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  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  applications. If that is surprising to you...then I guess the blogs have failed ... the extra marginal decisions that came with being poor, like needing to ... need to routinize yourself. You can’t be going through the day distracted

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  card, I wanted the cards to be as different from each other as possible ... concepts. The two pillars are now knotted strings meant to be a nod to knot ... homage to business being course 15. IX: The Hermit / 10: Chemical

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  be exceptional—because if you’re accepted to MIT, you are exceptional—and hope that’s enough to change minds. It won’t always be, but remember: the ... anger. I recounted the call to my bosses at Tech Calling, voice raised and

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
• 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.

  

  of power at the intersection of fields. It is valuable to be able to be a translator between fields, to be an avenue for the ideas, tools, and ... of the faces be congruent; our definition is closer to what many

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yachts, Drones, and Lessons from the Media Lab How to lose a phone in 90 seconds

  

  opened the package later, it turned out to be two Amazon Echoes. Nothing ... decline the offer. The weather just happened to be beautiful.   This ... out of battery. Naturally, I decide to be the hero, and offer to tape my

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the bridges I’ve crossed in Cambridge, ranked my civil engineering hat is off

  

  , and for the first time in ages I felt grateful to be alive, even if just ... sometimes referred to as boston. the city itself is often called boston proper ... ="i’m including cambridge here but not the other cities, because i can. i love to be

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 10, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  fish metaphors on queerness

  

  , and that was delicious. It was refreshing to just be normal. On the ... felt like I was going to an event "in the water," as if I had not been in ... from the people around me. I've learned what it means to be pan, or ace

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 18, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Have Never Been to Beijing A (loose) translation of the previous post written in Chinese

  

  the Jiangsu province area. I remember being able to speak Shanghainese ... , so I learned Shanghainese from being with her). When I first went to ... , my auntie wanted me to take a nap. She said, “if you don’t go to sleep

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  . If Harvard was closing down, MIT was probably going to do the same ... . Thank you for being selfless, resilient and kind. To the graduating ... this sense of nervousness and uncertainty in the air. I had woken up to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
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  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  , in the comments please let us know if you have other anecdotes to add ... conversation with a stranger, but they will talk to you if you initiate the ... When I applied to MIT, I didn't consider whether the people of Boston

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  cloves in the pan if you like those. Onion can be added in the form of ... that I can’t always control the things that matter to me. This year I ... out into the world and get lost someplace new, and it’s just as nice to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
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  [Group Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Survivors three bloggers face the horrors of public transit

  

  would give us), so we needed to be extra speedy to solve all the puzzles ... managed to touch you, you would be “eliminated” from the game. (I later ... – 4356! That must be the code to the combination lock in front of me

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s More Than A Job Thoughts On The Eve Of RA Decisions

  

  to be a teacher in the first place, that they're better people for ... human component of it. It's my job to present you to the committee; if ... lying. To the person up there who said "while it's supposed to be

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Life is Improv say yes

  

  class of 2011, when you get to the rest of your life - there will be so ... 't always (if ever) control the things that will happen to you. But you can ... . To negate in improv is to break the flow of absurdity and belief that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2011
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  Coping With Anxiety What is anxiety? What is panic? Definitions? Confusion? FINALS?! Cats.

  

  feeling of adrenaline pumping through your body. It can be a part of the ... to keep going or are scared about the present or future. A panic ... they might be experiencing, especially if they feel these overwhelming

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2014
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  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  interviewed to be the GRT on the floor after I had left and asked if I lived on ... that someone is old if they call them GRTs. Well… kinda old, the name was ... used to be.[/caption] The rest of the posters, which are on the north

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  ’s how we know it. The elegance of science is something to be admired. If ... was everything you’d expect the President of MIT’s office to be – dark ... . I tell her this, and she says, “You have to be curious. If not, things

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Academic Conference and also things I have learned about publishing research in the past few months

  

  message was that it would be interesting if we had kids play the game with ... some context in the area you're researching, what you're going to be ... to figure that one out. But anyways, if you think that the results

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2020
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  Distraction News Your internet connection is unstable

  

  hop the fence and bark at other non-numbered dogs. Dog 4 needs to be ... "The Smiths." No one needs to see that in the background of my Zoom call ... piles of stuff being thrown away/donated due to the sudden moveout

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 31, 2020
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  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  with phone calls and text messages and FaceTime, I would be able to stay ... absolutely no desire to be a lawyer, but the people on the team really are the ... , if you do decide to make the leap from a small town to a big city, don

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024