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  [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 / 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 / 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 / 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

  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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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
• 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 ... (and as you can see, I read the articles whether they’re actually

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

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  . Long ago I spent a year at MIT (my “junior year abroad” in Boston) so I ... comprehensive medical plan that I buy through my employer, who negotiates with ... flexible, with open access, meaning we can go to any participating in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Student’s Crusade to Stop Genocide I confess to regarding the phrase “never again” with cynicism. It offers a rhetorical smokescreen…

  

  genocide was once again occurring, though this time in real-time, I just had ... world can, and invariably does, conceal its cowardice in the face of human ... the 1960s. In 1968, a coalition that included 48 MIT faculty members

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • November 26, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  falling in love with october swooning over foLiAGe

  

  we fell in love in october that’s why i love fall looking at the ... second fall I’ve spent in a place with real seasons. Or that every other ... said, I am hoping with my entire heart and jar of vitamin D pills that

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Black Lives Matter until they don't.

  

  week in this country, that word popped up a lot. In orientation, I ... afloat in the comforting bubble of MIT, so it didn’t really matter. I had ... few months here, and I decided to go to the post office. I can

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2022 (ok, i didn't enjoy all of it)

  

  the same man. Exercises in Style (60k words). I've written about this ... ensue. Doesn't that sound familiar? "It's safe here. I can shoot things. You're totally safe. I can hit stuff." The Loser (16k words). Content

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 21, 2022