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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Person Who Inspired Me to Start this Blog The girls of Sri Lanka have in Alia an incredible beacon of hope and defender…

  

  these types of experiences. But she didn’t. In retrospect, I feel ... . Where I saw so many other people falter in their efforts, she persisted ... woman can emerge into her own The girls of Sri Lanka have in Alia an

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 9, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] A day in my life! by Callie T. '26

  

  tea for lunch, and then I take a caffeine pill because a large black tea ... . I’m nearly halfway through! 5:24 — I take another caffeine pill when ... . It’s definitely a good thing that I’ve finished econ, so that I can

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • April 1, 2025
• Blog / Class Projects

  We made a website this is a filler post

  

  that I need to buy a new laptop. I do hope that my laptop can last me at ... : A lot can happen in one month. I didn’t have any experience with web ... website! I teamed up with Dylan L. ’23 and Emma Q. ’23 to make em7.io. You

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 31, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some of the topics Here are some of my classmates' CI-M paper topics

  

  ' topics. Can anyone guess mine? November 29: Education in Kerala, India ... If you haven't yet, I recommend that you first read my previous entry ... morning-after pill and unsafe sex December 1: Impact of Vioxx's downfall on

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 22, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  midlayers! (1) Baselayers When I'm in the city, I usually just wear cotton t ... investing a bit more money in upfront. A cheap sweater that pills and falls ... ItForLife, but I think that particularly with coats and boots, buying quality items

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  I am lethally bored in the airport boooooo

  

  I am coming to you live from the coveted Boston Logan International ... move out by noon. Not realizing this until after I booked my flight, though, I realized I had a very unfortunate amount of time between move

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  On Trauma, and MIT I’m imagining my high school self, and what I would tell her before coming to…

  

  ’t feel anything while editing and sometimes I can only get through it in 15 ... ’t take off for months—and have my hair in a half ponytail. I can see the ... song about femicide in Mexico.  Here are two things I weighed heavily

  • by ana~
  • May 4, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  Healthy Eating Craze It is not difficult to be a vegetarian here at MIT

  

  I would from the giant pills, so I got the giant intimidating pills. They scare me, but I take them because I can hear my mother in my head ... me of analyzing what is in the foods I am eating and determining which

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Alia Whitney-Johnson: Making a Difference in Sri Lanka Alia Whitney-Johnson, a Junior studying Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent three weeks teaching the art…

  

  teaching the art of jewelry making to eighteen Sri Lankan young mothers in a shelter for raped and sexually abused girls. Her original plan was to ... foreigner who did not even speak the language. “I wanted to remedy this

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Buying books You shouldn't have to spend all your money on textbooks!

  

  books around here can't we?" (sorry, Laura, I know you asked other ... if you get there early you can buy a used copy. Also, it's been my ... to get. Usually you can buy older editions of textbooks for a lot less

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 14, 2006
• 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 ... They say you can tell a lot about a person by what’s in their bag. Or ... personalities. This is in part why one of my favorite websites this year has been

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2017
• Blog / Summer

  “How was your day?” asked and answered

  

  the pain. Wonderful. In a few minutes, I can barely move both my arms ... classes this semester, and I’ve seen her put in lots of time and effort into ... to Medical and check in at the desk. I’m preparing to travel to India

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 2, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Contraception and Safe Sex at MIT! sexual!! health!! is!! important!!

  

  engage in safe sex, and even have a library of books that you can educate ... basic plan is included in student tuition. This is something that I didn't know coming in - I thought that because I waived the extended insurance

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  2 More MIT Students Become Rhodes Scholars ...but no bloggers this year.

  

  participate in community service. In NCAA Division I competition, Gethers has ... Carolina], will graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in December, majoring in civil and environmental engineering. A Truman Scholar

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Samuel Maurer’s Day Off MIT moves pretty fast.

  

  rid of it from all your displays, but I can't really find it and it's 2 ... them just to see what happens, but not in a dangerous way." Really, I ... easier (shoot, three more days!). Anyhoo, I'm going to be covered in fur

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caine’s Arcade on making your dreams

  

  its star. I will, however, say that the Caine's Arcade website is ... interested in seeing what Caine can do with an engineering degree. ... and all sorts of different games, rummaging for raw materials in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 11, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We were worried An insider's look at a February tradition

  

  beautiful piece captured everything I pictured in a blog about the Vagina Monologues, but couldn't express in words.  I never thought I’d be performing ... thought of talking about vaginas in front of an audience made me blush; I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  books I’ve read this year slowly but surely completing my 2020 resolutions

  

  little more than 10 books as I’m in the middle of reading an eleventh book ... vulnerable topics such as rape, immigration, and insecurities. I loved that ... note=" or at least can be a quick read. I think I read this at a slower

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 19, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Self Help I

  

  complimented me on the firm handshake I learned in Chapter 4. And then suddenly ... trying and failing to make change in their own lives, and I doubted an ... 's library and the number of problems in their life. I developed a general

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  How I got mugged in the frozen foods section. So, MIT is kind of like a turkey and provolone Subway sandwich.

  

  So I was really tired last night. I’d been in northern Michigan ... ridiculous dreams. Like this one dream I had over the summer. I was in Harry Potter, and I had to get Dumbledore’s help because I was hiding in a broom

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 5, 2009