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• Blog / Hacks

  Where the Sun Shines, There Hack They MIT is known for many things, including its legendary hacks.

  

  of the interdisciplinary nature of MIT. In 2005 MIT Professor Emeritus Samuel Jay Keyser gave a talk on the history of hacks. In Where the Sun ... part of MIT folklore, hacks can tell much about MIT's culture and

  • by Laurie Everett
  • August 2, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Q&A: Food on campus, UROPs, decisions Qs from prospectives and prefrosh, As from me.

  

  hear, the food is pretty decent, but I can't speak from experience. The ... , in some form or another. I live in French House, which has its own system. We cook dinner in teams of four, which means that I cook once a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  incremental game support group let's distract ourselves with games!

  

  two in the game. You can play this for over a month and still have ... 't take too long to finish; you can even finish the game in one sitting. As a tip, buy processors and memory in a 3 to 7 ratio. A Dark Room. This

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  For Applicants Admitsphere.org, four hens, two ducks, best wishes and high regard from Mac-town, Oregon

  

  I know it's late in the college application season--the deadline is ... in order to learn how to win at high school, college applications, and life.” In other words, to help you! From Jacob: “We believe that you

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 27, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of a Second Semester MIT Student first week impressions

  

  !!!!!!!!!!!! I PASSED. I can sit in 8.02 without any qualms. 8.02 Woke up cozy and ... 't have that safety net of PNR and I actually, well, have to do decently in classes now, I need to take classes that genuinely interest me in order for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 7, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Neil Gaiman! The uncensored version =P

  

  Logs." I love hilariously ridiculous spoof movies in which you can see Tim the Beaver ("the beast") get speared. I also find it really amusing ... is not a rule - there are always exceptions, but in general, I think

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Perfect weekend Sun, fun, and Plymouth Rock.

  

  in the City" on my iPod. There is basically nothing better than walking ... our friend Mark '07 for dinner and a movie. After the movie (where I saw ... not to get skin cancer. I got to prance around in my new polka

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fantastic Course Numbers and Where to Find Them A List of Ways MIT is like Hogwarts

  

  Hogwarts! (I also recently watched Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them ... , ultimately, it’s your choices that matter in both places <3) (also I don ... , but what they grow to be” "Happiness can be found, even in the darkest

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chomsky and Infinities illustrated highlights of an MIT October (part 1)

  

  in the East Campus courtyard. Artemis '18 and I decided to make it ... the Beaver (as seen on the collaborative blackboards of Stata Center ... math and MIT. I now hope to meet more applicants. Come visit! It'll be

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  dishonored him by stepping on his sneakers in a crowded auditorium. Why do I ... without the help of another living mammal in 1966... less I digress.) In my ... in quite a pickle. Where did Mills go wrong? By working harder not

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  lord, it is time for a blog post the huge semester has gone halfway by

  

  conditions. It was "worse than anything I had seen in a long time." I promised ... experience I have had at MIT, if not in my life. It is hard both academically ... semester was going, and I said, in jest, that "my roommate and I have been

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 13, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Camberville

  

  , even in a bad situation where it feels like you're stuck, you can find ... student at Caltech) was in town and going to be there. I like Anna, and with her being in Pasadena, I don't get to see her that often, so I figured I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Off six months of things being just a little weird

  

  reading about topics in philosophy when I have downtime. I don't know if it ... -a-glitch-in-the-simulation-but-unnerving-enough-that-I ... , where anyone can directly text the current DJ. Cats shouldn't binky, but

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 23, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Eating Disorder Awareness Week – The Secret I Kept by julia p. '24

  

  and I am a physics major in the class of 2024. This week is eating ... For as long as I can remember, the world has been a scary, anxiety ... down. In hindsight, I know that this was just anxiety about something

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 23, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  In Transit: Summer Edition A guide to objects that you could theoretically use to get from point A to…

  

  anyone. In fact, I think sometimes impersonating a tuber can be a welcome ... swiped into the subway and in June, I saved a whopping $4 by buying the ... to complete on transportation in Boston. Here are two methods that I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 5, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  A day at Seaborg Technologies interning at a nuclear startup in Denmark

  

  because I didn’t know where to buy cake. I also had an end ... head upstairs, where I tuck myself in a mutebox, which is like an ... I can be the young intern who is distinctly swimming in a bra and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  Together in Service MIT community working collaboratively

  

  and make it work in the world. " Now that’s a theme I can really stand ... I love a good theme. I make a big deal over birthdays in my family ... backs of donkeys in the developing world, said, “The reason I love working

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  ...” or “but their real motivation was...” I realize that the attitude, in ... capital ‘F’, is very different in places like Ethiopia. Instead, I am seeing ... throughout the afternoon and evening (“are people still there?” “I left in 2005

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  You always have been hi everybody!

  

  Dear Reader, I'm writing this in the Wordpress portal and this is an absolute blast from the fucking past. Can I open up by cursing? Is that allowed? One time, in my sophomore year, there was a blogger meeting where I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Your credit history is too short and other adult things

  

  they might be in a few days, or weeks, or months. I can delay apartment ... A credit card is something I, in theory, knew I needed eventually ... landlords care about. I knew all this, in theory. I've known for a few months

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2023