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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures at Trader Joe’s i think i might have joined a cult

  

  'm finally here to enjoy all of the great things it has to offer! For all of ... nearest Trader Joe's to campus is a quick six minute ride on the MIT Shuttle ... . Miso Ramen Soup It's really hard for me to find ramen that doesn't use a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 30, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Home(sick) for the Holidays winter break was weird: time capsule 2

  

  as four months ago, almost like I’ve regressed to a past self. It’s not ... why that is. Maybe it’s the environmental contrast. Maybe it’s force of ... forward a couple weeks. It’s January 7th. I’m flying back to Boston soon

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 24, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Finals™ How to survive AND thrive this finals season?!

  

  myself to accept the fact that it won't be easy, but pain is temporary and ...     Winter is coming. Oh, and so are finals. It's my ... still need to take 6.033 and it just so happens to have a final. Anyhoo

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 18, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Updates exciting, exciting!

  

  's gotten into me :( Second: this weekend is going to be EXCITING! I know of ... turns out, it's not a good idea to accidentally push down on your laptop ... and move to the front, to make it easier for him to come to you and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my year in music, volume 3 i am starting to feel very old

  

  is such a good song and i cannot wait to make an emo cover of it The ... the lo-fi hip hop beats to study/relax to playlist, and that is usually ... to maintain my playlist game is to save 'monthly' playlists that i can

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Last Times waving goodbye to my MIT experience

  

  passed away suddenly, and it shook me to my core that the last time I would ... , but it's strange to me that I've slept my last Sunday night - usually ... strategize to get the buy one get one free deals, and somebody would a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 22, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  i [don’t] have covid?? in conclusion, i am the absolute worst at managing stress

  

  calm myself down, which is why I am BEWILDERED about doing it while half ... simply did not have the mental energy to complete within the next few days ... gone, and my CI-H professor, who is dope as hell, told me to chill on his

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  i feel completely fine and maybe that's okay

  

  versions of me that nobody needs to know, and it is not so bad. I drive ... feel, even the most difficult question in life—what is it you plan to do ... 'm not particularly attached to it, but there is a quality within which

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 12, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  It isn’t what you know, it’s who you know The rules of the networking game

  

  networking is to talk to people. Well actually, there's a little more to it ... yourself out there It's up to you to start forming relationships. Ask the ... looking at. The MIT connection is a great way to find an in. You have to

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  problems you’re asked to solve—it is a creative activity with strict rules ... could not handle it. I did not have enough time or energy to wrap my head ... it hast to do with the way math is taught in your school. Or maybe not

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tying up some loose ends On getting old and doing things I hadn't yet done in Boston. Also, hot dogs.

  

  want to know is do people ever use registries for anything else? Because they seem like something I really want to sign up for.) It's a weird ... 't know why it took me so long to go see the Red Sox play. I actually sort

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 20, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  oh no the future obligatory “i am old” post with pretentious morbing

  

  , it’s a lot harder to pack an explosion back into its shell than it is ... dramatic because it’s nowhere close to true, but I am scared of graduation ... away just a year ago, and now it’s closer than I would like it to be

  • by Anika H. '26
  • October 23, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what’s the point? on impact, art, external validation, and remembering to be kind

  

  job to fix them. The problem with this framing, I think, is that it ... " is that it fails to present a comprehensive[annotation note ... 2: art One thing I'm very grateful to MIT for is that it has really

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 21, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  stupid thought that came to my head, and I kid you not, was, “Why is it ... next semester is going to be a lot more challenging. It’s the end of Pass ... powerful one. Spring is going to be fun. It’s also going to be incredibly

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / Events

  A Trip to AfroTech My Recap of the AfroTech Conference in Houston

  

  ://mitadmissions.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/IMG_2672.mp4"][/video]   Once we made it to the airport ... of its own😔. Eventually, we made it down to the lobby, where we met ... energy and some huge AfroTech signs outside that were impossible not to

  • by Richard O. '28
  • November 30, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: Baker House A tour of Baker House.

  

  work at Diana: it's a really nice place to work Diana: and in the ... Diana: it's a great study break and a chance to meet new people Bryan: i ... floor too Diana: it was really nice freshman year to be able to find

  • by Bryan
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  A salty IAP post Taking a moment to be bitter

  

  expectation that seems like it’s almost designed to breed guilt in students who ... . WHYYYYYYYY. Ok salty rant is over. I don't totally hate IAP, it's just that ... lot of people relate to sad and angry, and D) not everything I post is

  • by Powers '23
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Guest Entry: Leadership @ MIT You can become a leader on the MIT campus. Here's how...

  

  “MIT engineers go to work for Harvard graduates.” This phrase is no ... interdisciplinary problem-solving, MIT is uniquely equipped, and obliged, to make a ... needs. What is leadership? Some say that it’s being the president of a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  't quite know where to start with this post. In fact, I've rewritten it so ... , they also knew just how stressful the MIT culture is. It's not that the ... stable, obviously voiced a little hesitation. It took me a while to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 1) two trains, twelve states, 540 pictures, one Speaker of the House election, and more!

  

  convenient. In any case, it is now pitch black outside; nothing to be seen at ... Chicago. That is, of course, if everything goes to plan. By the looks of it ... , which must be incredibly loud to live in. This is not to say it is

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 11, 2023