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  Leaving How I ended up taking medical leave as a sophomore

  

  to be alone as you figure it out. You can find me on Twitter at ... that’s starting from the end, which is cheating. You know the end. The ... like someone else. “I understand why this is hitting you so hard,” she

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  demons on depression

  

  visualize something, kind of see a picture in their head vividly, which can ... metaphorically, not as if they could actually see it, not to the point where it ... can draw a banana. In all respects, I can act like someone who is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HNY from NYC for IAP, 2016 time passes so quickly, help

  

  Happy 2016! (By the way: 2016 = 2^5*3^2*7, in case you need the ... to get ahead on coursework--but the flesh is so, so weak. My family ... the Jersey City loft where I’ll be staying this IAP--I’m spending the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  too - because how can we not? - especially in situations where we might ... intelligence. Example of a mental rotation test. I’m guessing that you ... men score higher on spatial reasoning tests, though you might have

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Distraction News Your internet connection is unstable

  

  in the living room, but he also doesn't fare well outside where he can ... hour or so in, I can tell they're getting tired of it. My camera is off ... issues, so you need to make sure she doesn't eat anything too fatty. Dog 1

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 31, 2020
• 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.

  

  skim or skip around if it helps you get a picture of the proof.) I ... 18.304—they just came out with their fifth edition and you can read it ... -M, where the M means it’s within my major) seminars I need to take as part of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brief Wondrous Lives A little too much thinking brought to you by four in the morning.

  

  encourage us all to volunteer - "Come on guys, we've got to get you more ... getting to that age where people from professors to the guy who mops my dorm ... photos of a Malaysian baby with the words "I'M WATCHING YOU" scrawled

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This Bathroom Ceiling Some science, some fiction: traverse the space and time of our bathroom ceiling.

  

  second floor of the East Parallel of East Campus. Today I want to tell you ... new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone ... , painted by Rachel B. ‘09. If you haven’t seen Star Trek, I think you should

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two thousand students walk into a Zoom call summer hssp: now virtual™

  

  were talking to. I understood what was meant by delegation and you can ... as you can imagine, people in ESP like figuring out logistics. We also ... the couch, in that sort of state after you've cried for a while but can

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Challenge Accepted I even put off writing this post.

  

  I recently saw a comic where a professor says "This is not the type of assignment you can do the night before," to which a student ... (yes, I might give you a campus tour!), I sometimes get asked about the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • December 10, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the contours of a wild ride 2.009 😤

  

  work” motto rings differently when you can do that by asking someone who ... it fades. As you can tell it is already fading.  ... platforms, called Concert Lift; an automated trash can; a walking cane that

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  to whatever it was you were originally doing, but can’t because you are obligated by social norms to stay right where you are. I looked desperately ... To a lot of people, myself included, getting into MIT is the dream we

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Into the Smoke In more ways than one.

  

  twenty countries on my own (I suppose if you're bored you can guess a few ... being abroad is the milieu of people you meet and get to know. Most of my ... you get to Mexico from New York, you could have flown from London over

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  everything i made this year (mostly)

  

  , whatever you want to call it, with 5 degrees of freedom (aka it can move the ... no electronics experience going in (which you can probably tell from ... forms that molded to our models’ bodies. You can see the full spread (and

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 1, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  ? These are the most valuable tools you can acquire because they are the ... because it means there is something you can do about it. So do it.   ... Head over to /r/confession and you'll find this post lurking near the

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  change of seasons you hole up indoors, let the rain fall, and get cozy ... pepper are the basics. Garlic always works, though you can also throw whole cloves in the pan if you like those. Onion can be added in the form of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  app where you could customize the keyboard shortcuts, and that ... ,[/annotation] so that you can build higher and higher structures. Similarly, making ... different, and that's okay. My goal is to encourage you to reflect on your own

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

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  you are looking for a quick synopsis. Rankings can provide a comparative ... want to be, what experiences you need to have to help you get there, and ... of the admissions staff that can be credited with the successful

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  smack Adam and ask when he wants me to get him up (he can't get up by ... you don't get personal attention at research universities? I leave with ... Christine Walley to get my HASS concentration form filled out. You're supposed

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to My Favorite Places on Campus can't leave without making one more post of this format

  

  format. Some of these went [annotation note="if you know..you know ... people who read them. That's where this post differs. It is probably not ... /scanner to me. It's being renovated right now, and I really hope I'll get to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2021