summer STEM program for underrepresented minorities), dynaMIT (a summer STEM program for low-income students), and ... leadership to high schoolers). Like CodeIt, students who serve as mentors for

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 16, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring in hindsight reviewing my journal

  

  braids for the first time. Luckily, I got my hair done by another student ... hair in a protective style for a few weeks and not have to think about it.  I went to Veggie Galaxy, a vegetarian restaurant on Mass Ave, for the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  You should live in EAsT camPUS A few of the basic things to know.

  

  cupboards for everyone? 2. Cats are allowed! Yay. Other critters have been ... test. With ourselves often playing the test subjects. 5. We don't post everything we do to YouTube. We're kinda too cool for that. But we also have a

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • July 31, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 2

  

  the May 1st postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is ... 's still been done for a couple weeks now :(" And Anonymous wrote, "Why have ... can look into it for you, too. I've already been able to track down some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2006