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• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 2)

  

  -cooked meat Unfortunately I can’t eat this anymore because I am allergic to most ... beans in with the onions. Open and drain a can of red kidney beans. Add ... . Effort: 3 Ingredients: Farina (actually sold in American stores, I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  One Day at a Time or, springing into junior year, part 2: electric boogaloo

  

  ’m normally heading out. Sleeping is a big part of that—how can I feel normal if I can’t even sleep through the night? That night, I lay in bed ... to go home, but you can’t stay here. In truth, I’m one of the lucky

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In A brilliantly exciting recap of the last month.

  

  vacation I've had in as long as I can remember - it went way too fast. After ... ... my bad. Meanwhile Mr. Prolific has logged 43 entries so far in 2007 - I ... 'll definitely have some openings in the fall and I'll post the application details

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in Lusaka, baby, so why don’t you blog me? I told Sam to blog this entry since I'm in Zambia (that explains the title).

  

  butter), and go to the market to buy fabric for skirts/sarongs. I have not ... I am writing this from an internet cafe just outside Lusaka, Zambia ... just under a day, and we are staying in a guesthouse near the capital for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  how do i button up this coat? a clothing conundrum

  

  makeup, and then I had to get to school early so I could get in extra math ... , because I was deeply unpopular in high school. And no, it wasn't some trying ... + connections on LinkedIn, but he says it's because I dress like a kid, to which I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 29, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  20 Things I Learned In 2020 from a course 20 who is in her 20s

  

  NEVER fully understand what other people are going through, but I sure can do my part in trying. A smile can go a long way. It is not my job to ... really great hijabs. I hate running, but I can get through short interval

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 1, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  summer in boston that summertime, summertime, uh, gladness

  

  Bridge ⁠— god i can't even describe how happy this makes me. i love how the ... my face and how i can see the river stretching out on both sides of me ... Lower Allston. Boston is a completely different place in summer and i

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 15, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Brass Rat 2016 tunnels, arc reactors, and skycranes

  

  youthful prefrosh full of joy and excitement can seem a long way away. Ring ... in all of us. It’s the event where the Brass Rat for each class is ... /tooling/hacking, to the class-specific inside jokes, it’s cloaked in tradition. Plus

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 8, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Now that you've been accepted to college, you have to decide where you'll spend the…

  

  in 4 months as a real, live MIT student. As a high school senior, I ... assigned to Next House (I still run into my host, and I ended up living in ... had a nickel for every time I’ve heard this happen, I could at least buy

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  sky. (In fact, I pondered this in C Major, diatonically.) You might recall that I joined a cooperative living group in January. As it happens ... highways in the company of half-comatose housemates, I perused the 60 mph

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXit FOMO....or JOMO???

  

  out how I am going to unpack, go to 4 different meetings, buy groceries ... ’m excited to finally move in. I’m especially excited to be a blogger for the ... groups, I have been in Seattle, at home, while the rest of my family has

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 4, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  There is a bench it’s a nice bench

  

  buy lunch, and work on my problem set in the lounge at our floor. Head ... one of these events. Or I’m going to one of my discovery classes in the ... rolled in: I joined a LARP, watched a play, played some board games. Sunday

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 19, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  what we mean when we say the people why we like “the people”

  

  people at mit"? i think it's mostly undergrads, people in related friend ... would answer differently in theory because what i like is my personal ... , weird, interdisciplinary, multidimensional i didn't know smart came in so

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In many ways on average-posting

  

  In many ways, the work of a critic is easy.  In the summer of 2022, I was living in Chicago. I didn’t know anyone I was living with. Over the ... and my voice. I decided to make the three posts different in some ways

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer in San Francisco Interning at PlayStation Network

  

  I spent this summer interning at PlayStation. The office was in San ... lock in my major—meaning I could change direction if I didn’t enjoy my ... . Plus, I’d be on the West Coast near my family, have the chance to live in

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes and Casting and Birthdays, oh my! What are "Things That Wake Me Up at 9am"?

  

  early on in High School it's been an interesting experience that I have ... development in third world countries. While I've currently dropped the seminar ... to be cast in aluminum, I walked into a modern day foundry filled with

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • November 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 1 Seeking adventure.

  

  ' bedroom door and tried to hear what they were saying). In second grade, I ... treasure. We didn't. I haven't eavesdropped on my parents in recent memory. Now, instead of using fitted sheets as capes, I buy fabric from the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to train your sticking-together rock I am so happy that "computer" is not a no-no word today

  

  how these strange rocks work and how we can turn them into computers! How does a computer work? I like to think of a computer as a big house ... there and do nothing. But in a few rocks, you can get those forces to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Feel Old Senior year? Already? #indenial.

  

  , Bunker HIll monument, and more. (and more that I can't think of in my current I-can't-believe-I'm-graduating-this-year state of distress) O.O It ... I can't believe I'm a senior. Seriously, I can't believe it. I have

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Paradiso A selection of dishes that define my MIT dining experience, part 4

  

  surprised by how far a little extra effort can go in elevating the mundane ... . As I grappled with changes in my career and my personal life, I used ... , I would like to expound on how I cook, why I cook, and why I cook the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 28, 2023