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• 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 / 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
  • 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
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I My Spanish adventures!

  

  decir "la noche madrileña." In other words, I'm totally settled in ... Telefónica in Madrid. Well, I got here last Saturday, so I've been living here for a two whole weeks. I have a room in Puerta del Sol, a new cell phone

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s for dinner? The joy of cooking

  

  not I like this new development in my life. I’ve always been a big proponent of the dining system (or lack thereof) at MIT. I’ve eaten in a ... concoctions every night, usually in less than 45 minutes. The kitchens are where

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I who have nothing Darling, 'tis I who loves you.

  

  entamoeba histolytica! Is this your first time in Europe... oh, wait, can I ... Europe. Probably forever. I'm just chilling here in my air ... in my last entry. I wanted to title this entry "Now I'm a little boy

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Adventures in Italy, Part 1 Chi, chi, chinotto

  

  way. Saturday was the big day. However, I slept in and still hadn ... when I finally made my way through the line. 2 hours later, we were in Rome. And here's where I learned what it meant to suffer from a language

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ditch on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike

  

  I was just downstairs in the records office, where the mail continues to come in heavily. I decided I'd help with the buckets and buckets of ... friend Lex, who I hadn't seen in ages, dropped by my office. Back when we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 7, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Purgatory My 2023 IAP

  

  I want to understand it in private. I can see myself settling down ... Table and buy as much as I can hold. Then, I cross the street and enter H-Mart, where I buy overpriced snacks and an absurd amount of Bok Choy. I adore

  • by Ella T. '25
  • January 20, 2023