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  On identity f(x) = x

  

  walking on the beach and talking to one of the upperclassmen. I listened to ... good at math. My personality consisted of being good at math and enjoying ... together and do a bunch of math for a week. Thousands and thousands of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2019
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  Don’t Change A few lessons I have learned

  

  first time. You are now a freshman in college and as the oldest of the ... monotony of my day and brought me face to face with the cashier. "you good ... him, and he knew me. Not through any sort of historical meeting, or

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 31, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choosing Your Own Adventure and other things you can do when you live off campus

  

  , and about another 24 percent of students live in [annotation note ... on-and-off campus. That leaves about 3 percent of people who just live elsewhere in non-MIT affiliated housing. There's a lot of pros and cons to

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hilbert’s Third Problem (A Story of Threes) Holy mathematics, Batman! Math at MIT, and why we need calculus to define volume.

  

  combination of slide presentations and chalktalks. Sometimes there are also p ... of them and reading books and books and books about a third. My first ... growth for me, and a big part of my goal in becoming a math major. My

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2015
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  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  of the firehose and everything. (Of course, the water was actually from ... their blog, Shayna A. '23 gives a full account of the pain and outrage ... Twitter and read the rest of the replies. In response, I tweeted that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.08: Intro to EECS via Interconnected Embedded Systems aka: the class that convinced me i belong at mit

  

  big hopes of working in biomedical engineering and product design. Now ... the lab and assignments for the rest of session. Office hours were ... were trying to accomplish and followed it. I took my 6.08 kit out of the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  meeting and learning from all sorts of different people. And certainly, if ... and the application readers to be careful not to fall into trap of ... of active of ECs, representing different generations and different

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
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  5 Historical MIT Videos looking back on what we left behind

  

  thoughts about them. I also pulled some pictures and gifs of the most ... of the most talented and intelligent students alive, and among them are ... Department and the Institute for Systems Research at the University of Maryland

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 4, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  non-stop / walang hinto what a mess

  

  program entirely online, through a mix of discord and zoom. surprisingly, it ... the pleasure of preparing next year’s, and it’s been fun. i also joined ... series on scp, and binged a bunch of videos from brian jordan alvarez the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  electric with the thought of classes and schoolwork. You think you'll come ... attending one of the most challenging and respected universities in the world ... working harder for the sake of it seemed stupid (and I still agree it is

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And sometimes why? A reality check on the state of my MIT blogging.

  

  option and an afternoon option. Since only 32 classes at MIT out of over ... 'm applying the "enjoy the power and beauty of your youth" concept and ... , Switzerland. Unexpectedly, we also made tons of friends in our dorm and try to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2006
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  Grey and Other Colors

  

  blog to share some of my thoughts. I've gotten lots of love and feedback ... moving to a new place, falling in and out of love with SF, trying to stay ... life that shock you into the reality of the situation, and you wake up at

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  jack of all trades master of none...

  

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 24, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mind and hand

  

  scientist, but I'm also something of an engineer, and I've learned to be one both in and out of the classroom. In addition to all my neuroscience and ... and Interpretation of Computer Programs), 6.004 (Computation Structures

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 3, 2006
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  Flux and Flow Thermodynamics as therapeutic analogy; or, the longest way I've ever said, "I'm still figuring things…

  

  thermodynamics: everything is in flux, and the forces of progression and regression ... successes, and I'm hardly any more or less deserving of praise or respect even ... . Persistence, and also patience: flux and flow, as much a part of thermodynamics

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 12, 2014
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  Bumps, slumps, trips, and … Breaking out of a slump, now with more Cleveland!

  

  Ah, 2014, a year full of bumps, slumps, trips, and ... cycles? When ... , you've all heard plenty of life updates and reflections on the MIT (and ... good parts are what I'd hoped for, and the parts I was afraid of are

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 13, 2014
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  Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT

  

  students with all variety of these and more. I've had all three. My first ... . “Of course I won’t,” he said. And then he did. But it was okay, because ... of blue, light, and stops tricking you into thinking it’s daytime

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Class of 2020 Ring Premiere! from two perspectives

  

  celebrate and show your community spirit! And one of the main ways people do ... enough seats next to each other for all of us. And when we finally sat down ... group of people dressed as fruits (including an orange, pineapple, and

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2018
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  Random Random Projects/Moving Out of Random Randomly zigzagging about until I find myself in the future, somehow no longer in Random.

  

  acrylic paint and the bottom half is melted crayons. Grant F. ‘16 One of ... simple: melt down a block of bismuth, and pour out the liquid when it ... few hours the four of us went back upstairs and said goodbye to BMF and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 13, 2015
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  Views of Campus, the Charles River, and the First Snow with a snowman and a snow dalek

  

  , and the view of the river. There’s romance in losing sleep and body heat ... photographing campus and the Charles River to show you what I see. All of these ... (both free), and all are clickable for a larger view. The first snow of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 20, 2012