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  Trip Report: IOI 2015 in Kazakhstan of khans and computer science

  

  International Olympiad in Informatics. The International Olympiad in Informatics ... students. Like its counterparts in math (IMO), physics (IPhO), chemistry (ICh ... in a kind of academic olympics. At IOI 2015, 322 students from 83

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The One Where I’m in Russia a brain/photo dump of me running away from school

  

  . But it was breathtaking, especially in the early morning with mystical ... -Peruvian fusion. Apparently the eighth best restaurant in the world?? Exhibit B ... app prototypes in the span of just a few weeks. Their companies ranged

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 28, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Ringing in the second half of MIT The Class of 2019 gets their brass rats...at last

  

  where the whole sophomore class dresses up in everything from onesies to ... design. Every year, Ring Comm, the group of students in charge of ... details of the 2019 ring include the euro symbol in the background behind

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 23, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our loving, our friends, and our labor This entry is based on Aaron Copland's opera "The Tender Land."

  

  's tempered by the fact that I look so outstandingly bad in all of them. Still ... school on Friday Now, here's what I have to do in the three days I'm home ... going over the methodology in lecture until tomorrow. Oh, and then there

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Brass Rat 2016 tunnels, arc reactors, and skycranes

  

  in all of us. It’s the event where the Brass Rat for each class is ... /tooling/hacking, to the class-specific inside jokes, it’s cloaked in tradition. Plus ... campus.  The RingComm chair is at least the 3rd in a row from the same

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Hug Your History Teacher Because it's 9/11

  

  website. Although that could be it. I don't think they won't because they ... enough to remember. I'm old enough to remember sprinting home in fear, even in San Francisco, because some news suggested that the Transamerica

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • September 11, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Solution: Are we going to win? Guess where I am!

  

  Complex Problems Intro to Numerical Simulation in Electrical Engineering ... . Since MIT lives in numbers instead of words, the next step is to gather ... " are most likely in the wrong form. The thing that you needed to realize

  • by Bryan
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s like a bag of sand! I go on a quest to legally obtain music and movies.

  

  enough witty, engaging stories to constitute an entire entry, but in light ... kids (all of whom moved in on Sunday) has left me no time for the essential things in life, like sleeping (I HAVE TO BE AT BREAKFAST BY 7 AM

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 29, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Formula SAE: A Turbocharged Experience Join the MIT Formula SAE team to design, engineer, and build a small formula-style autocross…

  

  4 Gs? Better yet, are you interested in working on a team to design ... UROP, offers an exceptional opportunity to apply concepts taught in the ... has been on campus for five years. Schools that have been in the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking ahead to IAP One more week left to go! Feel the burn!

  

  website: "Air in the engine is cyclically heated (by an alcohol burner) and ... they want or coming back on campus and taking advantage of what is, in my ... website, you can choose from hundreds of credit and non-credit activities

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Post-Finals, Pre-Graduation almost done...

  

  lottery in for tickets. The website is here, in case you're curious and want ... (ART) in Cambridge. Teller of Penn & Teller (a famous magician duo ... -campus and away from a computer so that I couldn't sit in my room refreshing

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House: Where The Sidewalk Ends A tour of Next House!

  

  two years in Next House. I like the description on the Next website, so ... has its own atmosphere and culture." In fact the website is awesome, so ... Louis Sert, and was completed in 1982. The house's architectural themes

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tech Nomads Four MIT students are spending the summer racing 8000 miles across Europe. Find out why.

  

  across пњљпњљ of the earth's surface in cars that most people consider ... named itself the Tech Nomads. From their website, here's the suggested ... of Germany to get to Prague hopefully at around 4pm, just in time for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prize Week An exciting time for research, both noble and ignoble.

  

  early to check the website and see if any MIT folks won. I have to be ... for the Nobel in Physics; his work on the inflationary universe is ... decided today to sleep in and not check on the Chemistry prize. Big mistake

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Time To Have A Sit-Down With Your GC. Can we tawk?

  

  is to be respected and taken seriously. There is no doubt in my mind ... Counselor - or, as we call him or her in the admissions business - the GC. In ... people in your life during your senior year. So what is it that GCs do

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Open Sesame…Ring. RFID magic + a ring = wearable CharlieCards

  

  and other delays in MBTA service, having a pass that functions both as a ... much better. (In fact, I liked the idea so much that I ordered a custom ... if you want a ring, too (provided you live in the United States and

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Holidays with the Huangs a nondenominational celebration of capitalism and duck

  

  around in the most godawful turquoise bathrobe ever sold at Costco. (I ... my sister's wedding website... (Yes, my sister's name is Bonnie. Yes ... drew and about an inch thick. Cut out your favorite shape in the center

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 26, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ADITL MIT's Technique spearheads one of the most interesting projects I've seen on campus recently.

  

  in A Day In The Life, a project open to the entire MIT community ... , and staff alike have been uploading their photos to the website, which ... lunch in Stata, where seats fill up around noon and everyone moves quickly

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 25, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Enigma Gold Star Winners! Don, tell them what they've won...

  

  To follow up on this entry... Thanks for playing Engima Wrapped In A ... you are interested in seeing more of John Kostick's handiwork, please visit the Quadric Designs website. Until the next time, stay tuned to the

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not your stereotypical sorority girl Tonight is the first night of sorority recruitment!

  

  clarify exactly what a sorority is. According to the Panhel website ... sororities, five of which are at MIT." Sororities are involved in academic ... , living area, activities, etc., but they are all leaders in the MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 2, 2006