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• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales From Turning Twenty They range from "a little peculiar" to "utterly bizarre."

  

  Nov 3: I ended up in an ambulance, then at Cambridge Hospital, then ... weird. 4. Tuesday Nov 6: I voted in the presidential election for the ... . Turned 20 at 7am. Half an hour after turning 20, I was in an office

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  Another hack Snow and hacks and exams.

  

  mine- I ordered it from BestBuy and had it shipped to my dorm just so I ... involved in the hack, so I knew all about it ahead of time. Last Saturday night, I received an anonymous email telling me there would be a hack put

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 21, 2006
• 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 / Events

  Splash. Was. Awesome. I taught: 3 classes, 5 sections, 246 kids.

  

  Saturday and bouncing out of bed. I love wearing headphones in a hipster ... , unfortunately, and the remaining slices are covered in Balsamic vinaigrette. I ... barbecue chicken pizza as well. I sign in, shove a bread roll in my mouth

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  knew two of my best friends would be there, so I caved to peer pressure. Actually, I knew a lot of people who would be there, so I figured I'd stop by ... food in comparison to all the great things about MIT, I'm a cross country

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

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

  

  I, and I am him....." Yesterday, there was terrible traffic in the ... there were elephants in Cambridge, I ran to get some elephant bait to try ... Once upon a time, in a land far far away (called New Jersey), a young

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 13, 2010
• 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 / Miscellaneous

  I would like to find an astronomer to talk to No admissions. Just good writing.

  

  certainly not forgotten. I've got a blog post in the works about how to write ... illusion. I would like to find an astronomer to talk to. I think how people ... I just returned from a week's "vacation" with family and friends. I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Little things that remind me im not home

  

  before buying anything, I would not buy anything, period. Things are just ... 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 / How to Food

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

  

  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 ... am as an omnivore. Earlier in the summer I'd do about two meals a day

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 19, 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 / How to Food

  what i ate in a month* *basically true to my word this time but at what cost

  

  i would just get the pizzas who are confident in their vegetarian ... note="i live in Burton-Conner and thus am free from the shackles of a ... [annotation note="in Toronto specifically… I didn’t research or travel far

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Real, live MIT students * IN HD* A look inside the world of MIT Admissions Interns

  

  Hey you! Yes, you, the one reading this sentence right now! How would ... -2013 Admissions Interns What role they play in the office Why they are interested in working at the Admissions Office Randomness Seriously, though

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Choose a Laptop for College your companion for all four years

  

  store before you buy it. I've had laptops in my Best Buy shopping cart ... I've been breaking computers from a young age. In middle school I ... gave me store credit to buy a new laptop. I'm now typing from my brand

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  will.i.am: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston The Black Eyed Peas' frontman hangs out at MIT.

  

  at MIT whenever he is in town. This time I took him to see robots in ... for the show. “Hey, that would be great,” I said. I like the Peas, and besides, I hadn’t been to a good concert since the Rolling Stones were in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  their computers). I would suggest buying a Thinkpad based on a) Price b ... campus-wide WI-FI. I always had this sparkling image of me, sitting in ... laptop, it lets me do what I'm doing now (type a blog entry in the floor

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  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 ... for so many votes, but in the end it all worked out (I hope!). My prize

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  (Guest Post) how can it be home when it’s not finding a sense of belonging away from home

  

  "]IAP[/annotation], i began to cook™ for myself often. i would buy weekly groceries, make ... ’ shift is the core of the poem. i would like to think that in my villanelle ... ‘warm’ is the core.  i would like to think that i have found home. in

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aisumasen, Yoko San Aisumasen (Apologetics).

  

  Hello out there in TV Land. I'm Sam Maurer. You might remember me ... person on Earth that I would have my first weblog entry up this week ... excruciating pain I've ever experienced in my mortal life Anyway, that's my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  i saw twenty one pilots at td garden in boston live music is very much alive and here to stay

  

  buy tickets (tickets released at 10am ET and I was very much in Hawai'i ... overwhelmed, I am so in love with art and music, I am so in love with life, and ... college that I just laid down in my bed, face flat on the bed, sobbing as I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 28, 2021