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  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update The title says it all.

  

  the adventure. I just took a quick trip back to my room so I could grab ... ! What a day. I took some pictures of the kickoff, which I'll post next week. The thrill of solving a puzzle is just awesome. Obviously, I can

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Indiscipline Taking a break from finals studying to explain what I've done instead of finals studying.

  

  Yo, I've been getting a lot of questions lately in the comments and I ... my head. "MIT's music program is like the fugacity of water in a water-ethanol system near the azeotrope point." And whatnot. But I digress. What have I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Bernanke to speak at Commencement!

  

  MIT just announced that Ben Bernanke '79 is going to be the ... by President Bush to succeed Alan Greenspan as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. This is just another example that indicates the strong

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection: Day Three A beautiful snowy Sunday...

  

  selecting the Class of 2010. While working on a subcommittee with Jenny and Mike '07, we spied out the window some folks playing in the snow in ... have been nice to have been playing outside in the snow with them

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lunch with Madam President Guess who I got to eat lunch with today?

  

  hopefully none of my professors themselves will ever hit the blog when they ... of the day is that I got to eat lunch with MIT President Hockfield ... this country, especially Really Good Ones, where the president of the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am dumb

  

  pharmacology of synaptic transmission). But I got outside and the wind was ... , and I got soaked from the knees down in the torrential rain. And then I got to the classroom and discovered that class had been cancelled for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Study Abroad Fair Learn about opportunities to study in another country (8 pictures)

  

  (This is a direct paste from an email.) The Undergraduate ... - 5 PM Where: 2nd floor of the Student Center (La Sala de Puerto Rico) Take a look at the countless academic and cultural prospects that over 25

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Boston Fun Tons of Boston fun, with a dash of Cambridge, too.

  

  The weather in the area has been simply glorious over the past week ... : very few of the photographs below are originals) Beacon Hill Boston ... /BU Harvard Square - Grafton Street Pub Central Square - The Enormous Room

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  CityDays and ClayNights Clay Aiken concert, CityDays volunteering, and West Campus luau (lots of pictures)

  

  Clay Aiken! I'm not sure how to explain the phenomenon I witnessed on Sunday night. There are many hundreds of thousands of women across the ... .R.O.C. (the People's Republic of Clay) was generous enough to invite me to Clay

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  fpop-ing I haven't worn a poncho since the third grade.

  

  So over the past couple of days, our FPOP has done some pretty cool ... Dynamics in the Tiny Bacterial Cell, in the Fall. - we toured the Broad Institute where they sequenced part of the human genome. - we walked

  • by Bryan
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind” ...the cow jumped over the moon....

  

  To celebrate the anniversary of the first manned moon landing, Google ... , you can see what the moon is made of ;-) (thanks to diana for pointing ... astronaut, Jeffrey Hoffman. MIT has also produced the most astronauts than any

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston becomes Pottersville The MIT area is full of celebrations for the release of "Harry Potter and the…

  

  So... tonight is the fateful night for millions of Harry Potter fans across the world. And of course, MIT has more than its fair share of HP ... I be doing for the big release? Let me tell you about some of the

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

  Maine, Episode III: Ain’t No Mountain The one with more pictures than text.

  

  On the third day there was abundant sunshine and temperatures were in the low 80's, so I got to hike the Baldface Circle Trail in New ... through the White Mountains. So, I guess this blog entry is about as long

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Cinco De Mayo!!! Admissions counselors make the sexiest models. Oh, and a probability question.

  

  Admissions counselors make the sexiest models. Check out these t-shirts, which were made by the good folks in LUChA. Awesome. Math question: if ... ,500 applications this year, what is the probability that one of them read your

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 5 and a day off (kinda)

  

  '00) and a current student (from the Middle East). Aside from some fantastic applications, the highlight of the day (for me) was my making mango lassis for the staff, to go along with the Indian food we had from India

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  5 days until Mystery Hunt

  

  One of IAP's most exciting activities is the annual Mystery Hunt. In ... and others team up to solve lots of puzzles, with the ultimate goal of ... Friday, January 14, at 12 noon in Lobby 7 (the "main entrance" to MIT). It

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Application season

  

  With the Regular Action deadline just days away, I want to wish all the best to the regular action applicants in finishing up their ... Years Eve! Also, the CSS Profile and FAFSA are about to become available

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Late Night Thoughts On You Guys & This Whole Process Each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether or not…

  

  compelled to log it here before hitting the sack... Please, please, don't take the MIT admissions decision as any indication of your potential. You are all superstars, truly. And each of you is going to make the

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 11, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT is fixed! The deadline for EA has been extended to November 5 due to the recent MyMIT…

  

  The site is back online and peace has been restored to my world. :-) The last two days have been somewhat insane, but I'm glad everything has ... ... As you may have noticed, the deadline for EA has been extended to

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2004
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I submit a creative/maker portfolio as a QuestBridge applicant?

  QuestBridge applicants submit portfolios using the same system that ... required. To learn more about the different kinds of portfolios you can ... . The deadline for QuestBridge applicants is November 1, and fee waivers