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• Blog / MIT Life

  A speech, of sorts

  

  Association Vice-President, or UAVP, of MIT. In March, I ran for president, with ... 'm no longer UAVP. I wrote a column for the Tech, with a lot of emotional ... comes out for Commencement. So I decided, why not publish it here? My

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  international students.   One of my goals for keeping this blog is to demystify what admissions officers do. I think that for many students, the ... less hectic) season, but it allows some time for deep thinking about what

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Re-halloween Reuse, reduce, recycle, remember not to leave junk outside your door.

  

  laundry server for the latest news on conditions in Random's washers and ... of hurrying students, organizations selling/giving/brochuring for ... taken these photos at a later hour without being mistaken for a tourist

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  craze how a blog gets born

  

  love to use paint as a base for mixed media things) or a new media artist (I constantly have ideas for immersive art installations) or an ... critic (I sometimes describe my cuisine experience to whoever is out for a

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The [REDACTED] Family Dinner 🥟 family matters. very tasty family matters.

  

  area, the perfect candidate for the dinner was found: Mu Lan Taiwanese ... last time, although forgetting to ask for names in a Google Form isn’t a ... one table big enough for all of us without incurring a high spending

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • November 4, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week of UROPing in few words

  

  The first month of the year is a beautiful time for students here: no ... and pressing paper down for three key reasons: 1.) I liked the Course 18 ... was going to learn for the rest of the month. After doing some reading

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  institutional memory cruft are cool!

  

  , our oldest members have only been around for three years. this stands in contrast to esp itself, which has been around for sixty years. how does any student group run for more than a few years, then? one possibility is that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Makibaka! Huwag matakot! black lives matter! junk terror bill!

  

  “suspected terrorist” for up to 14 days without warrant. And the bill is ... arresting eight people during an Anti–Terror Bill protest, for supposedly ... party for dozens, he gets to walk free. In two different senses, I feel

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 8, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I Haven’t Been Blogging I, uh, don't really have an excuse

  

   police for getting too close to the front while both my friends met Tim Cook ... stop typing for more than 7 seconds.   This works to cook up a ... sprinkle in some seasoning and light thesaurusy-words and creativity for the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 1, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2017-18 Application Essay Questions

  

  We've gotten some questions about our essay prompts for the ... you. Tell us about something you do simply for the pleasure of it. (100 ... the world you come from; for example, your family, clubs, school

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 31, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So apparently the Media Lab figured out how to 3D print glass and it's pretty glorious

  

  Ancient Egypt 4,500 years ago. Precise recipes for its production - the ... tied to techniques used for its formation. From the discovery of core-forming process for bead-making in ancient Egypt, through the invention of the metal

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  TEDxCambridge! 1. How TED talks can improve your life 2. Recently hosted and filmed right here…

  

  ,                                                                                                                                                 Anastassia TED Talks TED talks, for those unfamilar, are "riveting talks by ... discounted seat for only ~$20 in the outdoors section. All photos courtesy of ... Battle for Power on the Internet. Sara Seager, Galactic Explorer (what a

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Events

  2015 Brass Rat finally unveiled!!!

  

  for a good half hour. For what purpose was this? ^We lined up with ... to design the class' ring. For such a small piece of jewelry, it has so ... pendulum for brave prefrosh to take a ride in. You can see the double

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-India student interns at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

  

  real feel for academic culture in India. The freedom to pursue topics ... Vishal Sood when I was in Ahmedabad for Garba. There are of course many ... looking into the possibility of working at an institute for blind students

  • by MISTI Program
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Almost a Real Engineer my foray into the world of professional conferences

  

  Blue), and I am ready to begin a full week of transportation. For some ... rowing. I decided to come down to DC for the conference back in October or ... the industry. I’ve known for about a year now that transportation is

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Rebound Rumble! Another year, another FIRST Robotics Competition!

  

  7-9, 10-12 system) was being a member of FIRST(For Inspiration and ... in two alliances of three teams each going head to head for a few ... -game (where a special end game is setup in the last few seconds for extra points

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

  2 AM Destiny An early evening snapshot of an MIT kitchen

  

  rights on eBay for $36 and used the money to build stadium seating in the ... :     Chad ’13, in the green shirt, stopped by the kitchen for ... working on his term project for 2.009 (Product Engineering Processes). In

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool People. And Lunch! visiting committees = awesome.

  

  A few weeks ago, Susan Lanza (the undergraduate administrator for MIT ... following email: "I , and the department are looking for 4-6 volunteers from ... event for two main reasons: (1) I didn't really know much about Visiting

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dell-icious. MIT students and the Dell Social Innovation Competition

  

  , asking me to take a moment to vote for the idea that she and Divya '13 came ... thing for the idea that she and her team came up with. Since (a) both ... entry, for your reading pleasure :) ~*~ First up: DevLinks (You can

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  mit.wikipedia.org The best dang hack there ever was [citation needed]

  

  of geeky wit. This, for instance, hung from the ceiling of Lobby 7: I ... several missing from this collection. For those who just can't understand ... , composed of two parallel buildings, can get away with it: Also flagged for

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 20, 2011