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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 2 and the power of the many

  

  formally, given a list of N numbers in random order, where N is very large ... comparisons, where k is a small constant (could be 5, 10, 15, etc). The number ... comparisons, which is reasonably fast. Since k is a constant, we can just choose

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Openness This one's serious, no silly link. Read it.

  

  .0, where anybody can put anything on the Internet and everybody is equal ... you? Why should you only know a little? The solution was a series of ... revolutionize the way colleges advertise. MIT is no longer a photoshopped ad, it

  • by Snively '11
  • October 26, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember, Remember, the 17th of December… things that happened

  

  numbers and MIT selects "prime" candidates - is that a reason for the date ... perhaps it is an appeal to something which happened on a historically ... (if you want to discover an ancient Aztec stone or fly a plane you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I’m sitting on a bus and am SO sleep-deprived.

  

  is on my lap (where a laptop should be, I guess) and my headphones are ... . "Did you feel that?" "Yes." "Is that…supposed to happen?" "I don't think ... just went back up in the air." Yes, thank you. "Um…this is quite normal

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My 7 Favorite Places to P-Set! Eat, Work, Repeat.

  

  . It is a lot more motivating to finish a P-Set when you know that down ... Without a doubt, I think every student here can agree that problem ... Policy to RL circuits as you can see from the picture. With four or five

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Comments, UROPs, field trips, and OMG HP7! The most awesome blog entry ever. Because...okay it's probably not. But it's all about how…

  

  Veronica Mars then I'd like Buffy, because there's a lot of snark and such ... averted" with relief. Anyway. Where have I been, you ask? Well, here ... in the BioInstrumentation lab, where I'm now the proud owner of a $45

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to train your sticking-together rock I am so happy that "computer" is not a no-no word today

  

  there and do nothing. But in a few rocks, you can get those forces to ... ="aligncenter" width="768"] Called a "not and" door[/caption] It turns out that you can ... ="aligncenter" width="768"] The cat can also make the door close[/caption] You can use

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Final Blogpost With a heavy heart, I say goodbye to the MIT blogosphere. The journey was all…

  

  , actually, you probably can. It’s been a few days since Spring Break ended ... ’t. He’s just standing there, paralyzed. His mouth is open and I can see it ... winking in and out of a line of trees. And suddenly, you can feel the girl

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Ode From A Science Fair Junkie in honor of intel isef 2018

  

  than others. If there is any such life experience that’s had a lasting ... become a mosaic of all that life gives you. Your high points lay the ... the confetti traveled in both scenarios. As you can probably guess, I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 13, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Hospital Trips and Dance Parties MIT campus is where it's at over the summer.

  

  embarrassing, and one awesome. I'll let you decide which is which. A Trip to ... hundreds...you can't help but feel like a part of a community. It was the ... is where I'll come home to for the next couple of months. MIT during

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Apple Juice Liberation! Something very important happened to me when I came to MIT a few weeks ago.…

  

  which there is no going back. I experienced… Apple Juice Liberation. You ... was this Tuesday) is not the end-all of class registration. You can show ... glass I want! And now, living in a dorm where I am in charge of my own

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you live in Zambia? Malawi? Ghana? If you could send me some African dirt, that would be amazing! (And illegal. But…

  

  people usually build (round? square? tall?)? Did you play with mud as a ... -Lab to my schedule. This involved dropping a few other activities of minor ... Interlocking Stabilized Soil Bricks. Basically, it's a machine that applies some

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Stories from High School you wouldn't want to be caught with MMS

  

  sent you from the shame row to his office, where he kept a hair clipper ... shortest queue, and mumbled to him, “After you”, a way of securing our spot ... drag you out naked). Unlike most other boarding schools in the country

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2013…The Parent Experience!

  

  you pick an event where you can meet up with your student each day ... anything. Boston is a great walking city and I hope you'll take some time to ... to do that is on foot. Even just a short walk along the river can be a

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  chat. Anonymous - there is a space for the question you described. It ... classes like french, where getting an A is very difficult, or should I spend ... This is a long one. Apologies in advance! First, a quick response to

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  e3 2k19 at long last, i got to go to gamer christmas

  

  , there is actually no traffic, a rarity in LA"]by 6:45[/annotation], so i ...  (THE gaming convention of the year). you might also know that e3 is in ... immediately rushed to the website to buy a pass. i then realized that the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 14, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A White Christmas Escaping Boston to go to more snow

  

  if there are that many sensations in the world that can compare to ... your lifetime! Although I can't take you all skiing with me, I did take ... me that the world is a beautiful place. It's easy to forget that when

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 25, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  ambition finding direction

  

  ambitious people. You can sense it when you walk around one. In a hundred ... wall. ‘You were Sorted into Slytherin, Miss Davis... but there is no ... sqrt(n) steps from the origin. But if there is a pretty gem in one

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  2014 Resolutions January 2nd and still going strong

  

  had a rewards program where I earned points for using my debit card.  I ... to MIT I'll already have a week done and be in a routine. Since I can ... This New Year, I want to try a resolution that would mandate how I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 2, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Almost a Real Engineer my foray into the world of professional conferences

  

  background, TRB is the biggest transportation conference in the country ... Transportation is a much smaller conference put on at the end of the week by the ... Course 1. There are a lot of Course 1 grad students who come to TRB every

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 22, 2012