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• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  -difficulty and age appropriate tasks to make the challenge a fun experience for ... assistance. Plus, Bebras' mascot is the beaver, just like (and for the same ... challenge and how they can register their schools for the exam. I

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

  the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

  

  I’ve mentioned a few times in the past about being unsure as to whether I should pursue a PhD program right after graduation or work in the industry for a bit first. My intention has been to work in the industry first

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Blogs Featured in NY Times "[N]one of the [other colleges'] blogs match the interactivity and creativity of M.I.T.'s, where they…

  

  Chris Mills write blogs for its admissions site. Mark Wilson for The New ... 're learning, slowly, that this is how the world works, especially for high ... or trying to set a world record in the game of Mattress Dominos

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  6.115 Microcomputer Lab! literally the coolest class i've taken so far

  

  "] see how keeping the signal at high for a tiny bit shorter gives you a 0 ... mighty in the S-tier. Sometimes classes at MIT feel difficult for the sake ... the lines of "a small computer" or "a single chip designed to do things

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 16, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Magic of Those Ivory Keys (Guest Blog!) Part 2 of 3 of "Why I Declared a Humanities Major at MIT" series!

  

  /ensemble/piano accompanying, and giving a solo recital in the spring. In order to audition for ... has music been a passion for you? Tell us about your musical journey ... has solidified my passion for it. Chris: What is the most unforgettable

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary 2.0 an image a day keeps the psets (and workday) away

  

  November 15th.   5/1/23 A poster for the Spring '23 Rambax show. I ... (cries) basically the lobby of EC.   5/15/23For Robotics, we had a ... even a good pie. For those in the audience who like deep-dish pizza, I am

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  H I C C U P S takeaways from a Bollywood film

  

  A few Fridays ago, I sat down (as I normally do at the end of a long and tiring week) to watch a Bollywood film. All I was really looking for was a good-old three hours of minimal brain activity and the occasional

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Projects Some examples of some projects you might see in MIT writing classes

  

  , including a look at the "Table of Forms."  We would have lots of assignments which involved using a constraint, such as one from the Table of Forms, to ... in image form: And all of the titles ended up forming a poem of

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Halls are Alive with the sounds of students...

  

  , we like to talk about MIT Beef and the Lab for Chocolate Science. I ... research opportunities are available? In preparation for a visit program, I ... with Ed, one of the instructors, a transfer student was getting advice on

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Turn around and pretend it wasn’t you Words of Wisdom

  

  across the river in Boston. It's basically an excuse for companies to give ... 't attend as a college student, I was there for Livescribe, demoing and ... wisdom, decided that shooting an elastic foam rocket at the band would be a

  • by Snively '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Advice

  applying sideways, beyond admissions a rendition of Petey's hit blog

  

  collection of thoughts on the internet for a student figuring out how to make ... is a true gem in its entirety, but the three main points that Petey ... significance of structure in a schedule, especially one that encapsulates all the

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 22, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  goodbye after so long and with so much love

  

  be a blogger. The blogs were almost solely responsible for my ... . When I got into MIT, visited for CPW, and finally comMITted, the biggest ... the same. MIT has been a place where I felt more like I belonged than I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday on 16th Street A Day in the Life

  

  -11, and opened up my book. I read for a long time. It’s pleasant, under the ... content for the first time in a long time. Not exhilarated, not ecstatic ... Mall, and exchange my tickets. A man says something to me--”what?”--the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Uncanny Valley im gonna make you shit your pants

  

  happiest people I know to model for my drawings: the bloggers! Here are a few ... diseased and dead while others think it implies the existence of a predator ... part 2 of using my art powers for chaos. So how do you give someone the

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  An unexpected discovery, from a few centuries ago It takes more than four years to get to know a place

  

  't bode well for my dish. Well it turns out there's a big Whole Foods Market literally a 5 minute walk from the Trader Joe's I frequent that I ... take the river route along Memorial Drive. But because I ended up at a

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 20, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

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  I haven’t been doing a great job of blogging this semester for a ... celebrate the end of our time at MIT. We gallivanted around the West Coast for ... … Yosemite for a day, then drive over to… San Franciscoto end our trip

  • by Phi A. '21
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Hello! I would like to schedule a meeting with Senator Markey.” Exciting spring break plans

  

  A little over a month ago, the American Astronomical Society posted the following announcement: I originally became a AAS member in order ... solar astrophysicist at Harvard. The AAS has a whole website on how to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  What should I be doing now? Tips for regular and early applicants.

  

  , and hope for the best. As the year draws to a close, start talking with ... for your interviewer (Educational Counselor) on the MyMIT website. [If ... 1 by the time you interview, but you must have registered for My

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Eye Of The Storm Reflections in the brief moment between the last hours of selection committee and the release…

  

  Hi all, I am here in the office preparing the blogs for the post ... set up before we release decisions at noon. If you're looking for a way ... what the last few weeks have been like for us. Best of luck to you all

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  The other day I was watching a video about typography and the speaker ... a second thought to the spaces between letters. We don’t think about the inky blackness of words on a page because honestly, when we have 198

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014