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

  

  a translator between fields, to be an avenue for the ideas, tools, and ... -M, where the M means it’s within my major) seminars I need to take as part of ... a Wonder Woman power pose. On the way from the bathroom to the

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

  A Midsemester Night’s Dream Technically an All-Nighter's Dream, but hey, close enough

  

  I’ve decided to continue a long chain of poor decisions by starting ... and some iced tea, to my right is a notebook full of vectors and gradients and force fields that are all starting to blur together, and over on

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  the surprise of many. After all, a writing team needs to make so many ... did not want to win this year. Much that we had losecomm, a whole ... , which will be marked. Titling these posts is beginning to be a challenge

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 22, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  Studio: How to Design (2) I was able to explore a new field that I hadn ... speed with the field. So I learned a ton, and got to interact with an ... introduced me to a new field and really interesting concepts, like deep time

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  companies fill up two gymnasiums and a track field with booths and you have to ... like applying to colleges, you have to apply to a whole bunch of jobs ... as a computer science major.  I'll add another disclaimer here to say

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  SHASS Hack feminist hacktivism

  

  displayed here have made to both MIT and their fields. However, we disagree ... perpetuates the technical bias pervasive at MIT that the value of a field of ... Color, and people from the Global South to their fields and the

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 4, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  Hello MIT blogs! I love blogging. I applied to be a blogger on whim ... 's nothing else to throw up, so maybe I should take a mini-break? All the blogs I promised in here will still get written, but I need to finish my

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Train Coming on navigating

  

  does a really good job of trying to make sure that first years aren ... if sometimes you're left still needing to take a leap of faith. train ...  worked-- even the supposedly "simple" things. I had no clue how to even board a

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  . Sometimes you just need to have an idea, a plan, and a timeline. I completed ... work was the easier portion. I needed to learn to build alignment to a ... , celebrations, and sometimes songs. They are also a natural point to look back and

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Esse quam videri To be, rather than to seem

  

  to deny just how much of a curmudgeon I have become. I’m pretty sure ... journalists appreciate. I have the luxury of being able to be a purist in this ... a distinction between submitting an application and trying to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 10, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  to William Shatner. OK, this hasn't been a novel so much as an ... the story, I need you to go watch Amy Cuddy’s TED talk about body ... back to this, I promise. To give us a running start, let's look back at

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  . I've been thinking a lot about the many steps I took to get here, as ... 's a common thing among my friends to joke about how I can never make up ... reflecting a lot on what it means for me to be a computer science major and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Reading aka inhaling all the books i can before school starts

  

  you would much rather write a paper than do a problem set, you’re not ... schedule have yielded a reasonable amount of free time for me to explore some ... was tragic to read, and personally fascinating to me; I’ve spent a lot

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  . However, before I commit to working on a new spacecraft, I need to think ... I want to do after grad school. I was a bit taken aback, because ... good about this career path; control theory is a field I find interesting

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ten reflections on mit

  

  within a mile of MIT. And while there’s much more to explore (down in ... did. But how much of that is MIT? Or is it just me choosing to be a part ... place. A very special place with so much to offer; but also, the parts of

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
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  Hardk0re: The Twinned Rise of East Campus and the Hacking Ethos (Guest Entry by Danny Ben-David ’15) How’d that get on the roof?!

  

  outlet to a telephone line, a highly unusual move. Finally, there is much ... lengths to advertise itself as a place not only of rigorous academics, but ... to and influence on campus life allowed a critical mass of students to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 28, 2014
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  [Guest Post] a space for women at mit by Nandini Choudhury (WXGS Assistant Director)

  

  providing a space dedicated to women’s needs, especially in the context of the ... the movement as a whole; I also see the necessity for them to combat ... important to at least acknowledge the nuance that comes with gender and fields

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • August 12, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  baby brother’s first girlfriend or something you might need to clarify a ... UChicago the night it was due, I figure a few of you might need this reminder. You need to actually do the essays first before you can edit them. Just

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  college), and yet I've held down two to three jobs at a time pretty much ... a rule I don't really pay attention to lists like that, except the ... is "Don't stress out too much about numbers; you're not going to go to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to trick yourself into thinking that you’re writing a report The most productive procrastination technique revealed at last!

  

  Do you have trouble writing? Does it feel like a daunting ... definitely opened up a brand new skillset for me to flounder in and ultimately ... thinking that you're writing a report I would like to share with you an

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015