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• 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 / MIT Life

  four semesters in music and food just some lists and reminisces

  

  ). Now I can add the long-ass Porter escalator to the list of places in ... ; when I had time alone, I listened to some of my favorite chilling-in ... their lentil dal. Over March Break, I met my parents in LA, hit up so many

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 28, 2020
• 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
• Blog / How to Food

  food diaries pt. 1 ...adulting?

  

  'm loving it. Deciding what I'm going to make in the next week, buying ... this one in particular, I used canned salmon and broccoli because it was ... circumstances, I can't help but feel that the tone of this blog is strange and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 2, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  commute! Some days you can find him walking from his home in Cambridge to ... 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

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  sit in an empty Zoom room for thirty minutes; during this time, I sent several emails, bumping the founders ("Hey! I'm in the Zoom." "Hey! Let me ... the pay: in high school, I did plenty of miserable jobs. But now I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  “How was your day?” asked and answered

  

  the pain. Wonderful. In a few minutes, I can barely move both my arms ... classes this semester, and I’ve seen her put in lots of time and effort into ... to Medical and check in at the desk. I’m preparing to travel to India

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 2, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s going on inside my head It might not have been so very important.

  

  Lammermoor. Now, I can appreciate opera and everything--Lucie's mad scene in ... with my application, so here's what I sent in: They can't refuse to ... Here are ten important things that happened in the past week. 1. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2005