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• Blog / MIT Life

  A point to clarify

  

  be in now because it's not easy to get into some dorm in the re ... to be able to stay there. And well, it's easier to move your stuff ... overstating it. Drew, you should make every effort to get into the optimal place

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Row, row, row your boat aka varsity sports at MIT

  

  I always seem to know I’m back at MIT when I can vaguely hear my alarm go off at 6am. A lot of people seem to think I’m crazy for waking up what seems ridiculously early for MIT students to go and exercise for 2

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 27, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I think I am slowly going insane This is your brain on AI-generated videos

  

  was trying to create a benchmark for evaluating AI-generated videos, and outsourcing to MIT students was the best way to get the high-quality human ... really wanted to build one for myself, so I knew I had to compete

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 6, 2024
• Blog / Events

  My Halloween Costume is Better Than Yours It didn't give me an inflated ego or anything.

  

  give me the ability to run up walls. But the whole get up did greatly ... Halloween. I then ignored all of your votes and went with the most popular ... confident I could pull off. But thanks to the wonders of google and my credit

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 9, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest post] Eating Your Way Through MIT The story behind Chop Stir Hack, an MIT student food magazine

  

  getting some information about the recipe to write a short intro blurb ... of the semester when we try to get the issue done and printed, but it’s incredibly rewarding to hold the finished product in your hands. The whole

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 26, 2020
• 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 / Academics & Research

  zero knowledge ^ not you after reading this post!

  

  asking a bunch of people what the color of each ball is to get a consensus ... seem absurd at first glance and obvious in hindsight, so you get used to ... and jelly from separate vendors to get better deals, but want to prove

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 25, 2022
• 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 / Extracurriculars

  And the winners are… 2010 Blogger results!

  

  Admissions staff plan to keep pushing the technology behind the website, giving ... who to invite into the elite ranks. Unfortunately that would be a lie ... , and one large pizza, we were able to narrow our list to the magic number

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i (kinda) studied for finals brought to you by "a PNR mindset"

  

  getting a 100% and a 70% in a class will show up exactly the same on your transcript. hence, don't try to get a 100"]A, B, or C[/annotation]) or No ... abuse your PNR experience: Go AWOL all semester and then just try to

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 22, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  30 questions with my roommates! I had writer's block so I forced my roommates to make content for me

  

  your team gets to program a robot which plays the game (this year, the ... now. i like to write (mainly poetry) and i am also trying to get ... chicks about to get eaten by a petrel until a tiny Adelie penguin runs in

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2022
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How does pass/no record work?

  Here's something else to love about MIT! The first semester at MIT is graded on a pass/no record basis: if you pass the class you get a “pass” on your transcript;  if not, there's no record you took it. The
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  : As you can see, it is best to use a hook size that matches your yarn ... could level out with your yarn, and you become acclimated to the rigor of MIT. Otherwise, you adjust your yarn to match your hook, and you create

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  51 Things I Want to Say to 2022s one senior's autumn thoughts

  

  , brace yourself for lift-off or landing. Get to know your professors and ... pressure to get into relationships, have sex, drink, or otherwise lose your ... questions and comments at the Early Action webcast. I've enjoyed getting to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I Never Thought I Would Join a Sorority ...but here I am?

  

  when I’m not feeling great. It’s easy to be around others when you’re ... To all of you who are wondering how in the world you will navigate ... anything remotely close to "greek life", or in my case, a sorority, in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Happenings What's been going on? Recent events at le MIT.

  

  , you had to get in line early for ring sales to get a subsidy. Therefore, Cara L. and I woke up at 6:30 am on a Saturday to get in line for 10 am ... best way to get this message across." I'll update if there is more news

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 4, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  e3 2k19 at long last, i got to go to gamer christmas

  

  immediately rushed to the website to buy a pass. i then realized that the ... me and the other interns waiting in line to get in[/caption] [caption ... managed to make it into the middle of the line to get a ticket for the 10

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 14, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.

  

  , it'll get you where you need to go, but sometimes it breaks. If it ... day at work. Due to a lovely and thick stacks of nondisclosure ... ' toys, are then sent to packaging so that they have a solid model to mold

  • by Snively '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Circus School Mitra flies like a trapeze artist; fruit flies like a peach.

  

  . Then your left hand. (It really helps to trust the person holding on to your belt.) Then lean forward. (This is where you really need to trust the person holding on to you.) You think you're leaning as far forward

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Enrolled 09’s: Watch Your Mailbox I've been getting a lot of questions about the Next Big Mailing (NBM®). Here's the…

  

  I've been getting a lot of questions about the Next Big Mailing (NBM ... enormous pile of folders they have waiting to go out. So here's what I can tell you... 1) They're going to start mailing them in the next few days

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 4, 2005