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Do you live in Zambia? Malawi? Ghana? If you could send me some African dirt, that would be amazing! (And illegal. But…
On the most excellent advice of my blog-readers, I have added D-Lab to my schedule. This involved dropping a few other activities of minor importance (biking for fun, blogging, sleep) but hey, saving the world involves -
Blog / Admissions
Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.
using spell check for that. More often, I see spelling errors in the -
Blog / Events
Neil Gaiman: The Liveblog "This is a land of fire and dreams."
's giving was even featured on the MIT homepage for today, which is how you ... Julie Gerberding and Compton lecturer Tom Brokaw, for example. We've also hosted the infamous Ollie Smoot '62 (for a lecture about Smoot's Ear -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.
age of 53 for work he did at the age of 21, while a graduate student at -
Blog / MIT Life
O, GRE Battle The best of the worst entry I ever wrote.
stick is the greatest invention since written language -while cramming for -
Blog / Academics & Research
A Reason to Celebrate My advisor is a genius.
to say that I work for her, and despite her achievements, she's really -
Blog / How to Human
Making friends
remember, in my last post I asked for people to provide me with MIT ... forget what) that got us both called to the front for "punishment" at the ... , Laura!) and Peter '01. After the club closed for the night, Laura and -
Blog / Academics & Research
All Over Again Applying to college all over again.
bioengineering has been a good idea for me because I can take what I've learned and -
Blog / Academics & Research
Nike+iPod read entry & vote at the end
Apparently opening up the new Apple store on Fifth Avenue was only enough to keep Steve Jobs busy for a weekend -- today, Apple and Nike announced a Nike+iPod Sport Kit partnership. This part doesn't make a ton -
Blog / MIT Life
Almost Famous You probably think this entry is about me.
's ultimately better for society that they put a picture with me in it on the -
Blog / Academics & Research
Literature Tea & Mural Contest Artwork on cookies and walls.
, the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, and the Writing and -
Blog / Events
Fondue: fun and done A break from admissions at the Fondue party.
. This year, for the first time, the party was preceded by a special -
Blog / Academics & Research
It’s snowing, and “It’s Raining” K-Pop and Prof. Henry Jenkins.
Studies professor Henry Jenkins for reasons why the popularity of Rain has -
Blog / MIT Life
Peace Out, 2005 Saying goodbye to a great year!
has managed to teach me in the past year. I ran for UA Vice President -
Blog / Life after MIT
The things that can change your life…
Meh. My last, like, three or four ideas for entries have not quite ... : Last weekend I walked out to an apartment in Cambridgeport for the party ... us, and it turned out to be the right place for both of us. But if it -
Blog / Events
My Kind Of Party Consider this your first frat party.
week to get out 14 NEW BROTHERS (note the excitement). Anyhoo, for those -
Blog / Personal Travel
A little bit about me and my trip to La Republica Dominicana A trip to the Dominican Republic to compensate for a bitterly cold Boston winter
My first personal entry, how exciting! For some background info about me: I'm a rising sophomore planning to major in Mechanical Engineering and Premed (we have a really cool major that lets you combine Mech E -
Blog / Admissions
Meet the Admissions Officers: Amy Perez Name: Amy Perez; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Lubbock, TX
fun facts for the price of one)! -
Blog / Admissions
New York Times, New York Times
Emeritus Charles Vest introduces Friedman. A big crowd shows up for the