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• Blog / MIT Life

  My Day Cats cats cats cats cats cats cats....

  

  and talk about things, and how to cope with the pressure that is MIT ... allergy nurse at MIT is because I had a bad allergic reaction to my ... watch the lecture videos online, which are super helpful. The class is 3

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  online reply form on your MyMIT portal, just choose I will enroll at MIT ... I'd like to talk a bit about deferring entry to MIT, also known as taking a gap year. My hope is that you will at least consider, just for a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  ambition finding direction

  

  try harder. The surprising thing is how different these messages can ... better looking. But the clearest message is that you should be richer. What I like about Boston (or rather Cambridge) is that the message there

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Even Waitresses Under 30 Call Me ‘Sweetheart’… Some thoughts about how classwork and free time intersect at MIT, with a look at…

  

  of MIT's new Initiative on Technology and Self, which is working to ... ways with her mid-20s long ago, kept asking variations of "How is ... and foremost purpose of going to college is to learn, but I'm torn about

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  gone was any trace of you i think i am finally clean

  

  . That MIT is not like the rest and this time is different. The ... thinking, "Is this it? Is this the love that everyone had talked about ... long distance relationship with someone I met online in my junior year of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  2.009 LIVE BLOG 2025 w/ Kayode D. '27 and Veronica P. '27

  

  ?” Glad you asked! 2.009 – “Produce Engineering Process” is MIT’s Senior ... wait, MIT Live is performing! They're doing Cant Stop by Red Hot Chili ... 7:24 — HELLO WORLD AND WELCOME TO THE 2.009 LIVE BLOG!!!!!!!! This is

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • December 8, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  MIT community is. To the potential international applicants: MIT is an ... the world regardless of their financial situation. MIT is need ... income, and only then calculate your expected cost of attendance. MIT is

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

  The Last Five Days aka How I Spent My Summer

  

  favorite, Junot Díaz, who is a Pulitzer Prize winner and a professor at MIT ... How many days I have left in my parents’ home is approximately as ... week, someone from my hall at MIT asked, “When are you coming home to 1E

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Once upon a time Who I was in high school.

  

  is to say, my high school journal) wherever possible. This might be somewhat challenging, considering how much of my high school journal is ... polymath is that everyone feels they have the right to a slice of my time. I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a brief walk to Caffè Nero alternatively titled: life update since i am comically bad at blogging this semester

  

  surrounding choosing a living community is a constant in the MIT experience, at ... matcha latte. Caffe Nero is conveniently only a five minute walk away from my house in Central, and the latte is conveniently free thanks to a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Adventures of Comic Artist Girl (+ Doodles!) In which comics class gets a talk from an award-winning cartoonist

  

  intimidating. Putting work online is an easy way to build up a portfolio, have ... .     Yes, this semester MIT has a class specifically on comic ... , this is the first time comics class has been offered; up until this

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  insanity tldr some of my habits make no sense

  

  ’s advice is, but regardless, it begs the question - how many other glass ... was ever mine. for example, a rather common one is i will only say ... , climate change and covid and so on- and all i do is focus on my breathing or

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  eternal dissatisfaction wish i could write more, care less

  

  one here is one of my tiny struggles over the past few weeks, and it ... attitude with work in the past, see e.g. there is no such thing as a typical day, where i deconstruct a little the notion of being productive. it is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 12, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  “Learning To Learn At MIT” guest post by the plaz

  

  Michael Plasmeier, aka The Plaz, is a junior at MIT studying Course 6 ... it is due to homework. There is so much going on a MIT that I cannot ... , he shares a lot of wisdom about MIT. One of his posts which I read on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  , written, and online presentations of results. A final oral presentation is ... vectors then you did something wrong. 8.02 is my E&M physics class. I ... "Mechanics and Materials I," is my first class that's part of my major. I'm not

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goldilocks and the n HASS classes too hot, too cold, just right. on picking a hass class.

  

  my other classes. After using the search tool online, I managed to ... a couple. My approach to selecting a HASS class is that I want to take ... semester in her blog, and since Mitra is just so cool, those classes that

  • by Bryan
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mondays and Tuesdays and the Spaces Between A few days in my words and a break in someone else’s.

  

  Random is, or four stops away from Kendall (East Campus and most of MIT ... consider a college, but it is also not what defines my MIT life. There’s so ... building. There are palm trees, and though it is overcast and colder than it

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 27, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Peanut Butter Delusion Arguments as old as man.

  

  Alright, it's been a good five days since our blogs have come online ... weeks here at MIT. So I'll dive right into two arguments I've stumbled ... debate at MIT. Anytime, anywhere, any asinine argument.

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  How to build a Tamagotchi and the power of curiosity

  

  ="115393" /] This is part of the reason why I love MIT. The final project was ... try. Because it is in our DNA. Because this is what drew us to MIT in ... ="aligncenter" width="280"] this is what the original Tamagotchi toy looks like

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 25, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  why do you do what you do do androids dream of electric self-awareness

  

  him. This friend is single and would like to have a girlfriend, and ... response was No." Obviously, I don't know for sure if this is the true ... to do something. This doesn't mean that the reason is always meaningful

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 23, 2022