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  Trip Report: ISEF 2016

  

  I'm blogging this from a Starbucks in Phoenix. I'm sweating ... partially because I just ate so much BBQ I'm worried I might actually pass out. More on that later. I'm in Phoenix for the 2016 Intel International

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Are you ready for some FOOBAW? the one and only time I talk about football

  

  Super Bowl tomorrow. I've been born and raised in America, I've lived here all my life, and I know next to nothing about American football. The most I've ever seen of the Super Bowl was Kendrick Lamar's performance

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 7, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 3 Showtime!

  

  5. [caption id="attachment_89148" align="aligncenter" width="768"] I felt like a celebrity when I saw this poster outside the Teatro Amazonas ... "] Fred picture of the day.[/caption] Day 8 Finally, the big day arrived. I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  “So what’s being a blogger like?” i spill the (lukewarm) tea

  

  . Today I'm here to answer those questions! (Spoiler alert: we're not really ... starts (in my case, when I was packing to come to Orientation!) I've gone back and re-read the sample posts that I applied with a couple of times

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 1, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  WMBR: College Radio at MIT will anyone watch the entire 36 minute video? probably not

  

  One of the first things I did when I got to MIT was join the campus radio station, WMBR. It was a completely spontaneous decision; I had never ... broadcasting. I showed up at WMBR orientation in early September 2016, became a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] Those Kids in Uniform Everything you didn't ask to know about ROTC

  

  Hi all! My name is Catherine J. ‘22. I’m studying Computer Science (Course 6-3) and I’m a sophomore cadet in Air Force ROTC.  ROTC is an ... what ROTC is unless you’re in it or you’re familiar with the military. I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  intimidating, so I have put together a complete guide of all groceries near MIT ... first and to put fragile items on top. When I’m not careful about this step, I always end up squishing all of the bananas, and it’s very sad

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Q&A: Food on campus, UROPs, decisions Qs from prospectives and prefrosh, As from me.

  

  The four questions I'm going to address: 1) "It seems like the food ... make the choice to go to MIT again, would you? I'm a little embarrassed ... still eat at a dining hall: they accept cash and TechCash. From what I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paper Planes You ask, I answer

  

  Here are a couple of other good questions that I have been asked by applicants. Maybe they will help you too. If I didn't address your question in this blog, shoot me an e-mail and I will try to get it answered in a Q

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Days My traditional end-of-summer recap post, in technicolor.

  

  Something happened to me this summer. I'm not sure exactly when or ... citizen, but something definitely happened. Friends, I grew this summer, and ... than you can count, I stumbled my way into regularly paying my bills

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Real Snow! Real pictures this time.

  

  Despite what I said last time, I did manage to snap a couple of ... Burton Conner. I'm disproportionately proud of that arrow. I think it's so ... drinks cool. I opened the fridge in the middle of the night to grab

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The things that can change your life…

  

  panned out. Oops. However, I am finally going to write this entry, which I intended to write a week ago, between now and the party tonight! I don't remember if I have ever told this story here before. If so, it was long

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [live blog] BLUEPRINT 2025 by the Blueprint Team // come see what we're baking!

  

  goooooood MORNING YALL 🌞🌞🌞 ...is what i told my team at 6:30am in ... HAPPENING!! anyway. i'm the director of blueprint, so i am a little busy, but i've asked some of my lovely team members to give updates and let you

  • by Janet G. '27
  • March 1, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sleep is for the Strong getting through finals week

  

  power through the final in the morning before crashing (I don't know anyone that does that). I can't really tell you how to best learn everything tonight because I don't know you or how you best study. But I can

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tchau! Labs vai para a praia! And the King of the Internet returns.

  

  * This is a Goodbye Post * I've always liked the 4th of July. I like fireworks. (Although a couple years ago I had a friend that kind of ... representation of warfare.) I like fried chicken, hot dogs, the sun - and an

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • June 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus visit, revisited In which I dissect the campus tour/ info session and forget to clean up afterward

  

  It's raining. I'm sick. No lab today, because the postdoc in our ... of this writing, I have exactly 11111 unread messages in Gmail. Initiative was taken. Somewhere along the way, I got lost in a cyber-attic of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The return of Questions Omnibus It's time to answer your questions...

  

  ... ------------------------------------- Jasmine wrote, "how do you register for CPW? I can't find any information about that on the packet i received." And Andie wrote, "where's the ... hand corner. ------------------------------------- Debbie wrote, "wow i

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunny Skies In The OC [by Mirat Shah '08] A new post, and answers to your questions from the last…

  

  [by Mirat Shah '08] Sorry, I will try and write more regularly in ... because I didn't do enough work last term... I think I was more nervous coming back here for Lent term than I was when coming here in September. I

  • by Cambridge
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  we named 2124 cities of the world fridays with 4W

  

  I. October 2021. It all started last year when Jonathan H. ’25 asked Nicole H. ’22 and I quote, “Do you have time to waste?” He pulled up the ... entire world.  They tried to name all the cities in the US. I wasn’t there

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 29, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Yes, This Actually Happened wwydfcfa - what would you do for chick fil a

  

  ! Being from southern California, I've been pretty dissatisfied with Boston's food opportunities. There are some great places I've come to find ... ramen place in Porter Square), but also I've left behind a lot of good

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 20, 2020