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• Blog / Residential Life

  I Miss You, Random Hall my love letter to the dorm i got kicked out of too soon

  

  It's no secret that I am a) living in New Vassar and b) despise it. I ... in NV has given me a newfound appreciation for the silly, donut ... questionably tinted couches of Loop and lolling about until someone joined me in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 9, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask A VC Boston 2016 networking with over 20 venture capitalists all over the startup scene

  

  startups to make returns. As an entrepreneur, being in their good graces and ... Boston, right in the Microsoft Nerd Center. Venture capitalists from all ... 's from all different industries were going to be gathered in one place less

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catalogue of Fridays Like the unsolicited kind you get in the mail, but with more pictures!

  

  has the benefit of being in the middle of the week for those of us who ... -face-is-melting-from-lack-of-sleep exhaustion. I like to dabble in the ancient and storied art of The Doodle, so I thought I’d try to capture my last three Fridays and compile them in

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Aged And Confused thoughts from a fossil

  

  procure it. You can buy fancy clothes and blue steel at the mirror in the ... If you live in Britain, or in a country sufficiently influenced by ... still in college, or, blinded by the bright lights of the Beyond, have

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Gap Year, Part II: Getting Murdered Less How to HelpX, Couchsurf, backpack, and hopefully not die

  

  the things you use in your daily life; don't buy anything extra, except ... very far from school. Now I'm in the midst of a lot of school and am ... volunteer to work on someone's farm, hostel, airbnb, or house, and in exchange

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 26, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a blog from the universe aka me + my tarot cards + finals season procrastination

  

  buy into the notion that somewhere, in some crevice of my brain, lies ... . So— in keeping with the theme while also in the interest of not ... Ask yourself if the message hits home in any aspect of your life- it

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goal setting and organization how i organize my life!

  

  while I'm not the most organized person in the world, I thought it'd be ... progress in my life. Progress tracking is a huge part of my life. I really ... ago, maybe in the middle of this past spring semester, I invested in a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  An Origin Story Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Jinchūriki

  

  lot of sense considering I’m in the middle of reading applications for students who are about to start a new chapter in their lives. So, where’s my ... too busy drowning my sorrow and leftover stipend money in milkshakes

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  A last-minute barbecue for hundreds of people New House: mobilize.

  

  way more time in my dorm than usual. Sean Collier's memorial service was scheduled for Wednesday, and classes were cancelled in anticipation of ... jumped into action. Early in the morning, dorm presidents (like me

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meteor Shower For once, the title is relevant.

  

  Movies Watched in the Past Year Through Which I Have Remained 100 ... being. I can dream in black-and-white or in color, but not in black ... brainwashed you into buying Coca-Cola. Need I say more? 3.Slumdog Millionaire

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 17, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Welcome To Guild Camp [by Susan Shepherd '11] "Boot, Not Summer."

  

  [by Susan Shepherd '11] It was 5:30 a.m. on a Wednesday morning in ... , dinosaurs in feudal Japan, a traveling carnival gone horribly wrong, and the ... decided on a production schedule, and Guild Camp began. In many ways, Guild

  • by ARTalk
  • October 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Real Snow! Real pictures this time.

  

  supposed to supplement the rest of it. We had to run out in the middle of the event to buy more. The rest of the ice cream finally arrived. There was a ... fridges in the snack room, we found that one of them wasn't turned on. The

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / Events

  BLOOD MOON FEST IS REAL!! "the blood moon rises and the blood moon falls but the wave of whimsy it…

  

  the dorms[/caption] A few days later, I decided to buy pre-made red ... . The morning of, Anoushka and I got to work in the kitchen, but waiting ... earrings, and suddenly, we were in the Simmons Crafts Lounge, searching for

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  suggestions for MIT merch but they're bad

  

  to buy as a gift for their family, friends, and loved ones. (continued ... Boston. Yes, MIT is actually in "Cambridge." MIT Toe Socks – Yank off ... Villain Swivel Chair – In case you use your degree from MIT to become an

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 10, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet

  

  In 4 weeks, you will leave home for an academic journey of 4 years ... sockets appear in the oddest places. -- a Twin XL sheet set, a towel, and a ... good for splitting bills with friends and buying cannolis at the North

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Imagination Box [by Danbee Kim '09] We can draw on the walls again!

  

  next age, why put them in a sterile box? Aren't we all supposed to ... take a tour of some of MIT's greatest works of student art, found in ... projects, so we get reimbursed for the supplies we buy. It's a great way

  • by ARTalk
  • October 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels A tour of the past 8 MIT class rings.

  

  design process begins in freshman year with the highly competitive process ... purchase the ring in a typical year; one company actually shuts down their factory for the one week each year of prime MIT ring-buying. Using imagery

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Short Dining Guide to Cambridge Where to find food within walking distance of MIT, other than in my fridge.

  

  slowly over two-hour, three-fork dinners in French restaurants with napkins pre-folded in topologically confusing structures (not that I needed to ... vegetables ($2.00 per 16 oz.) doused in oyster sauce and Sriracha, digging for

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Nerdy adventures on the West Coast Q: What changes when you transplant a few MIT students 3,000 miles? A: Not much.

  

  conversations. I can't tell you how often I find myself having in-depth and ... . (Free admission! If you're ever looking for something to do in San Fran ... pasty white or what???) Another one of the very first things we did in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Felicitation Answers... and hopefully minimal snark.

  

  other people in the world are shallow in what I editorially find to be a shocking way, so I'll answer anyway. Look at yourself in the mirror -- there ... research for him for very little in the way of salary. So slave labor works

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 16, 2006