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  Rebound Rumble! Another year, another FIRST Robotics Competition!

  

  . Founded in 1989 by Segway inventor Dean Kamen, FRC is an activity where a ... -game (where a special end game is setup in the last few seconds for extra points ... One of the defining experiences of my 3 years in high school(we had a

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on the question “where are you from?” and the answer: neither here nor there. alternatively, about being a missourian.

  

  was the guy in my grade who I was chummy with for a brief while, before ... , my first response is to say Missouri with a somewhat sheepish ... fear of starting a flame war in my email inbox. For the average St. Louis

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sid Puram – Polymer Microspheres Sid Puram UROPs in the renowned chemical engineering lab of Dr. Robert Langer, developing polymer…

  

  to the process. At MIT, Sid is completing a double major in Biology ... For the past four years, Sid Puram has had a UROP in the renowned ... vaccines work by inducing an immune response to a protein that is produced by

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Events

  This Isn’t Goodbye This is see you later.

  

  sure everything is in order. Our frat was holding a small barbecue for ... , and 53 seconds away. But who’s counting? In the mean time we stayed in ... what symptoms. This is a story about how I survived Family Weekend

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Telethon! Yay for the class of 2010!

  

  seriously a lot of fun. First of all, I finally got to meet Alia and Mike, who are super awesome. They were really a lot of fun to hang out with ... Whew. I just spent the last 4 and a half hours calling up as many of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello, Seattle i am a mountaineer...

  

  've decided I'm in love with this place. A few thoughts about Seattle after my ... , has been delicious. The weather is basically perfect, hovering in the ... generally friendly. The city as a whole (as well as the Amazon campus) is very

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Written Post Oh man my handwriting is atrocious

  

  a million times, because four classes at MIT is a full and very ...     Typed out notes in review: I wrote this two weeks ago I apologize for my handwriting Ceri's post is here I am also

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Events

  A Mystery Hunt Puzzle A Taste of Things to Come...

  

  , you decide to return to your 14.01, for it is due in 11 hours. Luckily ... It is 2:45 AM. You have just finished your 5.111 pset. The ... molecular orbital diagrams. You still have a 14.01 pset to do, before the sun

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stocking Up Completely random but fun.

  

  to a warehouse club in the area. The house manager just delivered a ... think it worked out to around $4.50 per person, which is a steal ... , and even if I were, I doubt I'd want to take a dip in the Charles

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New York City in which i go to work on some days and eat lots of cheap food…

  

  outside on a bench in the evening. Y Cafe is a cheap and delicious ... of my sorority sisters -- Nicole, Rebecca, and Ruisi -- in a cozy apartment in Hell's Kitchen a mile from Times Square. I can't say how much

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Lectures I had two ideas for good blog posts, and both were stolen by other bloggers!

  

  for RSI/MITES/WTP college night. I mention the college night in a blog ... highlighted things I'd realized I didn't want in a college, I never got the ... Once I was at a fancy banquet-type event, one of the ones where they

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Walk of the Strandbeest "New life forms" with PVC skeletons march on the Media Lab

  

  's Strandbeest stood in the rain on a patch of pavement outside the Media Lab. With wind in their sails, and aided (on a rainy but not-so-windy day) by ... these animals out in herds on the beaches, so they will live their own

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Christmas Hug [UPDATE: New picture!!!] *squeeze*

  

  Today was Winter Break 2008 in Lobby 7, a really pleasant way to ... Hockfield is a very nice person and if you ever just need a hug you should ... . There was Christmas music, a happy atmosphere, and there for all of it was

  • by Snively '11
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you live in Zambia? Malawi? Ghana? If you could send me some African dirt, that would be amazing! (And illegal. But…

  

  -Lab to my schedule. This involved dropping a few other activities of minor ... Interlocking Stabilized Soil Bricks. Basically, it's a machine that applies some ... to make a strong brick using pressure instead of heat. Also, the bricks

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  A Day at the Beach: Quick Trips From MIT The ocean is only a short train ride or drive away!

  (or going to college) in the Boston area is a real luxury because the ocean is only a short train ride or drive away. In fact, many of ... Growing up in the Midwest, my "beach" experiences consisted of the

  • by mitblogs
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Borne back ceaselessly into the past I've had a week! The whole earth was created in a week!

  

  '07 is printing out in dazzling color as you read this, and nary a good ... graduate I.M. Pei, is built in the shape of a 30-60-90 right triangle ... do a "Web Lab" for 10.302: Transport Processes. What that means is we

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Check the Mail Pyramid!

  

  MIT - what's going on?!" "My teacher said she sent my eval A in, but I don't think you got it. Maybe there is a post office ... need a little bit of time - so don't worry, your stuff is here, it

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 2, 2013
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread for Admitted Students

  

  This was the most competitive admissions cycle in the history of the ... admission. Congratulations and welcome to the Class of 2015! Feel free to introduce yourselves in the comments below to your future friends. And

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / Events

  HT@MIT: Department Lectures and Final Presentations MIT's Best Kept Secret

  

  ; For anyone that's used the elevators in Stata this is a common sight ... in. A lot of the research that is being done is years from becoming ... advice is to make a list of the classes that you're interested in finishing

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • December 28, 2014
• Blog / Travel

  Rejection Therapy and my insatiable urge to collect trading cards

  

  thing is, though, that in this video, he isn't rejected, and they do let ... trading card! Put a picture in the comments! I wanna see what the other ones ... asked me before when they stop being prefrosh and become regular frosh. In

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 16, 2025