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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bed arrangements in dorms, and beauty on campus

  

  seperate beds?" I can't speak for every dorm, but at East Campus, most rooms ... choose whatever is more pleasing for you, bunk beds or two separate beds ... singles, doubles, triples and quads. For a quad, I suppose, one could have

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  “That is NOT an ice cream flavor.” wasabi + ginger + ice cream = disaster

  

  lengthen outside Boston City Hall as people wait for Chowderfest. Flame ... people and free food. When free food exists, people's tolerance for long lines increases exponentially. For a 6 oz Iced Coffee from Dunkin' Donuts

  • by Bryan
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our friends

  

  I think I have ever had and told me to go make sandwiches for myself ... , but as I was getting ready for bed I heard the sound I will forever ... James N. Murphy award, "for MIT employees whose contributions to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  emails to self & the long goodbye

  

  leaves me yearning for a do-over, a second chance at the past four years ... hope for myself and the world as a freshman and sophomore and regrettably ... sweetness in this, asking so plainly for a little more time. my 4W friends

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 27, 2025
• Blog / Personal Projects

  ms paint sidequest by kayode and caleb on a monday night

  

  assignment for 2.007, which was due Sunday night at Midnight. I’ll explain more ... work I’ve accomplished tonight:  I CADed up this piece for my robot in ... “The Arm”, and a base I’ll call… well I don’t really have a name for that

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  sk8 jebby on a skateboard

  

  getting on a skateboard again for the next six years. It wasn’t until a ... Discord server for recommendations, I headed over to Orchard Skateshop. I ... he could help me get a board for cruising around Cambridge and Boston

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 29, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  swatches of MIT collected like paint chips

  

  drabs.   This is for people on the fence, for those who aren’t sure ... you skip reading an article you can nap in the Banana Lounge for an hour ... for. Some were moving gently. It was bizarre, sort of otherworldly

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Creating the MIT-verse behind the scenes of this year’s pi day video!

  

  lots of fancy art supples. we brainbarfed at each other for a bit and ... : our boba bureaucrats liked it enough, so "Into the MITverse" it was. For ... for the fungal blob scene. Audrey: of course we also had to have a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • March 10, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  social groups a different angle on the 'i found my people in college' trope

  

  nice and all, but this is an idea that is hard for me not to be doubtful ... for help or participate in groups; when i happen to be in the midst of ... for myself are too high. standards such as — i must be intelligent and

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 27, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thanksgiving a different way All the cool kids call it "Friendsgiving" now, right?

  

  tradition, we got the full week (to allow for on-campus students to pack and ... . I helped out at the tournament, and then left for my house's weekly 11 ... The Muppet Christmas Carol. I didn't vote for it, but I'm very glad it

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 2, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  on realizations and learning in which i say a bunch of things that might seem obvious

  

  is always calmer than the ones that follow. For now at least, I ... yourself and putting aside time for yourself is not just a necessary evil. It ... maximize a proxy value for a quantity when you could maximize the quantity

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 10, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  for me, sure. I know how necessary they are. But I was really scared to ... me explain why. Make a guess for how many people got their flu shots that day. The clinic was held for ten hours. How many? A thousand? Two

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  ="REX stands for Residence Exploration, which is a 5-ish-days period where the ... I guess there are some things in life you can’t control. For me (and ... can’t study for. It’s an unpredictable, amazing, terrifying whirlwind

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  3.A03 Metalsmithing Throughout Time come to MIT, get to forge metal with your bare hands!! (and a hammer)

  

  seminars you can sign up for. The seminars last one semester, like a ... ! Each seminar counts for 6 units, so approximately one half of a typical ... , and that's chill. I opted for an advising seminar because I like

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  musings on duty and purpose brought to you by slow ambles through lobby 10 at twilight

  

  Thanks to Petey and Kathleen for giving me the idea to blog about ... were “easy” ones: how do I register for classes? If I use the last of the ... ’d been part of for a long time, that I knew a lot about and that, by senior

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / Events

  media we’ve been into recently musicals, food videos, memes, and misc.

  

  it is *top secret* stuff for now. So, look out for that post around mid ... useful if you're looking for some distractions (specifically if you're a ... . But for some reason, we LOVE it! Our fave songs are Your Day, Lilacs

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 9, 2018
• Blog / Events

  East Campus REX Events! welcome to the wild wild west

  

  excited for the REX events we’re hosting for y’all this year. This year, our ... by for a burger (vegetarian options available) and some good ... up the courage to do it, the EC courtyard is the place for you! We have

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Life Changes, Described by a Frosh Yultide Day 3

  

  Yultide (credit to the bloggers for the awesome name). Today is Yultide Day ... . __________________________________  Part 1: Freshman Fall I’ve only been here for a semester, but things have changed in life. For example, I realized how little I know and how uncertain

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just 41 Pictures I Took in 2017 Yultide Day 2

  

  Yultide (credit to the bloggers for the awesome name). Today is Yultide Day ... in this case being the 1E cats" - credit for caption and images goes to ... Bunnies for my birthday (credit to the wonderful Kristen Y. '19 and Jamie C

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 26, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I Never Thought I Would Join a Sorority ...but here I am?

  

  reputation, especially for us nerds. In particular, as a multiracial woman, I ... cannot speak for other schools. It is entirely possible that many ... connections with others. Some people fill this need for a tight-knit community

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2017