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• 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 / Challenges

  on success, meaning, and time existential musings about big questions with no answers

  

  section[/annotation] is “I Took a Pill in Ibiza” (lyrics) by Mike Posner ... answer that. “I Took a Pill in Ibiza” encapsulates all of these feelings ... yellow.) I read this in the middle of my graduate school apps, a time where

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 15, 2020
• 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 / How to MIT

  Learning to Spend Better This not a budgeting post.

  

  be in a position where I can help those who have less. I am empowered ... in Boston will stay horrible, I can better do my part by defaulting to ... every single in-the-moment buy that I didn't end up making. Knowing You

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 18, 2018
• 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 / 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 / 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, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  The Abstract The adventure density has been high

  

  of Ecuador. Theories about why I was in Ecuador? Study ... malaria pills, and woke up to the sound of a cacophony of howler monkeys. I ... I owe you an explanation for my absence (and you'll get WAY more

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  You gotta have stuff Places to get different kinds of stuff around campus. And rudimentary directions, too!

  

  downloaded from iTunes and buying furniture for the new apartment to do a public service announcement on where to buy stuff for your future ... cartographic reality in Boston. Once freshman year, I had gotten my hair cut near

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  self-taught dancing: a how-to how i learned dance through YouTube

  

  've been dancing...unofficially...for much longer. as I've mentioned in ... that I have at least 15 new dance videos in my subscriptions every day ... choreography?" ...and then I choose to watch the videos that fall in the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 4, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  24 Things I Learned in My First Semester and a Half for the lovely 2024s!

  

  Hell, but you all bond in that mutual suffering." I can't tell you how ... Disclaimer: I actually wrote this on my flight to California back in ... 't expect to be this different. Anyway, in my time here, I've learned a lot in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Where Have I Been? Oh, what a bad blogger I have been.

  

  't really see, but I can see it, and it makes me happy. You'll just have to ... hope you guys are hanging in there and not stressing too much. I'll write ... Oh, what a bad blogger I have been. I was lamenting to Matt last week

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The Coop What's a coop? You'll find out!

  

  told anybody this, but I spent the better part of 3 months agonizing in ... always a luxury students get to enjoy). I've been known to spend an hour in ... 're interested in buying a bunch of MIT gear and you don't have access to campus

  • by Snively '11
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dies Irae Quantus tremor est futurus!

  

  't really talk. I guess they assumed that the kind of person who would buy ... John Harbison is teaching the undergraduate class 21M.304: Writing in Tonal Forms II this term? Just a thought before I get some sleep: I made

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 14, 2006