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  MIT wins the Putnam ...for the third year in a row!

  

  of Mark Sellke '18, Bobby Shen '17, and David Yang '17. The Putnam Fellows from MIT are David Yang '17 and Yunkun Zhou '19. Maybe you've heard ... running the AMC, AIME, USAJMO, and USAMO high-school math contests

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  That time MIT was almost rebuilt on an artificial island in the middle of the Charles River we were THIS CLOSE to being a pirate fortress university

  

  ," which allowed it to move to Cambridge and build the core of the ... undeveloped, unappealing, and industrial. “So it made some sense from a ... the island was that it could house MIT’s campus and extend Boston

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventure Coming full circle at MIT

  

  Now that it's break, I finally have time to sit down and actually ... past semester- and it was quite the adventure! I probably spent more time ... 22 other amazing people over the course of the semester, and we pulled

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Trendy Reif Strikes Again this time with the ALS bucket challenge.

  

  and full of personality and they're breaking the stereotype of the ... Challenge, one by Harvard President Drew G. Faust and the second by MIT ... Barnhart SM '86, PhD '88 and Provost Marty Schmidt SM '83, PhD '88, as well

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 26, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thoughts on Snow quick notes from the journal.

  

  The first substantial snowfall was yesterday, December 9. Things about snow: Don't welcome it with a fire alarm and evacuation at 9 ... it, and it becomes slush. More stupid: rain's bastard little half

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Movie Marathon, Pt. I Watch ALL the things!

  

  ... time... haha, see what I did there? I should stop.), Bill and Ted ... that means I have both the TIME to watch movies AND constant access to ... : Another Earth Of Gods and Men A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 30, 2013
• Blog / Events

  How do you convince MIT students to dress nicely? as with most things in life, the secret involves free food

  

  the MIT community practice better etiquette.  And one of the most ... popular, in fact, that I'm told there was a 50-person waitlist, and my ... minute, though, I whipped out my blogger "media" credentials and managed to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 30, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  ’t sleep, but I am not one of those. None of my close friends are, and I ... information as well when you’re awake, and you might say or do some things ... , and they also need weekends, if not only to catch up on sleep. No matter

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sounds of Summer What've you been listening to lately?

  

  along to alone in the car at 7 in the morning and other drivers stare at ... to after your little brother has insisted on listening to Owl City and Train for the last hour and you've forgotten what real music sounds like

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 30, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  (beginnings in which I say hello, and explain that unclosed parenthesis.

  

  slamming my laptop lid shut, running around the house screaming, and ... lame Facebook status about it and got a bunch of likes. Since then, I ... all the previously mentioned Awesome Stuff that it offered. And I loved

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to Make a Flashlight MIT-style that is.

  

  presses, and even a 3-D printer! Now that I think about it, I wish I had ... wonderful and free as the Edgerton Shop, the only catch is that you have to ... thinking that training is probably awful and really boring. BUT this is MIT

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 2, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Perfect Match? because the right CPW host can make a huge difference...

  

  work for everyone, up and running by CPW) But I digress. As I am sure ... specific things that you would like to do, and have already made all the necessary arrangements to attend, and are not waiting, in typical MIT fashion

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 30, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Dinner With Goobers Yeah food! Yeah people!

  

  my fellow Simmons sponge-dwellers, and when the clock strikes a nice and early 5:30 PM (because we actually have the lifestyle habits of ... for this...) and mosey on down to ye olde Simmons dining hall. Okay

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Too Good to Just Tweet About Hello blogosphere! Yes, I'm still alive and tweeting (@MikeyMIT)...

  

  Hello blogosphere! Yes, I'm still alive and tweeting (@MikeyMIT). The reading and selection period has been intense as ever this year, but I promise as we approach mid-March, I hope to have some more blog updates

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • February 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bringing Down the (Lottery) House Like the movie '21,' but with scratch tickets.

  

  " and/or the book on which it was based, Ben Mezrich's "Bringing Down the ... a gift, and started thinking about how the algorithm behind the ... studying his tickets and some statistical sleuthing, but he discovered a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oodles Of Doodles Chris Peterson once impersonated me as such: "Blah blah blah Irish people, cartoons blah blah…

  

  morning, meaning I woke up at 7:15 (the horror!). The house is empty and I ... lectures focused more on conceptual things and “thinking like a programmer ... time I checked in... We learned about hashing, and how it's a trade

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT = The American Dream As usual...we procrastinate like mad before finals.

  

  by the amount of spam and youtube videos that are coming into my inbox ... : Watch her discuss MIT at Fire and Ice! haha "You can become anything

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Swag … I mean, Career Fair What I did not acquire at the career fair:A job.

  

  (7 mini and colorful, 4 retractable) Hand sanitizer Laundry ... balls, yoyos, bottle openers, sunglasses, cozies And my personal favorite, a wind-up boogie robot I just recently sorted, organized, and

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Before MIT goes APE, I learn how to eat dumplings FAST. ...or at least learn how to morph into a dumpling eating machine.

  

  I should be studying for my 1.00 and 3.091 exams right now...but I'm not. It has been a while since I uploaded a video, I have a lot of ... the end of the show...and here is how we kicked off the beginning of the

  • by Celena C. '12
  • March 4, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  My Entirely Unexciting IAP see title

  

  chemistry, physics, and English in four and a half hours. (oh, and write two ... abroad through things like D-Lab, and on campus in research labs through ... our IAP listing, and Mystery Hunt!!, see this year's), or to just go

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 28, 2010