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  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  Wrapped is unfortunately a little underwhelming, since I use Spotify for < ... LIBRARY! If you like audiobooks, consider getting a FREE library card at the ... seriousness, the public library system is a truly amazing institution, and they

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mathisms and other linguistic quirks of the nerd incubator

  

  There exists a nontrivial subset of the MIT population for whom the ... the culprit Example:  My roommate: “Late days exist for a reason” Me ... . It gets much worse. However, as the token non-math person of a very

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 15, 2024
• Blog / Community Projects

  Set Theory and other Shenanigans *Literal* Set theory

  

  cards that, for each of their four characteristics, are either all the same or all different. A set must meet ALL of the following conditions ... ’t a single set in the whole board - though I hope you had a merry chase

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Though the Odds A survival story.

  

  . By the time you read this, I'll have been home for over a week - but as ... give you a little background. As part of the GIRs (short for General ... . People talk a lot about the "transition" from high school to MIT. But the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eternal sunshine of the sleepless mind Once again, the title has practically no relation to the actual blog entry.

  

  their digital cameras and took a picture of me for the benefit of the ... :30 PM, which would be a splendid proposal if not for the fact that ... (no kidding), and a final presentation. During one of the presentations

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT writing faculty comment on GPT and other AI assisted writing in education

  

  /W is also the departmental home for the MIT Writing and Communication ... Concerning the Increase in AI-Assisted Writing There has been a noticeable ... with systems such as GPT-3, which is the basis for the very recent Chat

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 24, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  self-destruction my entirely self-inflicted problems

  

  the bathroom at the beginning of january i flew to sf for a job ... for a while and - i unlock the door. hopefully that makes falling ... present for a while i thought the answer was something along the lines of

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 27, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  A Collection of Creative Questions A collage of some of my silliest assignments

  

  questions they ask for their assignments. So here's a short collage of some of ... I thought this abbreviation of the word "Methods" was a very ... I think a lot of MIT professors have a humorous side, and most of

  • by Richard O. '28
  • February 28, 2026
• Blog / Challenges

  [ hard mode ] i'm on hard mode and i'm just a noob

  

  extensions on it. Note to self: Extensions are good. I saw a hawk on the way to ... for saturday which was 10/10 because i visited a family friend and i ... ankle sprain got a lot better. The bruise on my heel completely

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2021
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist ... —if you look beyond the thing you're waiting for—it can also be full of ... talk it out. For right now, we just ask that you have a little patience

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

  ew taxes the new zealand government owes me money

  

  taxes, or save part of your paycheck for the government overlords. In New ... .[/caption] The government owed me thousands!  So my procrastination cost me a lot ... returns for up to five years after the original deadline), this money could

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 13, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week in the Life Hello, Google Calendar.

  

  Climbing that I failed to wake up for. I ended up going to see a talk by the ... . Monday XFair On the day before spring-semester classes began, MIT held a ... . It was not for anything XFair-related. "reg day meeting" In the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  my gap year of nothing and everything certainly something

  

  before I go into it. In short, I worked for a STEM nonprofit and the Biden ... .  For the first half of our trip, we decided to try "real" camping in a ... love for the data team in our victory call <3[/caption] It was a wild

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pre-Orientation Begins Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest!

  

  Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest! This week, the MIT Class of 2010 ... begins on Sunday, but for half of the class, they are already getting to ... programs include one on Architecture and one on Literature. The FPOPs are a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2014…The Parent Edition Suggestions for getting the most out of CPW when you are a parent

  

  dorm when I was a student at MIT but for me it was the perfect choice for ... encourage them “do their own thing” and know that it's good for you to do the same. It’s the best way for them to figure out if they are comfortable

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  because of the significantly higher prices. Good for a last minute gift or a ... Image courtesy of greggavedon.com   The following is a guest ... groceries, here is a reference for food prices. In general, to see how

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fraternities @ MIT They're quite a Rush.

  

  doubt, the most important and most significant decision I made as a ... of the easiest. MIT's 27 fraternities stand alongside the dorms as a major living and social option for close to a thousand men. Like most

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  We Stan Matt Parker i'll try not to mention the parker square

  

  student (at least, for a high school student). But I remember sitting in ... missing the exact right words for this, but to put it frankly: Calculus felt ... mathematician with a PhD is sitting in their office "researching" how to solve the

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  do simply for the pleasure of it,” I’m going to be a little worried ... as a person? On my application, I said that the “something” I do for ... Kevin: Kevin said: what does the admissions office look for in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  *john mulaney voice* Cause we’re delta airlines, and life is— My delta flight this IAP, a couple of weeks late oops

  

  is how it always goes for me. Something about a “young lady” in the ... , panting, and asked the man at the desk where A58 is. He asked for my ID to ... a hotel and take the 6 am flight for tomorrow.” OH NO, I thought, more

  • by ana~
  • January 18, 2022