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

  

  examples to illustrate the benefits of getting to the solution before ... need to get it through the limited working/short-term memory. There, we ... , according to Prof Mahajan, the rule of thumb is: if you get a quadratic

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 1, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  submission methods: Docufide/Naviance Fax, to 617.687.9184 Mail, to MIT ... *Correction as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic ... , and several thousand people are in the process of applying to MIT. The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Can You Save the World’s Oceans? Who, me? Yes, you.

  

  are you going to get the legislators in Washington DC to care? How are ... to fill the sea so that you could walk across the Atlantic dryshod on ... erosion of diversity that appears to be accelerating on a global scale. This

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 8, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  Wouldn’t it be Nice? ...actually, I'm kind of glad that I'm not older.

  

  , it doesn't usually take 18 hours by train to get to the French Riviera ... asked my lab supervisors to talk with me in German, I'm getting an ... , was enough to get me a great plate of gnocchi in gorgonzola sauce at the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  by Rena Katz CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to sum it all up in one blog post, much like it's hard to ... . I arrived at CPW on Friday morning and went to the opening lecture

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-Thanksgiving Post-stuff and Foodstuffs In which I'm reminded I have a life, and am thus eligible to give a…

  

  internet to research our favorite microscopy method. Mine was digital ... I almost don't know how to get started with things. That same ... wallet to get myself a decent lunch, like Chipotle or something frozen that

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Residential Life

  it’s not the same, but it’s still home back at MIT

  

  my freshman year. The next morning, I walked to MIT Medical to get ... this first week. I haven’t left my room except to get my second COVID ... food is still mostly up to par"]get dinner.[/annotation]Some things have

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time Because that really is what we are here for

  

  ’m finally getting around to writing mine, and as you may be able to tell, one ... just have to get over my literary analysis writer’s block and get the ... ) { // So at the beginning of every semester Matt sends out an email to the

  • by Becca H. '12
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  i am overwhelmed. what happens when a pandemic, recession, racial reckoning and recruitment season join forces?

  

  graduate by getting an internship at a firm that would be likely to extend a ... interested in getting to know me- personally- other than my resume, or my ... day, I made a Target run to get eggs (about two minute’s walk from my

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 29, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  finding meaning at the end of the world i alone determine my destiny

  

  him when he gets deferred. i want to tell him, hey! i struggle, and have ... dimension in which i get to know people. but that meant that all weekend i ... to get them all done after the weekend, even if it meant grinding them

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Steve and Me remembering steve jobs

  

  - senior VP at Google - wrote about Steve's devotion to design: One Sunday ... thing he put up there was his treasured Mac IIsi. Later, I would come to ... "Apple fanboy." Neither does my dad, who is about as far as you can get

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800 An organ, three harpsichords, and lots of learning

  

  the chamber chorus. I'm also an Arts Scholar, which means that I get to go listen to concerts in Boston for free. In other words: I've had a ... "The less learned cannot fail to be pleased, though without knowing

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Sophomore Slump Last semester was not so great

  

  started to get healthier, I finally accepted that there was no feasible way ... definitely reinforced what I learned in 3.012. I am excited, however, to get ... of East Campus to help people get through finals! Associate Advising

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Epilogue An open letter about blogging, growing up, and the end of my first year at…

  

  the latest tides of prefrosh, but nonetheless I do want to totally sound ... profession? Sorry to those of you who have actual careers like car-washing and running lemonade stands. I'll get a real job someday.) Moments of pain are

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introduction to D-Lab Saving the world - just one of the many things you can do at MIT.

  

  When most people I know think of MIT, the first thing that leaps to ... dedicated cadre of people at MIT dedicated to changing that perception - and ... impossible not to notice the tremendous amount of resources that MIT is pouring

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  I asked people at MIT what they were doing for Pi Day 2025 something is rising... 3/14/25 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  't know about. So, I went around campus to get the scoop on how students and ... ’re getting off track! Just stick to the original question! BEATRICE: The ... [email protected] and someone from the MIT Admissions team will get back to

  • by Jebby B. '25
  • March 7, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Choosing Classes: Choice Paralysis [skye from valorant voice] help a girl out would ya!

  

  + final Introduces representations, methods, and architectures used to build ... retake 006 instead of taking 6.034 since I want to get credit for 6 ... that. Pros: Get some real good honest to god design teaching. Cons

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 3, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  creative lockdown: low points of a virtual fall Part 2 of a fall semester recap

  

  methodical and bland. An endless cycle of work till you drop. It was hard to ... wanted to write it anyway, so here I am. I considered just not writing this post and moving on to the 5000 other topics on my to-do list, but I

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 27, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Balancing Act… ...or not

  

  getting a bus to Lechmere from right outside the station. We both have not ... decide to wing it anyway. We make it to Davis, but then get on a bus headed ... . Gets to my recitation class with cold feet, literally. Runs out of milk

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  the secret recipe to get into MIT. Here it goes. Check off 4 out of 5 ... join a special program to study in France and get a side of buttery ... why? To get into MIT? The truth is that the algorithm for college

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016