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• Blog / MIT Life

  I get a temporary cat and it comes with occupational hazards

  

  . [annotation note="short for Public Universal Feline"]PUF[/annotation] usually ... quite a bit of time in Ilani’s room. For the summer, though, PUF was ... cat. PUF also has impressively large lungs for a relatively small cat

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  is everyone growing up without me? we're only getting older

  

  after I'd started dating my ex, Chris, who I was also together with for ... status for a truth is” and videos of ourselves upending a bucket of ice ... for me to do than befriending older people), but then taking time away

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  sharp and soft featuring: my favorite naruto moment

  

  as a surprise that all my favorite battles are mental ones. for ... problems with inventing new meanings for words: you end up with associations ... . be careful about the language you create for yourself). i assumed that

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 21, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  head above the water (intro post) an inner dialogue about my first month of classes

  

  When I tried practicing for the swim test, I realized how long it had ... being suspended in this void for a few seconds, my legs swaying back and ... onto a lane divider, gasping for breath as chlorine stung the back of my

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / Summer

  tiny living when life gives you lemons...

  

  in for the month of August, but wasn't sure if it was worth the move ... . Raymond, being the optimist that he is, came up with some solutions for our ... for the day, we took a quick run to Target and bought all our kitchen

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 1, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  what’s on my wall too many postcards, that's what

  

  for my dorm room walls well before I actually got accepted to college ... the set as some sort of bucket list for places to visit. I bought the ... NYC bookstores, a couple of days before leaving to Russia for the fall

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 1, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  taylor swift songs as applicants emergency evermore post

  

  , "Well, it's made for me" The kid who’s ready to figure out who they are ... -guessing their decision to go far away from home for college.   tolerate it I wait by the door like I'm just a kid Use my best colors for your

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  snowfall as the snowflakes fall, they remind me of home

  

  It snowed for the first time this school year yesterday! Originally ... ) has Boston had more than 1.1” of snow in an October storm or for that ... are almost always tied to the[annotation note="MIT has a reputation for

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  i am overwhelmed. what happens when a pandemic, recession, racial reckoning and recruitment season join forces?

  

  my classes are on Zoom (or Whoosh for 6.031). Content-wise, all my ... to make life for international students even more difficult. Great. My ... for a black woman- me- to say that she mattered- that I mattered

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  SOFT HOUSE five college students doing burpees on gravel at 1 am vibes

  

  watching Harry Potter for the nth time. On a normal day, there are at least ... workouts for us. The first night I tried, we did it outside at 11 pm, and it ... house. Since I knew my dorm, Burton Conner, would be closed for

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 28, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  it’s not the same, but it’s still home back at MIT

  

  Dakota was, for the most part, uneventful. I[annotation note ... friend who had also fled campus for SD in March,[/annotation]so we shared ... on campus, so we headed straight for our dorm, Next House. I'd been

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  so i guess fall is happening kinda hard to believe, huh?

  

  decided that was fine; i liked cooking for myself too much to risk being ... 't worth taking an LOA; i had too many plans for the year that couldn't be ... living with people as cautious and careful as i am.) so that's my plan for

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

  my freshman year in laptop stickers RIP my laptop 7/19/20

  

  . losing the files on my laptop and having to pay a good amount of money for ... stickers. i'd been saving space for stickers from all four years at MIT, so ... behind for other residents. this was the first sticker i put on my laptop

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  then and now a reflection on the very bad

  

  bad for making my parents worry. I would start going to therapy about a ... little moments where I would crack. Where I would think about it for too ... vacation in Vancouver for Veteran's Day Weekend with my mom. Simply put

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 5, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  i love this f*cking place "say this to my face when you're a junior." ~an upperclassman

  

  okay, it’s a bit early to proclaim my love for this place, especially ... ) and chilled for four months taking various online courses, studying ... latte with almond milk, being vaguely productive for a couple of hours

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  How to Perform an Organ Transplant Doctors agree! "This is really the only guide we could find online."

  

  ="alignnone" width="343"] She did it! So proud! ^-^[/caption] Step 6: Prepare for ... apart and prepare for the worst case scenario by constantly thinking about ... , ready for action![/caption] This is when everything comes into play. Make

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • August 4, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries

  

  Afeefah and we're rolling out looking for MIT's greatest Diners, Dig-Ins and ... specials and kosher foods, the hall is open for business for most hours of ... first time eating at Baker. Even after being on campus for a whole year

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  hello seattle i'm on the west coast!!

  

  , thinking about final assignments and projects for the semester, thinking ... boxed and stored away for three months. i moved back [annotation note="real home"]home[/annotation] for a week, where i was mostly alone, besides the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 3, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Nothing is perfect… and it doesn’t matter a guest post by Tommy A. '21

  

  singing group within Next House! Our main goal for the group was for it to ... actual thing. Like, for lack of a better term, W T F In the beginning, I hardly realized what she roped me into being co-president for. I

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • May 6, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Hint of fall A Sunday adventure

  

  , looking for any and all signs of fall. My only directive was to maximize the ... the city. You get to check them out for 30 mins at a time before you ... I've never actively sought out fall leaves. It's still a bit early for

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 21, 2018