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  MIT Olympians, Part 2 This time, I am talking about science olympiads.

  

  International Math Olympiad team in 1974, and what freshman class does this ... wasn't the smartest person in the class -- it was great to have friends ... shouldn't be at MIT. I say, rubbish. Take the attitude I had -- that it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2008
• Blog / Events

  dogg number there is no one better to be than myself!

  

  among my friends for the past year, mostly because when I found it, I was ... repeating the affirmations does kind of help. I've had many a night where I ... project in 24 hours"]HackMIT[/annotation] this year just to see what it was

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 20, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Banditos Misteriosos Everybody enjoys a ghoul dance party!

  

  wasn't new to me, I'd seen it in an episode of CSI: Miami, but there was ... time Halloween themed! Here's the gist of it: If years of Halloween-themed TV specials and music videos have taught us anything, it’s that come

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Starting over sucks but sometimes you have to do it

  

  effort I put in to make a change. How long can I hope that this time ... 's how it's been for me in the past. I have to accept that there are some ... driving stage is what it sounds like: you drive the robot around the arena

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 16, 2022
• Blog / Events

  The Igs Where Science meets Silly. Hello Silly!

  

  , now how about the Ig Nobels? The Ig Nobels are a humorous offshoot of ... makes people laugh and then think. What does this mean? Well, basically ... the reasoning behind all of this research. Consider it a "Why" to the

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule parete legi novembri

  

  freshman fall is the time to learn how to do that. It is not the time to be ... ...here it's parete legi novembri ...OBEY THE NOVEMBER RULE" -- Hack Punt Tool It's November 1st. Hopefully all the seniors in high school reading

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  One of these labs is not like the other GELlin' like a felon

  

  team* I’ll do it! *team does not protest, I raise hand* Instructor ... afterward and forgetting how to quite approach it. Getting that practice is ... and my (moderately non-existent) network?? How could I not do this

  • by Stanley G.
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  department at MIT interests you and why?'" First, I should note that it has no ... something entirely different from what they write here. It simply adds a bit ... , not to one of its 5 schools. ------------------------ Zack Yang wrote

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Burchard Scholars Program (old time stamp: 11-21-09) - this entry is five months late >___

  

  -solve" in the same sense that it is taught in science classes, it does ... Burchards for awhile, but I always thought, "well, I'll just write about it when it finishes." So this last Wednesday (note: back in November 2009

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2010
• Blog / Community Projects

  Vroom Vroom! Hey! I know him!

  

  building something scary that does something awesome and it's fun to see his ... on. Updates like it works it works it works it works it works it works it works it works it works it works it works First kart road test, N52

  • by Snively '11
  • June 29, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Uncanny Valley im gonna make you shit your pants

  

  we evolved this way. Some people think it helped us identify the diseased and dead while others think it implies the existence of a predator ... nonhuman features. The nonhuman movement of an android and its human

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bump MIT students design products

  

  that it looks like we only have fun in the class, 2.009 is HARD WORK ... is well designed and functions flawlessly. It's intense. Our product ... , it's my responsibitlity to help organize and guide our team to win make

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Battle of the Bands "Rock on and come to CPW!" ~ Thomas Jefferson"Chris, you made up that quote from…

  

  student center to battle it out for a shot at glory! So how much would you ... tomorrow and it's all for you. For four days MIT crams all the awesome stuff ... an event density so high, it's like a neutron star of awesome! There

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Diffusion Summer time!

  

  how to do a bunch of 2.005 so I don't fail it next semester 3) Work on ... "Memorial Dr." Adding to it is that everybody just calls it dorm row. View ... done and it was a wild ride. Like any wild ride it had its ups and downs

  • by Snively '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer doing all the things

  

  engineering internship at a startup.  How it’s going so far: I feel super lucky ... -uniform hypergraphs. How it’s going so far: After I was accepted to the ... : learning how to drive What it is: Since self-driving cars are not yet

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 6, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Got Solar? guest post by Peter C'20 and Ashisha P'20

  

  heavy or dirty it seemed, and we began the long drive to Hastings ... part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest post series* We did it ... was tested, scrutinized, and pushed to its limits and after many

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ

  

  privilege for the advantaged.” For you to receive legacy preference, it means ... . This means you come from a long line of educated people, who had the ... broadly accessible student loans and financial aid. It means you are

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Steer Roast 2008 We Sport Death like it's never been done before

  

  in: Steer Roast is Senior House's claim to fame - it's our annual weekend-long party centered around the overnight roasting of a steer in our ... every year since 1964. Legend says it started as a small barbeque in the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor quotes The spurious wisdom and even more spurious wit of MIT professors.

  

  friends said on a daily basis (note: I was going to link to it, but then I realized 1) it is entirely inappropriate for innocent eyes, and 2) I said ... adapted it, and now I have a detailed record of the funny and idiotic things

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  flowers of fire and light making art with printed circuit boards!

  

  you want it to. If I don't heat up the solder joints long enough ... . If you do it neatly, it traces out the path parameterized by these ... . It's fun to nerd out about the mathematical intricacies of poi spinning

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 16, 2023