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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  to tell, and it was one we can all relate to: the story of falling in ... problem of dirty and disease-ridden water. A “pill you put in the glass,” a ... . Companies and universities are getting in on the game. I’m glad to know that

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  FREE FOOD! FREE FOOD! EVERYWHERE!! AM I YELLING??

  

  the ridiculous amounts of free food I got this week. In that particular ... number in the lottery, I'm in an excellent double with the view of the ... This morning I got a frantic call from my mother. MOM: Is it true

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Sean ‘13 The third in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class. Plus, a related…

  

  second-team all-district in Division I as a senior. He played on the 2007 ... article for all of our readers, but for our LDS readers in particular, I ... Church News telephone interview. "They're genuinely interested in who I am

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] Your Guide to Boston Cafes a letter from chomps

  

  Dear fellow chompers, A year ago, I was asked: … and in typical hosed ... introduced me to 30 cafes in the Greater Boston area, and since then, I ... caffeine companion in town” and deservedly so. I always mention this cafe

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  I guess there are some things in life you can’t control. For me (and ... with joy. I live here now, right in the middle of if this beautiful ... Picture this: me, three water balloons in hand, running across

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Sophomore Fall Goals So you can bully me when I write a post saying they didn't work out

  

  I can't sleep when I need to sleep in the furniture I need to sleep in ... not sound like an ass in doing so. I've got them all written down, and ... didn't have them in the earlier part of last year. I'm moving to a new

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule parete legi novembri

  

  take, and I agree with pretty much everything in this article, but I ... believe that this is untrue. I can attest to the fact that I definitely don ... the end of the world (I remember getting a fifth week flag in 5.111 and

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  (Guest Post) how can it be home when it’s not finding a sense of belonging away from home

  

  moments where i ask how can it be home when it so obviously, clearly, is not ... "]IAP[/annotation], i began to cook™ for myself often. i would buy weekly groceries, make ... , i slowly made an active effort to make the place i lived in, mine

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  Adventures with Miracle Fruit The lemons had a meaty flavor that should not have been there.

  

  ) bush has been popular in the United States since the 70s for its ... receptors of the tongue and activates them in response to acid, making sour ... approved by the FDA as a sweetener or food additive, but is mass-produced in

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Craziest of Weeks I had one.

  

  expletives (that I can't post on the blogs) with my dad. I earnestly hope that ... . Friday: I mosey on over to Logan Airport not-so-bright and early in the ... know much about what I'm supposed to do there. I arrive in Heathrow

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  This Entry is Really Long. And my pictures won't upload :(Edit: Actually, they finally did! Yay!

  

  beautiful monument. I don’t know how I convinced Linh to brave hours under the ... time of my life – outside in perfect 75-degree weather, the one jacket I ... the most difficult concepts taught in 8.01 (Physics I: Classical

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 28, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  concert is an arrangement of the hymn “How Can I Keep From Singing?” which ... . Tenors are always in short supply, so I sign up. It’s a pretty good gig; I ... that I’ve been able to sing with a large ensemble in person, and it is

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get by with a lot of help from my friends Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song! You just might walk out…

  

  roommate (from freshman year, mind you) and I lived in the same room freshman ... willing to forgo this summer so I can get to MIT as soon as possible. I can ... would happen in my life between then and now. I changed my lifestyle, my

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 1, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Stud/Fac Dinners Genius idea to get free dinner with MIT geniuses

  

  Properly Apply Cologne How to Save Your Date from Choking How to Buy Someone a Drink How to Get Someone to Buy You a Drink ... advice on topics like How to Set Up a Friend as a Favor How to Set Up Two

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  books I’ve read this year slowly but surely completing my 2020 resolutions

  

  book and how I feel, but I can say for certain that this book is my ... little more than 10 books as I’m in the middle of reading an eleventh book ... the thoughtful gift. I say this to show how biased I was against Kaur

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 19, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

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

  

  store before you buy it. I've had laptops in my Best Buy shopping cart ... I've been breaking computers from a young age. In middle school I ... bootloader. After three days at the mercy of How-To Geek and Super User, I

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

  One Student’s Crusade to Stop Genocide I confess to regarding the phrase “never again” with cynicism. It offers a rhetorical smokescreen…

  

  genocide was once again occurring, though this time in real-time, I just had ... world can, and invariably does, conceal its cowardice in the face of human ... the 1960s. In 1968, a coalition that included 48 MIT faculty members

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • November 26, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  internet. In other words, you can use up to 2 gigs of web space as an MIT student - this guide tells you a bit more about how you can do that. Now, I ... can get, the MIT office I worked at this summer gave out things like a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  parallels or juxtapositions in one sitting at flour cafe

  

  and i am running out of time. when i was in barcelona, i talked about how happy i was that life felt like an abundant tree of gleaming vibrant ... semester i tell myself i am as busy as can be, and then the next semester i

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 26, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  How to CPW! Advice from all the bloggers, with love.

  

  warm clothes. I’m wearing a ski jacket as I write this…no shame in being ... I hate most in life is soggy socks :( Whatever you do, don’t show up ... where you might fit in here. Your MIT experience can be really different

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 4, 2017