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• Blog / How to MIT

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

  

  Laura asked: "where can you get inexpensive, used textbooks? one of ... books around here can't we?" (sorry, Laura, I know you asked other ... if you get there early you can buy a used copy. Also, it's been my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

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

  

  budget, I recommend the food blog Budget Bytes. Where to Buy Groceries On ... buy most of my produce here. Since I live in East Campus, I have enough ... 's blog Food Parsed on August 31, 2015. Buying your own groceries can be

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where is my mind? In Northern California, Munich, a tent in New Hampshire, and an oreo-flavored soft serve machine.

  

  , I'm pretty sure I know where I left it in the cabin, so I just have to ... once in a while. I've been feeling kind of floaty these past few weeks ... my current situation, but I can't remember it because I didn't end up

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 9, 2007
• 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 ... semester i tell myself i am as busy as can be, and then the next semester i make myself busier. when i have a bad day, i buy myself a coffee to make

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  home is where the whiteboard is a tradition, continued untraditionally

  

  normalcy and community we can, my housemates and I have produced our own ... can see, we have quite a collection here (not even counting the one I ... stuff, and that is why I am Miske. (I am definitively the maximalist in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 30, 2020
• 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.

  

  can get, the MIT office I worked at this summer gave out things like a ... place where you can find video tutorials for a ton of software, you can ... internet. In other words, you can use up to 2 gigs of web space as an MIT

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• 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 head down to the North End, where I met them at Mike's Pastry. Probably

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  in wonderland hello from the number side

  

  can be unsure of where they are, then so can I! Unlike my electrons ... Carroll, Alice In Wonderland I’ve been re-re-re-re-rewriting this post ... -re-re-re-re-rewriting, but I had a weird conversation with my friend in which they mentioned

  • 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

  

  moments where i ask how can it be home when it so obviously, clearly, is not ... , i missed home. a lot. to the point where ‘i just wanna go home’ was ... "]IAP[/annotation], i began to cook™ for myself often. i would buy weekly groceries, make

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All-You-Can-Eat Summer I hit food coma at the first paragraph.

  

  the last to get up. After I get up I go to my job in Building 46, where ... restaurant you were expecting eleven and having them spit in your sushi. I ... razors with soap in them already. I'm living in a fraternity in Boston

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 10, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Where’s Waldo? Hack Attack!

  

  The time is 11:23 am, and I am sitting in the Student Center. Then to in my email inbox I receive this email. From: Friend with the ... day. I surprise Erik as he's about to eat lunch. Screw "Where

  • by Bryan
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Home is where the Heart is visiting my grandparents

  

  groceries you can’t find in the US for dirt cheap. Then again, I’m biased ... needs help walking now. They raised me since I was born and stayed in the US with us until I was 14. The last time I visited them was in the 9th

  • by Anika H. '26
  • August 4, 2024
• Blog / MISTI

  “Choose Your Own Adventure” MISTI edition

  

  them. They're only "in season" during the summer. You can buy 4 of ... really, can you guess where the edible part is??? I couldn't be sure. Here ... discussed our most memorable experiences in Beijing so far.  I talked about

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 20, 2011
• 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 ... , which can make a quick, no-fuss lunch. I was buying those until I read the ... creative. (Ok realistically, half the time I run out of my dorm in the

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

  Love is Blinds A short, fairly irrelevent entry, as told from the perspective of the 7+ people who…

  

  last night, in the hallway ANGELA MONSTER: Allin and I are going to Economy Hardware tomorrow morning. ME: Oh, can I come? I need to buy blinds ... Hardware ANGELA: Oh, are you buying 37"? That was the kind I was returning. I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  one weekend in March a play-by-play

  

  wade in. It’s the coldest water I’ve ever swum in, but it’s not as bad as I imagined for water a few degrees off freezing. We stay in the shallows, where our feet can still touch the ground, and get out after a few

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  to imagine a future where I work in industry, and write on the side, in ... . 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

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Lots of questions today! Lots of answers, too.

  

  about living in Macgregor next year, but I have a question. I know everyone says that you can buy anything in the convenience store, but how do ... [I am completely blanking... Shalimar, maybe?] in Central Square -- if

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in MD Summary of the end of the year, and a look ahead to the summer.

  

  ), where I am working in the National Human Genome Research Institute. More ... I subject my body to can be justified by the increase in ... Where in the world is Melis? Clues: laundry is free, my room is a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 5, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  hey hey HAYMARKET slicing and dicing all over the place.

  

  several pounds of fruit. We decided to work on the fruit salad first. I can't say that I've sliced and diced much fruit in my past especially ... . PS. Points to who can get the pop culture reference in the title. PPS

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2005