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• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  I don’t watch much TV anymore and I’m a little behind when it comes to pop culture references, pop music and the like. If it wasn’t for facebook and my…

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Survey says… A LOT of freshmen report that they were leaders in high school!

  

  that the staff asks during admissions are: 1) Has the student

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Comfort Matters A unique application process

  

  MIT’s main lecture hall is in building ten. It’s also room 250. Therefore, by MIT standards, it is referred to as 10-250 (ten two-fifty). It’s utilized for a bunch of…

  • by Snively '11
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Study Break MIT is home to some very dedicated gamers.

  

  : (*EDIT 1/11/08: Visiting this entry again, I happened to notice that some

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 11, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  This was meant to be written a week and a half ago

  

  sudden loud noises, especially when I'm sleeping): 1) Dennis '08 banged on

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bored at work My weekend, a favor to all of you, and some questions to answer

  

  would like something to amuse me.) Previous burning questions: 1. Dan was

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in Cambridge I less than three the holidays.

  

  movies. Yay for holidays! A question, not really answered: 1. Dalia asked

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 26, 2005
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  , or you want to learn more about it, you can read more here. Waiting

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  stories and decision paralysis

  

  were a lot of people whom i recognized from classes or activities a few ... or more valuable than the other; they’re just different, and ... , and i found myself utterly unable to prioritize or decide between people

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 8, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainty becoming a boring adult

  

  field, to have to memorize page after page of granular definitions or to spend hours working through tedious calculations or to conduct experiments ... ’ll also find outlier products or ideas or art (for me some examples in these

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  whiteout conditions forget your mission, just get out alive

  

  classes because i genuinely enjoy them, or because of the inertia. what

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Iron Mask what i learned from MF DOOM

  

  what other people were doing, or even what people liked at the time. He ... honestly, it’s so difficult to do. I mean just look at influencer culture or ... expect or want to see, that they lose who they are, making everything and

  • by kellen manning
  • January 2, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  fake it ’til you make it what is a healthy way to be happy?

  

  , “Thanks, I try.” I wonder sometimes if this trying is good or bad, if I ... ,[/annotation] consume vegetables, or go on long walks where I talk to myself about why I ... ’t want to be sucked in to big and long-term lows. Whenever I cry or get

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 7, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  self care define it or perish

  

  't exercise (oops) or read or explore Boston like i did this summer ... , but i found such solace in the sporadic episode or two whenever i was ... even a day or two ago, which is a nice morale boost when i'm suffering

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 2, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  first snow it snowed on campus

  

  hometown of Portland, OR. To be honest, my first year at MIT, the heavy New

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  a perfect long weekend in other words: i did no work and now am kind of a mess

  

  work or spending enough time with a lot of my friends, or how i’m eating ... outlet—dance—since i no longer have time to read or paint or do any of the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  The World Has Many Trees climb all of them!!

  

  favorite movie. If I saw or heard anything Tarzan-related, I'd beg them to ... college by what I did or didn't succeed in during high school. I recently ... experience using microcontrollers or sensors before, but through the magic

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • March 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m a Pirate Now just in case I don't get a real mit degree lmao

  

  As of last week or so, I've taken and passed the following PE classes: Fencing Pistol Sailing Archery SCUBA And if you know anything about prestigious MIT PE programs, you might be aware of something called a Pirate

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 3, 2018
• Blog / How to MIT

  how (not?) to concentrate a quick guide

  

  literally nothing compared to the doom you face Cry or groan (choose one

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • May 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Was Great in the 1800s (and it's still awesome today)

  

  known as "Technology" or simply "Tech." And Tech students knew how to have ... choose to participate in a variety of musical clubs, French or German plays, or dye their beards for the Beard Club:    Left: MIT L

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2017