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  Putting food on the table daily with Daily Table affordable, nutritious, and delicious groceries near MIT

  

  I have worked at MIT since 2009, and lived less than a mile away, in Central Square, since 2013. I love living here in a way that I never thought I would. I grew up in small towns in Vermont and New Hampshire, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Confusion, by the Numbers my high school experience, via a google doc and some python

  

  , Ward Melville. In my three years there, I changed intellectually and emotionally in ways I couldn't have predicted. I spent this past summer ... many "failures" served as catalysts for personal growth. In the wake of

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • November 24, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  In 2015 I got to experience a longtime dream of mine, finally finding ... window, curl up in blankets with something good to eat, and escape to ... to cut them. Place the potato (or equivalent) and garlic cloves in a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  confident in declaring that Burton 1 is the best floor in Burton-Conner. Maybe even in all the dorms at MIT. Yeah, I said it. BURTON 1 FREAKIN' ROCKS ... you until 4 in the morning tearing through your 14.01 psets - or if you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s More Than A Job Thoughts On The Eve Of RA Decisions

  

  In response to an earlier entry of mine, this post appeared on ... will weigh in on it. Assuming you've made it that far, the senior staff ... correct in the context of the overall applicant pool, and that no one

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  [annotation note="Like many others, I didn’t know a lot about what being in a ... interested in joining a sorority or are just curious, I encourage you to read ... been involved in Greek life since my very first year at MIT. My freshman

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  fraternity is Alpha Phi Alpha, founded in 1906 at Cornell University. In the ... MIT sororities since most are majority white and Asian. In the middle is ... at her church who were. She started to learn more about D9s in middle

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  turn out the lights always the last one to say goodbye

  

  In that moment, I felt that my conception of [Next House] finally ... happy, encouraging; they will reflect the growth I've felt in the corners ... been extremely difficult, in ways that I both could and could not foresee

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 31, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Rain by any other name lagi na lang umuulan

  

  , from the northeast to the southwest monsoon. Habagat brings in hot, humid ... beginning of the academic year, as the Philippine school year starts in June ... didn't have shade. In Cambridge, there are some rains that feel like a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I’m Still Standing after all this time at MIT

  

  tl;dr I made a music video to commemorate graduation happening in a ... ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo9elE7Ij-c One night, in the middle of my time away from MIT, I watched Rocketman with two of my roommates. Out of seven people living in

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 31, 2021
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  Parametric Cooking how i make fifty plus recipes with just three!

  

  In the world of design, there's this idea of parametric design ... way to model a cube in 3D? Certainly, there's a very easy way to make a cube, as most 3D modeling softwares have buttons that'll do just that. In

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 30, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Happy 21st Birthday to the Random Hall Milk the Milk is now old enough to drink, but *please*, don't drink the Milk

  

  , despite its cream-filled protests, was chucked into a refrigerator, in which ... , 1994. It had already expired, and belonged in the trashcan, but somehow ... across to his finders in some way. Maybe MIT students just like to have fun

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Leaving How I ended up taking medical leave as a sophomore

  

  struggling to do so in a way that’s pretty and poetic, that will stick in ... have gaps in my memory from that time that will probably never be filled ... , working alone or in tandem, that happened my freshman fall might have

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Life is Improv say yes

  

  . To negate in improv is to break the flow of absurdity and belief that ... 's standing only on thin air, he's negating. In improv, when you deny a ... you want to pull it in another direction. you're negating. This rule

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011
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  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  fateful day in September, so long ago. So, no, I have not forgotten about my ... blogs I promised in here will still get written, but I need to finish my ... ever taken at MIT (the second lowest comes in at 54, which is four and a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Challenge Accepted I even put off writing this post.

  

  inevitably be done in the twenty-four hours before it's due. Procrastination, I must say, is endemic on campus. This semester, for the first time in my ... the time left over after the inevitable procrastination. Case in point

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • December 10, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A (Belated) Letter to July In which I start blogging again with an angsty video

  

  video.  It's been a crazy 101 days since I last posted in this corner of ... through their lovely writing. Anastassia's post, in particular, helped give ... be many more somethings in the near future, now that there's a little

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Mischievous Anniversary Tonight Four score and ten years ago...

  

  about half a decade more, in which time two identical extensions would be ... built just to the west. In February of 1931, the buildings would be ... Bemis House of the East Campus Alumni Houses. But that was all in the

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  means "almond bread" in German. I got to see Mandelbrot speak on Thursday ... just to be in the same room for a minute and catch a glimpse of his well ... Engineering?" It's funny, because I remember going to a choice of major fair in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  orientation was from Alaska. While in Paris this weekend, Ling '07 and I went ... Morrison will probably also be forgotten in a hundred years, but it's kind of ... the Thalys in first class (yay for Thalys summer offer!) I picked up a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006