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• Blog / How to Human

  hokey pokey is the best ice cream in the world (unbiased take)

  

  currently kicking my ass"]6.1210[/annotation] TA asked us for our favourite ... ,[/annotation] the massive flurry of dormspams as clubs begin to campaign for ... anthropology class teacher asked us to say our name and a small story related to

  • by Janet G. '27
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Reflecting on the great memories of my freshman year ☀️ When life gives you lemons, share them with others >:) ☀️

  

  While I have studied in the US for two years before coming to MIT, I was ... ESG. This had been a particularly busy week for all of us in 8.012. A ... 33, Brandon came to help us out. He informed us that he’d slept for a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights, Sounds, Smells, Tastes, and Feels of IAP photo dump

  

  in the fraternity, I went to a nearby IKEA for furniture shopping. But ... startup founders, rode an UberCHOPPER for free, and got into the TechCrunch afterparty. But my main reason for being there was to get more into virtual

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Angry Nerds Sometimes you've just got to flip the bird.

  

  . It makes for some intensely long days in the shop and some high stress ... prototypes for a presentation every day for several hours. I was in the shop on ... 'm in it. And as the Systems Integrator for my team section (Pink A

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tech Nomads Four MIT students are spending the summer racing 8000 miles across Europe. Find out why.

  

  underpowered for doing the shopping. We have no entourage of support vehicles ... Mongol rally is a charity event raising money for some fantastic ... drinks at the launch party, leap into the cars and head for Dover. Once we

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i (kinda) studied for finals brought to you by "a PNR mindset"

  

  as either Pass (for what would be an [annotation note="yes, this means ... Record, implying that it isn't reported on your transcript at all (for what ... pass the exams Show up and do the psets but don't study at all for the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 22, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  3 Simple Steps for Making New Friends Guide to Meeting People

  

  for all of us to “break the ice” and flow into conversation. Before I ... entered the MIT admissions office for the first time during [annotation note ... wished to be as invisible as possible, fearing I looked strange for

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Notes From The UK [by Mirat Shah '08] Currently in Cambridge, it is 50 degrees F and not only…

  

  MIT is more concerned with applications. For example, at Cambridge, you ... questions you for an hour about what steps you are taking to solve a problem ... for very long. Also, it really helps to organize the subject matter

  • by Cambridge
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  4 / Just *breathe* Everything is going to be all right

  

  qualifying for a spot for the 2019 US Championships in mid-January. That night ... ="1000"] Highlights from my schedule for the past 3 weeks.[/caption]   ... to see our friends, go back-to-school shopping, move into our new rooms

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 2, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-Thanksgiving Post-stuff and Foodstuffs In which I'm reminded I have a life, and am thus eligible to give a…

  

  I've had to study for? It wasn't to make my birthday not fun; it was ... , that's at the root of it. For what it's worth, I enjoyed some Mediterranean for a birthday lunch at Vlora, right over in Copley Square. As it

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus No exams woohooooo

  

  -tuning the software for SandScape, but I'm also going to start updating the code next week for a different project called TRANSFORM so that it can ... at the lab. MIT OpenCourseWare I'm going through the lectures for 6

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 8, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  Gluten-free at MIT Oh hey, that rhymes!

  

  into this category.) I go grocery shopping at either Whole Foods or Trader Joe's every one to two weeks, both of which have tons of options for people with food allergies. You can go shopping for food even if your dorm

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  being able to make food for myself. The latter is beyond terrifying, as I ... need others to help them. Having to fend for myself for the last two ... home for MIT’s Family Weekend, I rushed into her arms and squealed. Don

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  As the City Slumbers thoughts while walking in a park

  

  everything takes place at night; only those with a special disregard for sweat ... , or lack thereof -- for really it had been friendship, under the wrong ... ."]now[/annotation] My baba and zeide (pronounced ‘zay-deh,’ Yiddish for ‘grandfather

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2021
• Blog / Events

  A Break from Break I went to the Undergraduate Women in Physics Conference at Yale. And I'm blogging about…

  

  Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics at Yale (CUWPY). So, instead of ... I'll just borrow my parents' point-and-shoot for the weekend while I'm in the area. It turns out that using a new camera, for me, was a little

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  what to expect when you’re expecting a bad grade, that is

  

  . 2. Recalculate Your Entire Grade For some reason, this is always urgent despite the grade not being finalized for months. Start making a Google ... need a 431% on the final. Plan for every possible exam score you could

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 29, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Thing-A-Mah-Bobs Never walk up to a duck trying to cross the street

  

  sitting for more than 2 minutes. But those who could stand to talk to me for ... , what factors constitute a 'high quality' shopping experience?] “All ... center (which is basically a couple shopping centers) to see what I could

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 8, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  in remembrance of my sticker collections for stickers are vessels for stories

  

  harvest the cap. But alas it was simply not attainable for reasons detailed in this dormspam I sent out of desperation: I will pay $15 for an H2GO ... resorting to dormspam. Best, Audrey bcc'd to dorms green hills software green for

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 5, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  mit bingo! as done by the bloggers

  

  difficult for us in general, though. The two things I'm most proud of ... /facebook/snapchat stories. For the uninitiated, you will quickly pick up on how it works as ... the morning my freshman fall and would often stop at verdes to shop in a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 7, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  My mom is here! ...and she's critiquing my cheerleading skills.

  

  left my brother (age 16) and my father (still not old enough to cook for himself) back in Ohio to fend for themselves. Perhaps they will have to hunt ... . (Seriously, Adam and I cook for ourselves all the time. But we're both busy and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 21, 2005