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• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Never Calculate without Already Knowing the Answer!” xTalk about the "Art of Insight" by Prof Sanjoy Mahajan

  

  : making search space much more tractable by expanding it. EXAMPLE #2 ... gravitational constant, g, being 10 m/s^2. Question: roughly how deep is the well ... sound. Then h= ½ gT^2 ~ 80 m. Once you have the insight into

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Online Learning Ecology in The United Kingdom An xTalk on Amazing Programs and FREE Resources

  

  the launch of the digital courses, there have been 2.2 million sign ups ... videos 13.2 million times and received 114,541 completion certificates. The

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Allegiance "No, I'm not one of /those/ people."

  

  you a Sloanie2 now? What about Bernie Sanders?!” The adults who ... 2. Swallowing my pride Last week, I told my mom—who works in ... 's campus, which have, I guess, relaxed social conventions and dorm rules. 2

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 24, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  When Friends Become Family How MIT has become my home (with some beautiful pics to accompany)

  

  ...... We had a fire drill and...... I don't have to explain myself, Burton 2 ... explain myself...... As I said...... it was this girl   B2 ... ; The amazing floor Master Natasha and her equally awesome boyfriend. If 2

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Being an Intern (And being an adult)

  

  tangible checkpoint that came with a house in the suburbs, 2.7 children and a ... actually use! **Actually, this number is now 2.01 average number of children

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Want to Declare a Double Major? This is why/how I'm doing it, in case you were curious

  

  . Much like other 'flexible' majors, such as 2A or 8-flex, students who ... appropriate/relevant for you): 2) Click around on the new major's website ... , this terrifying next step in life is still around 2 years away. I still

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 5, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  ADMIT ME PLZ? filling out the app. for some reason it's a lot easier this time

  

  just took The Biggest Exam of My Life Part 2 of 4 (9 hours long!), and ... : 1) open a food truck in SF/NYC, 2) work in standardized testing field ... of the above) Q2. We know you lead a busy life, full of activities

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hacking Story poetry, guitars, a hardware hackathon, and the time-to-pee scheduling metric

  

  time. But that leads me to the next part of this story. 2. "There is ... working on? 2: Oh, I'm not really a hacker--I'm just here helping my ... dating life, and (2) women really shouldn't be afraid or intimidated to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 26, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  make a difference in terms of culture and accessibility. 2. "How hard IS ... like building neat stuff.  I'm Course 2 now, and I still might integrate some of my love for bio through 2A-20 building medical devices or

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  three-setting) facing the cozy cave below my loft. I have 2*2 ... outside the bubble. I brought a lucky $2 bill, lucky pennies from 1992, a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  make it. With the only requirement being you have to take 2 classes in ... that much better. 2. Comfortable seating options in the lounge that ... freshman, TAs and teachers. For a ridiculously cheap 2$ you get home a made

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Deadline Q & A Have a question about your MIT application? Read on...

  

  us know ASAP. Be sure to validate your Part 2 (on page 10) well ... ) AND 2 SAT Subject Tests (one in math, one in science). We we only use ... that processing can take 2 weeks. You do not need to worry at this time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Angular Velocity Saved My Life bikes and bullet time

  

  at the intersection of Route 2 and Route 3, on Memorial Drive by the BU ... broken to the point I couldn't ride it the rest of the way home 2) I hadn ... wear a helmet. ALWAYS. 2) Always bike as if every motorist is trying to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Another Journey Planned How to go abroad 101

  

  2 years old, but I fell in love with traveling was after a family trip ... . The whole list can be found here 2) Uganda: My freshman year I helped ... has been doing over the past 2 years. Since Helen and I went in Summer

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  .12 (Organic Chemistry) 1:05-1:55: Lecture for 18.03 (Differential Equations) 2 ... myself up 2:30pm: Powerful urge to write some poetry ensues, most likely ... publications. At 2:31, my Eureka! moment hit. What about a BLOG POST WITH POETRY

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! (2010 Edition!) yay pictures!

  

  Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC) brought together over 2 ... . During our vacation, we did two awesome things: (1) helicopter ride, and (2

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 9, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.

  

  factors noted for suicide2. Also note in the article below: We also know ... students seriously think about suicide, and approximately 2 to 4 percent will ... http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/display/article/10168/54106 2 American

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  Gallivanting with Gilles or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the MIT Mailing Lists.

  

  When I give information sessions (including one today, at 2PM), I ... specs for SC2, my joy at the first was tempered by despair at the latter ... a 250 GB HD and 2 GB RAM...for $42. Granted, this machine isn't a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More thoughts on classes However, I did not find Matt's stuff (see blog post below this one).

  

  HINT #2: The circumference of a circle is 2*r*pi.” “What about your ... acceleration a = (5=3) ¬£ 106 m=s2 for precisely 30 minutes (as measured by his

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  A Run through Boston Having an adventure was easy. Carrying the camera around was the hard part.

  

  page 2 of my test booklet, and continued to the next round of combat ... to my inner gourmand and shelled out $2.75 for a sandwich. Were I a ... fish. Next time, though. By then, it was getting close to 2 in the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 4, 2009