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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Time I Underpacked a trip to Istanbul, courtesy of MIT

  

  something that could buy X amount of Y. I told her I always jokingly see money ... distance it can buy you. She sees money as a way to unlock the ability to ... the first time in my life, I underpacked. It's another scary feeling—I

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 25, 2014
• 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 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 ... cartographic reality in Boston. Once freshman year, I had gotten my hair cut near ... stops appear to be in a straight line from each other on the T map, so I

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

  iCyd This, my friends, is a GREEN APPLE!

  

  couple courses in the department, I determined that this was not the career ... (Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Management Science). I found that I really enjoyed the classes I had in course 15 but the course 2

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  laser-powered happiness 6.UAR showcase, part 1

  

  doing. In November, I pitched my entire "buy-genes-off-the-internet, make ... .[/annotation] In any case, I spent all semester thinking about laser-powered dopamine ... which point I started work in the Traverso/Langer Lab. Because Binbin is a

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 5, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much

  

  I saw my first Tesla in July, 2009. I knew what Teslas were but it ... fell in love with it.  It was the second Tesla I'd ever seen up close and in real life. "I love your car," I told her, "I'm very jealous." "You

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  All the food in my cabinet Like an unboxing, but an uncabineting

  

  card and can get in. For that reason, I usually don't own these, but I ... tea in the next photo...) Nutella: what more can I say? I love bread ... -affordable grocery store in Central Square! They're relatively small so I buy most of

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 24, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  a night in hannover one of the most chaotic travel experiences of my life

  

  shops in NYC to smell different ones; I can feel myself developing a sense ... This summer, I'm doing MISTI-Germany and living in Berlin. I've been ... I did a lot of reading and relaxing. That in itself isn't a

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 13, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in My Summer Life Starts at 5 AM, ends at 10:30 PM, and go-go-go in between.

  

  &J sandwich orrrr I decide I'm too lazy to make my lunch and that I'll just buy ... : Finally at Merck! I can't actually talk about my specific project, but just as a general overview, I'm working in Merck's vaccine division this

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  shifting seasons something reflective

  

  i should buy a plastic wastebin to wash my bulky wool sweaters in. (i ... unboxing was literal -- i visited my family's place in vancouver over winter ... , since my parents are overseas and i'm in boston, so most of these old

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Activities, humanities, question-ities Will you have time to be in an extracurricular at MIT? Yes, you will.

  

  probably can't do ten. I personally do one activity plus a UROP, partially because I live in the boondocks and it annoys me to go back to campus after ... any cheer expereince in high school, but I was wondering if it is a pre

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 14, 2006
• 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 ... creativity. I really like cooking. It is kind of fun to look in your pantry

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  NIGHTMARISH THOUGHTS fear of technology

  

  should have an idea.) And then I dwell on the fact that you can soon ... become obsolete like a floppy disk. I can hold my reservations about said ... can only keep going, or we wouldn’t be where we are today. IN

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  even thought, hey, everyone will be wearing duct tape. What can I do to ... food in comparison to all the great things about MIT, I'm a cross country ... the athlete's point of view. As I said, I rarely eat in the dining

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  …and other things you can do with your four-day weekend context around the marathon

  

  seemed worse than anything I had seen in a long time—I imagine the exodus ... that I cannot quite recall, and in any case, it didn't linger, not in the ... backlog of things to do grew larger. Friday, April 16th, in the Evening I

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• 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