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Blog / Academics & Research
Ming-fai Fong- Designing an intelligent walking “toddler” robot After learning to sit, bend their knees, squat, and stand, babies can finally gather the…
cherish the memory for the rest of their lives. Senior Ming-fai Fong, a ... , experienced some those feelings even before becoming a parent, because of her work in the Seung Lab at MIT to develop the mechanical design of an -
Blog / Academics & Research
On Comics and Role Models I interviewed one of my favorite professors because she’s amazing
Towards the end of any semester, emails start flooding into our inboxes advertising last-minute events, study breaks (the best of which have puppies), and classes that will be offered next term. It becomes second -
Blog / Admissions
The Open-Ended Question Why I chose MIT ... twice
acknowledge is that when I came to MIT, my exposure to the world of science and ... guys all rock in one way or another. Sorry to those of you who couldn ... be mad blog coverage of CPW over the next few days, so fear not. And -
Blog / Events
MIT International Or how a local Model UN conference broke molds and expectations by going abroad
its contributions to science. That includes the obvious disciplines falling under the term: every branch of engineering - from aeronautics, to ... sciences department in between. But course 17 (Political Science), though -
Blog / Miscellaneous
i don’t know where you’re going but do you got room for one more troubled soul?
471462f4073[/embed] I've been contemplating the future as of late. With just a semester of my undergraduate career left, it's hard not to. Every second of my time seemingly is spent thinking of what will be and I -
Blog / Admissions
MIT Olympians, Part 2 This time, I am talking about science olympiads.
scorer for Singapore at one of the international science olympiads. I had never heard of an international science olympiad. My high school wasn ... professor teach? [answer at the end of the entry] I remember sitting in my -
Blog / Academics & Research
Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?
just taken a leave of absence. Taking a break from the Institute is not unheard of here. I can think of several people I know who are currently ... better. A lot of emphasis in choosing colleges goes towards student life -
Blog / About Decisions
Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ
admissions process. For those of you not familiar with the practice, “legacy admissions” means preferring the children of alumni in the admissions process ... give you money. Advocates of legacy admission, like advocates of -
Blog / MIT Life
Outside The Bubble Life? Oh yeah, I forgot I had one...
Universe” and soon it’s like, “Oh yeah! The rest of the world! I forgot it ... finish, but don't get too embedded in your bubble universe [of college apps ... Sorry I’ve been a little MIA, folks. I am fully aware of my absence -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Why didn’t MIT have a logo until 2003? tracing the history of MIT's logo and graphic identity
't Pepsi. MIT's a university, so maybe the concept of a graphic identity for a university is something that's relatively recent. As part of the ... of universities, MIT's 2003 logo doesn't seem so recent anymore. It -
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Whew! A brief interlude before I go back to studying.
degrees and got a whole lot of planning experience being the operations ... 'm beginning to build a fundamental understanding of the way the universe works ... swing of things and begin posting regularly again. When we last left each -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
taylor swift songs as applicants emergency evermore post
student who dreams of the same elite university half the school is applying ... ’s applying to the entire U.S. News & World Report Top 20 universities ... right now and then come back. In celebration of evermore as well as the -
Blog / About Decisions
Complementary in Kinetic Typography Posted with permission from the author. Meet Rishi '14!
a ton of MIT internal email lists that I am on. I proceeded to get ... it a few days ago! (Sorry Rishi!) Anyhow, this is certainly one of the ... never realistically go. In fact, if I had not visited the University in -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
13/101 Things To Do Before You Graduate 2 of my favorite days at MIT, to date.
Center See a show at the Museum of Science Ice skate on Frog Pond Go ... , as you can probably imagine), running around the Museum of Science ... Bloggers of old have written about the "101 Things To Do Before You -
Blog / Academics & Research
Women’s Initiative A bit about my classes - and why girls are awesome
extremely valuable pieces of information :) 9.52 - Stat for Neuroscience ... interesting in that 90% of our grade is based on problem sets, 5% on ... easy. It's a new class, offered as a substitute for 9.07: the notoriously -
Blog / Admissions
On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.
attended high schools that offered dozens of these courses, and, yes, some of ... To my surprise, one of Marilee's quotes in my last entry about the role of Advanced Placement (AP) courses in college admissions turned out -
Blog / How to Food
42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 2)
some things. Josh is majoring in computer science at the University of ... . 450 degrees is also okay. Add a generous amount of salt and pepper and ... degrees Fahrenheit. Pour about a cup of olive oil into a large bowl. Add a -
Blog / Academics & Research
Goldilocks and the n HASS classes too hot, too cold, just right. on picking a hass class.
) Explores the role of government in the economy, applying tools of basic ... Toward the Scientific Revolution The emergence of Western science: the ... semester. Unfortunately this semester, I left the selection of my HASS -
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Hot town In which I complain about the heat and expound wisdom about the bio department.
won a prize from the National Academy of Sciences. I could go on. But ... Mmm, it's a hot one today (93oF, or 38.9oC for those of you who use a logical degree system)! Days like this make me glad for two things: 1) my