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• Blog / Residential Life

  it’s not the same, but it’s still home back at MIT

  

  I got back to campus a few days ago. The journey here from South ... -campus living in the fall that there would be a lot of restrictions. Things will ... courtyard. Home. I’ve been in quarantine ever since, waiting for the end of

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  An Origin Story Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Jinchūriki

  

  , and I started thinking about Naruto and how he would have reacted in my ... it would be, or what exactly to say, but I guess it’s always good to ... lot of sense considering I’m in the middle of reading applications for

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  requiem for the desert as temperatures rise higher

  

  by one. I don’t buy from those stores, even in Boston.  I run by the ... gets in Arizona in summer. I expected the wet towel in my room to dry ... windows to keep out the heat. I mean — obviously. In Arizona it’s hostile

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 30, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  . Unfortunately, whenever I wash my dishes in my hall's sink (which measures about 1 ... ready to clean months of caked-on food. I abhor washing dishes in our tiny ... listening in health class. Your advisor? Rightttt! I think most people really

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an album a day the only new year's resolution i've ever completed

  

  in 2022, I challenged myself to listen to an album every day. I thought this would be a good idea because I enjoy the entire process of ... prospect of consuming 365 new albums in a year. what if I found it tedious

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / Advice

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

  

  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 ... [/annotation] so I was phone-less for a week or so and had to buy a new phone. 6

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

  On Latin American Things Hablas español? Do you want to?

  

  , because I'm leaving for Mexico in a few hours and I have yet to pack and ... . Born and raised in the states, but I still love pupusas and fried yucca ... presence must be very prominent in all of the US. And then, I get here to

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Bienvenidos a Miami Updates from South Florida.

  

  Yesterday, I held a Central Meeting in South Miami, Florida. We were ... have never wept in front of a crowd before, but yesterday I did get ... , thank you. In the middle of each meeting, I introduce the local

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maybe I’m Amazed ...but not until Season 13, at least.

  

  memory. Anyway, I learned in high school that excuses are like dirty ... live octopus in South Korea or caber tossing in the Scottish highlands ... moment in our relationship was the outcome of that spelling bee, although I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  hermit in a cave in Hong Kong after graduation. I proclaimed that I would ... Now that I'm a junior in college, I'm supposed to be almost an adult ... apparently, this means I'm going to have to go find a job- also in the real

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Gluten-free at MIT Oh hey, that rhymes!

  

  in a dorm with a dining hall requires that you buy into the House ... hall: "I live in Baker now and I have to pay for preferred dining, so I figured I would make the best out of it. i introduced myself to the head

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  An American in Copenhagen but my luggage went to Amsterdam

  

  upstairs. In some ways this is exactly what I predicted a startup would be; in other ways, it’s better.  I’ve been just over a week in this city ... ="alignnone" width="225"] some ducks I would encounter[/caption] June 3rd. Tucson

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 14, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  start it with this line: “I was born in a place that doesn’t exist anymore ... my birth has become an accident of human history. See, I was born in ... crossing. My parents lived in the Canal Zone for 28 years and I was born

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Hail the Working People Living down the 40-hour work week.

  

  decision. Everything is A LOT. I just wish there would be more minutes in ... . Now I’m just thinking how in the world the SAT – which has nearly 200 ... decided to start something. This one’s about how jaded I am about buying

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 31, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Application advice Read this. Now. It's important. Promise.

  

  ) the South Street Diner has some "angsty" waitstaff (Ruth's word, I ... the title of "best milkshakes in Boston" at one point, I'm pretty sure ... asking me questions about specific things I had done in his class. The

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Chinatown Food and friends and pigeons.

  

  pioneering the latest advances in party technology, I'm slowly becoming a ... you.) Last Saturday, I woke up in a not-very-exciting fashion, so I ... place where I would live were I the type of person who writes novels, or

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I think I am slowly going insane This is your brain on AI-generated videos

  

  were bad – hilariously bad in many cases. I vividly remember watching one ... videos were generated for free, so I didn't expect them to be that good in ... hundred videos in, I began picking up on some interesting trends. Each model

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 6, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Truth About Science comic-style.

  

  about the realities of science. I've edited out expletives, in order to ... So the good news is that the series of scientific mishaps I blogged ... this video a while back - I've watched it approximately 20 times since

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  -booting shortly after buying the computer, so that just in case I messed up again I ... . I bought my computer off eBay in 2015, right before going off to ... RAM (those are solid specs, in case you're not a computer person) and I

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  crazy party weekend from 2019 to now

  

  when i attended cpw as a senior in high school, my favorite events ... perform for around ten minutes each in high school i watched the ohms sing ... i’d ever heard, and the chords in the climax of permanent some three

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 18, 2023