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Aug 30 2011

Life After MIT

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Aug 25 2011

So You Wanna Be a Doctor?

Posted in: Academics & Research

Aug 4 2011

Ratification: The Story of the US Constitution

Posted in: Academics & Research

Jul 7 2011

MIT Academics

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Academics & Research

Jun 15 2011

101 Things To Do Before You Graduate!

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Life & Culture

Apr 30 2011

Dang Right, We’re Cooler Than You

Posted in: MIT Facts

Apr 23 2011

I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Process & Statistics

Mar 1 2011

We All Need A Little Encouragement

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jan 21 2011

In Which I Sound Like an Old Man

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Dec 12 2010

MIT = The American Dream

Posted in: MIT Facts

Dec 4 2010

MIT History Makes MIT Spotlight!

Posted in: MIT Facts

Oct 30 2010

My Second Home

Posted in: Academics & Research

Sep 26 2010

A Preview of Things to Come

Posted in: Life & Culture

Sep 9 2010

What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! (2010 Edition!)

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Aug 10 2010

What Are YOU Up To This Summer?! (2010 Edition)

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jul 23 2010

Complementary in Kinetic Typography

Posted in: Freshman Applicants

Jun 27 2010

I’m in New York!

Posted in: Miscellaneous

May 27 2010

The Magic of Those Ivory Keys (Guest Blog!)

Posted in: Majors & Minors

May 24 2010

The View From the Other Side of Hell

Posted in: Life & Culture

May 4 2010

Welcome 2014s!! :)

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Apr 23 2010

Blagoblagz*: Why I’m a History Major at MIT (Guest Blog!)

Posted in: Majors & Minors

Apr 18 2010

Burchard Scholars Program

Posted in: Academics & Research

Apr 14 2010

Sleep is Overrated (CPW Guest Blog!)

Posted in: Life & Culture

Apr 13 2010

Musings on Colorful Balls (CPW Guest Blog!)

Posted in: Life & Culture

Apr 11 2010

Share Your CPW With Us!

Posted in: Life & Culture

Apr 5 2010

CPW Events That You Should Come To!

Posted in: Life & Culture

Mar 16 2010

Story of Tim Tebow

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 12 2010

You’re Still Our No.1 :)

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Feb 26 2010

MIT

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Feb 23 2010

MIT, Time to Step Up?

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Feb 22 2010

Days Without a Laptop…

Posted in: Academics & Research

Feb 8 2010

Doonesbury and MIT

Posted in: MIT Facts

Jan 28 2010

My Entirely Unexciting IAP

Posted in: Academics & Research

Dec 28 2009

MIT Undergraduates by Major

Posted in: Majors & Minors

Dec 23 2009

Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2)

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Freshman Applicants

Dec 15 2009

40 Hours Left!

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Dec 6 2009

Ode to a Package of Dial Soap

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Nov 15 2009

Another Type of Mens et MANUS

Posted in: MIT Facts

Oct 31 2009

OCTOBERRR

Posted in: Life & Culture

Oct 2 2009

SEPTEMBERRR

Posted in: Life & Culture

Sep 10 2009

Second Day of Class

Posted in: Academics & Research

Aug 23 2009

San Francisco, je t’aime

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Aug 18 2009

On Flying

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Aug 4 2009

The Challenge of Public Health

Posted in: Academics & Research

Jul 24 2009

What YOU’RE Doing This Summer!

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jul 4 2009

What Are YOU Up To This Summer?

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jun 28 2009

I Climbed a Mountain Today

Posted in: Miscellaneous

May 23 2009

Going Home

Posted in: Miscellaneous

May 17 2009

Procrastination For Finals 2

Posted in: Miscellaneous

May 13 2009

Procrastination For Finals

Posted in: Miscellaneous

May 4 2009

My Shortest Blog Ever (update 3 =p)

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Apr 19 2009

On MIT and Humanities

Posted in: Academics & Research

Apr 14 2009

Leadership Training Institute

Posted in: Life & Culture

Apr 6 2009

The Value of Creativity

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Mar 21 2009

Thank Goodness!

Posted in: MIT Facts

Mar 16 2009

For the Admitted Students

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Mar 16 2009

For the Not Admitted Students

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Mar 11 2009

Just a Yellow Lemon Tree…

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Feb 9 2009

The 2011 Brass Rat!

Posted in: Life & Culture

Feb 5 2009

101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 2)

Posted in: Academics & Research

Jan 13 2009

101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 1)

Posted in: Academics & Research

Dec 21 2008

Well I Know That It’s a Wonderful World

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Dec 12 2008

Otra Vez, Como Siempre

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Dec 9 2008

A HASS[le-free] Semester

Posted in: Academics & Research

Nov 23 2008

15.27182 - Lecture Anatomy 101

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Nov 18 2008

When Econ Comes to Life

Posted in: MIT Facts

Nov 11 2008

The College Essay: Yogurt Edition!

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Freshman Applicants

Nov 4 2008

When Words Are Not Enough…

Posted in: Life & Culture

Oct 24 2008

The Dark Side of the Moon

Posted in: Life & Culture

Sep 25 2008

A Woman and Her Lute

Posted in: Academics & Research

Sep 6 2008

The Third Side of Fraternities

Posted in: Life & Culture

Sep 4 2008

2008 Summer (Pics!)

Posted in: Academics & Research

Aug 28 2008

Advices, advices

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Jul 28 2008

C’est la Vie

Posted in: Life & Culture

Jul 18 2008

MIT Makes Taiwanese Talk Show!

Posted in: MIT Facts

Jul 6 2008

Remember the Fourth

Posted in: Visit

Jun 10 2008

Mini-Guide to the GIRs

Posted in: Academics & Research

May 27 2008

Oh the Places You’ll Go!

Posted in: Miscellaneous

May 16 2008

Seasons of Spam

Posted in: Miscellaneous

May 11 2008

WTHBBQ! Chinese Buffet!

Posted in: Academics & Research

May 8 2008

It Ends Tonight, It Ends Tonight

Posted in: Academics & Research

May 1 2008

Happy May!

Posted in: Life & Culture

Apr 26 2008

INT to the INT to the IN(s)T

Posted in: Life & Culture

Apr 18 2008

Mastering Physics Has No Soul

Posted in: Academics & Research

Apr 13 2008

72 Hours Later…

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 30 2008

21: The Movie

Posted in: MIT Facts

Mar 21 2008

A Mystery Hunt Puzzle

Posted in: Life & Culture

Mar 9 2008

H0sed

Posted in: Academics & Research

Feb 29 2008

Just Because It’s 2/29

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Feb 26 2008

It’s Not Always Rainbows and Butterflies

Posted in: Life & Culture

Feb 18 2008

Of MUN and Academia

Posted in: Prepare for MIT

Feb 8 2008

Summer Lovin’

Posted in: Prepare for MIT

Feb 4 2008

Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 2)

Posted in: Academics & Research

Jan 21 2008

Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 1)

Posted in: Academics & Research

Jan 4 2008

My Home

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Dec 13 2007

What Do These Numbers Have in Common?

Posted in: Academics & Research

Dec 8 2007

Can You Save the World’s Oceans?

Posted in: Academics & Research

Dec 3 2007

SNOW SNOW SNOW!

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Nov 24 2007

Thanksgiving Reflections

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Nov 12 2007

17 Days

Posted in: Life & Culture

Oct 26 2007

Notes on the Interview

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Freshman Applicants

Oct 14 2007

What Makes You Tick?

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Oct 2 2007

Hello, Ma Sheng Li Gong

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Chris S. '11

7 and 21H

One question that people always ask me is, "Chris, are you an international student?" Sometimes I say yes, and other times I say no. To be honest, I don't really know myself.

I am not a de jure international student since I hold a US passport. However, prior to coming to MIT, I had never lived in the US for more than three months consecutively. I grew up in Taiwan, I went to school in Taiwan, and I consider Taiwan to be my home. In fact, before I was 10, I had no idea that I possessed a US... read more »

Recent blog entries

Aug 30, 2011
Life After MIT
Aug 25, 2011
So You Wanna Be a Doctor?
Aug 4, 2011
Ratification: The Story of the US Constitution
Jul 7, 2011
MIT Academics
Jun 15, 2011
101 Things To Do Before You Graduate!

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