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• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember, Remember, the 17th of December… things that happened

  

  -than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. 1935 – First ... sparked protests in several other Arab countries. Some of these events I ... There has been some discussion on CollegeConfidential and in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  buy most of my produce here. Since I live in East Campus, I have enough ... can save time and money in the grocery store. Know how much food costs ... , you will get a sense of how much things cost. If you’re new to buying

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  College The path to self-discovery is lined with my blog entries.

  

  in the superficial sense, bearing no deeper significance than that I ... *. Plus, “high-school dropout” had a nice ring to it (and I would get loads ... sentence out of a book report that I wrote about Death of a Salesman in 10th

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall 2024 🍂 aka, things settle down.

  

  in freshman year. I had learned how much commitment was “too much,” so ... a sense that I’d really learned a lot in those three hours. My ... well with my learning style. I found it really cool to program in a

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Hawk Flies High Spontaneous jazz improv at 77 Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  his tones. I was in New York, 1940. 52nd Street. I took a gulp of my ... anymore. Then he asked what I dig. "Blues," I said, "born in New Orleans ... One clear Thursday night long ago I was playing ultimate frisbee on

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  *witty title here* (Guest Entry) You want awesome? I'll show you awesome!

  

  airport in approximately 30 minutes. In a moment I'm all too familiar with, I glance at the clock and wonder how I managed to waste so much time. My suitcase is unpacked-in fact I haven't even brought it down from the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  “How was your day?” asked and answered

  

  engage in my social media ritual without the guilt I usually would have if ... classes this semester, and I’ve seen her put in lots of time and effort into ... to Medical and check in at the desk. I’m preparing to travel to India

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 2, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  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 ... make myself busier. when i have a bad day, i buy myself a coffee to make

  • 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 ... , but I’m from a dry place, and good lord, save yourself and either buy or

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 4, 2017
• 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 / Academics & Research

  Punting

  

  studying civil engineering. I’m participating in the Cambridge ... in a big hall with 4 long tables where I am served a three course meal ... (where I’m staying) and dines here regularly. He’s in this

  • by Cambridge
  • October 3, 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.

  

  hassle, so it might not be worth the trouble. I would, however, highly ... student - this guide tells you a bit more about how you can do that. Now, I ... wind down. I've got a life update on the way, but first, I thought I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Majors Trying an Evel Knievel approach with my studies.

  

  I am double majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Biology, with a ... ?!?!? Yours truly. Well, not anymore but that's how I used to be. When I first ... captures my story the best. When he was young, he would buy shoes that were

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  in wonderland hello from the number side

  

  Carroll, Alice In Wonderland I’ve been re-re-re-re-rewriting this post, mostly because introducing myself is way harder than I thought it would be ... the point of unwritability. I would probably still be re

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 16, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  "]IAP[/annotation], i began to cook™ for myself often. i would buy weekly groceries, make ... ’ shift is the core of the poem. i would like to think that in my villanelle ... ‘warm’ is the core.  i would like to think that i have found home. in

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

  ode to grocery stores the loneliest sweet potato

  

  When I'm sad, or there's some conundrum in my life that I need to ... stressed that I can barely quiet the buzz of all the bees in my head--I go ... shipping and delivery takes a while"]YamiBuy.[/annotation] I watch a lot of

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learning to Spend Better This not a budgeting post.

  

  ? Put it in a category of how much I want it. For ex: "Really want ... create is a self check-in of: would I be willing to put in the work or do I ... every single in-the-moment buy that I didn't end up making. Knowing You

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  How to Survive a Tough Semester you {grieve, choke, laugh, choose, pray, ask, live} you learn

  

  [/annotation] agreed that this would be hard, but I really would like to graduate on time, so I am simply doing it anyway. In many ways this is exactly ... psetting. I am much more productive, attentive in class, and enjoy my morning

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 15, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cooking for Myself I haven't set off the fire alarms yet!

  

  ’t know about you, but I like to eat. I grew up in a family where food is ... week, on the weekends. Here’s a rough sketch of how I’ve been organizing ... creative. (Ok realistically, half the time I run out of my dorm in the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Work in Progress So. I decided that I needed a new banner.

  

  gorgeous I really am in real life. As you probably know, it's kind of hard to ... (who buy the computers we use) would be so totally confused by the ... got into MIT, how hard can it be? I totally know what FTP is (file

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 13, 2005