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• Blog / How to Human

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

  

  people tend to overestimate their unhappiness about not getting a job, as ... 's a limit to which your life satisfaction increases with your income; studies point to it being around $75,000 that your emotional well

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to change majors in just five easy steps!

  

  previous credits to use. 5) You are now in your new major Last spring, my ... , painfully, inch by inch. You will lose yourself. You will become someone new ... to change my mind, so I did. 3) Choose a new major I had no idea what

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for October write those personal essays! submit those early apps! get PUMPED UP

  

  Last month, Petey posted a motivational soundtrack for the month of September. A lot of y'all seemed to like it, so we made another one for October! This month's theme is to get hyped up and get shit done! :) Give

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  how to draw dotted lines on chalkboards, mit style dotted lines go brrrrr

  

  dotted line! Troubleshooting: If you just get a solid line, you’re either ... need to loosen your grip slightly. And there you have it! That’s it! You’re making dotted lines! To change the shape of your dotted lines, you can

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 20, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  things i have done since leaving school but only in the ten hundred most used words

  

  flew on many air cars to places near and far enjoyed life by the day ... to be a doctor in games computers and learning didn't get into the big ... 't even ask to live! we just get put here without any say in the matter so

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 19, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Orientation and pre-approval In which I relate orientation to getting pre-approved for a credit card in a totally…

  

  to your questions - but this was too good not to post right away. So here's a brief message brought to you by my junk mail.) I have a first ... people you know are going to be your classmates for the next four years

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 22, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have such cool friends! A guest post by a good friend of mine from my undergrad days.

  

  yours, in fact! But I did want to write briefly about something really ... language) to create your job is heaven. Business meetings, marketing strategy ... -up to help make learning foreign languages easier in foreign

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  leaving season blue blue blue

  

  really because every time, you think there is still a lot to get done ... for a long time. i started to, hold on to your hats, like that random ... fears of the leaving and the trying to find new places and the forgetting

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 21, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Radio Radio

  

  -profit organization status: $25,000 would be donated to the station by Turner under the ... WMBR -- go here for the stream, good to listen to while you're studying ... intended to distribute his TV station in Atlanta (then called WTCG) over

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  't let them define themselves by doing things only to get into certain ... classes get rejected. Why? Because often these kids knew how to grind, but ... want to, or simply because you think it will get you into college

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

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  getting in and not getting in, but you'd rather look your best throughout ... enrollment") Both of these examples, of course, don't get caught by spell ... on Microsoft Word to proofread your essay -- you'll want to take a keen

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (An Incomplete Guide to) Summer Opportunities for MIT Students Pantsuits, stress, hyperlinks.

  

  , résumés: I was having none of it--my focus was on adjusting to the new ... essentially look through the listings and decide on three to apply to. If you're ... 're working on. At these presentations, you get the chance to hear directly from

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / MISTI

  a day in my life as a MISTI student ft. research and friends

  

  ,[/annotation] so I drag myself out of bed by 7 and get to work. 8:00 AM By 8, I ... presentations by individual members of the group to share what they’ve been ... new. I take the bus for about twenty minutes, then get off where the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 17, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Coworker Shenanigans Summer friends

  

  , we'll all get on a plane and fly to New Mexico, where we'll reduce some ... straight face, I asked Jenn to go inside and get the sheet off the bed so ... them down to the appropriate receivers. My pulsar data is collected by

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  . You're right over the wing and get to witness the beauty of flight ... you will need to be able to pick your seat. I warn you that all of the ... WILL recline their seat as far as it can go, the person to your left will

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  what i talk about when i talk about running with apologies to murakami

  

  the gifted sprinters, and us "amateur hobbyists" were less likely to get ... in all of HS track was to scrape by and qualify for the away meets ... from studying, and you're going running?" My roommate (a native New

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holiday Gifts, MIT Style Some unique products from MIT people.

  

  the bed that its owner will be forced to get up to find it when the ... , but it can take you half a day to reach your destination, and you are ... freedom to get around. They offer convenience and flexibility to fit the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  last fall / last fall it's senior year and i still haven't learned anything

  

  honest answer was that I had ceased to be pleasantly exhausted by the ... in your near-adult life. Because there is just so much to do all the time, you really want to protect your time at MIT and learn the important

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  tick tick tick and the euphoria of it stopping

  

  get in? tick I’m just going to shut up, put my nose to the grindstone ... students to get through it.  … They made me feel like everything was going to ... , temperate weather of Boston? How's family? Your brother still asking you to

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 16, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  MY college essay 498 words of angst.

  

  going in as a girl,that know has changed, it if I can get her to read your ... TV and fridge, sure- you're welcome to put whatever you'd like into ... have to tell the truth. Your room doesn't look like a 'I could be an

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 12, 2008