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

  

  homepage) is an international challenge that introduces students to computational thinking. Founded in Lithuania in 2004, it has now spread to more ... concepts are in our daily lives -- it might even motivate some students to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Seasons of Spam Next up: a Nostalgic entry about my frosh year. After Finals. Maybe.

  

  ), I felt like I should go and partake in the festivities. So I got to ... -hours How do you measure, MIT time? In psets, in physics In midnights, in cans of Red Bull. In tooling, in frats, in lectures, in hacks. In ten

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  More from Ahia I even manage to do MIT-related stuff when I'm 750 miles away.

  

  me and Adam in the stands. Surprisingly, I've gotten to do some MIT ... who has one of these get-togethers in their area in the next few days ... Well, this is my last day in Ahia (try saying it with me -- "Uh

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  d-d-d-d-drop date late is good sometimes

  

  the one that gets sent to people"]internal transcript.[/annotation] In ... many hours and in one more hour (it's midnight rn) I will drive to ... -necessary, non-lecture classes to get to on Tuesday. This was my first year not

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes,The New App…It’s Really Here Or Why This Year's App is "Cooler" Than Last Year's.

  

  however get to give to those 250 lucky (?) people in my session a preview of ... me to do the session there since I ate quite a few meals in that same ... easier for you to tell us, in your words, exactly who you are. Yes, the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 19, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  into the pi day verse 3/14/22 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  and doing what you love (even if that takes getting hit by a truck to ... available online Monday, March 14 at 6:28 PM ET. To check your decision, visit apply.mitadmissions.org/apply and go to your Application Status Page

  • by Tim
  • March 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pressing Pause Taking a moment before the beginning of spring semester

  

  , which never gets quite dark enough in the winter time. The snow reflects ... FUTURE for a moment, and take time to get back your energy, hold the reset ... community college, some of you will very soon begin to get into places

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  My How Times Change… ...and yet, they are much the same.

  

  day to school. Even in those days MIT announced their decisions earlier ... nuts, would I get in or not, if I did which would I pick, and if I didn ... home than MIT and I was the first child in my family going off to college

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  departments, nigh impossible) to get a research position in your first year ... field is simply to get experience in it; through UROPs, clubs, project ... in terms of credits (one credit roughly corresponds to one hour per

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  -door “trained” friends. We also get a budget to organize events and workshops in ... minutes away. Getting to MIT is a “commute” now. The bus chugs through the ... sadly entirely over, at least for now. I might get to help out next year

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / Events

  In Transit The people and ideas traversing MIT

  

  I got on a bus this morning to go home for Thanksgiving, fully prepared to entrust my productivity to a flaky Wi-Fi connection. Once I got ... app essay drafts - is on Google Drive. I am now drafting this in a .txt

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT students do it all night. A salute to sleep deprivation, Aztec philosophy, and grape-catching.

  

  prisoner was taken to the priest. The priest would watch in the night sky for ... lyrics to "What is a Youth?" in Romeo and Juliet were nearly identical to ... and pick up random stuff. Somehow that led her to a degree in Course XVI

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When September Ends on career fair, life, and other occurrences

  

  folder of resumes in the hopes of getting a dream job. There are always ... the MIT bubble. You get to preview what’s way ahead. The life beyond and ... is designing a skintight spacesuit akin to the one in the movie. I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Alternative Semester There are things to click in here.

  

  sophomore who is still unsure what course to major in. But the reality is not ... . We're trying to understand science, tech, design in the context of the ... -career Sloan Fellows...we also have to form a IT-based startup in a team...And I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Holiday Life's not always a picnic in Killian Court.

  

  joined in and made my earth-shattering waffles), and then went back to ... take up a quarter of the page, and to be printed in full color. Also ... you will be in college, where you'll have the opportunity to really make

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Looking Backwards Sherman, set the WABAC machine to....

  

  : This is what it used to take to get in to MIT-definitely a lot less work ... Like Bellamy’s young hero, I too am back in Boston. Except its been ... into a socialist utopia. But, prior to leaving for home for spring break

  • by Alina G. '11
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admission Interview Tick tock!

  

  , hopefully two-way, where the EC gets to know you: what drives you, interests ... have asked them, haven’t you?), our ECs can be busy. Getting in touch ... in MyMIT that they intend to apply EA. For those of you who haven

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Whoooo!

  

  sad. It's hard to explain how incredibly jealous I get of friends who ... 'm spending spring break visiting Adelaide in France, with a 2 day excursion to ... reporting to every day this coming summer is in MADRID. Ohmygod

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising and freshman formalities

  

  happened this week. - Thanks to a freight derailment in Idaho, I spent most of Tuesday on a bus from Montana to Washington state. - Last night, my ... three or four times this year, and it's a good way to get to know your

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  day would be fairly dull to keep up, at least in my opinion. It's really ... pictures in immaculate, non-smudgable Sharpie pen. And I had to include ... One of the habits I developed in high school is carrying a notebook

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013