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  A Day in the Life (2)… [Mathematics] Studying math at Cambridge and MIT.

  

  long period of time to be properly encoded in long-term memory. I should ... undergraduate. I could go on to address some of the subtleties and differences in ... Kathy's post (A Day in the Life...), but I should also point out that the

  • by Cambridge
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  I Hate Change but at least, I'm creating it

  

  impossible. So now, I get to start of my days writing in bed as opposed to ... over the course of winter break. I am left thinking: I hate change. A ... the seasons-- that I'm okay with. I can anticipate it. But sometimes, a

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  eternal dissatisfaction wish i could write more, care less

  

  summer i hit my ceiling of the amount of things i can work on at once that ... weird. it feels counter to all of the things i've heard about in the past ... day, where i deconstruct a little the notion of being productive. it is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 12, 2021
• Blog / Events

  TBT: The Science of Chocolate The school down the street does cool things

  

  's always a TON of things going on. Since it's my senior year and I have this intense fear of missing out, I've definitely made an effort to get out and ... happen at Harvard. The only Harvard class I've ever been interested in

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 9, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Schools of dreams

  

  School of Dreams (a case study of Whitney High School in Los Angeles ... entries between now and the end of the early action process, I plan to ... the nearest major research university to where I grew up, for some of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  Exhaustion Guess who's not ready to go to grad school after all

  

  overwhelming amount of exhaustion. I am doing much less than I ever have in a ... floating in sludge, and that every amount of work I do actually get done ... , but it worked. I learned a lot and gained a lot of confidence in myself

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  3-D Blog!! ...I decided to wear a pair of real life 3-D GLASSES!!!

  

  I first thought of giving this blog the fitting title of “My First ... this grand experience, I decided to wear a pair of real life 3-D GLASSES!!! I like to call this one “Cyd in 3-D” So without further ado, I will

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  of people. I've definitely succeeded in that goal, both at Senior ... you can in addition swap two of them: think of the rotational (then ... contradiction, you can prove anything. I had fun doing this in middle school by

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  major uncertainty switch 2 A 6-2?

  

  once because of how hard a time I had in it. I took two semesters of Japanese, and I struggled immensely in the Level 2 of the class. I loved ... blog about how a lack of direction can be a sense of solace in a way, and

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  am i doing this all wrong? thinking thoughts and feeling feelings

  

  thoughts can and will, of course, happen before and after junior year, but I ... bouts out of the blah. On one of my days of the blah, I sent an email out ... 'm very grateful that this is the stress that I have in my life, as opposed

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • March 4, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I should’ve started this earlier A statement exemplifying my first month as a Junior

  

  though I'd say that...). Living in Maseeh, I pretty much just rolled out of ... I'm next in the order of positions, I've assumed her responsibilities ... a lot of work all the sudden, and it's terrible. Ask my roommates, I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT vs. Chuck Norris Ever wonder how many math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?

  

  . I hate the number 23 so I threw in 2 of my favorites to get us to 25 ... the internet. - Chuck Norris can win a game of Connect Four in only ... math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?" I armed myself

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  the person you are now oversharing on the internet

  

  job where I can cry publicly on the front page of a globally renowned ... going to live to see the end of senior year. Now, I'm crying in my ... to the boy I thought was the love of my life, or goodbye to the boy I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Firehose Warning: insomniac blogger on the loose.

  

  anything I ever dreamed of encountering in high school. But that, I can ... of my time immersed in the intricacies of addition reactions to alkenes ... ; halohydration, osmylation, reduction, alkylation, and (of course) ozonoloysis. I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  TEDxCambridge! 1. How TED talks can improve your life 2. Recently hosted and filmed right here…

  

  TEDxCambridge 2013 official photos page. Psst: I'm in 3 of these ... , that gives 84 TED talks you can watch in your rapidly diminishing waiting ... thoughts, you'll become more illuminated in 84 topics. That can be useful no

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  sharp and soft featuring: my favorite naruto moment

  

  dedication of the self, and this naruto battle… well, i suppose you can ... so, and i am not worried about becoming spiky again in my pursuit of ... wonder: how can i support and motivate myself in the same way my friend was

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 21, 2022
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What is engineering, anyways? i promise it's more than just math

  

  to MIT certain of one thing: I would never be an engineer. In eighth ... paper covered in layers of faded pencil marks as I erased and redrew ... , a lab project that I would only see the results of in 10 years didn

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 10, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nike+iPod read entry & vote at the end

  

  paper I read in 14.11: Experimental Economics reports that too many choices can be demotivating. (You may have seen this research quoted in the ... ? What do people think about this Nike+iPod Sport Kit? Vote in the comments

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Battle of the Bands "Rock on and come to CPW!" ~ Thomas Jefferson"Chris, you made up that quote from…

  

  ! (for concerned parents, I can pretty much guarantee you there will be no lightning sparks involved in the playing of music, though it's totally ... , and Crossroads meet in the proverbial octagon on the second floor of the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Monday Actually, I think I just made it to Tuesday.

  

  7:39 PM: It's Sunday night. I have four exams in the next week. Hey ... his homework in a leather briefcase and can run from Random Hall to ... . Incidentally, the set of such people that I know contains one member: namely

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 24, 2009