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Who is the Class of 2028?
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Blog / How to MIT
Learn Coding Before School Starts you've got one month left. go!
("Why the exponential growth? Learning coding consists of two parts. 1 ... of coding. What coding is, how you literally have to tell the computer ... top of everything else the class assigned. By the end of the semester -
Blog / Events
4th of July Celebrations Boston, and the MIT campus, are great places to celebrate the 4th of July.
arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has a front ... and MIT. The fireworks barge is moored in the middle of the Charles ... much with Photoshop, but you can see the barge is right in front of MIT -
Blog / Admissions
Ben’s Sixth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 12/22/05.
'm sure you must be familiar with most of them) how highly do you rank the ... top 10 in the whole of india, i guess...it somehow doesnt show on my ... explain the details in one of the optional essays -
Blog / MIT Life
The sky is falling! Either a huge cottonball just exploded or it's snowing.
And so it begins. The first snow of the term has arrived. Kresge in the snow! Later that cold October evening, the snow turned into rain. -
Blog / Events
Battle of the Boot storytime with Yuliya #1
ceiling of the Simmons auditorium and display my work of many days. There ... past the rows of viewers. I donned my best cardigan and favorite boots. Underneath my shoes, I concealed the mark of laziness, two mismatched socks -
Blog / Hacks
50 Years of NASA One small hack for MIT, one giant leap for NASA.
, elegant, and anonymous prank, designed to amuse and catch the attention of ... 'd expect, hacking is one of MIT's most celebrated traditions, and the actual ... particular hack was done to honor the 50th anniversary of NASA, which was -
Blog / Academics & Research
snapshot diary 2.0 an image a day keeps the psets (and workday) away
;:(((((((( 7/6/23Lots of museums in Seattle offer free admission on the first ... to this one, in which I recounted the days of the semester through ... -wise, though I found the organization of the class left a little to be desired -
FAQ / Life and culture
Who is the President of MIT?
Sally A. Kornbluth is the 18th President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Kornbluth follows L. Rafael Reif, who led MIT for a decade and stepped down as president at the end of 2022. -
Blog / Academics & Research
Bad Grades and Big Screw-Ups Pulling back the A's, B's, C's, and P's to see what's inside
closer as friends and also relieved a lot of the shame we both felt ... virtual office hours scared the shit out of me. I skipped checkoffs for no ... stranger. I did really well on the first quiz out of sheer luck, I didn -
Blog / Admissions
CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!
AHHH CPW!!! Was the name of my last blog post I wrote prior to CPW ... remember the fun I had with them more than the specifics of the events that ... have comMITted, focus the weekend on exploring each of the dorms. Make -
Blog / Academics & Research
How to Finals™ How to survive AND thrive this finals season?!
-final-stretch/'>Junior fall</a> and I sure made the most of the extra week."]5th semester ... actually started studying for 6.046 the day before the last day of classes. I ... marks? Or mastering the material for the art and pursuit and love of -
FAQ / Life and culture
Why is it called the Brass Rat?
It's the goal of every incoming student at MIT to get their own Brass Rat—MIT's version of a class ring. The phrase "Brass Rat" is derived from the alleged resemblance of the brass beaver featured on the ring to -
Blog / MIT Life
The Future of Work How can people and computers be connected so that—collectively—they act more intelligently than any individuals,…
When I was in high school one of the most influential non ... "). This landmark book provides profiles of the inner work life of hundreds ... through the prism of the dailiness of parking cars, knew more about human -
Blog / Events
Evil Institute of Technology Mystery Hunt, Day 1.
Mystery Hunt has begun! Prof. Moriarty from the Evil Institute of ... sign to gather our team, the Rubber Duck Hunters: I saw lots of people ... cookie monster. Second: Count how many of each cookie is used in the -
Blog / Personal Travel
Party of One A fun day trip idea when you're getting tired of homework.
One of the great things about living in Boston is the close promixity to all sorts of cool places to visit. And one of the great things about ... minutes later, I arrived at Kendall Square. This is the location of the -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
flowers of fire and light making art with printed circuit boards!
direction to that of the circle traced out by your arm, hence the term ... be rotating counterclockwise. By modifying the number of petals ... , variations on the basic flower pattern encompasses a whole family of poi tricks -
Blog / Events
Four days of fun! I did so much last long weekend and very little of it was productive.
I thought I would share some of the things I did. Who says MIT ... -masted frigate that played an important role in the war of 1812. It was built in ... it. The view from the four sides of the Bunker hill monument You -
Blog / Uncategorized
A Week of UROPing in few words
The first month of the year is a beautiful time for students here: no ... interests. Back in high school, I was really interested in the art of turning ... different fields to make work that can help the lives of many people, and 3 -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
A Week of Music Eight bands in nine days, and I still missed five performances.
One of my best friends from high school, Pablo, and I share the exact ... ways, I was extremely jealous of him. He gets to spend the next four years of his life walking distance away from the famous Sixth Street, the