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• Blog / Personal Travel

  I who have nothing Darling, 'tis I who loves you.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? In Renaissance Spain, when white skin was cultivated as ... the clay, which would absorb all of the water in their bodies and give ... Europe. Probably forever. I'm just chilling here in my air

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  when the world gets too heavy put it on my back

  

  living in my thoughts a lot and i'm not sure how to write about it in a ... ...general presence and the spaces i inhabit and my role in all of this. i've been dwelling on my high school self, living in the crevices of tumblr and slowly

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  BLARGL! Where have all the orange lockers gone?

  

  good. I have a propensity to see something expensive, want it, and buy it ... destitution sets in. My first big purchase was a new camera. Amazon had it on ... know (knew?) absolutely nothing about cameras so I put in the effort of

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  background in Linux, programming and . . .you know what, just don't buy it. The ... campus-wide WI-FI. I always had this sparkling image of me, sitting in Killian Court under the sun, blogging about MIT (with not a care in the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  A Pre-MIT To-Do List (International Students Version)

  

  doctor who could communicate in English or at least keep the prescription in your native language. Find a [annotation note="primary care provider ... might be able to help you around campus. I got in touch with the Pakistani

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 17, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Productive, yes. Appropriately productive, no. You would think that my activities the weekend before finals might include studying.

  

  donate our unsellable textbooks to schoolchildren in Africa. (I have to ... good website that I found today MIT-area shopping guide by Spouses and ... dollars in credit card debt, because they were like 'Oh man, look how cool

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train in vain Pulling my first official all-nighter of the fall term.

  

  , Erica, and Simon were smart enough to buy a family pack of season passes ... that much to get in the pool at Hurricane Harbor for five minutes. On ... ; MIT does not accept insomniacs. The park put in two new rides this year

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Last Look Back 201920192019

  

  actually worked!?!) 8) Went to many Bob Ross paint nights in the stud 9 ... , I've been able to fall back into the routine of life at home. In ... through. So here's what this past year has looked like in a snapshot: 1

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much

  

  's website to see if I could afford one.  The math never worked :( In late ... I saw my first Tesla in July, 2009. I knew what Teslas were but it ... awed by its 0-60 in 3.9 seconds and it being all-electric. 2 years later

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Rush and Hall Rush

  

  then there was Hall Rush (or In-House Rush...I guess if you're in, say ... , Nick '09, Zak '09, and Ross '09. I took some pictures at the East Campus ... cool out there in the courtyard: This interesting spinning ride, a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  My life in the bush of ghosts The long-awaited chronicles of my life as a vegetarian.

  

  into a skillet to brown, and throwing in whatever vegtables I happen to ... chicken gyro in line ahead of me. I'd also get cravings only for the ... break for about half an hour and there's no refrigerator or microwave in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Where can I find info on Graduate Admissions/Masters/PhD?

  one of our departmental programs(opens in new window). Each department has its own application website and admissions requirements.
• Blog / Events

  To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before: P.S. I Love You THANK YOU LSC

  

  to the ShowPlace ICON Theatre in Seaport, a super nice venue that made me feel very bougie. In the Lyft, we excitedly chatted about classes (which is coming up in a blog post very, very soon!!!). Soon enough, we

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  a night in hannover one of the most chaotic travel experiences of my life

  

  This summer, I'm doing MISTI-Germany and living in Berlin. I've been enjoying it a lot for a number of reasons: not least because in Europe ... I did a lot of reading and relaxing. That in itself isn't a

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 13, 2022
• 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 ... enough witty, engaging stories to constitute an entire entry, but in light ... kids (all of whom moved in on Sunday) has left me no time for the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 29, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Post-Finals, Pre-Graduation almost done...

  

  lottery in for tickets. The website is here, in case you're curious and want ... council for the year's graduating class buys a whole bunch of group tickets ... (ART) in Cambridge. Teller of Penn & Teller (a famous magician duo

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 5, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

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

  

  buy most of my produce here. Since I live in East Campus, I have enough time in between classes to buy groceries and go back to the dorm. If you ... spices in bulk because it’s cheaper than buying containers of spices and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen AKA, the "Magic Pen"

  

  buying exactly what they say you are buying. In fact, there are even a ... one. Remember when I was a contestant in a blogging scholarship a while back? In the end I got a very commanding 4th place out of 20, and I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Special October Events

  

  Sunday the 23rd at 3:00pm in the Porter Room. Winners will be announced around 4:00pm and eating will commence. $500 in prize money will be awarded in the following categories: -Apple Pie -Apple Cobbler, Crisp, or

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Somatic My spread for MIT's Infinite Magazine Issue XI

  

  , which you can find in better resolution at the website I linked above ... was released in May, but I was hosed, and now that I am hosed but in a ... for materials, and I want to know what it is like to buy nice yarn. And

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • June 17, 2023