I saw going to college as a rebirth. I really disliked high school. College was a chance to both remake myself in a friendlier mold and to build up the…
For the last 6 days, I’ve been at the Vision Sciences Society conference in Florida! The view from our hotel room. As its name indicates, this conference is dedicated to…
This year, for spring break my friend Yida and I decided to head to Canada! My friend Yida, showing off the giant ramp of the snowboarding Jamboree in Quebec City.…
Barcelona, IAP 2017 College study abroad programs are really great. You get to travel and experience living in another country, and it’s possible to do so on a college…
It’s a new school year, and I’ve started UROPing in a new lab! For anyone who doesn’t know, the UROP (Undergraduate Research OPportunities) program gives MIT undergrads a chance to…
My second year of college just ended. I’ve been trying to think of a good post to write on the occasion, or some significant reflection on my halfway point at…
I’m taking a somewhat lighter course load this semester. I signed up for the header software design class that assigns 15-hour-per-week psets, so I decided to compensate by only taking…
I have something of a love-hate relationship with 2015. Last year was defined by its discontinuities. The first half of the year was spent trying not to fall asleep in…
As I’m starting to write this, I’m sitting on an airplane, my rear end seriously sore from ~6 hours in one seat. I’m 24 minutes out from Los Angeles, and…