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Anna H. '14

Course 8

I'll start by putting some words in your mouth.

You: Where are you from?
Me: London.
You: But you...you don't...you don't seem to have a British accent.
Me: Correct. Let me explain! I was born in Singapore, had a Singaporean accent, then moved to London during the summer before fifth... read more »

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May 11, 2013
A last-minute barbecue for hundreds of people
May 4, 2013
MIT HSSP and Stanford Splash!
Apr 17, 2013
What I wish I’d known, and what I’m glad I knew
Apr 15, 2013
MIT’s Tribute to Boston
Apr 9, 2013
A Letter to CPW Prefrosh

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May 11 2013

A last-minute barbecue for hundreds of people

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

May 4 2013

MIT HSSP and Stanford Splash!

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

Apr 17 2013

What I wish I’d known, and what I’m glad I knew

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Prepare for MIT

Apr 15 2013

MIT’s Tribute to Boston

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Apr 9 2013

A Letter to CPW Prefrosh

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Freshman Applicants, Prepare for MIT

Mar 22 2013

My First Astrophotography

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Academics & Research

Mar 22 2013

One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

Mar 13 2013

If you’re scared of decision day

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Freshman Applicants

Mar 7 2013

Consilience

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 3 2013

The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes

Posted in: Academics & Research, Life & Culture, Majors & Minors

Feb 24 2013

24 Hours

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Feb 18 2013

A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 3

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

Feb 16 2013

A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Feb 15 2013

A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 1

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Feb 9 2013

The past four weeks, in maps.

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jan 15 2013

The American Astronomical Society’s Winter Conference: 2013 Edition

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jan 4 2013

What can you do with a bad grade in quantum?

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Academics & Research, Life & Culture, Majors & Minors

Dec 29 2012

SO META

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Miscellaneous

Dec 19 2012

The Ultimate Recognition

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

Dec 10 2012

Welcome back into my life, crutches

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

Dec 8 2012

Q&A

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Process & Statistics, Prepare for MIT

Dec 5 2012

Writing an essay using thumb tacks

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Academics & Research

Nov 29 2012

MIT campus lost power!

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

Nov 26 2012

Emergency Morale Booster Night!

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Nov 22 2012

My Class of 2014 track jacket

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

Nov 21 2012

Splash. Was. Awesome.

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

Nov 12 2012

SCIENCE!

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

Nov 7 2012

Tales From Turning Twenty

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

Oct 27 2012

The little things

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

Oct 27 2012

MIT Gangnam Style

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Oct 15 2012

The one-armed violin player and the Dalai Lama

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

Oct 10 2012

Why I stayed up until 6am on Thursday

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

Oct 3 2012

Maybe it’s okay to be this way

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Life & Culture, Majors & Minors

Sep 30 2012

Hack Punt Tool: The Musical

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

Sep 23 2012

I’m sitting on my bed right now

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

Sep 21 2012

The Google RISE Global Summit

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

Sep 16 2012

The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 2: Extracurriculars

Posted in: Life & Culture

Sep 12 2012

The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 1: Classes

Posted in: Academics & Research, Majors & Minors

Sep 6 2012

The last few days of summer

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Aug 28 2012

Associate Advising and the MedLinks Program

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

Aug 21 2012

Curiosity, Part 2

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Aug 10 2012

Curiosity

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Aug 10 2012

My advisor won $3 million

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Academics & Research

Jul 30 2012

Two Pulsar Discoveries

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jul 15 2012

Two cakes and six cupcakes

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jul 11 2012

I’m sitting at work right now

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Academics & Research

Jul 10 2012

The Public’s Biggest Fear

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jun 27 2012

Up

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jun 22 2012

13/101 Things To Do Before You Graduate

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

May 13 2012

Urinetown

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

Mar 25 2012

Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery.

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Academics & Research, Life & Culture, Majors & Minors

Mar 10 2012

FIRST Robotics and Alumna-hood

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Prepare for MIT

Mar 3 2012

Watching Birdwatchers

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

Jan 24 2012

Let’s do a puzzle.

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

Dec 17 2011

You’re stressed.

Posted in: Freshman Applicants, Life & Culture

Dec 2 2011

I auditioned for a musical

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

Nov 27 2011

Big Questions and Small Scientists

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Life & Culture

Nov 15 2011

Halloween is the best day of the year.

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Life & Culture

Oct 30 2011

This story has to do with professor accessibility.

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Life & Culture

Oct 10 2011

Being “qualified” for MIT

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Life & Culture

Sep 21 2011

Pay it forward

Posted in: Academics & Research, Life & Culture

Sep 9 2011

Beauty, xkcd, and my classes

Posted in: Academics & Research, Life & Culture

Sep 5 2011

Q&A: Food on campus, UROPs, decisions

Posted in: Academics & Research, Information, Life & Culture

Sep 2 2011

I can tell that we are gonna be friends (part 1)

Posted in: Academics & Research, Majors & Minors

Aug 26 2011

Trumpeting for Assassins

Posted in: Life & Culture

Aug 19 2011

19 Summers

Posted in: Prepare for MIT

Aug 2 2011

Making friends at college

Posted in: Life & Culture

Jul 7 2011

How to get a UROP

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Academics & Research

Jun 29 2011

Hospital Trips and Dance Parties

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jun 12 2011

I know you’re bad at something

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Miscellaneous

May 31 2011

Note To Self

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Life & Culture

May 9 2011

There’s More to Life Than Tooling

Posted in: Life & Culture

Apr 22 2011

A Major Dilemma

Posted in: Majors & Minors

Mar 29 2011

Introducing: La Maison Française (French House)

Posted in: Life & Culture

Mar 9 2011

I Challenge You

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Process & Statistics

Feb 15 2011

Academic Love Poetry

Posted in: Academics & Research, Life & Culture

Jan 20 2011

On Teaching and Learning

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Academics & Research

Jan 3 2011

Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation

Posted in: Academics & Research

Nov 23 2010

Help!

Posted in: Academics & Research, Life & Culture

Nov 13 2010

SpaceVision 2010

Posted in: Life & Culture

Oct 28 2010

Ode to the New, Part 3

Posted in: Life & Culture

Oct 9 2010

Ode to the New, Part 2

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Prepare for MIT

Sep 28 2010

Ode to the New, Part 1

Posted in: Academics & Research, Prepare for MIT

Sep 17 2010

Making an Entrance

Posted in: Life & Culture