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• Blog / MIT Life

  frosh thingies i couldn’t decide what to write so i’m writing about everything

  

  that I graduated from grade school. Ironically, it’s really starting to ... organizing stuff. I have tried to start using a google calendar, but it’s not ... a lobotomized goldfish, people are really nice about it, which is why

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions? Answers. A valiant attempt at creating an entry that fits as many categories as reasonably possible.

  

  arts at MIT or eating desserts at MIT) : it's difficult to approach ... years. Also, I prefer to avoid it completely by (1) grocery shopping on a ... through a wooden door, which is why I chose to live in one of the non

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One and one and one is three Haha, it tells me to write an excerpt. This whole entry is an excerpt.

  

  ." Mitra: "Diarrhea is genetic, too." Sam: "What the...?" Mitra: "It runs in ... It was a music-filled, and unfortunately not work ... window and try to guess what's just outside the contextual frame. I wish I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  Gallivanting with Gilles or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the MIT Mailing Lists.

  

  incredibly lucky, because no one else will tell them this. Here it is: The ... on the back. Still, it got 30+ MPG, its 5spd stick shift was fun to ... a car is nice. But buying a car off of Craiglist is always dicey, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 4, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! Plus lots of awesome advice from MIT students!

  

  campus for a 3-day Campus Preview Weekend.  Suffice it to say that those ... life of its own, and kind of sucks you in. But you’ll also need to be ... from the Student Center to the abode that is Random Hall. Beyond our

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Choose a Laptop for College your companion for all four years

  

  that it actually looked ugly and felt awkward to use. IS&T lists ... computer, I enjoyed fixing it and continued to mess around with it. I went ... $800 and it was as good as the MIT IS&T recommended computers but

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s like a bag of sand! I go on a quest to legally obtain music and movies.

  

  you to buy things off its own website? Was there some revolutionary ... gifted teachers just said I was "special.") ...there's more to it, of ... Mission was Very Important because it took six months to complete. Also, I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 29, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Follow Your Intuition It will lead you in the direction of Central Square

  

  their children. It is a bit too crowded to do homework there on a ... physics books, but as she dryly noted, it added up to less than a typical ... told me it was time to move on. I don't think she realized we'd move on

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Remember…

  

  It is difficult for me to accept that the MIT Blogs are turning 10 ... in my own MIT application. I remember the day I brought it to the post ... inviting everyone to join an AIM chat room called "MIT09." For many of us, it

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  A Random [Hall] Sophomore’s Guide to CPW OMG! CPW! OMG! CPW! OMG! :D

  

  , double-canopy umbrella. It was, according to Amazon, the BMW of umbrellas ... . Mmmm chocolate. PooF To GO TO (Points for the Good of the Order) When it ... . Your goal over CPW is to meet everybody. EVERYBODY. You will not reach

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  a state of moving ny --> ma, macg adventures

  

  were recently put into mandatory quarantine. It is vital to protect the ... . Smooth and calm. It was roughly 5 hours to get from NYC to Boston, much of ... Providence. It was a bit hectic once I got to Boston because of all my luggage

  • by Waly N. '24
  • April 5, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Tragedy for MIT and Boston Devastating news for our community.

  

  , MIT has cancelled classes today, and is urging employees to stay home ... sophomore Emily TenCate almost immediately put together an initiative to buy ... circumstances. She planned to buy the breakfast from the awesome nearby cafe Flour

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / Events

  LSC – It Doesn’t Suck! Reject digital, return to 35 mm analogue

  

  separate smaller reels before returning it to the distributor. This is where ... screen or talk to one of our personnel after the show. LSC – it doesn ... projectionist for the club. After all, I reasoned, college is a time to try out

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Comprehensive Guide to Vending Machines at MIT Because it needed to be done.

  

  of this story, however, is that it took us twenty minutes to find a ... inexplicable desire to drink soda. As in, I had to drink soda immediately or I would fail my test even harder than I was already going to fail it. I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 2, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  in remembrance of my sticker collections for stickers are vessels for stories

  

  empowering it is to dance with fire in front of a supportive crowd. I love ... really is. It's energy and life. ~ Aang in Avatar the Last Airbender East ... stickers on this one that I refuse to throw out. Apparently H2GO is a brand

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cooking for Myself I haven't set off the fire alarms yet!

  

  , which is REALLY NICE because it means you don’t have to haul all your ... ’t know about you, but I like to eat. I grew up in a family where food is ... on making yummy food, and making a lot of it. Cooking is a social event

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  parents and get to know other people within a pandemic pod. It’s really ... . highly recommend."]cliche coming of age movie.[/annotation] It really is ... any time to appreciate it all before I plunged deep into the pits of

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  road trip here in my car I feel safest of all I can lock all my doors…

  

  or so on the weekends) because I needed to drive. It's a calming ... do I drive to? The short answer is "food." I go to Star Market for ... I really like driving. I wanted to go to college in a city with

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 21, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Prefrosh: My ‘Year On’ ...and why you should listen to Matt McGann. [by Vicky Thomas '12]

  and important it is to meet and collaborate with the world's many ... phrase because it negates the notion that a "year off " is a year ... normal routine. And mine definitely has been. To prove it, here's a play

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Sorting Hat of Sorts Where you live may be one of the most important parts of your time here…

  

  (HA!). The Temporary Housing Assignments. Hard to believe that it was ... it's worth saying that for me at least, where you choose to live can be ... success. Thankfully the MIT Housing system is designed to give everyone the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2011