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• 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.

  

  possible way for me to get done before 4 AM. Here's exactly why it took me so ... myself that if I get it done now I won't have to worry about it later, and ... 'LL NEVER SPEAK TO YOU AGAIN." It hasn't worked so far - Thursday was the day

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Guest Entry: Christina Bognet Supplemental materials to help you through the next few days.

  

  ," moments. It was difficult to decide whether optimism or pessimism was the ... how it ever got to the point where I put so much emphasis on a place ... silly. The truth is, and maybe you can't see this yet, it's going to be

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hilbert’s Third Problem (A Story of Threes) Holy mathematics, Batman! Math at MIT, and why we need calculus to define volume.

  

  polygon is incident to exactly one other polygon. It is possible to travel ... others without leaving the interior of the polyhedron. It is possible to ... to its smallest possible value. This is definitely possible to do since

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Semester 1 fantastic dishes and how to cook them

  

  . At best. I tried to believe that it was a personal problem, but other internationals echoed my sentiment; I tried to believe that it was part of this ... blogger, I will try to present an alternative. To show what is possible

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 8, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting for Decision Day In which I give a pep talk of sorts (with a little help from my…

  

  't stick exactly to all of the words, but you'll get the gist of it. Best of ... murmuring “but this is your dream” and you’re trying your best to ignore it ... . I’ll try and make time to respond as much as possible, because

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  work that i do not expect to get paid for or graded on; it's work that i ... it's 10pm and i feel silly going to bed in case something else happens ... to notice and to contemplate. it's hard for me to really wrap my head

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  ’re absolutely certain where you want to live, it’s helpful to discover different ... find that it’s actually pretty easy to feed yourself, and that the ... closest dorm to classes for four years, but I would not recommend it to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  150 years of MIT course catalogs the mit history you want to know

  

  accuracy for any of these things. Also, I'll be really bad when it comes to ... schedule. It was 9 AM to 5 PM most days from Monday to Friday, with a break ... I am when it comes to history, is that 1865 is towards the end of the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  . I also get an energy burst after gym time, so it’s nice to start off ... reflect it. Students get complimentary access to campus gyms, so it’s easier ... . It also has a speaker system you can connect your phone to to blast

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  you to think we're sketchy, 2) it's entirely possible that I'm the only ... amazing (and actually I'm not sure it would have been possible even if I did ... . (Note that most people at MIT like to do psets in groups -- it's faster

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  they should retake to raise them by 30 points. I hope that it gives you ... list of their stats, and demand to know how they could possibly have been ... had better form to boot? I think it was my mom who explained it to me

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to decide which classes to take amazing classes and how to pick them

  

  best way to know if you'll like a class is to take it. "Shopping" is the ... your friends taking? It is generally a good idea to take classes with your friends! It gives you more time to hang out with them, which is good

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Christianity at MIT An intro to Cru!

  

  was coming in. I knew Cru existed but not much about it, and after coming to after spending a year with the group I would 1000% recommend it ... ’m not doing it right, and then push it to the backburner. But now this

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Coping With Anxiety What is anxiety? What is panic? Definitions? Confusion? FINALS?! Cats.

  

  . If you are not in a safe space, try to find one. Whether it is your ... tattoos, too. I find it extremely grounding to sit in my room with a book of ... . And someone told me that it helps to scratch off the tattoos, which

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  past two weeks, and it’s definitely a normal thing to feel. MIT is hard ... You trudge out of Walker after your third midterm this week, disheartened and hoping that the test will be ridiculously curved - it couldn

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  students thinking of applying to MIT, his response was quick. “Do it,” he ... part of it, at least. No one’s journey to MIT is typical. His wasn ... don’t want anyone else to go through it—but I hope he learns to fight as

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  as part of the application to be reviewed? Will it be interpreted as ... technology, about the possibilities for research to improve society, make the ... 're excited about. While I was in California in early October, I started to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  reading the post two days after I got to campus and swearing to live by it ... classes that have nothing to do with your major(s), purely for the fun of it ... . 23. It's important to think about the future, but it's more important

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to find your way around MIT mit building numbers are logical, but weirdly

  

  is, it’s usually easy to locate where a specific room is. So once you ... good idea to get familiar with it. It is in fact not that long, so it makes no sense to me why it’s called the Infinite. Again, look at that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 11, 2020
• Blog / Events

  ROFLCON! ROFLMAO!

  

  with a full-blown Tron Guy. Photo Opp! Unfortunately after ... up to some weird random event and went on my way. After a presentation ... bunch of countries just to do this dance" dance. Both the Tron Guy and

  • by Snively '11
  • May 2, 2008