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  thoughts on math@MIT! math month post

  

  . [annotation note="Fatima: I took Seminar in Topology last semester with Jonathan ... course 18C (Math with Computer Science). As the name of my major suggests ... . Why do you do math? [annotation note="Fatima: I took Algebra I with

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 24, 2024
• Blog / How to MIT

  [joint post] the MIT picture scavenger hunt or, how to drive yourself insane by looking at floorplans

  

  is how I deal with my problems. Alan: The MIT Picture Scavenger Hunt ... agreed to join the hunt with CJ, and we began our quest by creating a ... became 60 items, which would put us in first place with a fairly

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  more serious about college, I tried searching for answers on my own. My ... .000 discovery course,[/annotation]it’s a lot to keep up with.  I was also ... with my other responsibilities. I understand why people get satisfaction

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  branches was it easy to let go?

  

  , when i eat dinners with people, when i go to square dancing every week ... search for truth or objective reality or illusion or whatever. two ... universe, and yet is filled with bleak existential thoughts. if you've seen

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  [ hard mode ] i'm on hard mode and i'm just a noob

  

  has nothing to do with the November Rule). I finally have time to ... [/caption] Monday: I woke up with cramps. On top of my 3-week old ankle sprain, the ... Google search showed that I might have plantar fibroma, a nodule that grows

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  IAP thoughts two weeks late, but with an illustration!

  

  leaving me with broader career-searching horizons than before. In terms of ... had overcommitted myself, a little bit, and yet I went through with it ... had lots of interesting problems with cool applications and difficult

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 15, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  My winter break so far take a break

  

  schedule with dying, and searching endlessly for an ounce of motivation to do ... I flew back home on the eighteenth with hopes of having a productive ... plan. On December 20th, I went to Raymond's birthday party with Emma

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 29, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  , compassionate human being who plays well in the sandbox with others and is ... diversity office, I got a page with nothing on it except "Access Denied." I ... some sort of soul-searching venture is more self-aware, equally

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  What Makes You Tick? To all the Early applicants.

  

  're still with them. This is especially true for all you high school seniors ... asked. I was done with the testing and other requirements fairly early, so ... .99% - 100. At one point, I actually went online and searched for the "right

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Off six months of things being just a little weird

  

  when I discuss this with people"]terror management theory[/annotation] or ... atrium at that moment. Only bipedal black screens, continuing [annotation ... street with no trees or plants when he appeared. Where did he come from? I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 23, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Learning how to be a human being, not a human doing After 6 years of adulting post MIT, these are the things I value now

  

  - I felt like a balloon with it’s strings cut. Adrift. Empty. Useless. I didn’t know what to do with myself or what was important to me - faced with decisions like where to live and to work. I didn’t have values

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Straight from the Dean’s mouth Time magazine readers chat with the MIT Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones.

  

  with Bruce Poch, Dean of Admissions at Pomona College, to promote their ... .com transcript of the Q & A with Dean Marilee Jones: Ever since she first ... admissions process with sanity and humanity. Parents, guidance counselors, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  How Albatross Fly Without Flapping Their Wings, And other Lore™️ I learned this semester.

  

  , but my source is my professor telling me and like a quick google search ... thing I came to MIT to learn about! This has to do with Albatross, a large bird with a 11 foot wingspan predominantly found in the southern

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 10, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day at the Forge blacksmithing!

  

  , searching the empty cavities of my skull for words.  I was busy and not sleeping much, however, so few words appeared. Hitting metal with a hammer ... ’re left to our own devices. I really appreciate this. Negotiating with pain

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  Francisco) and inspire high school students with hands-on technology projects ... would have time to write, read, play music, be with myself, and be with a ... during his trip to India after dropping out of college. During his search

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Guest Entry: Leadership @ MIT You can become a leader on the MIT campus. Here's how...

  

  . President Hockfield says in her inaugural speech, “With our expertise in ... Leadership Development is an online search engine for various leadership ... Government/Resident Based Advising What will you do with a $10,000 budget? You

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  got sidetracked, okay? I'm chatting with Adelaide '09, who is currently ... frantic searching for resources will be pretty common this weekend. Friday ... Awkward" has been murdered, and we've been charged with the task of figuring

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Some comments on topics of interest

  

  to a REASONABLE level. And, no matter if this offends someone with 10 ... . But AP classes were the easiest way to access fun, exciting work with ... do with summer academic programs. There appear to be two main schools

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 7, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  meandering my nonlinear academic path so far

  

  emails with the subject line “help i don’t know what I’m doing with my life!!,” I’ve finally settled on an academic path that I’ll likely stick with ... , but maybe I conflated majors with classes being floating point

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  THE BURTON THIRD BOMBERS pset, party, pset and party party, rinse, repeat

  

  screen!! Shirt names tend to stick with you. One of the alumni I visited ... with varying intensities of floor culture, and our chaotic orange family ... ;feature=youtu.be Freshman DTYD Hacks: Each year, freshman class gets to promote the party with

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 17, 2020