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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 / 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
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
Literature Tea & Mural Contest Artwork on cookies and walls.
, the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, and the Writing and -
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 / 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
The DHL Fiasco I really want to thank those of you (you know who you are) who turned…
, maturity, and common sense. For those who don't know what happened, someone -
FAQ / First-year application
What if my application is disrupted by a major event beyond my control?
are unable, to apply for Early Action, please remember that there is no -
Blog / How to Human
infinite corridors can’t believe there are no posts with this title yet
in the (almost) two years since leaving school, the term “infinite corridor” has taken on new meanings for me. at mit it refers to a long ... now for spending four years having fun instead of preparing for my -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Black Panther 2 Plot (Totally Real) (Not Clickbait) (Please Click Anyway Though) Not a fanfiction about Black Panther (because I am not a fan)
simulations on an MIT-inspired neural network (i.e. after thinking about it for ... passion for architecture and civil engineering to prevent such tragedies ... -reinforced concrete that is also self-healing and passively absorbs greenhouse gases for -
Blog / Admissions
Most of You Will Be Deferred Option three
. For the most part, I'd been straddling apathy and fatigue. But I ... 've believed you. Now, a year later, I'm looking at the statistics for the first ... options one and two. They accounted for 29.23% of the EA applicants. That -
Blog / Challenges
sometimes when it rains I feel seventeen and seventy all at once
My first impression of MIT was through Math Prize for Girls, and it was mainly just that MIT is cold. And drizzly. Which was then followed ... much existential despair for someone who hasn’t even existed for two -
Blog / Uncategorized
Listing It All Out you get a list and you get list and you get a list
drop silence of the reading room is honestly better suited for taking ... taste extra delicious bc they are *free* for students Asmara Ethiopian ... /gown throughout campus Do something nice for friends and mentors before graduating -
Blog / Academics & Research
Global Languages Freshman Learning Community engaging frosh done right
I'm the undergraduate assistant for a Freshman Learning Community ... for) beforehand and followed Dr. Jaegar's instructions in their own ... presentations on Spanish urbanism and Taekwondo, which I'm very excited for. This -
Blog / Academics & Research
PSA: new HASS concentration in Computing and Society studying humans? studying computers? porque no los dos?
recent years among our students for more initiatives like this. Here's how ... Program on STS just released their fall lineup of talks and I am hyped for ... 're in the area for any of them and want to drop by!