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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to a Package of Dial Soap Substantial entries will come soon!

  

  to see how much I've grown In brainpower and stamina for sleepless ... shopping there And when I was about to buy soap, I Reached for the three ... -bars Of soap can last me for five semesters But I say, that's the magic of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 6, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  everything i cooked this summer it wasn't gourmet but it (mostly) tasted good

  

  mushrooms, I include them in almost every meal greens: I buy a mixed baby ... for all but one semester. This summer in Berlin, I lived alone again ... of food as fuel first, taste in 1.5th place (I still want my fuel to

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 14, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Under the Dome A full day of free fun at MIT

  

  creations. There isn”t much left I can get my teenagers to do with me on a ... Ok, so you know how Chris is always talking about free food? Well, I seem to have a thing already for free events at MIT. I'll cut to the

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  A Pre-MIT To-Do List (International Students Version)

  

  , congratulations! You have a lot to be proud about. From experience, I can say that ... might be able to help you around campus. I got in touch with the Pakistani ... campus, which I am still very, very grateful for.  In addition to that

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 17, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m Back!

  

  come grocery shopping? That way you can buy lots of big, bulky things and ... rush dies down just in time for the weekend, which I will be spending out ... out, so I turned around just in time to duck. I was one of the closest

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5th of November, Remembered Bonfire Night celebrations in Cambridge.

  

  class last week (in Chinese, of course). I didn't see any masks over here ... all night long. You can buy fireworks at the local grocery store! Some ... /Bonfire Night over here at the other Cambridge. I actually saw V for Vendetta

  • by Cambridge
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I won the game! Not (quite) another picture entry... with Tastykakes!

  

  in Harrisburg, PA and I thought I'd spend it posting old photos on this ... photos from my phone to my computer, and I'm a college student and just can ... ." Although I was discouraged after my poor performance in the regular field of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  midlayers! (1) Baselayers When I'm in the city, I usually just wear cotton t ... ItForLife, but I think that particularly with coats and boots, buying quality items ... ^ how not to do it.   "Help! I'm from [Los Angeles

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• 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 / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen AKA, the "Magic Pen"

  

  enjoying the laziest IAP I can muster. I sleep until at least noon every day ... one. Remember when I was a contestant in a blogging scholarship a while back? In the end I got a very commanding 4th place out of 20, and I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  . I can talk to her on my way to the coffee shop without losing work ... to study in the coffee shop. Because I’m walking again I decide to take ... time in hours. I finally finished my paper, and it’s pretty good! Luckily

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Seasons of Spam Next up: a Nostalgic entry about my frosh year. After Finals. Maybe.

  

  cans of Red Bull. In tooling, in frats, in lectures, in hacks. In ten ... refuse to buy an iPhone - I didn't even own an iPod until just a year ago), I felt like I should go and partake in the festivities. So I got to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  More from Ahia I even manage to do MIT-related stuff when I'm 750 miles away.

  

  me and Adam in the stands. Surprisingly, I've gotten to do some MIT ... current students can meet prospective students and talk about MIT and (in ... of that nature: 1. I don't think Timur really has wireless in his

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s in My Bag? My everyday carry!

  

  the only things I write with. I buy them in bulk. It all started in high ... They say you can tell a lot about a person by what’s in their bag. Or ... (and as you can see, I read the articles whether they’re actually

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Refreshment We need your help!

  

  better. I think one of the most important things I've learned in my time ... Last week, I spoke a little about Camp Kesem, one of the many student ... together a free summer camp for kids whose parents have cancer. As I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Little things that remind me im not home

  

  it in a week or two. Here, I can get it delivered in two or three days ... isn’t what makes me feel like I’m not in the Philippines anymore. Because, you know, American food? Something I’ve seen in the movies. The way

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 15, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  I am lethally bored in the airport boooooo

  

  I am coming to you live from the coveted Boston Logan International ... move out by noon. Not realizing this until after I booked my flight, though, I realized I had a very unfortunate amount of time between move

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting always waiting

  

  of 46 meters, and yes, waiting to see if the rain will stop so I can ... . There are many things I can do, things I can make, and places I can go to ... You Wait Eggs, especially fried in (lots of) butter. Unfortunately, I

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 12, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Reek Week Updated 8/3 to include pictures of Gilroy garlic ice cream.

  

  , we can smell the garlic. Love is in the air, and it doesn't smell good ... for free. The happiest (and stinkiest) I've been in years. Eating ... . The Crest bus has stations for you to brush your teeth. I say, "When in

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  gesturing around MIT drawing sights and sites around MIT

  

  . On this day, I wound up buying lunch from one of the vendors in the ... had seen in stores, but I was hesitating to buy it. They got the plushie ... conveniently 1 minute away from my dorm room. In fact, I can see it from my

  • by Waly N. '24
  • March 6, 2023