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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.

  

  -M, where the M means it’s within my major) seminars I need to take as part of ... -depth explorations of the topics of our final presentations. In 18.304, I got to ... , biology, and mathematics—and I’ve also had to take courses in physics and

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

  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  hours in the day. To my surprise, I felt lighter and more free to pursue ... out, realized “wait no! I can’t live without that!” and brought it back ... can only shed so much while you remain in the same place. When you

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  nREXt and other bad acronyms a SCUFFY post

  

  I: Exposition. To be able to tell this story in full, we must start in late January. I'm living in Next House after a busy on ... recruit volunteers. It's Thursday, March 5th. I'm in a meeting for

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 18, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  VEDA In which I try to vlog every day in April

  

  so about once per week, which isn't too often. I can't believe I ... really packed and then yesterday I literally just did homework in bed for ... thinking about what/who/where to film every single day, but I'm definitely

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 24, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  and I can only barely imagine what this excitement and feeling must feel ... nasty habit to talk in absolutes. I'm guilty of this to. They say things ... we are trying something new! if you'd like to consume this blog in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HNY from NYC for IAP, 2016 time passes so quickly, help

  

  rang in the new year at home with a power outage. I’ve since relocated to the Jersey City loft where I’ll be staying this IAP--I’m spending the ... eighteen in a week; I feel like my spirit is aging more quickly than my body

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mind and hand

  

  classes I've taken, is what I can do. I can code, if not terribly well, in ... some of them. I can use wood and metal files. I can re-key the pins in a ... 't particularly meaningful. It's a slogan that sounds cute. In the case of MIT, I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  can healthily manage in a semester, but I felt so fulfilled doing ... a lab in CSAIL. I could say a million great things about my mentors ... hectic, but I had complete faith in the paper getting written in time, as

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This Bathroom Ceiling Some science, some fiction: traverse the space and time of our bathroom ceiling.

  

  me, who am I? Hello? Why am I here? What’s my purpose in life? What ... sensation in my . . . my . . . well, I suppose I’d better start finding names for things if I want to make any headway in what for the sake of what I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Colorful a response to “how’s MIT?”

  

  name. Malingap is talking about what I’m interested in and feeling ... to meet with my friends, or I’m playing board games in the lounge, or I ... first time in my life, I’ve needed to schedule time for myself. I’ve set

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  Buying books You shouldn't have to spend all your money on textbooks!

  

  Laura asked: "where can you get inexpensive, used textbooks? one of ... books around here can't we?" (sorry, Laura, I know you asked other ... if you get there early you can buy a used copy. Also, it's been my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Gothic You are reading an admissions blog post. You are reading tumblr.

  

  the Green Building flicker in your peripheral vision. You can’t tell if ... visitors, although no one can tell you where you might procure one. Despite ... in front of you where they’ve all gone. His eyes go round with fear

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  listening and praying the rosary (I can't help it I'm Catholic after all) in ... to clear out the obstacles in her path, I can't. As life has taught me ... . "What if I don't get in?" "Am I good enough?" (That is a question we all

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  IHTFParadise – A Journey of Depression at MIT Guest entry by Angelina G.

  

  as opposed to something that I can use to reach a certain goal in life ... beautiful Thursday in the New England fall. I walked out of the Convention ... in the past 24 hours. Yet I didn’t feel hungry, nor did I have any

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  friends, and political drama TV shows? I didn’t know any of this.  In fact ... row in the same direction. People and projects can be grouped into ... society.  She also wants to be involved in students’ lives. I don’t think

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  If the Obama were a unit of measure . . . . . . what would it measure?

  

  with cones I spent some time in lab, built some yoyos (my team is ... get in line. The ticket told me to get in line at 10:30AM. I got there ... , I'm last in every line that I join, but you know what I mean. Time

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  video.  It's been a crazy 101 days since I last posted in this corner of ... 's been a while since I did this. Just writing. The words are clunky in my ... worries in a tangled cloud around me. I'm trying to sort through them one at

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bursting the MIT Bubble 1.0 things to do in Downtown Boston

  

  tea shops to choose from, with the best prices in town (although I still ... Faneuil Hall in the winter.    Boston Harbor I saw the ocean for the first ... Boston is a marvelous city! During the school year, I have

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Steady-state Equilibrium Featuring screaming as stress relief

  

  amount of money I can spend in this convenience store that will keep me ... , weekly psets, recitations, or class readings that are all baselines. I can ... semester. Usually I know better than to take six classes in a semester. But

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to get a UROP A lesson on stalking.

  

  Me: "Can I please list 'can raise each eyebrow independently' in the ... research position in their first year at MIT? That's right! They both can ... far as I can tell, UROPing follows a basic rule of thumb: if you want

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 7, 2011