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  “Never Calculate without Already Knowing the Answer!” xTalk about the "Art of Insight" by Prof Sanjoy Mahajan

  

  reaching for a calculator. EXAMPLE #1: consider being in a room with a ... ’s talk). The question: how long does it take for all audience members to ... after 30 or so seconds! The official, calculator-enabled, model for the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 1, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program Come play with us!

  

  should bring for meals, and perhaps the best way to get to campus; when I ... burning gas 93 million miles away, I am now burned to a bright red crisp. On ... it's physically impossible for anyone but me to get a sunburn. And yet

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Amy Perez Name: Amy Perez; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Lubbock, TX

  

  fun facts for the price of one)! ... Toscaninis or Christina's), and I'm becoming a fan of the Boston Red Sox. I ... funny story. It shows a human side of you that we'll relate to. Fun fact

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Did you know about this? This is big.

  

  election year. It's business as usual for most seasoned Americans but, for me ... voting for the first time. In 2004, I'd worked as an election official, on ... the night, by flashlight, for some reason, after the stragglers have

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ratification: The Story of the US Constitution History @ MIT

  

  legal requirement for the government to continue paying its financial ... year. Since then, Prof. Maier's book had gone on to win: "10 Best ... " (New York Times) George Washington Book Prize ($50,000) It is also

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  prophecies reversing causality

  

  example is learned helplessness: in the original experiment, dogs in the ... a scenario, all the dogs quickly learned to jump over the hoop. meanwhile, dogs in the experimental group were shocked repeatedly regardless

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 2, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside The Bubble Life? Oh yeah, I forgot I had one...

  

  with pals. I also got to play with some dogs last week. Not bad. Anyway ... existed! People live in houses! Dogs exist! Babies exist!” Truth of the ... ) family got to make the trip up from Missouri to see me for Family Weekend

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  homecoming to a new school year and adventure

  

  waited to make my transfer to the red line on Park Street. Being back in ... closes in, I've started to get my hopes up high for the school year and ... started to improve, I'm remaining cautiously hopeful and optimistic for what

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 16, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fun things I’ve done lately! life isn't all being hosed

  

  app when I had a fun idea for an app; I play board games with my ... time to have fun. I promised to write more about the fun stuff I've been ... fun to get to take advantage of it all now. 2. Tent camping It

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Power Tools at 2 AM A typical MIT experience.

  

  I've been on campus for over a week now, which basically means that I ... whole days to decide where to live this year. As for me, I seriously considered trying to move to East Campus for awhile, but in the end I decided

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  frosh thingies i couldn’t decide what to write so i’m writing about everything

  

  ="alignnone" width="1536"] as i walk into the giant 10-250 lecture hall for 3.091, i ... ridiculous outfit possible. While I was looking through the racks for pants ... for the career fair. A couple days after that, we stayed up until late

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  on happiness and well-being Coursera attempts to cure our depression

  

  've formed while at MIT, and because dance continues to be a fun way for me to ... course hosted by Yale on the online learning platform Coursera. A friend ... /Chinese courses, so revisiting it for such a different purpose was pretty strange

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Turn around and pretend it wasn’t you Words of Wisdom

  

  across the river in Boston. It's basically an excuse for companies to give ... 't attend as a college student, I was there for Livescribe, demoing and ... . That doesn't mean we didn't take some time to have fun. I made a point of

  • by Snively '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Behind The Drones the making of the pi day drone delivery video

  

  receive from the office instructs them to keep an eye out for "delivery owls ... seen their video A Dog's Snow Day, which went viral earlier this winter ... :   Noah was going to be on campus for MIT's SAT test prep

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Awesome Autobiography in rage comic form

  

  conclusion that November 5th is unquestionably the best of birthdays. What ... , neither did 50 Things, at least strictly speaking. I just enjoyed reading ... headshot n00bs for many years to come.

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary an image a day keeps the psets away

  

  -semester fun, the time had finally risen for all of us students to return to ... pretty fun overall :) 11/9/21 For our class formal, we charged $24 for non ... think the red gives heavy edge-lord vibes though, oops 11/19/21 For the

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 3, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  Recipe for Fun Learning how to cook is as easy as 1..2..3!

  

  A couple of you asked for the recipe for my plantain crusted salmon ... covered in aluminum foil and bake on the top rack of oven for 10 - 15 ... a little salt and a little light brown sugar. Cook on medium heat for

  • by Bryan
  • July 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing Workshop I just wrote an entire post and my browser crashed. dfsdfksdfojfoajwefoiajdwf.

  

  ! Although I get to do it for fun, and you get to do it while biting your nails ... will inevitably follow, from denial - searching for a clipboard log - to ... more refined word choice, subtle humor, and poignant advice. For it was

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cubes, Tetrahedrons, and Wind Chimes Silly lil musical instruments for a silly lil guy (me)

  

  fun new interfaces for musical expression. Professor Ian Hattwick ... [annotation note="For our first assignment, I made a synthesizer patch that ... glue would dampen the triangles’ acoustics, Tetrahedron would account for

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  , the 350th day in the 50th week of 2011 and 282 days ago, no big deal ... . (Only 23 hundredths of a year for the same time to come around already ... promise. There is, however, one analogy for which I cannot be completely

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011