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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.

  

  grandfather, who was very, very dear to me, emphasized to me that there is a lot ... . Equidecomposability is a relationship between two shapes in which one can assemble one ... is rational. Proving that if there is a real solution, then there must

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

  Move Fast And Break Things just make sure you have a net positive of unbreaks

  

  come play with Zuck's puppy. No, that is not a euphemism. oh my god you ... for its 'hackathons'. What exactly is a hackathon? "At Facebook, we ... spirit of hacking, the office is bedecked with a variety of posters

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 25, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A (Belated) Letter to July In which I start blogging again with an angsty video

  

  is the way my hiatus ends Not with a bang but a vaguely-poetic angsty ... and finish something. And this is that something. Hopefully there will be many more somethings in the near future, now that there's a little

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Feeling Many Feelings :) and :( and everything in between about decisions

  

  that we can’t admit more of you right now. Many of you have a pizza our ... without some risk. There is no shame in feeling. While you may have many ... ." "Just because you've got the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • March 16, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  skips class, skipping class more is probably not a great idea. But if you ... more prior experience), is not about exactingly following a recipe and then waiting 40-55 minutes for your final product. It is about knowing a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Boomeranging The day before classes start is Registration Day. It’s also the day we welcome readmitted…

  

  classes can feel small and restrictive once you’ve spent more than just a ... and more. 5a. You will also stumble. There will be times when you think you can’t do this. But you can do this, and a team of people think so

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The end of a chapter

  

  to pack my whole life there into 4 suitcases, attend a May ball and say ... :( Studying in Cambridge is a great experience. On the top of my favorite ... Biochemistry. By the way, Pathology is a really fascinating Tripos too! Now

  • by Linh V. '13
  • July 8, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  builds character. 37. In the long run, where you go to college doesn't matter as much as what you do with the opportunities you're given there ... your resume. As a student here, you will have access to a variety of

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Pretender a message to both you and me.

  

  Day. The Pretender is a song about making a resolve to go out there and ... either of those classes either. But there is nothing really I can do right ... Student program, where I would follow around a student for a day to get a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  floor. I also wrote you a blog post a year ago. What I said there was true ... Some of you have to make a decision to come here (or not) by 23 ... Random Hall. Each dorm at MIT has a personality, and I think ours is at

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• 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…

  

  , this is not important, and you guys can probably stand to wait another ... your brother is only a year younger than you, but if you reference your ... scores you got. All you can do is put your best foot forward and hope for

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT And/As Marathon doing things that are hard

  

  ground is not. When you run the Boston Marathon, you are assigned to a ... you can cross the Charles on a footbridge. It's here that the Charles ... to improve. It is possible to overtrain your brain as much as you can

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)

  

  university. There is a ridiculous amount of pressure from both adults and ... backgrounds, and you can’t discredit yourself solely on a standardized test ... there’s nothing more you can do other than be yourself, be honest, and be

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 2, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Challenge Accepted I even put off writing this post.

  

  I recently saw a comic where a professor says "This is not the type of assignment you can do the night before," to which a student ... convey this to you clear enough: the Tech office is a very distracting

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • December 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  times, because time management is such a necessity. Sometimes I tell ... hugs from Nance). But if you were here, you'd see that there was no ... the hospital." "You had to be there; it was AWESOME."). 9:14 PM

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a sad sad toaster made of glass. Do you like your toast with tears? Because I'm sad.

  

  quite 1,000 googol pages. All I can offer you by way of reconciliation is ... hugging your laptop, which is still on, so it doesn't get stolen; also, you ... YouTube video or something, so you watch an exploding whale on a Welsh

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Undecideds VI: The Undiscovered Country Even more undecided students' questions & answers.

  

  which you're dealing. If it's what you want to do, MIT can give you a ... somewhat helpful! Me wrote, "Call me a modernist, but is there anyway that ... . Anything you can tell me? Do I need to panic and wonder where it could

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  good about this career path; control theory is a field I find interesting ... fascinating, and space exploration is a mission that I believe is meaningful and ... “excellent sheep,” a portrait of a high-achieving young person who is ambitious

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Early History of International Students at MIT studying the people MIT made, and the people who made MIT

  

  and “build a better understanding between countries.” Through his ... in 15 students at MIT came from a foreign country, possibly the highest ... after Luís Francisco Verges’ death, a fellowship in his name is still

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  B. '24 College—and particularly undergrad—is a liminal space, or at least I experienced it that way. You're immersed in a fragment of the ... intergenerational in a way that the day-to-day blogs can never be, by the very nature

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025