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• Blog / MIT Life

  Please, Mr. Postman A fair and balanced look at the inbox of a typical MIT student.

  

  , looking through my archives, I can see that we were in fact having 5 ... immediate attention. Yes, there was a point in my life where 75% of the e ... too much" in the words of a popular website --delicious chicken

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 21, 2005
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  knights from London to Bristol, where I currently reside in a castle. I ... I’m currently in the exotic land of England. Over a week ago, I flew ... Initiatives. Through MISTI, students can either participate in internship

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  There is a bench it’s a nice bench

  

  , dry until I make it back to East Campus, dry until I’m in my room. I ... buy lunch, and work on my problem set in the lounge at our floor. Head ... one of these events. Or I’m going to one of my discovery classes in the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 19, 2019
• Blog / Summer

  and they were roommates living with "randos"

  

  Park. And on the Discord server us interns were in, I looked for others ... , and it's not like I wanted to put in any effort. I told the other two ... ," said the owner. "We can reimburse if you want." two As much as I want to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Room Where It Happens my two year tale of student governance, up until the bitter end

  

  . i was either in a powerful enough place where i could slip into that ... MIT, I always think back to one song. There are a lot of songs in Hamilton that I can break down and relate to my life, but this one strikes me

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 13, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stocking Up Completely random but fun.

  

  Charles River, just adjacent to East Campus. Now, I'm not much of a swimmer, and even if I were, I doubt I'd want to take a dip in the Charles ... Three hallmates and I piled into a Zipcar the other night for a trip

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ABCs of Senior Year friends, jobz, cats, "eight-oh-two"... + AMA!

  

  (plus, I can attend pset parties again!). Frosh (of First East): for the ... Ageing: for all the all-nighters I can no longer pull off, and all ... mostly-freshman GIR (General Institute Requirement) I can no longer

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 23, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Revolutionary Technologies at TechCrunch DisruptNY breathing office walls and credit-card sized computers

  

  can cook up with whatever you currently have in your fridge.   ... same size can. Technology like this currently exists in the form of ... can't buy one right now as an individual because they're too busy

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  at least it’s not covid sick day

  

  , i wasn't going to go to mit medical. also, despite living in east ... , or whatever. what kind of a world do i live in, where i feel like i ... . i checked the 6.UAT website for course policy on missing class, then i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  applying to MIT this year. In this vein, I thought I'd post some of my old ... rediscovered all of them in my closet. So, here goes. I wrote this first one in ... " average. I will move to Washington, D.C., probably in my early twenties

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  My life in the bush of ghosts The long-awaited chronicles of my life as a vegetarian.

  

  I'm not so reliant on them. I gave up shaving for IAP and now I can go ... into a skillet to brown, and throwing in whatever vegtables I happen to ... chicken gyro in line ahead of me. I'd also get cravings only for the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  someone’s gotta do it, but not me is it cool not to care?

  

  , where i know if i put in enough hours, i can do it. if i ask the right people for help, i can do it. it's not like homework where people actively ... about east side culture. i cared that undergrads could paint murals in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week in the Life Hello, Google Calendar.

  

  offices were in building E17 (the "E" means "east"), which is incidentally ... run across the street to turn in homework, but I do appreciate how new ... , so I can't say too much about the course, but so far I've enjoyed the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  what happened yesterday? "what's the name of the mushroom shop?"

  

  firejam in the middle of the East Campus courtyard. People who I know and ... 're released? yeahhh"]Yesterday,[/annotation] I woke up around noon in my dorm room. I don’t remember the last time I’ve let myself sleep in to my heart

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 20, 2022
• 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 / How to Human

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

  

  in subway stops, in my underground laboratory (where I work), and even ... I'm not premed anyway), but my experience was that in high school, a ... people my number because I had given it out so infrequently in the past

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Baseball!! a blog about baseball and internet games and embroidered hats and New Zealand Indie Rock.

  

  begin with.  I wasn’t planning on buying anything in particular, but then ... of them was in my hands, so I had to buy it. I’m not sure what I’ll do ... in the game, I paid full attention to what was happening, and the whole

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 4, 2023
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  tuesday another blog about an ordinary day

  

  ="honestly, i can't describe kubernetes. even our dorm's resident kubernetes ... happens in an application, which can be useful for things like debugging ... standup is scheduled to be fifteen minutes long. 10:30 AM i came in a bit

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • August 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vast Oral Tradition Bela Bartok, a fluorescent rabbit, and Helen Keller walk into a bar. Stop me if…

  

  , why can't I?). Also that night, I found my bike... parked in the exact ... icy winds across the bridge can grab free tickets to select concerts. In ... . Why? I stock groceries for, like, nuclear winter... lots of canned goods

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / CPW

  an orange tour 🍊🍊🍊

  

  through a website on the Google Chrome app on my iPhone so pls forgive the ... me. Isolated color is a fun lens in which to view the world. I hope you find some joy in it, too. P.S. For context, I didn't film this livestream

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • April 29, 2024