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  How to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall an international introduction to computational thinking

  

  challenge and how they can register their schools for the exam. I ... discussion of the tasks. Everyone in grades 5-12 can participate, regardless ... everyone. Students can participate on any time in the given two weeks and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Leaf in Face I got hit in the face the other day. By a leaf.

  

  , I heard from my Physics C teacher that being recognized in national ... year has that qualification, but I could not help wondering on how much ... " to be accepted to MIT, and I can tell you for sure that the majority of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Emily Levesque- How megastars evolve Emily spent the summer of 2004 conducting astronomy research at the Kitt Peak National Observatory…

  

  things students can do and has had a UROP in the MIT Center for Space ... I have always been proud of the fact that there is a star and a minor ... impressive) bearing my name. I frequently exploit this factoid to arouse

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  for change in (expected + unexpected): print(change.get_thoughts())

  

  matter. I can now fall asleep in ten minutes with the lights on, people ... 'm going to school in Boston remark on how cold it is, but the most jarring ... can change. At home, the closest I came to checking the weather was

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 19, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  weather and stuff a Californian’s first experience of fall and also other things on my mind

  

  problem for me. I Iive in a triple. One of my roommates, Claire, is from ... .” Abby and I stand in awe. What is this “fall clothing,” and do we need it ... is great for now but once it gets unbearable (in the real winter) I

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • October 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Expo how MIT is leading the educational revolution

  

  , Microsoft Kinect doesn't work well for people in black clothing!), I loved the ... —all in under five minutes per activity! I loved the experience. If only ... ’ agreement with several major publishers. I continue to be amazed by how much

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 20, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  I need to know typically comes together in a nice, tidy package. For ... institution)? If you have, I’d love to hear about it in the comments section ... When most people learn what kind of work I do, they often speculate

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a believer Bikes! They're totally worth it.

  

  OMG. Bikes are amazing. So, I'll admit it: I'm stubborn. I like to say that I'm "tenacious", but what I really mean is that I am set in my ... 've bought a shower curtain for every suite I've lived in. The A21 suite has a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Exercises in Style with apologies to queneau

  

  its plastic contents up and down in a discordant symphony? How can one ... concrete box in an act of container recursion? Finally, how can one ... happened at the Outfinite, at eleven in the evening. Modern style I was

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 20, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians How many MIT graduates have been in the Olympics? No, not the Science Olympiad...

  

  ! Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh! Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin!), I thought I'd take a look back at MIT athletes who have participated in the Olympics. Now I know that many of you may be thinking that MIT is more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Valentine’s Day Special Featuring calculus, people who hate me, and a picture puzzle

  

  and curmudgeonry in our observable universe, I've decided to list off ... sending me a Valentine. In no particular order: 1.John Curtice I ... the cereal in your basket on sale?” Later that week, I had a wildly

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Construction Thoughts on a major.

  

  I wanted to have a bike for when I came to campus in the fall. I didn ... again: (I could've sworn there were more parts in the front fork ... time digging around a *bike graveyard* and in the bike store, and I had

  • by Cam T. '13
  • December 26, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  An interview with AoPS "What Kinds of Students Does MIT Look For?" but ASMR

  

  read on our "What we look for" page, or that my response to "how can I ... would have told them how creative math can be, because I did end up, one ... as we have had in the past where students can explain anything in their

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  jokingly believes that you do check in on me, seeing just how much i ... know how to lose friends with grace. in a way, i am thankful for you ... chance to continue to be spiteful. i wanted you to see just how successful

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Magic Cards and a Farmers’ Market And frozen advice for the 2019s

  

  room as a last resort to putting off psets, I buy groceries whenever I ... busy, it’s that I haven’t been busy enough. Last Monday, in MAS.S66 ... in a standard deck, and wrote an unique ID to each one. Then I wrote an

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  AARRRGHHHHH!!!!🏴‍☠️ (Pirate Post) A Review of 21M.299 - Pirate Songs and Whaling Chanteys

  

  in the world, and I was beyond privileged to learn from him. I can ... I mentioned it in a previous blog, but this semester I took a class ... something like that. I think I’m going to concentrate in Music Technology if I

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • June 2, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Procrastination in the Time of Corona i have so much time and so many ways to procrastinate my work

  

  ,[/annotation] and gaming channels for doing [annotation note="i cannot describe how ... now, and I've been spending literally so much time on it. I can ... that I started watching in an effort to make myself stop watching Love is

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 24, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  post-semester paradise two weeks with no psets or exams in sight

  

  year i'll be back in Burton Conner, my freshman year dorm. my EC floor ... " came in handy... after brunch, i biked to [annotation note ... , i went shopping with my little since i had to buy new clothes for my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 3, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  You Can’t Make MIT Love You If You Don’t… my advice on application essays (updated 7/29)

  

  , but there is one thing that I am confident in recommending to you. (And ... ] You can't put on your resume things that you don't [do] Here in 3 ... just being myself in my life, right where I am, is like, enough." So go

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  back in east campus, the sequel jiggity jig (again)

  

  have a pretty comprehensive knowledge of the game now, in that i can ... can list all the possible events in each act, that i know the ai of each ... picture of my old room, with my key: and here is my room now. i am in a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 18, 2021