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• Blog / How to Food

  Come on, let’s go food truckin’ Where to find some cheap, reasonably tasty, and sometimes even healthy eats on campus.

  

  on display with 20-foot-long tentacles. Last night in my dorm we had a going-away potluck dinner for Julian, who's heading back to France on ... pretty easy thing to make on zero notice. Basically, I browned some beef

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What MIT students do on Friday nights Who needs clothing, when you have duct tape?

  

  -clothing-really-cool-all-purpose material is there? I know! Zip ties! (I spent about 5 minutes on the duct ... especially. On that note, I thought I'd share my thoughts about food here from ... freshmen on the field hockey team eat in dining halls regularly, and they

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Guest Post] A Whiff of Nostalgia Amidst the Scent of Youth by Daniel Barkowitz

  

  industry, including stints on "all three sides of the fence" -- working for ... community of friends behind. I plan on going back to Panama this year. We are ... themselves. So why revisit? Why go back 40 years later? Why take the time to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  on February 28th, the 18,239th and final piece was placed into the ... research on this puzzle, nobody was able to finish in less than 8 months. It took Simmons 40 days and 5 hours. I am incredibly grateful for the help

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  Not in Kansas Anymore oh, wait...we actually are. Day 1 with the MIT Design/Build/Fly team.

  

  attendants standing next to patients on gurneys. The plane also has to be able to taxi for 40 feet on corrugated roofing. The theme is different every ... faster than all the other teams. It's about as hands-on as aerospace

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT, Part VII in which I realize that I am less wise in person, and also a senior

  

  around Cambridge), working over 40 hours a week, commuting and having to ... in a while, and revel in the fact that yes, you only have one class on ... bump into you on your way to your favorite hipster coffee shop. For the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  This was meant to be written a week and a half ago

  

  interrupt my sleep (and nearly give me a heart attack - I'm not so keen on sudden loud noises, especially when I'm sleeping): 1) Dennis '08 banged on ... that we were throwing a party. 2) Brian '08 called me on my phone to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  work in the lab 40 hours a week. During term, it depends on how many ... I've taken care of all my graduation requirements. On my way to turn ... Georgetown, and is waiting on others. I'm getting two bachelor's degrees -- one

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a spectacle-r weekend exploring the Boston Harbor Islands

  

  a 20-minute ferry to Spectacle Island! I visited the island on Saturday and, let me tell you, it's super worth 25 bucks. On the weekend ... hour there...The boat leaves from Long Wharf, which is a ~10 minute walk

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 5, 2020
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Sloan MBA Adetayo Akisanya works at Volaris, a Mexican airline, on their Commercial Strategy team “I really gained a new perspective on the airline industry, on commercial strategy, on competition,…

  

  minute he walked through the doors of Volaris’ Samara offices, Tayo ... airplane tires stacked on top of each other and covered in glass. Meeting ... tickets and luggage…a lot of forecasting based on data and calculated

  • by MISTI Program
  • May 21, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  the fear and delight of fire spinning do not this at home! I am a trained (semi?)professional.

  

  since then I have spun countless props on fire, danced and performed with it, gotten accidental fire haircuts, and lit myself on fire (on accident and on purpose). Besides committing to MIT, joining Spinning Arts

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fanboying at the Career Fair SpaceX, CubeSats, and free stuff, oh my!

  

  people you're in awe of, people you follow on Twitter, people you hold as ... X (more on SpaceX later)...they were all there. And the line really did ... burn up in the atmosphere? SpaceX is working on reusable rockets that

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Speed Walking literally and figuratively

  

  unfortunately the very last thing) on our priority list. It’s even below matching ... forms of exercise and used to go on walks with our mom frequently ... these sessions take place on this really nice, 1.25ish mile, linear path

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 11, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [guest post] The Random Hall Milk: Gone But Not Forgotten an obitu-dairy for Pecker's oldest resident

  

  housing over the summer, trickling in from EC and MacGregor on August 13th ... first frosh arrived on August 19th. The last upperclassmen trickled in on ... was a name and cultural presence on the east side, it was merely a

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lounges: An Interactive Experience It's almost like you were here!

  

  comfortable location, preferably on a couch or bean bag. Turn on "The Last Ship ... really in front of you. Munch on some (free) lukewarm fried plantains. For an added effect, hang Christmas lights around the room and dim the main

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  ’t even be on campus to try out an intramural sport, for example. I desperately hoped for an on-campus spring, so I still signed up for many sports ... , practices, and other things. It wasn’t relevant to me, but I stayed on the

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lie la lying down Sometimes there are perks to attending a school with a notorious reputation for producing stressed…

  

  I've got an exam in twenty minutes, but I wouldn't be able to ... provide free 8-10 minute massages for Burton-Conner students who sign up in ... week. They will not always be on Tuesday so that those of you who have

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Ups and Downs Currently down.

  

  , when I make mistakes occur at lab, I mourn for about ten minutes, then move on with my life. My grad student's policy is "you can make every ... days - and not my usual ten minutes - of moping, I've finally decided to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Terrible Traffic Don't even THINK about bringing a car to MIT

  

  time staying awake while on the road, so he would stop at the Woodrow ... . As luck should have it, "the day" came on July 7th of 2008, and now ... work which only takes him about 25 minutes. Most days, you can catch him

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hosed Hosed- adj. Bogged down with work (From the glossary of the 2007-2008 How to Get…

  

  totally and completed hosed. I can't even believe I'm taking 15 minutes to ... timesheets we're supposed to keep for 2.009, I've spent THIRTY HOURS working on ... professors think you should be spending 12 hours per week on the class

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 7, 2008