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  science bowl we ran! a competition! virtually!

  

  emailed the president, Kathleen S. ‘19, to see how I could get involved. A ... competition where two teams try to answer science trivia before the other team can, [annotation note='speaking of buzzing in, RIP to Alex Trebek, who

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • November 16, 2020
• Blog / Events

  The Deep Breath Before the Plunge THIS IS . . . wait, this isn't Sparta. Wha-? Aw, shoot, I took a…

  

  's campus tournament! So have some fun, get closer to your dorm-mates and ... new armies. You will need to place these armies on a territory your team owns. If you wish, you can then command your armies to attack, defend or

  • by Snively '11
  • March 8, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Appetizer Prelude to an entry

  

  Real entry to come soon (within a week), this is just to get you ready/anxious. Click here

  • by Snively '11
  • November 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Commencement Webcast MIT gives me a diploma in T-3 hours...

  

  Well, here it is- the big day. I have to report to the athletics center in about 20 minutes to get ready to line up for the procession into ... get to turn it around, and that's going to be awesome. Maybe in a few

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 5, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Updates CPW, admitted students parties, the "telethon," and financial aid.

  

  ! And, don't worry, if for whatever reason you don't get to talk to an MIT ... Washington, DC). If you went to one of the admitted students parties, send your ... can make it! CPW registration is available from your MyMIT portal, in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Trains Make Me Think Of Bringing the focus away from miles and minutes - and onto more enriching things

  

  you do what you want (or have) to do. It's the sort of thing where you're only kept awake enough not to miss your stop, yet tired enough to make you want to immediately go to bed when you get there. It's the sort of

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 12, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  cookies life lessons through six scrumptious sayings

  

   (or, getting addicted to success) Soon you're not so special, and that's fine ... sociocultural factors and your willingness to be quiet as a child and not your ... special, so who are you? You're a person who clings to it. You try even

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 13, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  Amicus briefs and the ABCs of a diverse MIT A SCOTUS filing with Stanford et al, and a strategic action plan for an inclusive…

  

  was thoughtfully written. I would especially draw your attention to ... to the lawsuit in question, but that have a stake or insight into the ... Supreme Court cases having to do with affirmative action, most recently

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 27, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pie No, not pi.

  

  thinking, you're thinking "You have no idea what I had to go through! I was ... all aren't just names and random comments, you're people who I wanted to ... 'll actually get to experience these types of adventures in less than a year, and

  • by Snively '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! (Part 2) late post due to usual MIT firehosing

  

  surprised by how quickly my students caught on to code. These were students ... -paced curriculum. If I had to learn computer science in Spanish, I would probably still be Google-translating the lessons word by word, and certainly not

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 17, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Laundry Lists And other things. Okay, so just the list.

  

  Tuesdays and Thursdays) after a term of never having to get up before ten is not fun. Don't even start with your "wah wah wah I have to get up at 5 ... they don't have to. -Starting classes. By the way, getting up at 8

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Two Sides Of The Coin… For Us Too Watching the people who didn't get in receive their letters is as heartbreaking for me…

  

  decided to blog it here as a real entry so that more folks would see it. I ... people when we read their applications. We imagine them coming to MIT, finding their niche, doing wonderful things - sometimes we even start to

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Questions and answers

  

  your MIT education taking you? What opportunities have been available to you that you feel get you closer to your goal in life? So I guess what ... , but I'm getting a team together to take the Mobile Autonomous Systems

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To stay at MIT over the summer, or to not stay at MIT over the summer…that is the question With so many summer employment options, what's the best choice?

  

  opportunities to hang out by the river and actually get to know the city. I spent ... people choose to get jobs at companies over the summer, for several reasons ... summer!) * to get industry experience * see if you like industry or

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Most Importantly, No Reddit This is actually how people lived.

  

  powerful abilities (pun intended). After fruitlessly trying to get the thing ... to get some serious work done. No YouTube, no Grooveshark, and, most ... , and I should be fully prepared once I finish this post and get back to

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Unlike any other. [by Nathan Kipniss '14] "Welcome to the Gardner"

  

  college student gets you all sorts of discounts at cultural institutions. By attending MIT, you can even get into events for free. Last weekend, I took advantage of a new opportunity that allows MIT students to visit the Isabella

  • by ARTalk
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  New Major in Climate System Science and Engineering

  

  Science and Engineering. According to its website: Climate change is the ... adapting to climate change require an understanding of both the Earth system ... students to become leaders, helping to accelerate high-impact, science

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA decisions to be posted Saturday, 12/19/20, 3:14 PM ET

  

  , December 19, 3:14 PM EST. To check your decision, visit apply.mitadmissions.org/apply and go to your Application Status Page. That’s the same place that you ... . If you need to reset your password, just go to apply

  • by kellen manning
  • December 14, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  't stop once you're a college student (often, it gets worse, lol). * In many classes, they count for little to nothing in your final course grade. You ... notorious for taking some people more than 10+ hours to do). If you're

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  i (don’t) want to be alone on loneliness

  

  want to get things done. i have projects i'm, in theory, excited about ... get taken. the third row goes from just me, to another person near the ... to think of not on its own, but in contrast. If you’re in your room

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2022