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

  

  from one end of the pool to the other on fins, I was still struggling to ... . One of the lifeguards noticed what was going on and offered to help out ... terrified, to the end of the pool from which I had kicked off. “I almost

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why My 5.13 Problem Set Took All Day Moral of the story: Don't procrastinate, or I'll never talk to you again.

  

  : Off to Steam Cafe (to which people submit their own recipes), on the ... wants to work on the problem set. Hike over to Next House (ex-home that is ... walking later," to my second-grade phase of "Why learn to tie my shoes now

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  , which will be marked. Titling these posts is beginning to be a challenge ... sort of theme wrapped around it, or sending a themed invitation to teams ... us, which I had two bowls of; he mentions having to resist "putting his

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 22, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  , which you can think of as my “energy”, or “charge”, or “productive hours ... . On those days, I get a lot done. I find myself able to work for like ... feeling of accomplishing work. (Do I like the work, or do I just like the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  never heard of "Intel", "Westinghouse", or "IMO" before coming to MIT. I ... applying to MIT. I thought I'd post it again (recycling is good for the ... been to the IMO or at least the USAMO or have won some science

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The leftmost station on your dial WMBR = awesome campus radio

  

  /Harvard/Boston community have regular weekly shows, some of which have been on the air for ... basement of an entry in Senior House, eventually moving to a studio in the basement of Walker Memorial in 1960. The call letters were changed to WTBS

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Advice From The Elderly My last blog entry, at least from this chapter.

  

  To the class of 2016 - My name is Jess, and I graduated in 2010 ... Twizzlers, Game of Thrones, etc.) But back to the point - when I look back on ... to Science Magazine, who published a study on my expected lifespan in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 2 The median of an introductory trilogy

  

  visions in my head of what “the return” would be like. A chance to be gracefully swept (or brutally pummeled, depending on what day of the week it ... the indignant rumble of my ungrateful stomach, which was screaming for

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  connected to my computer. SPEAKING OF WHICH! 8. Computer! I actually know ... you'll need to either bring it home or store it at the end of the year, both of which have issues - shipping can be expensive and storage is not

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  suggestion of setting or theme, but the one rule is to create something with a ... writing. The process of writing is what creates the ideas. Sure, it’s ok to ... lately with one kid on his way to college and the other on his way to a

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to choose your major putting people in boxes, feat. credit for reddit, social science, and lots of yarn.

  

  is so cool but also you have to pick something. Or else. *ominous music ... -tool-cum-participatory-art-installation for our final project. What you're looking at is a rendering of my ... asked a bunch of MIT students to say some things about themselves and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 6, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On The Essay The rules are simple: write your own.

  

  to measure the impact of the admissions essay on today's college ... telling you to shut your parents or counselors out of the process entirely ... committee on a human level, i.e. beyond all of the test scores, grades, etc

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  worth it. There are better and healthier roads to success. Dear Class of ... The new MIT Class of 2018 Facebook group is a warm, fuzzy place ... of you. Is that weird?" (No, it's not weird!) and virtual group hugs

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

  My Mountain Climbing Team i'M GrADduATingG WAOooOOOoo

  

  -buzz my hair and set me on a path of never having to pay for a haircut ever ... she wasn't able to graduate, she most definitely is a part of mine. tl ... at the top of this summit is breathtaking and I'm taking a moment to

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 6, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  To whom much is given… ...you know the rest!

  

  analysis is a big part of trying to process the outcome of a journey that a ... , thought or uttered some portion of that phrase over the course of the past few weeks. I can tell you with a fair level of certainty that it is just

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  We’ve been there, too. It feels like the calm before the storm. Please don't forget to breathe.

  

  on which I would allow myself to be captivated by the skyscrapers I ... rectilnear grid is thanks to the Commissioners' Plan of 1811. One quirk of the ... streetcorner, adding a bunch of songs to an iPod playlist called "On the Go 5

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.

  

  revitalization of this system. It is no longer sufficient for us to stand on the ... worsening stomachache is the initial sign for appendicitis, which needs to be ... exorbitant bills. This is not acceptable in America, which claims to be a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 23, 2009
• 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.

  

  of pearls on—or, in other words, assign the same positive integer to ... decomposition is equal to the number of pearls we place on that edge in the other ... be π or 2π. If the pearl is on an edge of a piece but not on an edge of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  an undergrad wanted to talk with them. Dr. Ocneanu, who is still one of ... gives you the confidence to take risks. A lot of MIT is fun and games, but ... As a recent college admit, you’re about to make a lot of big

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The 2013 Ig Nobel Prize Lectures I won a prize!

  

  ."  They got a bunch of volunteers to come on stage, and made them cry ... question now is: was a baby ever delivered using this apparatus? For better or for worse, no one seems to know. 32 years after Mr. and Mrs

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 15, 2013