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The Undecideds VI: The Undiscovered Country Even more undecided students' questions & answers.
new course 20) was limited to 20 students for the class of 2009. Was it ... hours, they've picked up and answered all of my questions. What if I don ... sent out postcards confirming the receipt of your form, but apparently -
Blog / Uncategorized
the umpteenth post about balancing art and tech version: slightly jaded
classes that fulfill me instead of the ones that are required, and ... ; I don’t entirely like this rush of one thing and then another, too ... of my week. Completing those psets will not make me satisfied. I will -
Blog / Challenges
Days in lives that aren’t mine in a parallel universe
awake this early. Of the four people I'm sharing a room with, I'm the ... back to sleep, and after checking my phone for five minutes, I get out of bed and put on pants. The smell of scrambled eggs brings me downstairs -
Blog / Academics & Research
WTHBBQ! Chinese Buffet! Spring 2008 courses, with a really bad analogy, haha. (super long post o___o)
, although I don't think my new knowledge of physics will ever entice me to ... working for 13 hours straight, from 11 pm to noon the next day. Part of the ... . But, through very valiant perseverance (and a lot of Youtube music -
Blog / How to Human
me, existing one day at a time
dinner at Pika for the first time. It was kind of cold, and I was tired ... -seated anxiety and a general feeling of not knowing what to do. All the buzzwords ... overcame some of my fears. I'd been meaning to start the UROP search earlier -
Blog / MIT Life
Little things that remind me im not home
from home, like the weird practice of tipping, or how there’s functional ... . The leaves changing color? Happens too quickly. Really, so much of the big stuff I’ve already seen or heard of through the American films and -
Blog / Advice
17,707 words writing at night like you're running out of time
. as cj commented on shuli’s post introducing the new set of bloggers, i ... some essay advice from the bloggers of yore and a few words from me. But now that that’s out of the way, hi hi hi! Last week, I finished up -
Blog / Uncategorized
a quick and dirty guide to MIT jargon what is a 6-3 anyway?
of words we made up and toss at each other — here are a few you may ... assortment of words you may hear majors, minors, and class names further reading a random assortment of words you may hear: cruft: 1. n literally -
Blog / Admissions
MIT Regular Action Deadline MIT's regular action deadline is January 1.
The Office of Admissions is currently closed for the holidays, and is ... deadline fast approaching, I'd like to use this entry to answer some of the ... last minute, though.) It is perfectly fine if, through no fault of your -
Blog / Admissions
CPW at Random Hall! While the science gets done, you can build a neat fort with the Settlers drinking…
recognized me and asked for a sticker because of something I said a year ago ... building up of a structure. Catamorphism: the consumption of a structure ... together and maybe write some new carols. mitBEEF is a club dedicated to -
Blog / How to Human
well, well look who's inside again
'd be locked inside of my home (aah) i would've told you a year ago ... a waste of my time" or "Yeah I really should've gap yeared but oh well ... wasted, too. If you wake up in a house that’s full of smoke, Don’t panic -
Blog / Academics & Research
hello from seattle This blog post hopefully not brought to you with an NDA.
/weekend (maybe both, I’ve got a lot of work to do this weekend). Just kidding. Unfortunately, the only ones of you who might’ve believed that my post ended there ... wasn’t one of my intentions. However, I can’t say now that I regret it at -
Blog / Academics & Research
Spaghettuna and Lego aircraft If my first week of IAP is any indication of how 2011 will treat me,…
in table groups, and reflected on some of the capabilities that define ... thoughts We created a fleet of Lego aircraft as part of a simulation based ... action-packed week, and I’m interested to hear your opinions on some of the -
Blog / Academics & Research
To stay at MIT over the summer, or to not stay at MIT over the summer…that is the question With so many summer employment options, what's the best choice?
far less to do in terms of taking care of myself when I'm at home! There ... the inner workings of a company I have friends working all around the world, including (but not limited to): investment banks in New York City -
Blog / Admissions
CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!
AHHH CPW!!! Was the name of my last blog post I wrote prior to CPW last year, and it is, once again, that time of year! This year I'd like ... of every second of CPW by meeting your prospective classmates and doing -
Blog / Miscellaneous
a walk down memory lane in the form of albums
Recently, I've stopped listening to new music releases in favor of listening to old music for the sake of ~ nostalgia ~ and oh boy, these ... musical phases, I'll try and put them into bullet points in the beginning of -
Blog / Challenges
living away from home lessons learned
I've had my fair share of time with roommates and friends in the past ... townhouse in the suburbs of northern Virginia. There were five of us in total ... luxurious apartment in Somerville, Massachusetts, two of those friends the -
Blog / People & Identities
your best american girl on my first boyfriend
made me certain that everything that happened inside of me had happened inside of someone else before. At the entrance of the venue, a woman who ... . She drew an X on the back of my hand with Sharpie. My friends and I -
Blog / About Decisions
the perfect choice doesn’t exist not the same river, not the same you
choose your own classes? that was entirely new to me. the whole concept of ... zero. once again you can determine how busy i am by the rate of my ... whatever time i have left, because it can just take an arbitrary amount of