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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Formula SAE: A Turbocharged Experience Join the MIT Formula SAE team to design, engineer, and build a small formula-style autocross…

  

  learning, experimentation, and innovation. For example, in the first year of ... classroom to an exciting real-world project. The purpose of the competition is to assume the position of a manufacturing firm that has just been

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Generally Unrelated to General Relativity In which I am not a graduate student.

  

  repeat that for emphasis. Conflicts. With. Lunch, the refuge of covert slackers since time immemorial, an oasis of idle leisure amidst the ... of the American K-12 education system, besides the fostering of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 15, 2010
• 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 ... work in the Seung Lab at MIT to develop the mechanical design of an ... laboratory, was one of the most exciting aspects of her research. She worked on

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  about the possibility of deferring admission, also known as taking a gap year. In the interests of time, I'm going to reprint an entry (edited ... organizations across the country. I first saw it at cnn.com/education, but it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking Shape

  

  It’s hard to believe the first month of sophomore year is already ... well. First of all, I like being an urban planning major. I’m taking a ... the feeling of being stimulated, with new insights and questions brewing

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Post-engagement, pre-Bahamas An exciting week!

  

  suggestion -- if you miss the lottery, you can go to the first meeting of a ... Museum of Science today to check out the reception site. Hanging in the ... of! Going on vaca Adam and I are going to the Bahamas tomorrow and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Share the joy

  

  've been told that sarcasm isn't funny this time of the year. I'm sorry about that.] I hope you'll find those really cool juniors (members of the high ... with a fun academic summer program. Many of the best summer programs

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2004
• Blog / Events

  Seeing The Dalai Lama In which I join the press (for a bit) and listen to His Holiness

  

  people. Thankfully for me, I was able to see him in the first of three events for this week, all of which were made possible by the Dalai Lama ... laureate, a spiritual leader, and one of the foremost advocates for peace and

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Next House Thanksgiving 2016 (sort of a guest post) A (very late) recount of last Thursday’s celebration

  

  Kyle S’16 (the organizer of the event) if he could talk a little bit ... dinner has happened for the past three years. A few of us who were not ... all of the food through multiple shopping trips. We ended up with 3

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • December 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2008 Summer (Pics!) Photo overload. eep.

  

  to shake hands with the First Lady of Honduras.) The kids that came ... dealing with the genetics of Caenorhabditis elegans, a microscopic nematode. Took weekend trips to NYC, Montreal. Saw my first Fourth of July

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The One and Only Melis

  

  Women in 2007 Member of the 2008 All-USA College Academic First Team ... beautiful smile that you'd think that she's the daughter of a Crest employee ... step of the problem once again, and walked out with a smile on her face

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  think about them changes--for the sake of argument. Though I left my last post on a happy note, in actuality, the relief of spring break only lasted so long. The calm before the storm you might say. My second round of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Bloggerduction a challenger appears

  

  pronounce my last name. I only know one other person with the same first name ... the University of Cambridge for a change of pace. Now that I'm back, I want to rekindle the flames of my romance with MIT, and blogging for

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reality TV My former dormmate will appear on Queer Eye tonight.

  

  will get made over by the Fab Five as part of their new season in Las Vegas (see photo of Ed "before," with Carson Kressley at right). The ... communicate that way with other people." Ed won't be the first MIT alum involved

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Coming Full Circle C’mon & zoom, c’mon & zoom, c’mon & zooma zooma zooma zoom.

  

  . My first article on the implications of the new Internet domain names ... , researching, among other commitments. I was not ready to take on the idea of ... more than two-thirds of the programming on PBS. In other words, I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  culture within culture i moved to east campus

  

  experience," so i was willing to sacrifice some personal agency for the sake of ... the reputation of being quiet, and since i wanted something more social ... is the fourth floor of the east building (or parallel). three other

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 15, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s up? here's whats up

  

  francisco in the middle of the Nevada desert which would be my first time out ... 'm driving back home with my parents to spend the last few days of summer in CT ... shelter, the Laplacetopede, named in honor of the great mathematician, along

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 17, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  by the time you notice it’s too late anime, bloons, and piano

  

  my favorite 30 seconds of the entire show (minimal spoilers present and ... scene, one of the antagonists appears and transforms into a titan. the commander of the protagonists sees this and shouts “keep on the lookout

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 4, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Halloween Tag In which I do a YouTube thing for a (bonus) Halloween vlog

  

  now (sorry I'm out of focus for like the first minute... vlogging ... Halloween was yesterday, marking the end of the spoopiest of months ... knicknacks, and a copy of Zac Gorman's new comic Costume Quest: Invasion of the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 1, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  walking into the MEng thoughts about a 63-mile trek

  

  ."]REX[/annotation] and the first day of classes. I've always been so busy, running from ... This past Sunday, at 4 AM on the side of U.S. Highway 1 on Badger ... and up the sides of roads, through the heat of the mid-afternoon to the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 8, 2023