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What is Battlecode?
intelligence. Student teams aim to write the best player program for the ... contest for both beginner and advanced coders. It's a programming project
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Blog / Announcements
A New Year, A New President Introducing Dr. Sally Kornbluth, the 18th President of MIT
— Rafael Reif announced his intent to step down after 10 years in office. Today, [annotation note="If you were on campus for an information session this morning and wonder why you were rescheduled to a different location -
Blog / Life after MIT
Snot, Livers, and Fractals What a world.
Hello world! I have returned from the -- well, to be honest, I never ... I don't usually see students on a day-to-day basis.) Anyway, I've made my triumphant - but temporary - return to the blogs because 1 -
Blog / Admissions
Missing documents! FAQ: What happens if part of my application isn't showing up yet?
deadline for interviewers to submit their report has not yet arrived ... showing on MyMIT yet AM I DOOMED?") Let me respond to this series of ... missing materials sent to us. But at this point, we're only reading -
Blog / Challenges
Odds and Ends It's what's left
off for thanksgiving). And one of those is just a rando ... freshman year we had 4 (again, not counting the days we got off for ... not, well that's what I'm going to blame it on. At any rate, the past -
Blog / Admissions
Where’s My Stuff? Updates from the MyMIT Application Tracking System.
ready for review. It takes a lot of time to do all of these steps -- think ... to happen: The document arrives at MIT Mail Services (in Building WW15 ... bucketload to the Admissions Records Office. Noah and team open the envelopes -
Blog / Events
The Class of 2010 Ring Premiere I bring you the 2010 Ring Premiere, in full living color!
The Brass Rat is a long-standing MIT tradition that has given rise to ... 'm proud to be blogging the debut of this year's Brass Rat to the rest of the ... controversy. I would've loved to see a woman on the seal. It seems illogical -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Simply Brothers Finding brothers and brotherhood in MIT's fraternities.
to the contrary, I'm the only guy out of four children. That's right: I have three sisters. And while I love all of them dearly (am I allowed to ... always wanted to have a brother. Last Saturday, that dream came true -
Blog / Events
Party pics
there's not enough suffering for him to feed on. Once term starts, he ... work. I decided it was time for another "fun" entry. I mentioned in my ... feeds on our suffering. Hey, it's MIT, you need something to feed on your -
Blog / Miscellaneous
moving on, as shown through free t-shirts some spring cleaning
that way for four years. This led to a bad habit of me pushing all the ... for with really-ugly-free-t-shirts-that-I-only-wear-to-bed-and-embarrassingly-to ... so large that even a .5x wasn't zoomed out enough for me to get it all -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Nourishing bodies, enriching souls and minds There's more to the MIT community than just famous researchers and brilliant students.
. Jackson was persuaded by the brothers to stay on to cook breakfast for ... Almost three years ago, I wrote an entry which was very special to me ... : James "Big Jimmy" Roberts and Howard Brown. My annual donation to MIT ever -
Blog / Events
The Tale of a Frosh once upon a cold November
soon come to an end for the Frosh. Whispers ripple through the crowds of ... production than Hollywood, for sure. A fortnight ago, the Frosh went to an MIT ... just another roof to pass. The Frosh counts the days until departure from -
Blog / Academics & Research
All About the MCATs All about the MCATs and what you need to take to prepare for it!
it would be really difficult to sit still for 8 hours (yes, the test ... amassed a boatload of excuses so feel free to complain and I'll send you one ... . For all of you medical school hopefuls (yes, the admissions process -
Blog / Academics & Research
Three Tales of Junior Year Accidental Harvard Class, UROPs, Experimenting in College
’s a logistical thing to do before you start.” I was so excited for ... requirements left for one senior year; I've only taken 9.01 Introduction to ... The Accidental Harvard Class It is possible to miss a class. Not in -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Aiden Wrapped a year in review
interest in genetics and bio for me as a career path, so to that I owe it ... It's December, which means it is time to (drumroll please)... ... (cue airhorn noise)🎉🎉 As someone who loves to obsess over -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Every song I’ve referenced in my admissions blog posts
for the pun pagtanda "to get older" and pagtanda "remembrance". 11 ... "All my life has been about / Waiting for people to go" hits so hard. It ... Better, which I've been meaning to write a post about for a while now. 20 -
Blog / Events
21: The Movie Night From the Bay Area to Boston, Seattle to the Florida Keys, Houston to Chicago, the…
, but team size is 15-18 students rather than 2 for 2.09. Near to 2 ... have enough real ones to make up for it. The Bay Area is pretty conducive ... Before we get to scenes from the MIT Class of 2012 Movie Night, I -
Blog / Residential Life
what’s on my wall too many postcards, that's what
for my dorm room walls well before I actually got accepted to college ... the set as some sort of bucket list for places to visit. I bought the ... NYC bookstores, a couple of days before leaving to Russia for the fall -
Blog / Events
Little Snails SciFi movie marathons rock my socks!
to do all the classic MIT things before graduating. Accordingly, LSC's movie marathon was one such event I had to attend. Slated for viewing for ... : If you had to pick your top five sci-fi movies for a marathon, what -
Blog / MIT Life
Who’s that new kid? ANOTHER one?? Are you KIDDING me?! She doesn't even fit on the page!
get to help me think of a name for my real blog. (I named my old one ... to turn on the computer, change the height of your mom's office chair*, or tie your shoes. So every time one of the aforementioned tasks has to