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• Blog / MIT Life

  Closer Calls and rising unease

  

  with whom to catch up. But in the face of this blast, I seemed to float ... about how bad things can be, especially in the face of darkness. No, when ... Emab Plaza is a busy shopping mall located in the heart of Nigeria

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  of in awe of the fact that I'd apparently survived almost a full year ... the going got tough. And the going can get tough in a lot of different ... to cross streets in the city, but I do know how to get anywhere in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  unspoken rules in a way that gets buy in from everyone?  How can any of this ... on the street. I stand in front of a store eating a vending machine ice cream, like how I've seen others stand in front of food stalls

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Little things that remind me im not home

  

   multiple layers of clothing in order to keep warm. I’m sure those of you who’ve been ... to think of it, I can’t really distinguish much between Philippine ... option with a lot of stores.Here, I get almost everything in bulk. Having

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 15, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Central Square Dance Party You can even play the videos and dance along to them. It'll be like you…

  

  doesn't mean that there's less to do - in fact, I find my days are STILL ... has been so sporadic lately. That, and the Sex and the City kick I've been on for the past two months.*) A couple weekends ago the city of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 12, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  proof of life hmm :thinking-face:

  

  , I can blink and see the afterimage of ten more years unrolling in ... preface: this blog is comprised of various snippets I wrote in May ... myself blink out and in of existence as I crossed the threshold of the

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • August 16, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  i feel completely fine and maybe that's okay

  

  changed? When I think about this question, the only answer I can think of ... getting better at writing,[/annotation]and I can see[annotation note="in ... situation. What if this went wrong? "Well, I can solve that problem in this

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 12, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 1 MITWE (+ FJE and VJE) go to Brazil

  

  weeks ago, and we’ve arrived in Manaus – a Brazilian city in the middle of ... tour guides! Next, we went to a market in the middle of the city. Some ... famous Teatro Amazonas in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. [caption id

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  can’t stop smiling a time capsule for freshman fall

  

  higher. I can feel it in those unexpected can’t-stop-smiling experiences ... investigation. I can, however, take a guess: it’s having 24/7 access to some of ... semester in. I don’t really know anything about the breadth of college

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  internet. In other words, you can use up to 2 gigs of web space as an MIT ... 'd fill you in on some of MIT's not-so-well-known secrets. No, this isn ... final day of freshman orientation, you can sign yourself up for as many

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Construction Thoughts on a major.

  

  lots of sprockets and tensioners and shifters; I opted to buy a wheel ... , I built a bike. Working at MITERS, one of MIT's student groups which I ... I wanted to have a bike for when I came to campus in the fall. I didn

  • by Cam T. '13
  • December 26, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  A Run through Boston Having an adventure was easy. Carrying the camera around was the hard part.

  

  . . . . . . and into Boston, the greatest city in the entire world south of Canada ... time in my life. Resting my camera in the shade of a willow, I leapt ... deposited in the heart of the Theater District, I decided to detour into

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 4, 2009
• 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 ... of such a fine point. I also stopped using pencil in college--most of ... can write by hand on. I’m aware moleskines are kind of over-hyped, and I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  13/101 Things To Do Before You Graduate 2 of my favorite days at MIT, to date.

  

  right smack in the middle of the city), got lunch, then walked to ... of tables and chairs. ...challenge accepted. Daniel and I put our heads together and did 13 of them in 2 days (MIT students are experts at

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 22, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 2) 12 hours of coastal biking and other Spanish adventures

  

  parking, which I had never seen in a city layout before. It felt like those ... 2="97080" /] In the heart of the city was the most grand church that ... Moroccan pool in the city. Gosha and Selena decided on other plans, but I was

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 11, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who needs Black Friday anyway? a slightly different take.

  

  instant rush of novelty that consumerism thrives on. And hey, I’m not ... puffy jacket will always remind me of certain backpacking trips in the ... Friday frenzy and buying new stuff, I decided to take a different approach

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 29, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Twenty-One Days Abroad in Twenty-One Photographs a curated photo dump of an IAP in Spain

  

  Over IAP, I had the opportunity to participate in one of MIT's IAP ... the city, but also the simple feeling of just being there, I whipped out ... Jamón] On my second to last day, I ordered my final plate of cured ham in

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  friday afternoon in the town of beans i'm freeeeeeeeeeeee

  

  of like meeting an old friend. I listen to the violins, perfectly in ... big honey, you just haven't thought of it yet[/caption] I recruit Alex ... affect our reading of "fiction"? In any other context, this chat would get

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 11, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  in wonderland hello from the number side

  

  that you can describe yourself in terms of probabilities. If my electrons can be unsure of where they are, then so can I! Unlike my electrons ... drinking a lot of caffeine. I'm majoring in course 20 (bioengineering) 89

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 16, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT EECS students travel the world

  

  projector based AR systems. The city: I often went in to Osaka, the ... fields among our students, however, is Computer Science. In the summer of ... The host: I worked in a small software engineering team that are

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 27, 2011