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• FAQ / Life and culture

  What do you mean by “MIT Speak”?

  .03, which is 5-0-7, for 6-2. At MIT, all of your friends would understand exactly what you're saying. (You have to enter "MIT Code" in the ask field to get an answer.)
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Railroad reading A Thursday evening book review that nobody really asked for.

  

  . "What socioeconomic class would you say your person belongs to?" "Do you ... this book. Roth can really write, and I want to get acquainted with some ... auction sites. Otherwise, I'd totally be there. I was going to link to all

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Journal of Negative Results, among other things Absurdities I encounter while livin' my life.

  

  absentee ballot today. It was exciting.) That should be enough to get you to ... most epic Google Doc ever to grace the face of the earth, containing ... in chromosome 5, leading to an extension of the circadian period from

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Weekend of Hacking three events, one weekend

  

  MIT, companies ranging from the likes of Facebook and Google to smaller companies ... You're flipping through the TV channels, bored out of your mind ... that catches your attention. A brilliantly parodied logo appears on the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 24, 2014
• Blog / Blog Projects

  seven questions with youtubers the mit side of youtube

  

  -sentence pitch for your channel. Sarah Chieng: My channel tries to capture the ... friends and family loved  getting to see what I was up to, so I just ... I talked with MIT undergrads who make YouTube videos! Read on to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 14, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  your dad works -- would it be nice to get to see him frequently, or would ... the online application. Also, I am not going to count the words in your ... 'd encourage you to show your essay to your favorite English teacher, tell him

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give MIT Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences a Chance Yultide Day 5

  

  us to learn and get feedback from each other. Smaller departments ... ’t even matter that much. You’re free to pursue internships or research ... your opportunities or access to resources. In conclusion, here is a list

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester’s shenanigans what i've been up to!

  

  —partly because i thought i was too late to the game to get good at it, and partly ... freshman seminar; we go to cool places like Google and MIT Open Learning and ... 's applied to real-world problems. also, we get free dinner before every

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roombaaaa The longest trip I've ever taken in my life

  

  with so many different motivations are attracted to Career Fair, it gets ... we needed to catch to get to iRobot. But then we couldn't find the bus ... time to get to the hotel. By the time we arrived at HQ, we were an hour

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 21, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  bucket lists, grocery lists, and a li(s)tany of other things this is actually just an excuse to make people list-en to me talk about minecraft

  

  collecting every block in the game and getting killed by every possible mob, to ... recorded as a P on your transcript, and a fail is sent to the backrooms ... , etc. I really want to get familiar with all of the crazy machines and

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  some things that you hear before you come to MIT, and even while you're ... Sleep. Eat. Exercise. It's easy to let your health slip, especially when ... not going to be able to work your best anyways. So if you're tired, don

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on a desk? That which we call a workspace by any other name would look as depressing...

  

  following sports once I got to college. Or maybe I just enjoy getting a peek ... . But in the last month, since coming back to MIT from Thanksgiving break ... while you’re on a plane, yet so fast when you’re taking a final exam and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 2 A recap, with pictures.

  

  Google Maps for an hour or so. Met up with Lorelle and headed to the BSU ... Another insane (in a good way) day! Got to MIT early; checked in with my fellow admissions peeps. Not bound to the Reg Desk today, I made the

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 8, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2020 if you read even one of these i will be happy

  

  'm going to do? I'm going to find out your username, and get my workstation ... pick up your mail. I'm going to contact your file server and remove your ... I was going to name this post "Things I enjoyed reading this year

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 23, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  Dormire et Laborare Sleeping and Working at the Institvte

  

  discovered that if you’re ever in a place you think you’re not supposed to be ... trying to get card access for the last week. Self-identified ladies, this ... student, I’d like to get more invested in activism on and outside campus, so

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 28, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruth says update your blog! FIRST is cool. So are rebuses.

  

  didn't get back to campus until quarter til 11. I mean, come on. Anyway ... his suite: Ruth says update your blog!" And when Ruth tells you to do ... '08 and I decided to literally run circles around the dorm. The title of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 1 Never be afraid to go straight to the top.

  

  your brains enough, you'll remember that I mentioned we were going to ... registration form. I read it very carefully. One way to get into the Toy Fair was ... Intent from a lawyer or bank on official letterhead stating your intent to

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 2) The dog days of summer.

  

  , and then go home and have dinner afterwards. I also elected to get paid ... United Methodist Church in Tallahassee, Florida, began as an effort to provide repairs and basic necessities to homes of impoverished families in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All? how do i live without regret?

  

  think it's going to be the same, but it's not. And you're going to sit ... in your suffocating little cubicle, and you're going to think: Is this ... playing on me. You will have the most freeing, most independent, most

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  on happiness and well-being Coursera attempts to cure our depression

  

  , and I feel like I have more independence to pursue things I enjoy on my ... people tend to overestimate their unhappiness about not getting a job, as ... 's a limit to which your life satisfaction increases with your income

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 11, 2020