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  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 1 and the power of the few

  

  6.046, Design and Analysis of Algorithms, is one of the most challenging classes I’ve ever taken. It’s a natural followup to MIT’s Introduction to Algorithms class, and dives into the…

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to PNR First semester in review

  

    What I’m pretty sure next semester will be like. No offense to the great and wonderful institutions that are Princeton and Yale. Without further ado, I present my expression…

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Itinerary: IAP 2017 4 weeks in a suitcase and carry on

  

  2016 -> 2017 On Tuesday the 3rd, I packed up what was left of 2016 into several boxes. I left it all behind in Boston as I embarked on my…

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Forbes and MIT there's graphs in this one

  

  On Jan 3rd, Forbes published their annual list of the 30 Under 30 of 2017. For six years now, Forbes has put out lists of the top 30 innovators under…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 19, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  Hi Everyone, The MIT February Updates & Notes Form is now available on MyMIT. Wait! Before you fill this form out, please read some important info below. First, though, relax!…

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 17, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Fighting Indifference MIT and MLK day

  

  Let this blog post (as unrefined, unedited and typo-ridden as it may be) be representative of today in history as told by a twenty-year-old college student at MIT, typed quickly…

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 16, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  rand.random Random photos of 2016

  

  There’s a lot of things that happen to us that we simply don’t think about, that we easily forget, that comprise the in-between points of time and space. But thanks…

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 16, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  Introduction: Keeping up with political news this month has, paradoxically, become a rather depressing pastime of mine. Sometimes, it’s fun to vanish into a world somewhat tangential to reality, somewhat…

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Sneezes a deep and in-depth analysis of an everyday occurrence

  

  I would like to start off by thanking you all for deciding to read this blog post. It is highly relevant and important. As you all know, it is around…

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 7 Days

  

  On January 1st, I enjoyed a nice New Year’s dinner with my family. We played games, watched virtual reality horror films, and listened to my 12-year-old brother play the saxophone.…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 14, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a few things from civic media race in sports, human experimentation, and hidden figures

  

  in case you didn’t know, it’s currently independent activities period (IAP) at MIT — between the fall and spring semesters, students get a little one-month term to do pretty much…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 13, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Lost Art of Hand-Lettering Lives at MIT hidden in plain sight

  

  If you’ve walked down the Infinite before, you’ve probably seen doors. A lot of doors. And a lot of them with letters on them, like this one:   What you…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Fight against Gender Discrimination in STEM an excerpt from a fall class paper

  

  This fall, I took SOC-STD 98LH Education and American Society at Harvard. It was a wonderful course, with fascinating readings and discussions, an incredibly helpful professor, and ample writing practice.…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  here’s your reminder to follow @tinycarebot automated reminders to care for yourself

  

  The admissions process develops seasonally and repeats cyclically. From the panoptic point of view of our office, we can tell, almost feel, the stress of the process as it gathers,…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 4, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2017! highlight reels from the new year

  

  Happy New Year, everyone! 2016 has been shuttered into the past, and the sense I got from friends on social media was a general consensus of something like relief. It…

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Mocktails happy new year new you

  

  It’s 2017 now according to the Gregorian calendar. I’m a frosh.5 (RIP PNR). I am currently about 1700 miles from MIT, physically where I was a year ago when I…

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 365 Days 8,760 hours of work, sleep, and play

  

  When I was a kid, I always imagined my future as a certain genius billionaire playboy philanthropist. But kid me didn’t worry too much about making any of that happen…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  semester wrap-up snaps and snippets

  

  one year ago i was living in an apartment in seattle while on leave from mit. the apartment looked like this:   this past semester i was an mit student…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 29, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thanks Guys A thank you from a blogger to the best audience ever.

  

  This past weekend I was somewhere between flying and drowning. Finals were…… Finals. On the other hand I was about to be able to go home and see my family,…

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 27, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of the 2.009 Final Presentations rough, tough, messy!

  

  Hello! The 2.009 final presentations were two weeks ago, and it was AMAZING. If you haven’t seen the 2.009 intro video please do, it’s beautiful. If you want a summary…

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • December 26, 2016