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• Blog / How to MIT

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  stereotypical broke-college-student way. Curious to find how others think of ... an additional $50/month on essential items, not including the cost of ... spend about $300/month on essential items, including food regardless of

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO: Fear of Mis-Optimizing ice cream teaches me a thing or two

  

  a brief respite finds me on the second floor of [annotation note="MIT's main entrance, located on 77 Mass Ave"]Lobby 7.[/annotation] i let my ... outline the rest of my day, but a [annotation note="i've gotten the freshman

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / Residential Life

  four ways to unstrip a screw tΞp work week tales

  

  Charles River on the north and the glittery high rises of Back Bay Boston on ... screwdriver anymore. This occurs when the tip of a screwdriver slips on the ... courtesy of Toolever Of course the five screws on the sweep have to be old

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 3, 2023
• Blog / Events

  The middle days of the week

  

  days of the week: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. On Tuesday, I went on ... children. The sheets of braille were already printed on transparent stickers ... because at Manray, despite the large numbers of good dancers, there's always

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Little Pieces of Living january & february & march & now, april

  

  quesadillas with the stove turned on all the way — inadvisable, but much more fun that way — and many servings of pasta. We made pancakes one weekend ... 's playing on repeat and I had felt like a part of me was soaring. I am glad

  • by Sara N. '28
  • April 2, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Otra Vez, Como Siempre Some J-Pop to cheer you up. =p

  

  the students new (and hilarious) methods of approaching math, literature ... way - where they put the exam ID numbers of everyone who qualified for Todai on big poster boards in front of the campus and you have to go to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Derailment My Gap Year

  

  real job. The first few weeks on the job were tough. All of my colleagues ... about the possibilities of my time ‘off’. I began feeling right on track ... it might be of interest to you! Enjoy, and comment. Derailment

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 18, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  the classes among us reflections and too many flashbacks on classes ft. ESG

  

  snowball of second-guessing my answers. In most humanities classes, on topics ... significant is this number? Does a ratio of 5:1 mean a lot when you can have a freshman lecture size of 400? One of the quintessential features of American

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Odd Jobs How non-seniors can occupy their time before and during graduation

  

  keep track of on a day-to-day basis). I don’t really have a better way ... —MIT alumni gathering on campus to see old friends, reminisce about the good old ... coffeehouse, back in the day when this space on the 3rd floor of the student

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  i’ve joined a sorority and what that means to me

  

  frats and srats, where frats have seemingly boatloads of money to spend on ... the chaos of Random, but I think there'll be a lot of new adventures in ... new people, and I think this is the best way to jump right into it. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 21, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “This is not a smoking gun for superfluidity. This is a cannon.” Physics Breakthrough at MIT

  

  some of my favorite websites for news and updates, but I have this ... Office: MIT physicists create new form of matter June 22, 2005 CAMBRIDGE ... among physicists: They have become the first to create a new type of

  • by Bryan
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  We Wear Matching Hats Very nearly one year ago, I wore the hat you're all wearing this week.

  

  holiday weekend in New York with some friends. I acquired a real curio of a ... it's good enough to take the place of all your future gifts. :-) I was ... lot of my interests, the things that really defined who I was, on hold

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Rediscovering en Plein Air Painting by Elisa X. '26, MEng '26

  

  this exploration, in the midst of all these new experiences, I side ... layering and fast drying time. During the beginning of the pandemic in my ... , given how long of a break I took from painting, but I suppose the ways I

  • by Allison E. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Even Waitresses Under 30 Call Me ‘Sweetheart’… Some thoughts about how classwork and free time intersect at MIT, with a look at…

  

  of MIT's new Initiative on Technology and Self, which is working to ... ways with her mid-20s long ago, kept asking variations of "How is ... Brian and I set out for the front steps of MIT on Wednesday evening, and

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Global Languages Freshman Learning Community engaging frosh done right

  

  new light on the history of the French capital. We also discussed what makes good political and protest photography. Next on the docket, we have ... 's really interesting and was a great way to kick off the FLC's focus on COVID

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  .616 - Games and Culture (blogpost pending) is a class on the role of ... all its worth, but I still gets lots and lots of questions about being a ... it and they have a great blogpost on 21E here, but I'll reiterate it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy: Continued This time, the title even makes sense.

  

  )). Instead of paying for MIT parking, though, I keep my car on the street. It ... 't all bad, however; I got to hop on my shiny new bicycle (thanks ... time on the new bike before the cold really sets in, I was moderately

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 22, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  impression of college was from scrolling on college websites, watching media ... spend most of my time anxious meeting so many new people on campus at once ... ’t quite supplement the feeling of actually being on campus.  That being

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything what i did this IAP!

  

  's over"). I can't overstate how wonderful it was -- like a third way of ... ' snazzy!; new hooks; a closet that's fully packed on five different lines ... as good as it gets. There are a lot of things I'd like to accomplish

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21L.011 Are You [film] Experienced?

  

  a couple classes to choose from based on the results of your placement ... class, touching on subjects like objective goods, rational desire, and ... advisor was really good about, well, advising me on what to do. I “shopped

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 21, 2008