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  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  are things we can do to mitigate cognitive exhaustion: I've blogged ... , because it hurts and it can't do things it usually can. When I went to the ... physically tired from the last week, that was a sign that I shouldn't do any

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Reading aka inhaling all the books i can before school starts

  

  ’s posts from past summers - as she wrote, “sometimes MIT students like to do ... you would much rather write a paper than do a problem set, you’re not ... to his personal standards of integrity. Don’t do something just because

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Different Voice some words about MIT, by someone who's not me

  

  . kids who do research in government labs and kids that expect themselves ... time, in between doing homework and writing papers and trying to stay

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 24, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  Boston nights still gets quite cold, even in late April. I do not yet know ... place, and in the four years here, I still do not feel the energy level ... be able to do something with that knowledge, to create something, to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT grads, 10 years later What is the MIT Class of 2000 doing, 10 years after graduating?

  

  as an admissions officer is, what do MIT people do after graduating? It

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Few Words

  

  me. It took me a great deal of nerve to do that, to know that if I were ... sentiment of this entry still applies. Don't give up hope! People really do

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Iron Man, MIT ‘87 (?) After 21 last month, another MIT movie.

  

  spoil it). If you do stay through the credits, do me a favor -- watch

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…

  

  , who do you call? That's right -- MIT. So last night, MIT Physics ... do it but the universe explodes afterwards. Conan: Big whoop. Small

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Great Wifi Outage of 2007 Burton-Conner's wifi went out two days ago; Evan will tell you more by the end…

  

  where do students interact with their professors outside of class?? Are ... that... I'm worried =( Do teachers even know your name? Yeah.. it's kind ... help. Mike has one question: I have one question: How do people normally

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice you’ve heard before and a story you haven’t you can just skip to the pictures if you want to, I wont be offended.

  

  still doing fine. How did I go about this? Homework. Everything I learned that semester came from doing homework assignments. I would read the ... started taking me longer to do, and I found myself playing catchup into the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 2, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  's disease, nor do we expect that math and science are the only thing you ... dreams about reading applications. So, yeah, let me know how you are doing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some F Words ****!!!

  

  events. So today, instead of diving deep into what I’ve been doing all this ... bridge, and I’m starting to apply for jobs and work in tech and do those ... other brands should do that more. The release of a cosmetic line sparked a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 15, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  who knew exactly what they want to do with life. I was terrified of the ... seemed like the “right” place for what I wanted to do. But somehow, the ... you can handle the challenge. Otherwise, know that you do not need to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  I ever pset-partied in} The hardest thing you will do in college is ... you will do in college is do too much. Try it. On the 1st week, you only ... won’t do me any harm.’ ‘Ah, but I’ll differentiate you with respect to y

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 reasons why MIT is beautiful if I do say so myself.

  

  'm currently doing a 30-day photo challenge where I take at least one good photo

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures

  

  doing a bunch of things even though I don't have any classes. If you ... the semester and plan on doing a reflection sometime before finals ... into something I love (CMS) and am trying to push myself to do things

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  quivering mess the first time we had to do that, and not because the water was ... to cross a body of water without doing any work at all. There's no ... mean to say is that it's probably possible to do every p-set here at

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
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  10 Things I Learned 1st Semester Yeap.

  

  rice every night and do not dine out much; I’ve never had Indian food in ... ’ve never had froyo or do not like it. But my concern is: although froyo is ... email that the professor processes in 5 seconds… So what I tried to do is

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 24, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Prof. Junot Diaz on The Colbert Report! MIT Writing professor Junot Diaz, winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for fiction, appeared last…

  

  A week ago, Professor Junot Diaz of the MIT Department of Writing & Humanistic Studies, appeared on The Colbert Report. Certainly Prof. Diaz has been doing many interviews since he won the Pulitzer Prize for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  took me all day. It wasn't that I didn't want to do it. Organic ... . Lament over not having any time to do problem set. 7:35 PM: Teaching ... teaching approaches and what not to do while attempting to inhale dinner and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007