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MIA No More Why I haven't blogged in 23 days.
I realize that it’s been more than three weeks since I’ve blogged, but I have two legitimate reasons for why this is so: (1) The freshman bloggers are doing an… -
Blog / MIT Life
There are a lot of awesome things named ‘Kaiser’ This post mainly consists of drawings of my professor, sentence fragments, and my over-use of…
post to him and write this open letter: Open letter to C. Kaiser: Dear -
Blog / Events
Sentimentality a.k.a. Why I'm So Glad I Picked MIT.
Last night, I went to bed at 5 am. This morning, I woke up at 9 am. My eyelids currently feel ridiculously heavy – and yet, I don’t regret the… -
Blog / Academics & Research
Test Time! All my classes managed to schedule tests within a week of each other.
theory” part was the deciding factor for me. My AP Physics C class covered -
Blog / Extracurriculars
Just A Small Town Girl Blogging in an awesome world.
Zimbabwe, NYC, and D.C., I found fellow midwesterners here with whom to -
Blog / Extracurriculars
Withdrawal Symptoms I miss camp :(
These past few days have felt as though they’re from someone else’s life. While typically I sleep early, avoid daily runs, and don’t take things that don’t belong to me,… -
Blog / IAP
Belated Guest Entry by Carin '13 - a little late perhaps but incredible nonetheless
My time in Germany sadly came to an end two Sundays ago, when I packed my suitcase yet again (I’m really good at it now, haha) and hopped over to… -
Blog / Admissions
Musings on Colorful Balls (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ramya '14!
from Ramya '14! You might think that CPW stands for Campus Preview Weekend, but you're wrong. CPW really means "4 days of Pure aWesomeness." (The C didn't want to join the little acronym party, because its still -
Blog / Admissions
T-Minus Six Days Ready for the best four days of your life? CPW 2010 ftw!!
Yup, it’s true: CPW 2010 IS ALMOST HERE!!! My poor inbox is struggling under the sudden influx of CPW-related e-mails, and my willpower to study is slowly but surely slipping… -
Blog / MIT Life
Field Trip! I meant to blog this a long long time ago.
Thanks to the carefree nature of my elementary and middle school years, I have experienced a fair share of field trips, including a couple to the Museum of Science, one… -
Blog / Extracurriculars
Just My Luck The somewhat eventful story of my first EMT shift ever.
When asked how their first shift went, most of my fellow EMT students will say something like, “It was good! No calls, though. Pretty uneventful.” My 4 pm-11 pm shift… -
Blog / Extracurriculars
I Can Save You Possibly.
My last rendezvous with an ambulance occurred in the suffocating heat of summer ’09, when I so intelligently decided to play Ultimate Frisbee barefoot and promptly tripped over a friend’s… -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.
There’ve been several times when I felt like I didn’t really fit in at MIT. I nearly fell asleep during a Star Wars marathon. It wasn’t a result of sleep… -
Blog / Events
Integration Bee If this were televised, nobody would watch the Superbowl.
that only uses about a third of the letters in the alphabet (x, u, c, o -
Blog / Academics & Research
Waxing nostalgic, in a zen kind of way I've heard of zen. This is not zen.
.10 might have been a C, but I'll never know - I took it on Junior-Senior P -
Blog / About Decisions
Tips from Me to You 15% is standard most places, but my tips are 100%! (awesome that is)
hours tooling for a C on a test, and you should take pride in your -
Blog / Academics & Research
Examining exams Sometimes, grades matter less than photons are matter.
, obscuring the misshapen C's and F's far off in the statistical distance. Your -
Blog / How to Boston and Beyond
Transporting In & Around MIT Everything you need to know about how easy it is to get around MIT.
PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION This includes but is not limited to cars, bicycles, skateboards, scooters, and walking. My favorite method, and perhaps the only method I am fully capable of doing after… -
Blog / MIT Life
A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.
“I like how you say that with a smile on your face,” my hallmate Vinayak ’09 told me that Sunday night, genuinely pleased. “‘Oh I was just working in studio…