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  MIT Admissions Math Month, Part 1 – Duality There are two wolves inside you

  

  superconducting electronics, where it’s often more convenient to describe circuits ... everywhere, from algorithms to superconducting circuits. What is duality? As a non-mathematician, I think it’s hard to define duality succinctly yet

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 20, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Forget These I forgot to bring them when I first came to MIT.

  

  I'm forgetful when it comes to packing. Thanksgiving break, I forgot ... sure to bring to MIT or to buy as soon as you get here. I conducted a ... , a secret base, an HQ. Personalize it and make it unique to you. Also

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 19, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule 2: Electric Boogaloo the one rule you should not break (take it from me, kids)

  

  , you may not realize how weird it is for upperclassmen to want to date ... -brain freshman year me decided that it was completely okay for me to ignore the ... the reasoning behind it is crucial. as Nisha mentioned in her blog

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  and Hand," MIT is very big on hands-on projects. To facilitate this ... keeping track at home). Pappalardo is home to a wide range of Course 2 ... the class are required to create a website about it- you can check out

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That fear of “falling behind” Exploring options @ MIT

  

  things outside the bubble, I'm increasingly feeling like it's also easy to ... second just reminded me how it's never too late to be in charge of what you want to do. And that on the flip side of fearing "falling behind" is

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lucky Saturday the 14th Luck was a lady three nights in a row in NYC

  

  : Summit Ruth: The first half means "to aggregate" and the second half is ... running the realization that it's way too cold to be outside wearing only ... To make up for the apparently unlucky (but ultimately normal) Friday

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prizes in your pocket Computers are so cool omg this is why I’m a course 6

  

  perfection. If you think about it, the CPU inside your computer is basically ... post, it is almost certainly powered by one of the following three ... could only shift away from wasteful incandescent light bulbs to energy

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 9, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Art of Waiting how to burn some time

  

  . I remember when I was in your shoes. Back in the day, I had to do it ... December. It was torturous, and the clock seemed to tick too fast and too ... true, but also if I leave my mind to its own devices, I often descend

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Eating Too Much Cake Just kidding, this post is about physics

  

  myself here again on purpose. My brain does not know that it is possible to ... it here. But maybe this, challenging myself to learn, is also part of ... was cheaper to buy groceries or just eat three-euro [annotation note

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pursuing multiple fields

  

  's a question) if you could tell me how easy it is to double major in two ... literature but I'm concerned that it will be too tough to try to get degrees in ... convenient to double-major than for two unrelated fields, but that doesn't mean

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senioritis We'd fight for a cure if we weren't so lazy.

  

  , which is linked from your MIT ID card. When you want to buy some food ... . I wanted to buy towels and bedsheets for our new apartment. Adam wanted to buy Brain Age for his Nintendo DS. He won; we bought the game

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 2, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Sick of Being Sick On being sick at MIT.

  

  knowing MIT Medical is there. My friends were sweet enough to bring me extra Gatorade and soup and other fairly tame foods, but when it came to pumping my ... of other stuff - which is kind of convenient since there's a pharmacy

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  list of things that refill my will to live things to do when i don't want to do anything

  

  ), just listening to the soundtrack or watching other people play it talking to a friend with more sense than me, which, as it happens, is most ... , universal sunsets, but only when it's not freezing cold outside like it is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life, the Universe, and the Energy Content of Gasoline "Don't Panic. It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day."

  

  seemed to think it was kind of pathetic, actually.) I even took to writing ... pset was due, we had our only exam in that class (Sustainable Energy). I used to be really good at taking tests. I never had any kind of test

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Premed and Me (frankly speaking) MIT is hard, but MIT premed doesn't have to suck. Here's why.

  

  pertinent to what was going on in my mind: is it right to feel like any less ... out ahead, depending on whatever was most convenient. It was something ... ?) getting better grades than you? It's enough to make you feel like maybe

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 29, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Case of the Saturdays This is the true story of 5 mechanical engineers and 1 neuroscientist selected to spend…

  

  Why oh why would I ever go to Agawam? (These could potentially make for good song lyrics) Agawam is best known as being the ... did not travel to Agawam for this reason. Instead, I went to an old man

  • by Bryan
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Antici A long time ago in a suburb far away...

  

  "abogado," or "lawyer." This is because the Spaniards who came to the New ... the Spanish word that sounded closest to it. Hey, according to Matt ... her logic was that she would have time to hide it from me, figuring I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Start of Something New Please forgive the High School Musical reference.

  

  leaving your entire p-set untouched till the night before it’s due is ... habits die hard: all efforts to convince my body to forgo its established ... you want to hear about or see, ask me questions, buy me tickets to the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Siete Ciudades de España A very busy IAP

  

  convenient times to travel, but being an MIT student can make it pretty hard to ... back to Roman times, and its architecture is a breathtaking blend of ... just goes to show how important it is to look beyond just your own

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

  

  you go to college without it? 18.03 Book Mmmmmmm, Differential ... Technology Review. The manuscript book is for scratch work on PSETS. How to ... because I was using it today. I think everything else is present.

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2008