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• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  in. I would’ve gone to the “right” college for the wrong reasons. So ... admissions. I was a staunch planner back in high school, one of those people ... major in social science. If I had studied social science prior to college

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / How to MIT

  Buying books You shouldn't have to spend all your money on textbooks!

  

  books around here can't we?" (sorry, Laura, I know you asked other questions...but I'll answer this one first.) Ahh, never spend $700 on books ... comes to worst, buy it from the Coop or Quantum Books, which are the main

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  AOs write the “What do you do for fun?” essay Ever wondered what admissions officers do when they're not reading applications?

  

  —similar to how I marked my height in pencil on my doorframe each year as a kid ... -Mobile, I knew this as the best place to buy jewelry. In front of T-Mobile was ... that still hangs in my grandparent’s house. I taught myself how to draw

  • by Jeremy W.
  • July 9, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  To All the Blogs I’ve Loved Before Hello? Is this thing on?

  

  had warned me): the building numbers make little, or no, sense! I ended ... . Most of the times I have asked other admissions officers how they got ... that “admissions officer” was a job. I hadn’t spared much thought on how

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • December 12, 2018
• Blog / Events

  [joint post] we can’t hear you, you’re on mute another mystery hunt post

  

  ,[/annotation][annotation note='Alan: I promised CJ that I would link the TikTok that he was in ... puzzles in the first round, and then I headed to Kendall/MIT to catch a Red ... puzzles and fixed problems in earlier rounds, we would unlock more of the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 26, 2021
• 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 / Academics & Research

  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  frustrated with how the whole day had gone, slept earlier than I usually would ... olympiad classes, but I use “swapped” here very loosely. I would still ... for them in what little free time I had. It was my most stressful high

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• 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 / 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 ... 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

  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 / 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 / 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