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• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did MIT invent hacking?

  creativity, cleverness, and difficulty of execution. A 1958 prank in which the ... distinguishes itself not only for its seriousness of purpose but also for its unique sense of humor, as expressed in the arena of hacking. Hacks at the
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Randomness

  

  jump right into French 2 for the next term.) I have a 150-175 word ... Well, as Laura said in her latest entry, tonight was the "telethon ... got me an answering machine or a "so-and-so isn't home." Regardless, it

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Pictures that don’t belong anywhere else – Part I because i'm a slackslackslackball.

  

  pictures for the sake of clarity. Because you see, we have a second ... REUSING some of the pictures I took for the viewbook.) A double in East ... , all dressed up for Christmas. This is my side of the room: and

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 17, 2007
• Blog / Summer

  The 9-to-5 grind (or the 9-to-6:30 because that's when the free dinner is, and a girl's gotta eat)

  

  for a buffet-style breakfast. They really make this the best meal of the ... for a run. Submit the finishing touches on the latest batch of code, and ... really just sit in front of a computer for 8 hours a day? Do you work on

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 4, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ We've been getting a lot of questions about our testing requirements; here are the answers.

  

  TOEFL? A. TOEFL is the one test for which we have minimum scores. They ... testing requirements. For the most up-to-date information, please view the ... this year and for whom English is your primary language, here is the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Teaching at MIT we live and we learn and we teach

  

  . [compensation] I was paid the standard rate for a Lab Assistant in Course 6, which ... As my second semester at the Institute draws to a close, I've been ... solving the problems associated with creating a curriculum and breaking down

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 16, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-Thanksgiving Post-stuff and Foodstuffs In which I'm reminded I have a life, and am thus eligible to give a…

  

  've learned a number of things: At MIT, the week of my birthday has always been ... myself up less over the idea of always doing at least a fair amount of work ... , that's at the root of it. For what it's worth, I enjoyed some

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  being present im in st petersburg!!!

  

  bad to just slow down for a while, to focus more on taking in the world ... and within a reasonable time frame. The plan was simple – I’d finish all my psets and work due on a given Friday, and then immediately start the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Some Q & A about the waitlist.

  

  aiming for a class of about 1,020 students this year. Based on our ... uncertainties, we also keep a waitlist of students. How many people are on the ... -- and I am hopeful that we will -- the odds are that it won't be for large

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 2) Where the music is richer.

  

  , I rung the doorbell to the house, and waited for a response. For ten ... a study abroad is kind of like matchmaking. For one month (or ... out which shop has the best churros con chocolate, and slowly, paso a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 2

  

  , "I'm so confused. MIT has a beaver? But so does Caltech." Right. The ... for ISEF this year?" Yes! I'm looking forward to the Intel International ... Globe (free registration required) which gives a good overview of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  tiny living when life gives you lemons...

  

  for the day, we took a quick run to Target and bought all our kitchen ... coming soon) into a new one in the heart of Boston. Unbeknownst to us ... listing said it had a kitchen. Secondly, we knew the bathrooms were shared

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 1, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Additional Questions & Answers Regarding Music At MIT If you've pursued music in high school and wish to continue doing so in college,…

  to them in a given ensemble for the upcoming semester. The faculty will ... and wish to audition for a performing group after the semester has begun ... concentration, and some who choose to declare a music minor or major - but the

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rainboots, Math, and M&M’s Because I have a bunch of little stories to tell, not one big one.

  

  got them at the COOP on Monday after coveting them for a year. I had been waiting for a rainy day to wear them, and today was the day: it came ... like stepping confidently into the center of a deep puddle, knowing your

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Designing dead ends A look into the "misc." folder on my desktop

  

  redesigned the sites for Admissions and SFS a few years back. We did, in fact ... applications, sitting on the admissions committee, or [annotation note="In a ... responsible for setting up our major publications to print (like the Affording

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to UROP because you basically ARE einstein

  

  actively searching for a student, b) decide to post it on ELx, c) check the ... longevity with. Working for a lab for a semester will not give you the same ... research. Here’s a grainy photo of one I did earlier this month for the Chem

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 26, 2026
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  weighting my work hours into IAP for a reason. I've learned in the past that ... IAP is a wonderful time here at MIT, where the month of January is ... , and it’s especially prevalent over IAP. I teach Hebrew for fun and as a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Hold your breath my first CPW

  

  . Friday. Grilled burgers for lunch. More classes. A board game event. The ... meeting with my teammates for 6.033. Meet the Bloggers. A trivia bee in the ... when things don't go as planned? You slip up, you forget a sentence, the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  a time capsule of east campus multi-media, community-built

  

  ... you could feel a bit of the heart that beats for east campus past ... i've been in a funny little writing rut, far away from the keyboard ... brings them peace, objects that capture a memory. one of the greater fears

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 12, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Lovin’ Tell me more, tell me more!

  

  , right?! Of course, there is A LOT more, but for the sake of space, I won ... programs (and since then, the deadlines for the three summer programs that ... the rescue occurs a bit off the shore). Moreover, we also went to the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2008