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  MIT wins the Putnam ...for the third year in a row!

  

  of the Putnam--but for those who haven't, it is a six-hour proof ... the primary math competition for college students, and contestants don't

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sleepless Nights And how I've been spending them

  

  that there are only so many hours in the day. I just didn’t do a ... . Restaurant Week wasn’t just a chance to stuff ourselves with amazing food ... . And I wasn’t quite sure where in my evening the hours for that work were

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 26, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  That time MIT was almost rebuilt on an artificial island in the middle of the Charles River we were THIS CLOSE to being a pirate fortress university

  

  but there wasn’t any room to do that in the Back Bay. In search of a new ... River. “We don’t need all the space we have in the Charles, so why not put

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Embarrassing One Minute everything that can go wrong...will find a worse way to manifest itself

  

  designs ourselves—the only constraint is that we can’t be part of the users for which we’re creating solutions. So, for instance, we can’t design an ... else?) and consists of me, Abel T ’17, and Gabriel E ’16. We have three

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When I Grow Up In which I contemplate growing up and what I am going to do with my…

  

  haven't decided where yet (but I have a couple of options (yay options but ... experiences I wouldn't give up for the world. So it's okay to not know what

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  from Facebook. A Dropbox t-shirt. Bright Google sunglasses. You are now a ... write all the time, and I’d cringe. “I won’t have to write any papers this

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

  So apparently the Media Lab figured out how to 3D print glass and it's pretty glorious

  

  the Lab back in June, but had no idea how it worked; at first, I didn't even think it was glass, because I didn't think 3D printing glass was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The Freshman Application Is Now Live for prospective members of the Class of 2020

  

  something important that didn’t go according to plan. How did you manage the situation? I can't emphasize this enough: make sure to review

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 18, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Guest Post: Being Trans at MIT

  

  others like us. Hopefully you learn something! (For anyone who doesn't ... much stuff and there's so much work that you just don't want to explain

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 16, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now (Actually) Available Online

  

  intelligence. We often say we don’t admit numbers to MIT, we admit people. Yet this isn’t quite true either: we admit classes, cohorts which

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #6-13 Concerning the half I spent in Cambridge

  

  of pseudo-imposter syndrome that doesn’t seem to go away until you ... vomit. 7. Scavenge for food That one time we weren’t on meal plan There ... Market to stock up on food in case I couldn’t get out during the blizzard

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  My IAP All the snow has melted since I took these pictures.

  

  and the final third is unoccupied). I don’t have a window, but the ... . You can’t see it in the photo, but there was a beautiful thick snowfall ... doesn’t require a computer is an alcove right next to the kitchen with a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 19, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventure Coming full circle at MIT

  

  - something I wouldn't have traded for anything. It's funny because it feels ... circle- I can't believe I'm graduating soon!

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fifteen Minutes to Clear My Head on my morning walk from Boston to MIT

  

  pictures of them to show everyone. For those of you that don't know, MIT is ... to MIT, as I didn't want to "waste" my time just commuting to class

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  #WeAreMIT SMASH helped jumpstart an intense conversation between students and administration

  

  things and cleaning up. Caitlin T. '16 and Max T. '15, co-presidents of

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Awesome Biology UROP: florescent plants, genomes, metabolomes, big data, puzzles + more! Bonus: A VIDEO!

  

  endless memorization and quickly change the topic. But to me, Biology isn't ... was just released to youtube, so check it out: My video doesn't really

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How do you know when you’ve chosen the right major?

  

  these 18 months can't be described with equations or Greek letters. It ... didn't feel invested in my classes. Finding the right fit can be a

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 17, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Fall Festival 2014 Some actors came to MIT and told me about their units of measurement

  

  something hilarious and universal about the way parents who didn't speak ... (but ultimately don't quite) express support/pride in their children

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Round 2 less shirts and more interviews.

  

  was either thrown away or became junk clutter, so I consciously didn't ... on business cards, and I even snagged a spot for an interview with AT&T

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 29, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Deadline where I attempt to reason through an approaching all-nighter

  

  myself. Perhaps I lie when I say I’ll get it done, because I don't ... don't mind a lack of sleep too much. In the morning, I get to watch the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 17, 2014