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  Lots of questions today! Lots of answers, too.

  

  year. If you plan to live here over the summer, I'd recommend buying a ... , because we have a standing agreement not to go to dances. We used to go ... go out to a restaurant for dinner. I haven't been to one of the dining

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary 2.0 an image a day keeps the psets (and workday) away

  

  and mess around for a bit though. I wanted to treat myself to buying ... ways a video, and you don't get to see still images all too often. Unless ... , so it was really cool to take the class. I had a class conflict with it

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Boston Calling Everything I know about having a phone at MIT.

  

  little hard to understand, but I looked into this a lot when buying my ... This entry is ostensibly a guide to purchasing an appropriate cell ... that when you come to MIT you'll be moving to a different area code and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lucky Saturday the 14th Luck was a lady three nights in a row in NYC

  

  Avenue Saturday (avec Sam): a lunch in Chinatown a visit to Trump Tower (where we contemplated buying Donald Trump (flavored?) bottled water) a ... 's Candy Bar (where I contemplated buying a shirt that says "I love nerds" on

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  people to come just by buying a bunch of these cannoli and advertising them ... going to buy some at a drug store, but I hear those are quite expensive ... analyze for my UROP at home and I also need to buy a train ticket for 6

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

  Links Sent to My Group Chat from the past month

  

  Cami: A link to vote for my classes and the blogpost Aiden: Normeo and ... Cami: A link to ChatGPT Cami: A Twitter thread in which michelle huang ... ' December 9 Cami: A link to an MIT qualtrics form to sign up for free

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  13/101 Things To Do Before You Graduate 2 of my favorite days at MIT, to date.

  

  Chinatown. First stop: buy some fish. I walked up to a very nice hairdresser ... . Daniel came to fetch me after buying the skate. Armed with a piece of ... orientation, every freshman receives a list of 101 things to do before they

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 22, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer’s end

  

  campus. i'm ready to sing with my a cappella group again (shameless plug ... and back to satisfy a late-night ginger soda craving actually, finally ... , i see you MOSTEC...) driven a zipcar full of friends out to westford

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty hours later mystery hunt, mystery hunt! puzzles puzzles puzzles!

  

  its kind. There are lots of ways to view Mystery Hunt. I gave a brief ... contestants solving hundreds of puzzles. One way to view the Hunt is from a ... graduation years."]Brian[/annotation] wrote a more detailed introduction to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 4, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blog Entry: Recession Edition At MIT, your spoon is too big.

  

  into the kitchen to enjoy a free dinner. Remarking on the quality of the ... .01, he expressed a desire to visit Trader Joe's, a local grocery store ... warm homemade dinners. A late-evening meal at Random Hall tonight was

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Merritt ‘13, Carlos ‘13, Edward ‘13, and John ‘13 The final edition of a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  the stars so I think astrophysics would be a lot of fun to study," said Boyd. Boyd says he's looking forward to studying at such a challenging ... Hidalgo June 6, 2009 Just moving to a new apartment can be tough for some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  a ten year old. "Michael, where do you want to go to college?" Say ... ." "Alright, what do you like to do in school?" "I like math. . ." "MIT is a ... wanted to go to MIT, it wasn't just a name anymore. How did I know? A lot

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Events

  A Castle, a Jack, and a Beanstalk hacking culture @ MIT

  

  hack “refers to a clever, benign, and 'ethical' prank or practical joke ... extended a beanstalk. On it, hung Jack, all packed and ready for adventure ... Once upon a late October, MIT hosted its annual Family Weekend

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Three things I didn’t learn from class behold, the listicle

  

  classes. How to use a bandsaw A bandsaw is this machine with a thin metal ... it into the saw in order to make a cut. To use a bandsaw, after ... a knob to raise the handguard, turn the machine on, and push

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 26, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Intense Procrastination There's a difference between procrastination and INTENSE PROCRASTINATION!

  

  ? Instead I listened to the new Muse album (go buy it now) and found a solo in ... Today I had a ton of work to do. To be fair, I did accomplish some of ... in a nice piece of sheet music. I looked around on YouTube to see if

  • by Snively '11
  • September 19, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Under the Dome A full day of free fun at MIT

  

  seem to have a thing already for free events at MIT. I'll cut to the ... creations. There isn”t much left I can get my teenagers to do with me on a ... buy you a burrito.’ Ok. Hmmm. So maybe Chris has it right after all

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  apart after a winter is a waste of money. You don't have to #Buy ... ?"   I'm glad you asked!  As a lifelong Californian before I went to ... 'll be well on your way to staying warm on a budget. Maybe you'll even

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to PNR First semester in review

  

  , sometimes more than once. I felt like a quitter when I left things I loved to ... now I guess I’m ready to attempt bigger gulps from the firehose, Without ... ’m going to love designing toys, experiments, problems without a doubt. I

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  I Feel *a* Last or at least, I'm trying to

  

  . A voice narration begins. I attribute many feelings to love or to hate. When asked how I feel about a situation, I usually say something akin to ... -all really. Because what I mean to say is that I am feeling a feeling about

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 22, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  The American Astronomical Society’s Winter Conference: 2013 Edition THIS IS SO EXCITING I THINK I'M GOING TO CRY

  

  I'm sitting on a JetBlue flight from San Francisco to Boston ... neighbors, it seems like as good a time as any to crank out some thoughts on ... previous posts. Essentially, I worked on a new way to obtain precise

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 15, 2013