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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 1 MITWE (+ FJE and VJE) go to Brazil

  

  works for several years. In fact, the trip to Brazil would likely have ... surprising because I’d previously only ever seen it in East Asia). “Wow!” I ... in kerosene. (I could probably write an entire blog post about how much

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eleven "And the award for 'least creative entry title ever' goes to..."

  

  I know, I know, I haven't written in forever and a week. Um, yeah ... a novel and I decided a list would be the best way. I keep lists of ... air travel, you'd think I I would never step foot on a plane again. When

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Heartbreaking Lunch of Staggering Genius I'll write about campus dining some other day.

  

  by jeans.)] Case in point: When away from campus on vacation, I turn ... crazed gourmande. On Monday morning, I woke up on a friendly couch in New ... plush leather chairs out one micrometer at a time. I swear, he would start

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Activities, humanities, question-ities Will you have time to be in an extracurricular at MIT? Yes, you will.

  

  because I live in the boondocks and it annoys me to go back to campus after ... any cheer expereince in high school, but I was wondering if it is a pre ... in choir and theatre in high school, and I joined the squad and even

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  waste of time if they're all full! I'd much rather buy another road in ... I've lived my entire life in Salem, Oregon. I like Oregon, it's clean ... drive from my house. In fifth grade my parents and I were driving to my

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s always day 1 a meticulous account of my last first day

  

  everything which occurs, in the style of posts by Shuli and Cami before me. I ... acknowledge it. Instead of getting up, I lie in bed, check my email, and read ... morning routine slowly—I don't believe in breakfast, so I skip it, but even

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  A Summer in DC what i've been up to this summer!

  

  haven't blogged in a long time, and I have quite a few posts from the end of the school year that I still need to revisit. As Kano mentioned in ... 's quite surfaced yet :') That being said, I'm working in Washington, DC

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • July 30, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lucky Saturday the 14th Luck was a lady three nights in a row in NYC

  

  's Candy Bar (where I contemplated buying a shirt that says "I love nerds" on ... Avenue Saturday (avec Sam): a lunch in Chinatown a visit to Trump Tower (where we contemplated buying Donald Trump (flavored?) bottled water) a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Imagination Box [by Danbee Kim '09] We can draw on the walls again!

  

  together in a context different from the usual frantic "I must get work ... [by Danbee Kim '09] I'm a big fan of allowing your environment to enhance your mental facilities. As such, I love that there are

  • by ARTalk
  • October 19, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Conspiracy and intrigue

  

  and blow her away in a hail of discs, but I thought any move would ... . The particular game I was in last night, "Krazny Octybr", has now run ... one I played in Saturday night). And each run has been drastically

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Reek Week Updated 8/3 to include pictures of Gilroy garlic ice cream.

  

  for free. The happiest (and stinkiest) I've been in years. Eating ... . The Crest bus has stations for you to brush your teeth. I say, "When in ... each year, and that it is the largest food festival in the country. On

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  AOs write the “What do you do for fun?” essay Ever wondered what admissions officers do when they're not reading applications?

  

  -Mobile, I knew this as the best place to buy jewelry. In front of T-Mobile was ... Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie for the first time. I fell in love with Adichie ... —similar to how I marked my height in pencil on my doorframe each year as a kid

  • by Jeremy W.
  • July 9, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Boing! Boing! Maybe not the best writing ever, but the pictures are awesome!

  

  Back during my senior year of high school in 2007, I went to CPW ... , and on Saturday evening I went out with James '11 and Sara '12 to buy ... midnight we would take the Moonbounce over to campus and inflate it in Lobby

  • by Snively '11
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More thoughts on classes However, I did not find Matt's stuff (see blog post below this one).

  

  Coulomb's Law. Did you know that I'm probably one of the few people in human ... can also keep in mind that I will be repaying tuition loans for the next ... unsuspecting children would continue to buy Pokemon cards (the most expensive of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining Hall Alchemy The art of turning cereal and chicken tenders into slightly tastier cereal and chicken tenders

  

  stopping you from getting food from several of them at once. When I'm not in ... . In doing so, I'm often surprised by how much the salad bar has to offer ... Yields: One sandwich that I have been told resembles something you can buy

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holiday Gifts, MIT Style Some unique products from MIT people.

  

  , I figured the holiday season would be as good a time as any to ... associate at the MIT Media Laboratory in Cambridge. "I've been known to hit ... For many, holiday time is the season of giving. While on this blog I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  REX at Random Hall ice cream, epic meals, water wars and turing tests!

  

  there would be like. REX is already in full swing at Random, and this is ... Pancakes: I'm a delicious warm pancake smothered in maple syrup. Bite me. We ... live. I chose Random Hall, a decision I've never regretted. MIT's REX

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • August 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Seasons of Spam Next up: a Nostalgic entry about my frosh year. After Finals. Maybe.

  

  refuse to buy an iPhone - I didn't even own an iPod until just a year ago), I felt like I should go and partake in the festivities. So I got to ... store and the dozens of iMacs and Macbook Airs they have lined up in the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  life would be sustainable in Boston without an auxiliary income. I try to ... . Tenors are always in short supply, so I sign up. It’s a pretty good gig; I ... that I’ve been able to sing with a large ensemble in person, and it is

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  looking at old journals gap year chronicles, ft thoughts on science, art, and moving through the world

  

  not specify a time frame in which I would read those 12 books. I’ll read ... , etc etc. In hindsight I had consumed a Monster at 9pm ... States. That day, I'd gone running in Flagstaff, then secured a free trial

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 23, 2022