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  PSA: how to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall

  

  a student or a parent, you could forward this to your math or science ... homepage) is an international challenge that introduces students to computational thinking. Founded in Lithuania in 2004, it has now spread to more

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  Watch the 2.009 final presentations webcast!

  

  out there, it's sort of like FRC, but for products. From the website: In ... teams of approximately 20 individuals to design and build working alpha ... must work effectively to realize this task, so students also learn about

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 10, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Watch the 2.009 webcast tonight at 7PM ET! the premier product design class at MIT

  

  . From the website:  In 2.009, Product Engineering Processes, [150] students work in large teams of approximately 20 individuals to design and ... alpha prototype. The large teams must work effectively to realize

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 12, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  i became british for a summer featuring an internship at bristol robotics lab

  

  abroad program. I figured this could be fun, getting to work somewhere cool ... the more I hung around, the more I wanted to get to know them better ... [/caption] We went out to the pub together a few times to hang out and get drinks

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 18, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline Q & A

  

  trying to finish up all your applications when you'd rather be hanging out ... ! Here are the most important things to keep in mind as you wrap your MIT ... teachers and schools. Your recommendations do not need to be in our office by

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • December 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Friday liveblog Let's see how long I can keep this up...

  

  students get so excited "they sometimes forget to eat!" 10:05am: Prof ... campus to discover there's been a hack in Lobby 10! The hack is two giant ... pages]. 9:15am: I arrive at the President's Welcome just in time to see

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends

  

  stories. The way you make your friends is to meet and interact with people ... remember, in my last post I asked for people to provide me with MIT-related topics to write about. Today's entry was requested by Anonymous (come on

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Bill Gates It looks like you're trying to inspire philanthropy...

  

  the Best Way to Make a Difference. Sadly I was unable to get him to ... Bill Gates was on campus today to speak about the need for innovation ... to look at the work of the D-LAB, Jameel Poverty Action Lab, One Laptop

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The American Astronomical Society’s Winter Conference: 2013 Edition THIS IS SO EXCITING I THINK I'M GOING TO CRY

  

  Way's magnetic field. I managed to get much better precision than the current software, which is awesome, because the eventual goal is to get the ... Caltech to meet me (which blew my mind) and a few didn't get back to me

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Well, at least you didn’t fail, right? A tale of mystery, wonder, and the worst possible way to handle too much work…

  

  with the Musical Theatre Guild. Should really get around to watching ... may take a while to get used to ("Look! A real life MIT student! And it ... An hour-to-hour (kinda sorta somewhat close to one) description of

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Snot, Livers, and Fractals What a world.

  

  therapeutic nanoparticles have a hard time penetrating the layers to get to the ... essentially figuring out ways to coat drugs to sneak past the mucus in your body ... -generational bloggerfest. If you come back to this post in a week, you'll get to learn why

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 25, 2015
• Blog / Events

  298 Tickets. All for us

  

  , and I'm still not done with work. - I went to get an eye exam at a ... involved in me getting to the office. ~ And most importantly ~ - The first ... right now?" "Uhhh...in your room?" "Nope. At the theaters. About to watch

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 20, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Rejoicing A few things worth celebrating.

  

  It is 2:30 and I already stained my neurons and nail-polished them to ... starting my 5.60 pset (due Friday), and c) brightening your lives, many of which are probably consumed by watching for your friendly neighborhood

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Party pics

  

  feeds on our suffering. Hey, it's MIT, you need something to feed on your ... occasions when you get lucky, your pictures are terrible, because you never ... My last few entries have been, well, very academic. You get the point

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  E-mails in French House "Seriously, people, what's going on here?"

  

  -mail, you're encouraged to write the body in both English and French. Now ... To understand most of the e-mails sent to the French House mailing list, there are three things you need to know: 1) Right outside our

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time! I walk you through a physics/dynamics problem.

  

  Oftentimes the best way to learn something is to teach it. I've decided to try this approach to study for my 2.003 test coming up. WARNING WARNING WARNING!!! Physics content ahead! If you're afraid of physics, well

  • by Snively '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Rethinking the Paris Metro I'm taking an awesome grad class that includes spring break in Paris. (Yeah, they're paying.)

  

  year." 11.5 hours a year saved? But what happens when you get to the end of the trottoir and have to wait a minute for your train, or for ... turn it into a for-credit UROP as well. RATP has asked us to consider

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being a lab rat I flail around trying to explain what I do at work every day.

  

  the cell gets both a red (your gene) plasmid and a blue (unknown gene ... students to have problems getting into good grad programs, however! 3 ... 's often harder for MIT undergrads to get into the MIT program than it is for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summer Decisions

  

  something different. This is your time to explore, find out what within astronomy you're interested in. It's important to see how a different mentor ... As promised, I finished my post about deciding what to do this summer

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  A recipe for releasing decisions our LARGEST pi(e) day celebration yet...

  

  username and password that you use to sign into your MyMIT account. There ... receive your decision before signing in to decisions.mit.edu. In order to ...    We decided to bake this enormous pie to remind you that MIT

  • by A Delicious Pie
  • March 7, 2019