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• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  until, at the end, one of the founders asked me how much compensation I ... my reservations—I thought it was bad form for them to ask me how much I ... sit in an empty Zoom room for thirty minutes; during this time, I sent

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Ethnicity Information (Optional) No easy way in.

  

  , this can be seen like a trick question. In a conversation I had with a ... families we were leaving behind: “How can I help out with the bills this year if I am not there to contribute? How can mom and dad help me with my

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Summer in Boston what happens outside MIT

  

  activities this summer (and let me know what I missed in the comments below ... can also buy souvenirs, including hot sauce from the world's #1 hot shop ... -renowned performers, and sometimes, you can watch four at a time in various locations

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 3, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Your credit history is too short and other adult things

  

  they might be in a few days, or weeks, or months. I can delay apartment ... A credit card is something I, in theory, knew I needed eventually ... landlords care about. I knew all this, in theory. I've known for a few months

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2023
• Blog / Summer

  MNL → BOS → SFO we live in a so(ci)e(ty)

  

  I've met in MIT. It feels like I can match them one-to-one: this ... I love cities, and I've lived in cities all my life. I grew up in ... Francisco. Well, I lived in Manila, as much as I've lived in Boston and San

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 1, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Too Good To Go fighting food waste with good bargains

  

  someone who hasn’t changed their Chipotle order in years, I appreciate how ... brighten up my day immensely. I'd buy an ($8.00) sandwich from him just to ... Chipotle but Mediterranean. I LOVE their dispenser juice, as you can see the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  food diaries pt. 1 ...adulting?

  

  'm loving it. Deciding what I'm going to make in the next week, buying ... this one in particular, I used canned salmon and broccoli because it was ... circumstances, I can't help but feel that the tone of this blog is strange and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 2, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who needs Black Friday anyway? a slightly different take.

  

  Friday frenzy and buying new stuff, I decided to take a different approach ... places in Yosemite, and swapped some old gear I had for other people’s used ... volunteers who helped make the feast possible! ^I can't find my photos from

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 29, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  8,726,400 SOS: The Conscious Subconscious guest post by a fellow '21

  

  survivor I am today. My UROP was in one of the biotech labs and this ... , squat repeat Practice, wow I can’t do anything well today? Am I getting better, I can’t let the team down, can’t let coach down, can’t let myself

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 13, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  gesturing around MIT drawing sights and sites around MIT

  

  . On this day, I wound up buying lunch from one of the vendors in the ... had seen in stores, but I was hesitating to buy it. They got the plushie ... conveniently 1 minute away from my dorm room. In fact, I can see it from my

  • by Waly N. '24
  • March 6, 2023
• Blog / Summer

  feelings from the summer I wish I could describe more accurately partially inspired by ducks, newburyport

  

  comfort in knowing that, no matter how lost you are, you can always find the ... call Big Feelings™, in the sense that I feel like many of the experiences ... art museums at all, and how much we have changed in the past three or

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 5, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  51 Things I Want to Say to 2022s one senior's autumn thoughts

  

  know you online and in person, and I have loved your memes and inside jokes. Now that I'm leaving the Institute, I feel confident that it's in ... by Admissions. In my freshman year 8.01 Physics I, my two groupmates

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Links Sent to My Group Chat from the past month

  

  calendar of movies I watched in my freshman fall and IAP Cami: Another ... ="This is not sponsored and I have never been."]a upscale mini golf bar in ... I'm a group chat kind of person -- I really am bad at individual

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  1 Week of Meals for $8: How-To’s and Tricks Tackling Food Insecurity

  

  's, but all too often it can also mean being stuck in lab, not eating.  And ... access to food in the past year Personally this past semester I've used a ... by stores designed to make you buy more than you came in to get. Make a

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • May 2, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  In Transit: Summer Edition A guide to objects that you could theoretically use to get from point A to…

  

  anyone. In fact, I think sometimes impersonating a tuber can be a welcome ... swiped into the subway and in June, I saved a whopping $4 by buying the ... to complete on transportation in Boston. Here are two methods that I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 5, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting always waiting

  

  of 46 meters, and yes, waiting to see if the rain will stop so I can ... . There are many things I can do, things I can make, and places I can go to ... You Wait Eggs, especially fried in (lots of) butter. Unfortunately, I

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 12, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  .) Clocky is especially nice combined with my loft. I can’t leave it in my bed ... ’re in season you can buy crates of clementines at Shaw’s. After ... . Different dorms give different levels of control over furniture. If you can, I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Updated MIT Groceries Guide (guest post) A requiem for Stata.

  

  grocery stores listed in the previous MIT groceries guide, and I’ve scouted ... selection. I haven’t been to these markets, but you can check them out if you ... conventional produce in addition to organic produce. You can also use the bulk

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 4, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Living in the Past The one where people drive up just to visit me.

  

  :15 AM and then catch this train so I can be at home in sunny Harrisburg ... that moment, but in two hours I was able to finish up my research and ... weekend in Foxboro. Well, I guess they're a little more dedicated to the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  Let's face it: none of us are getting younger. In fact, I'm getting ... in a few centuries I might even be dead.  Dead. I was reminded of this ... on the block." In fact, I'll be a full-fledged crusty sophomore as soon

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013