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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Finals Blog but not the final blog unless something terrible happens to me in the next 48…

  

  Today I sprinted down Massachusetts Avenue in a noontime spritz of ... thread: How much do I like MIT? The best answer I can think of is, more ... had to study my name for a while, since there's no way I can re

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train in vain Pulling my first official all-nighter of the fall term.

  

  . I drifted in and out of uneasy dreams on the way home, but I think ... ... even though I should have learned it perfectly in 8.022. We also sang ... I CAN MAKE THE 6:15 TRAIN." I wasn't completely sure I could make the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  extraordinary and everyday beauty the city in fall is my city

  

  "world's smallest" Trader Joe's across the river in Boston (which I would ... time I had a half-dozen, I felt like I just had to blog them (in addition ... spring in your step, you're about to buy lots of delicious food to cook

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 4, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Planned Procrastination Productive Punting

  

  baggy t-shirt to p-set in. I sort my pile of clean laundry. I sort my pile ... buy socks. I should eat breakfast. I put away the clean dishes from the dishwasher. I can’t find my dishes. I run around Random Hall sequestering

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Summer in Boston what happens outside MIT

  

  activities this summer (and let me know what I missed in the comments below ... can also buy souvenirs, including hot sauce from the world's #1 hot shop ... -renowned performers, and sometimes, you can watch four at a time in various locations

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 3, 2017
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  I've had dial-up internet for as long as I can remember. One of the ... 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 / MIT Life

  A Case of the Saturdays This is the true story of 5 mechanical engineers and 1 neuroscientist selected to spend…

  

  tickets any MIT student can buy through MITAC. And thus, on a Saturday I actually planned on sleeping in, I was out of the house by 7:30 and on my way ... Why oh why would I ever go to Agawam? (These could potentially

  • by Bryan
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Two Cool Projects

  

  In this second-to-last entry, I want to encourage all of you to check ... individually. Sinchi Warmi can choose to ask its members to contribute a portion ... a fair price for their work, at least double the price they obtain in

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  MNL → BOS → SFO we live in a so(ci)e(ty)

  

  I've met in MIT. It feels like I can match them one-to-one: this ... I love cities, and I've lived in cities all my life. I grew up in ... Francisco. Well, I lived in Manila, as much as I've lived in Boston and San

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 1, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Eating Too Much Cake Just kidding, this post is about physics

  

  eight. You say, “Mom, can I buy that entire cake and eat it?” Of course ... Sixteen months ago, in April, I made a promise to myself: if you ... ="Pizza, you idiot, you were in Naples"]pizza[/annotation] . I was ready once

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 25, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  .) Clocky is especially nice combined with my loft. I can’t leave it in my bed ... ’re in season you can buy crates of clementines at Shaw’s. After ... . Different dorms give different levels of control over furniture. If you can, I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senioritis We'd fight for a cure if we weren't so lazy.

  

  in the actual grades I get this term. (I wish I could be all badass and ... to not care at all for one time in my life? In reality, I may very well ... . I wanted to buy towels and bedsheets for our new apartment. Adam

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  For Applicants Admitsphere.org, four hens, two ducks, best wishes and high regard from Mac-town, Oregon

  

  I know it's late in the college application season--the deadline is ... in order to learn how to win at high school, college applications, and life.” In other words, to help you! From Jacob: “We believe that you

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 27, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  holidays in boston a photodump for you to procrastinate with

  

  holiday season, and I'm coming in hot, live from my bed watching Frozen instead of studying for my [annotation note="I'm posting this as I leave for ... off. There's no way Santa can afford to take time to go to Boston in

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 16, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  I walked on water* IAP? no...you're AP.

  

  world. Where an MIT education can fall short, however, is in "soft skills ... *in the solid phase This is a recipe for The Best Tasting BLT Sandwich In The World™: (1) Slap together week-old bacon, lettuce, tomatoes

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 17, 2014
• 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 / How to Boston and Beyond

  In Transit: Summer Edition A guide to objects that you could theoretically use to get from point A to…

  

  anyone. In fact, I think sometimes impersonating a tuber can be a welcome ... swiped into the subway and in June, I saved a whopping $4 by buying the ... to complete on transportation in Boston. Here are two methods that I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 5, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Your credit history is too short and other adult things

  

  they might be in a few days, or weeks, or months. I can delay apartment ... A credit card is something I, in theory, knew I needed eventually ... landlords care about. I knew all this, in theory. I've known for a few months

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2023
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  verano! [red wine and lemon soda] Well, you can make it in the US, I guess ... Adelaide and hoping I got back before Shaw's closes so I can go buy some ... In a few short hours I will hop on a plane back to the US. I have

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  2014 Resolutions January 2nd and still going strong

  

  to MIT I'll already have a week done and be in a routine. Since I can ... fail, I will revive them from where I left off INSTANTLY in some way. No ... ." Instead: "I'm going to figure out my weak points in Physics and work my way

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 2, 2014