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  150 years of MIT course catalogs the mit history you want to know

  

  textbook: "It is not at all unusual to find that the adjustment of a single ... MIT's history is a topic that's become increasingly interesting to me ... 's a single historical source where you can read about these kinds of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  follow the same logic to find that the system in three variables has a ... -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 / Academics & Research

  The joys of web development or: how i learned to stop worrying and love the web

  

  the projects I liked. I like to think of myself as a reflective person ... filling out a form every day, there's probably some way to solve it with ... didn't like. It's a similar motivation to when I made just1 a few months

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 9, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  celebrated and shared, or it could be a place where self-esteems come to die ... . Posts include "It's an honor and a privilege to be in here with you all," "I can't wait to meet you," and "I already feel a special love for all

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  program (where I wouldn't have to take the MCAT and would be guaranteed a ... have to take the I-never-want-to-ever-take-this-again exam a.k.a. the ... held on to the idea that they wanted to make a difference. They inspired

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  East Coast a bit... unfriendly?" Now, to be fair, I still can't answer ... work to do) at MIT that I haven't spent a whole lot of time in Boston. That's actually point number 1: This isn't a very important question to

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  senioritis not to be confused with señoritis

  

  for someone. there is enough positive work for you to do until you find ... remembered helping my (sorority) little (sister) on a project she needed to ... to sit my butt down on her linoleum floor for a few hours to help her

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 10, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  25 Stories of Getting Accepted to MIT told by students and alums

  

  .  We had a snow day and when I called my grandmother to tell her, she ... quit for a few hours after decisions came out, and had to wait about 90 ... ’t even check that morning since my friends and I were going to a math

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hard MIT Class ...or is that redundant? And yes, hiiiiii.

  

  Picture this. You’re trying to shuffle past a gaggle of camera ... , then return to their conspiratorial whispering. Before you think up a ... ’t have to tell me about that. I knew it. Hours spent fixated on a problem

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 10, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Confusion, by the Numbers my high school experience, via a google doc and some python

  

  thing. In my senior year, I used a Google Doc as an agenda to keep track of my assignments. I used a Google Chrome extension called Draftback to ... be viewed here. Figure 1: Daily Activity I made a box-plot to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • November 24, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  followup question about where or what I would like to eat, brightly rattling ... 's gotten to the point where she can tell when, and how long, I've been in ... other words, to become cognitively exhausted, in the way that when I was a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take a Load Off Quoting The Band's "The Weight" should make the wait bearable

  

  nicely when he said you don't have to build, say, a nuclear reactor to get ... 's kind of a big deal. To illustrate that, I invite you to go to Google and ... was applying to colleges - when I was a good deal more lazy than I am

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  i dissected a roach *cronch* *slurp*

  

  . On Tetazoo, we had a small streak where someone’s room seemed to become ... creatures. They’ve nearly perfectly adapted to an urban environment, with a ... abdomen that this one is most likely a female. They live for 3 months to 2

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • September 28, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  me from Raleigh, North Carolina to Atlanta, Georgia and a dozen places ... to a thousand-person MIT revival in an Atlanta auditorium. Whenever I speak to students or their families, be it on travel or during a campus

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  with my dad in New York. He had traveled to the US for a program called ... simply typing up words whenever an idea for a story comes to mind, but ... I had a lot to contemplate about the newer stories I want to write

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  MIT, you get to make the choice not only where you live but who you live ... and totally deserve to let off a little steam. And they'll definitely be ... missing the floor Halloween party). It's a fantastic place to come home to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  (although perhaps they do have a language of their own), but I wanted to start ... . Smaller and lighter than your choice of where to apply to college, but ... night, I get to put on pants*, step back from a crazy work-filled day, and

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  principle from which to derive a conclusion: Oh, [that student] did / did not ... process: When we admit a class of students to MIT, it's as if we're choosing a 1,000-person team to climb a very interesting, fairly rugged

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  In 2015 I got to experience a longtime dream of mine, finally finding ... fourth floor. We have a beautiful view, and three large windows to watch it ... find our way home to our clacking radiators and the rain against the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  ATHack A day well spent helping others

  

  One of the amazing things about going to a techy school like MIT is ... usually a one day event (some run for a full 24 hours, some less) where ... actually make it. Some are more free form and allow teams to create a

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2015