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• Blog / How to Human

  Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet

  

  harder than it sounds). Bonus: Freshman Orientation test-takers receive an ... worth it. -- basic school supplies like notebooks, pencils, pens. The ... over-priced midnight indulgences. -- cash money, including some $1 bills

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  You construct intricate rituals function loses form and form loses function

  

  One It's weird how we do so much that we don't stop and think about ... ", leading with a question like "what does it mean to be you?" or "what ... process, how was I going to put up with several dozen more? It tends to be

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 3, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Varied states of the basement A roundabout trek to an underground level of Building 7 leads me into areas very…

  

  the ceiling in this neglected room, but it looked interesting, so I took ... worn task chair waiting patiently in the corner. Hi, chair! How do you ... , except it was late at night, and the sign was clearly no longer applicable

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Food, glorious food In which I learn that Simmons Dining is not, in fact, the best that Boston's…

  

  H Mart. "How hard could it be?" I thought, "Surely it's just three ingredients – mango, sticky, and rice?" Well... here's how it turned out ... it makes me sad."]more recently[/annotation]). Despite having been at

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 6, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  You gotta have stuff Places to get different kinds of stuff around campus. And rudimentary directions, too!

  

  eat healthy food. It's surprisingly cheap, considering how good (in both ... were, and how best to get there via public transportation. Public transportation stuff Public transportation in Boston is not as great as it is in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Recap (Guest Entry) "a perfect introduction to MIT"

  

  thing I must mention is how infinitely cooler it is to visit the East ... Ride times, and a handy-dandy TechCash card filled with $20.12 (get it ... personality (what defines it, how it becomes more definitive over the course of

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Personal Projects

  in Black Valley Hostel journal of my third day in Ireland

  

  realized that they only take cash. “You gave it to the cab?” she said, and I ... "]eduroam[/annotation] is giving me one bar. It actually loads search results and sends email ... Kerry, Ireland. It’s the launching point to walk the Kerry Way, a nine

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: an interdisciplinary collaboration A day in the life of MIT research... on the Internet. A story of how…

  

  something very, very promising. It wasn't long until we heard that we ... the site, and let me know how you think it could work even better! ... This is a story of how two MIT students -- one with a fabulous idea

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My 7 Favorite Places to P-Set! Eat, Work, Repeat.

  

  overcrowded. Overall though, it is great to have all the accessible chalkboards ... locations when I am by myself working. It is on campus! Just a walk, well, a bike ride for me since I live at Next! 3. Long Wharf Although the

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  always bring an empty backpack when going grocery shopping because it’s ... step, I always end up squishing all of the bananas, and it’s very sad ... can save time and money in the grocery store. Know how much food costs

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  I had a terrible week Also, I think that making puns about the President is Obaminable.

  

  course, you can barely tell how wonderful of an idiom it makes just from ... 's a harsh claim. Perhaps you might soften it down until it's fluffy like ... forgot the rest of it ten minutes later. I was completely hooked on the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 26, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poker, Mountains, and Magic The four words of this title have no other exact match on Google

  

  pretty poster and a cute saying are all it takes to motivate you, you ... to blog more about my room and the renovations it underwent (undergoed ... incomplete information, which means that it’s impossible - even for computers

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 6, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  College The path to self-discovery is lined with my blog entries.

  

  *. Plus, “high-school dropout” had a nice ring to it (and I would get loads ... it for yourselves in the next six months. I can hardly wait. The ... wasted 30 seconds thinking about how great my life was when I could have

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: MacGregor House Because really, sometimes you just need your own space.

  

  TechCash. By which I mean your parents can pay for it. MacGregor also ... single rooms. MacGregor may not look like much from the outside (it opened in 1970, and it basically screams "70s architecture"), but it's home

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT, You Make Me Wanna Wait! Between high school and MIT, I took two years to travel and work as a…

  

  to college ... what to bring, how you’ll spend those last days with ... that’s accepted by both your friends and your folks (no matter how conservative), and you’re all ready to GO. It feels like the "right thing to do

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  other questions, as always, please feel free to ask. Does it cost extra ... muscle. It does cost extra money to stay in the dorms over the summer ... knowledge, it's not a great deal harder, but it does involve being sure you

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

  Balancing Act… ...or not

  

  sometimes hard to maintain, and I live in perpetual fear of messing it up even ... decide to wing it anyway. We make it to Davis, but then get on a bus headed ... it to Market Basket eventually. No happy ending here. I’m sorry. We

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Anxiety Level: High A play-by-play of emotional diffusion

  

  enough time. Do you see how much that is? It’s so much! I’m really not ...   I have a conversation with my Anxiety. This year I learned that it’s much more helpful to ask Anxiety why it’s acting up instead of ignoring

  • by Powers '23
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Liveblog] MARC 2025 A sciencey science conference, feature Anika '26 and me

  

  to think about how long it takes for academic research to become ... GlobalFoundries: Q: “From an R&D perspective, how does industry ... sectors, how does the pressure for immediate commercial outcomes influence

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Let the games begin! Last minute advice for your CPW.

  

  . That $20 in tech cash they give you? Use it right away for non-food (buy ... perspective! Go out, see it all. Your host tell you East Campus is weird and ... -CPW-rant that the previous item became, it's important enough to be repeated here

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 7, 2010