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  Painting by number The anti-formula

  

  , I can not argue with the logic of trying to discover the formula for ... , and many more, simultaneously. As such, the very idea that one can ... , generally the best that it can aspire to be is a convincing counterfeit, which

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  here comes a thought on decisions

  

  -changing decision arrives. and so admissions decisions can be hard to ignore and easy ... thought it's okay, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay we can watch, we can watch, we can watch, we can watch them go by from here, from

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  realized that learning where one's limits are can be a very good thing. I ... can read (and maybe learn from, too). Enjoy, and wince when you remember ... know how to do, instead of focusing on the ones you know you can’t do

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 things I love about MIT and hopefully you'll learn to love them too.

  

  . Everyone is involved with a million activities, which can be frustrating when ... . Additionally, no matter where you live or what your major is, MIT students can ... have a river view. I also can’t imagine a better a college town than

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 27, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  have much experience with dating altogether, and dating in college can be ... : “booty call”. Can be thought of as multiple hookups with a single person ... --they’ve turned into a “ghost”! Can also be used when simply referring to friends or

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choosing Your Own Adventure and other things you can do when you live off campus

  

  -affiliated housing"]off-campus,[/annotation] which you can weigh differently depending ... Housing Off Campus Finding housing can be a bit tricky. Luckily, there's a lot of MIT resources for finding housing. You can email them for help on

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Muti Water Project ...is finished!!!

  

  in Ethiopia in 2016. (You can get the full story in those two blog ... . They can have lifetime health problems afterward a from carrying the ... how children can fall or be pulled into shallow wells by the weight of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies

  

  support can go a long way. I've been very lucky to have the amazing support ... hope you know that I fully support you. I don't believe all of you can ... an anecdote about how your dreams can't be taken away from you onto two

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  knows what's absolutely necessary to be brought from home and what can be ... parents to bring the rest of their stuff. You can also order it online and ... won't be doing laundry for a few weeks, though, so you can wait to get

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  You Are Here a list of things i can't make myself do, and a few i can

  

  my ears is loud—too loud, frankly—but it’s all I can do to block out ... it’s foot down when I try to be kinder to myself. Why can’t you just finish? Why can’t you just work? Why have you become so useless? I shudder

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 19, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting for Decision Day In which I give a pep talk of sorts (with a little help from my…

  

  bloggers, but I can't link to all the posts here. They're just a quick search ... you aren't in a place where you can watch the video with sound. I didn ... this feeling. And it can be kind of terrifying. Even applying in the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  situation is probably not going to change. I can't speak to the situations ... priority is admitting enough students who can be successful. If the admissions staff thinks that you can hack it, you're in. How can they do that

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Christianity at MIT An intro to Cru!

  

  groups outside of Cruesdays where you can grow with a group of people. The ... you can really go to any group you want. It’s a great way to get ... 👀), and you can get involved through: [email protected] Cru is also

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  cost of living (though you can purchase a meal plan while living in any ... ’ve blogged before, you can get away without a meal plan even if you can only ... of upperclassmen to help you, but you can also avoid the learning

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Some Advice Sometimes I wish I could tell freshman-me that everything's going to be okay

  

  , and it can feel overwhelming. Call or write someone you care about; they ... . 9) Be yourself as much as you can. It's exhausting to try and maintain ... apart and slowly piece yourself back together. 14) Late nights can feel

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT

  

  engineer. If you ask Matt McGann, he can dig up the essay on my MIT ... against MIT's Premed Data stats, we can talk a bit more freely: My MCAT is ... Berkeley (where up to 25% of the graduating class can be premed). It helps

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 25, 2011
• 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.

  

  political field, in which a single problem can connect people across centuries ... learn that a polygon can be defined as a two-dimensional shape constrained ... can be cut up into a discrete number of triangles, and the area of these

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

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  about how you can't do this after you graduate. Worry about how you can't stay in MIT forever. Talk to all your friends about how you can't stay in ... , literally everyone you can about it. Punt the decision and play board games

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  's gotten to the point where she can tell when, and how long, I've been in ... are things we can do to mitigate cognitive exhaustion: I've blogged ... make decisions, and thus to become fatigued by them, and we can't avoid

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

  Some More Pi Day Facts and Advice You thought all that was over, didn't you?

  

  , not just for MIT. College is a weird place, so I hope you can gain some

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 23, 2015