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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Floating On A Whim [by Katharine Chu '09, Guest Blogger] An art UROP carries a curious course 9-er all…

  

  , and the research he did for his paintings. We learned that not only did ... showed other artists' work in his house. After the visit, not only did I ... into MIT wanting to do the same thing as when you leave without even

  • by ARTalk
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Pursuing CS as a (near) beginner being a prospective CS major with little programming experience

  

  that I'm not good enough to make the most out of it. If I really hated 6 ... first part of the current lab. Getting help is one of the best policies in ... of knowledge”: The curse of knowledge is a cognitive bias that occurs

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 14, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Premed and Me (frankly speaking) MIT is hard, but MIT premed doesn't have to suck. Here's why.

  

  , numbers and one-upmanship equivalent of the "Not necessarily being the ... lies the curse: if you're not comparing your performance to something ... try not to fall off the face of the earth; I got a Netflix instant

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 29, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  101 questions we’ve asked ourselves at MIT we're all just trying to figure it/life/ourselves out

  

  story is not unique. Many of my friends at MIT are also on a similar ... ? Am I just bad at managing my time? Is it even possible to achieve the ... the hell is a cover letter? What does it mean to “hang out”? Do I

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 27, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wooo Summer The goal as usual is to do ALL the things

  

  dentist. I am terrified of the dentist. It is not like I have ever had any ... do is pass and happy happy happy yayyy frosh.  I was wrong.  I did not ... is Archeology and the Human Experience, and it was so great!  The class

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • July 15, 2013
• FAQ / Testing

  What are the MIT test codes?

  MIT's code for SAT is 3514 MIT's code for ACT is 1858 MIT's code for TOEFL is D021
• Blog / Athletics

  How to jump out of an airplane and live We have football, pistol, fencing, and TKD. . . but did you know we also…

  

  redundancy built in to the skydiving gear you wear.  Not only is there a ... and says "Dude, Nadya (the instructor on that jump) is really upset with ... soon realized that the MIT skydiving club is alive and well.  I

  • by Snively '11
  • July 31, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh Wow KABOOM!

  

  , I will be done with all psets (this is just a theory). I'll spend the ... I should NOT be writing this right now because I have a ton of other ... !!!!!!!!!!!!) This is just a quick update on how life is for me right now (that's what

  • by Snively '11
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  The Art of Scheduling breaking and forming habits

  

  , on the other hand, is much more rigid, depending on where you are. For ... Unproductivity. [visually_hidden]An XY Graph is shown, where the Y-axis is labeled as "Discipline" and the X-axis is labelled as "Time". In Quadrant 2

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Lots of questions today! Lots of answers, too.

  

  in the entry on stuff, and it somehow slipped my mind. (This is what ... school lets out; usually the first really hot week of summer is the second ... close by for dry-cleaning? Yes. The closest place is definitely the one in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

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

  

  , but the point is that it's not as high a number as you think. Obviously ... — Knowing is not half the battle. We think that if we're cognizant of it, we ... , but I ended up enjoying it a lot. The course is a psychological

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

  A Week of Chocolate and Octagons Some thoughts and some pictures.

  

  going back to school after a long absence. It is hard -- not the level of ... trying processes I've endured, with the anxiety of not really knowing where ... that the world of fussing over grades and AP scores and class rank is a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  I am lethally bored in the airport boooooo

  

  to the bit. (p.s. this is also what I want my signature French fries to ... possible (boo) For the first time, get excited that security is taking a ... sitting is the new smoking and try to calculate how many metaphorical packs

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.

  

  's home than your own. The point of this diatribe is that I would not try ... the obvious fact that MIT is a tough place- the reputation exists for a ... all; I learned the subjects much better and 18.03 is so super, super

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  a hackathon, a marathon I went to MIT EnergyHack!

  

  the opening event on Friday. Josephine is a chemical engineer, Rick ... at 9:30 but the rest of us, uh, did not"]11am,[/annotation] we set to ... , which is less common, but that didn’t mean the two weren’t compatible

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the Infinite Corridor?

  The Infinite Corridor is MIT’s spinal cord. Many of our departments ... through the sky is roughly a circle that moves north and south as the ... end of the corridor. This particular moment is sometimes called MIThenge
• Blog / Announcements

  A New Year, A New President Introducing Dr. Sally Kornbluth, the 18th President of MIT

  

  the Supreme Court and the fact that we do not do give a legacy ... 's past Presidents is a formidable register of some of the most significant ... , now you know why."]in the auditorium of the new Welcome Center

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Ended Up Working for a Reality TV Show

  

  around the U.S. and it's entrepreneurs, will be premiering next year. I always liked the idea of reality TV - capturing real moments with real people. But most "reality" TV is fake nowadays and so we want to do

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / Events

  East Campus REX Events! welcome to the wild wild west

  

  theme is “Wild Wild West” and we plan to deliver on this - come to the ... up the courage to do it, the EC courtyard is the place for you! We have ... ): This isn’t in the REX booklet, but since prep is from 6:30-7 PM, I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 20, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  you & i will always be back then time is an illusion that helps things make sense

  

  to be too childish for my tastes, as the show is riddled with moments ... bits and gags. (Not that these weren't enjoyable, I think the immaturity is necessary to understand the show fully.) I took a long break from

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2022