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• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  maintaining attitude: 1. Failure is an option Most people go into MIT used to ... 've had to learn at MIT is: hitting a wall is okay!  Actually, it's great ... this is the happiest I've ever been at MIT.  I'm taking classes that

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  10 (more) reasons why MIT is beautiful part tvte?

  

  PDT   (4) Because Killian Court is pretty nice (when geese ... ) Snow is nice too, I guess. A photo posted by Michael Cheung (@m

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  I’M BACK!!!!! (and MIT is hard)

  

  the ‘tvte, I have something that all of you should know: MIT is really ... , because yes MIT is crazy hard, but you will be totally surprised at what you ... about MIT for me is definitely how hard I’ve fallen in love with it. Sure

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 11, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline is approaching no need to panic

  

  committee will see your application. Application tracking is available on MyMIT ... Hi all, The office is closed for the holiday and there are only a ... ; For RA students What is the application deadline? The deadline is

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline is approaching

  

  committee will see your application. Application tracking is available on MyMIT ... ; For RA students What is the application deadline? The deadline is ... ? It is perfectly fine if, through no fault of your own, your school

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 27, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Where is the banana… ...and why is that man chartreuse?

  

  reason, is sitting at a desk, rifling through some papers. His partner, DETECTIVE POLK, is speaking indeterminately into a taupe-colored telephone. In front of him is a two-way mirror through which a nervous-looking aardvark

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  . People will tell you this is a bad idea. MIT students will tell you this is ... inherent to MIT than it is to acknowledge that I have an unhealthy ... had a problem.   In my head, work is an escape. Working is how I

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT is easy if you study rastrology. Getting into awkward positions, at the Bank of London, with penguins.

  

  classes, this was yoga for real people, not yoga for MIT students, and let ... asks the Thermians whether they think "Gilligan's Island" is a historical ... get a free ticket. I rule. The movie is the most adorable thing you will

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Colin Jackson is awesome So is my life, but not to such a great extent.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The pretzel, invented during the 8th century AD, is ... would stare longingly out the window. Then when MIT went back to class on Tuesday, it started raining. And I was like "RAWRGH! I HATE MIT AND WANT TO

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 12, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Why is it called the Brass Rat?

  It's the goal of every incoming student at MIT to get their own Brass Rat—MIT's version of a class ring. The phrase "Brass Rat" is derived from the alleged resemblance of the brass beaver featured on the ring to
• Blog / MIT Life

  Something is coming, part 2… Snively and I are still working on something awesome.

  

  Snively and I are still working on something awesome. This week: (In reference to this.) (Photo credit: Liz Kimball ’11.) (See part one.) (Yes, we ate it afterwards.)

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 13, 2010
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Media Lab?

  The MIT Media Lab is known for its bold innovations that help invent the future, and fosters an “antidisciplinary research community” that mixes and matches seemingly disparate research disciplines to pioneer
• FAQ / Afford

  What is need-blind admissions?

  MIT's need-blind admissions process ensures that you will not be disadvantaged in the admissions process because of your financial need. Our admissions process is need-blind for all students, foreign and domestic.
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the HASS Requirement?

  Institute's capacity for innovation.  MIT SHASS is home to research that has ... 100% of MIT undergraduates study the humanities, arts, and social sciences. At MIT, we consider the humanities, arts, and social sciences
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  home is where the whiteboard is a tradition, continued untraditionally

  

  My dorm, East Campus, is a space made to be shaped by the people ... ... and then we immediately realized how immensely useful it is. Now, we use ... occasionally be very useful to be able to just glance up and check if anyone is

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 30, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it is the escape living a second life as an art student

  

  between some [annotation note="each unit at MIT is supposed to correspond to ... " for 21M.011, MIT's Intro to Western Music class. The piece is lovely and ... insanity of MIT?” One-by-one, the choir members answered that music is

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 26, 2022
• Blog / Events

  IAP is moving along

  

  .186 Mobile Autonomous Laboratory (Maslab) (as a TA): This is an advanced vision-based autonomous robotics class/competition that is in its seventh ... went to one yesterday, and it was fun!). MIT has many, many martial arts

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tech is Hell we are happy, tech is hell

  

  . They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful ... grasped that Sisyphus is the absurd hero. He is, as much through his ... whole being is exerted toward accomplishing nothing. This is the price

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 13, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  time travel is overrated conversing with my past self

  

  now-fleeting memories. but would it be wrong to say that MIT is also a ... answer is both yes and no. yes, in the sense that everyone at MIT is ... arrived at MIT, we all gathered in kresge auditorium for one final event

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • November 2, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Everyday Is Like Sunday

  

  ultimate target for admits is this year. A few notes, for the record: Your ... of Ben, who said it just right. "Please, please, don't take the MIT ... , truly. And each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 12, 2004