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  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 ... homepage) is an international challenge that introduces students to computational thinking. Founded in Lithuania in 2004, it has now spread to more

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

  Your Freshman App Questions We're happy to help.

  

  Ahoy! I hope you arrr having a great September. As you know, the MIT Freshman Application is available at MyMIT. The Early Action ... Application section of the site. I am happy to answer your questions (that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have a class rank or GPA?

  school doesn't calculate GPA, please don't convert your grades to a U ... available.
• Blog / How to Human

  In which I show no restraint whatsoever But don't worry, you'll all probably benefit from it (unless, you know, you don't).

  

  living at Northwestern for the summer makes it difficult to also live at ... . This does not apply if your major requires it for a ton of classes or if ... decided to take it, as I got a 5 on the AP Bio exam and got credit for the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 11, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Book Festival #3 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  to the Church of the Covenant for a Fiction Keynote. One of my favorite ... Boston Book Festival brochure to him for a signature. I felt small in his ... . **** Last fall, my friend and I went to the Boston Book Festival (BBF) in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool People. And Lunch! visiting committees = awesome.

  

  said: legit. For about an hour, the Visiting Committee listened to us ... A few weeks ago, Susan Lanza (the undergraduate administrator for MIT ... following email: "I , and the department are looking for 4-6 volunteers from

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking 3 math classes this semester as someone who isn't a fan of math

  

  intelligence, which means that I'm signing myself up for a ton of math. It ... for me to plow through because I have to get used to the sheer amount of ... come in with the expectation to like 041. The content's really hard for

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 3, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  albums i like and why i like them pov: i ramble about music and won't shut up

  

  YFrOJb6C?si=o030fn5zS9Gd32nsLdru2A I listened to mxmtoon for the first time ... to deeply appreciate this album and the time that we shared it. For ... to [insert mildly obscure musician here], and their random album from

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • September 8, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Toons and Tasty Burgers adventures in chalk and tasty-burger-tasting

  

  , which I haven't been able to do for a while. If there's one thing I ... farmer who can't bear to slaughter his cows for food, and a pastor who ... for being able to do a full performance in a lecture hall without

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 11, 2013
• 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 ... ' return to campus, I reveled in the laughter and greetings heard down the

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 25, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Story of Tim Tebow My friend Steve '11 wrote a blog for the not admitted.

  

  here waiting for you tonight. Kthxbai. There are two things I want to ... with Steve many nights (or rather, him talking to me) about football, and ... offer any advice it's just to emote. Let your psychological immune system

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  time-management skills, which is why it took so long for me to finally ... 'll get tons of opportunities to travel and see other cultures and maybe even some wild animals. It all sounds really fantastic to me. But for

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The View from 1000 Feet Life after MIT ... kind of

  

  is a repeated effort to search for new information and new ideas, and ... didn't go to office hours and I didn't ask for help. BAD IDEA. I soon ... effort to supplement the areas of my education that just did not click for

  • by Bryan
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sid Puram – Polymer Microspheres Sid Puram UROPs in the renowned chemical engineering lab of Dr. Robert Langer, developing polymer…

  

  mentor, Steve Little, to no avail. That is, until one day when he changed a ... For the past four years, Sid Puram has had a UROP in the renowned ... microspheres that can potentially be used to develop a cancer vaccine. Genetic

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-ing the Weekend (Guest Entry) ...even though it is technically two days longer than a weekend.

  

  opportunity to see what it was like. For all you skeptics out there, MIT ... food at the CPW festival, which was just a taste for what was to come ... the bible to free food, free stuff, parties, meetings, and other

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coming Soon! In which I briefly account for my I-haven't-been-blogging-so-much-recently shenanigans

  

  Sciences lab, or somewhere else? Do I even get to be paid for this stuff? And ... challenging for me :p   Studying a ton for 5.12, and doing a 9 ... ideas down on the comments! I'm always looking for new things to explore

  • by Emad T. '14
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  One Extraordinary Week, Plus Ferrets I suit up for surgery.

  

  to stop for me as I ran across the street to catch it. Lost a ... name) to coordinate details for the Hunt,which starts this Friday. Our #1 ... ultimate goal is to develop treatments for scarring that can sometimes occur

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 14, 2008
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  cruel summer ok it's actually, like, fine i guess

  

  to hop on a call? Most of my meetings are for a purpose and manage to ... Note to anyone who is confused: Cruel Summer is a Taylor Swift song. I've been listening to a lot of Lover lately 😛 There is also a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  ~*~Thoughts Are Like Traces of Birds In Heaven~*~ (P.S. I finally added pictures to my last entry - sorry about the delay!)

  

  yesterday that I took a train from Berlin to Frankfurt - for what is ... utterly thrilling. Unfortunately for us, we had a train to catch almost ... picture above) but also because I want so badly for the words to be true. My

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 19, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Talent is everywhere. Opportunity should be, too A conversation with LIVE by Po-Shen Loh

  

  -Shen Loh, on expanding access to rigorous STEM learning for students in rural ... available to them. What we see again and again is that talent is not limited ... be harder to come by. This is exactly the moment LIVE was created for

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • August 3, 2026