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Blog / Athletics
Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…
do sit-ups in the mornings. About a month ago, I got the crazy idea to ... "Running Store" category for the past 5 years. I'm not sure how much ... running shorts to make trying out the new shoes easier. I thought I would -
Blog / Events
2022 Ring Premiere! ring alert: it SHINY
many of us there are, and how many people exist whose lives I never see ... is a Brass Rat? Well, it's a ring that comes in gold, silver, or ... tradition. Every freshman class has a Ring Committee, who put in tons of time -
Blog / About Decisions
Selling Point How to tell the difference between MIT and an infomercial
another life. So I indulged in the visual fantasies, especially when I came ... products were worth buying. I’d finally developed a healthy dose of marketing ... top of the page each time we turn something in. Unfortunately, I make -
Blog / How to MIT
Making money: my campus job "Hello, MIT Computing Help Desk, this is Laura, how may I help you?"
get an idea: In fact, that's the source I used to find my job 3 ... and the walk-ins area. (Normally there are people around, but I took ... to log into the phone system, and wait for calls to come in. While I -
Blog / Words of Encouragement
some small distractions to help with many weighty things
good things i have seen recently, in no particular order at all. come ... because how can a small animal be so good (but maybe i'm just jealous 🤔 ... ? i didn't even know disney made songs that weren't in movies! bill -
Blog / MISTI
10:31 I wrote this entry on my iPhone about two minutes after boarding the 11:10 train…
at the wrong exit and panicked, and did what I would in the States if I ... 57 bucks on a bus 40 minutes after the one I had bought a ticket for in ... thought it would be funny if I rode a bus called "Ladies Dream." I missed -
Blog / How to Boston and Beyond
Living Like A Native Or living like a boss. Your choice.
(read: I got buried in p-sets for about a month), let me take a few ... beginning of the school year for dinner. (As I checked out their website, I ... 't even think there'd be any trees here.But I would be remiss if I didn -
Blog / Admissions
Remaking MITadmissions.org we are psychic vampires, please give us your ideas
? and we want your help in answering them. In the comments below, I would ... never anticipated how much I would learn from the readers the MIT blogs or ... you're here, and we have your attention, I would like to ask for your -
Blog / MIT Life
I won the game! Not (quite) another picture entry... with Tastykakes!
in Harrisburg, PA and I thought I'd spend it posting old photos on this ... ." Although I was discouraged after my poor performance in the regular field of play, I was lucky enough to get a tractor in the bonus barn, netting me -
Blog / How to Human
Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?
. Unfortunately, whenever I wash my dishes in my hall's sink (which measures about 1 ... ready to clean months of caked-on food. I abhor washing dishes in our tiny ... how great they are. So, I've compiled a list! For the prefrosh out there -
Blog / MISTI
Wiimote Fun in Spain What I'm actually doing with my time over here, when I'm not learning Spanish insults…
really excited, and decided to apply. Here's how it works: I went to http ... saying that Telefonica was interested in hiring me! I set up a Skype ... 're interested to know what I'm actually doing here? I'm working in the Networked -
Blog / Events
(Still) Celebrating the 150th! Boy oh boy is it delicious (and free!)
, parents and the I-have-to-buy-groceries?-type : there are dining dorms with ... Student Center steps. I don't know why the lighting in this photo is so ... . In fact, I don't think I'd ever had any sort of Mexican food beyond the -
Blog / Challenges
how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in
life would be sustainable in Boston without an auxiliary income. I try to ... . 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 -
Blog / Admissions
The ratio of people to cake is too big.
applications at home (Ducksberry), and in the afternoon into the evening I read ... world again. I had a great day of reading. The applications in today ... . I was wondering if my login account would still be available for use -
Blog / MIT Life
The Finals Blog but not the final blog unless something terrible happens to me in the next 48…
is how I learned that Matt McGann has a giant log in his room for ... Today I sprinted down Massachusetts Avenue in a noontime spritz of ... delivered to me a message from a high school friend, querying how much I liked -
Blog / Life after MIT
Don’t Read This if you Already Go to MIT My life is good and I get plenty of sleep. Please don't hate me.
be going my way. Case in point number 1: As I was returning to Boston ... whatnot. Nonetheless, what are the odds? Case in point number 2: I was ... me yet. If I kept going, I would beat him to class but he would see me -
Blog / Miscellaneous
I Remember…
wouldn't you know it, I still keep in touch with a few of them. And I would ... , classes, and research. Instead of buying new gadgets, I would save up my ... in my own MIT application. I remember the day I brought it to the post -
Blog / Class Projects
The Best and Worst Places to 💩 on Campus
, strength of air dyers) I also asked if there were a full mirror in the ... interactive maps. Then, I took each entry in the list, grouped them by common ... Last spring, I took CMS.614, Network Cultures, taught by Petey. It -
Blog / How to Food
Gluten-free at MIT Oh hey, that rhymes!
cause anaphylaxis, but I'm wondering how food-allergies are accommodated ... in a dorm with a dining hall requires that you buy into the House ... hall: "I live in Baker now and I have to pay for preferred dining, so I