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• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  problem is way off. Despite the complexity, it fails to provide a reasonable ...   formula, you can transfer the insight over to other topics, like the kinetic ... ;homework,” according to Prof Mahajan. How will the art of insight help you? Hear

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

  Philosophy Things liberty, property, consent - that kind of stuff

  

  be sure, Nozick was not the first to advocate for such ideas, with ... coercion to be applied legitimately to them. Otherwise, the governed people ... how property can come to be originally acquired and transferred to

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 11, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  institutions out there. True, your experience will not be the same everywhere. But this doesn't mean your experiences will not be enjoyable and ... . Enjoy the little things in life. Whether that be getting to the T stop

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  tunnel, don't be scared to fix the problem. You are not a superhero, not ... both agreed that I needed to not be in 8.01 anymore, that it wasn ... story is not really meant to be depressing, it's meant to show that MIT

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  be away from the blogs, since I'm so accustomed to posting every week ... anger at not being invited out, and I couldn't figure out why it had ... . And though it was something small, the mere fact of not being invited

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2017 FAQ You've got questions, I've got answers

  

  application is incomplete, we will not be able to match you. However, we would ... applying Early Action. You do not need to complete the Part 2 (essays ... Part 1, when you come to the application fee, choose the fee waiver

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1 Recent questions, answered.

  

  matter if we send our scores to MIT now? Why now and not later?" And Dan ... , sending scores to a school does not mean that you must apply to the school ... , What about not being admitted to RSI? Same as MITES? Fresh slate?" LA and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cancel all operations Tell your friends to cool it, my cover's blown.

  

  AP/IB. My statement for the record would be that they can only help you--not ... this is why "Let's play Who Wants to Be A Millionaire!" was so popular ... the past five entries or so that I should take just one entry to catch

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 In this entry, I answer your recent questions left in the comments of previous entries.

  

  when the July FEE results will be out? I'm really curious to know how I ... " section of the application will not harm you. We understand that for many ... mom and am solely supported by her.my dad is not willing to cooperate

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 1) Another IAP. Another Country.

  

  -without-holding-on-to-handles-or-leaning-on-people-while-sleeping-while-the ... it's not right, tilt your head 30 degrees to the left, say "e-to" (ay ... obtained through applying. If you do not tap a TASPO card to the vending

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions updates ...including the state of the mail and EA application tracking.

  

  . Due to the large number of applicants in China, we will not be able to ... you know. A few leftover questions from the EA deadline: we will not be ... Early Action updates Please continue to be patient with the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions? Answers. A valiant attempt at creating an entry that fits as many categories as reasonably possible.

  

  '13ers for the ceaseless rounds of free food that will be slung at them ... , prickly to handle, and hasn't evolved significantly in the last 30 million ... through a wooden door, which is why I chose to live in one of the non

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  in remembrance of the body affirming the mind–body connection

  

  to worry about a job, or any of that. if not for the body, i could be ... first floor of east campus, i will be getting it from the student center. and i will be doing this for the rest of my lunches. which means i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to send an official college transcript?

  application process will be recorded as "College Transcript" in our database. If you submit an unofficial college transcript, the information will be ... will be required to submit an official college transcript.
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  this blogger does not exist join me in the uncanny valley

  

  art styles across the blogger generations so it might be cool to try the ... thousands, if not millions of images to train well, so 148 images was on the ... CycleGAN could be trained on the tiny blogger dataset. So I decided to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 28, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback 1.0 What was I like as freshman? Wouldn't you like to know.

  

  handle the class, not me. If you want to sign up for something that you ... be the poster child for "people who get headaches listening to ... trying to convince others not to make the same mistake: Burton Conner IS

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Whole 6.270 Story Where LEGOs take over my life.

  

  the students is to design a machine that will be able to navigate its ... issue is that the gyroscope fails too often to be used alone in this ... , in the long run it will be much more efficient and practical to

  • by Snively '11
  • February 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Have A Core Curriculum?

  

  . Many students will join Freshman Learning Communities to take much of the ... , please note that the intersection of any of the above groups need not be ... college transfer credit. The first six courses listed above are most

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Advising Folders! Lots of fun discoveries about advising and such. Also, how I managed to confuse MIT…

  

  MIT. I'm not sure if I'll have to meet with the professor to "prove" my ... will be doing so from MIT campus. Then I'll actually have things to write ... . I was lucky enough to be assigned to my first choice advising seminar

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Making Tracks

  

  handle the foundation before you move on to what you really care about. As ... be, hanging on to memories of your senior prom and of the countless ... the morning and put you to bed at night, you might be singing a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 30, 2006