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• Blog / How to MIT

  Deadlines and Habits Staying sane

  

  I am a first-semester senior. As a result, my brain has been swimming in fellowship deadlines and requirements, graduate school applications, and the possibility of a full-time job; occasionally, it…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An End A whirlwind.

  

  I’m sitting on my bed, back against the windowsill and sneakered feet dangling off towards the garbage can. There’s a box sitting on my otherwise-empty bookshelf, a shirt and a…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ingredients for a black hole: 1. Hydrogen 2. Soda 3. Bottle Irish pub-lic outreach

  

  “I think that I could make a black hole,” Carl says. I raise an eyebrow. “Really? How?” He rubs his hands together and squints. A lightbulb goes off, his hands…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I’m sitting on a bus and am SO sleep-deprived.

  

  Getting from London (England) to Charlottesville (Virginia) is much easier said than done. I woke up (well, my mom woke me up) at around 7am, for an 11:15am flight. I…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  A last-minute barbecue for hundreds of people New House: mobilize.

  

  Last month, tragedy hit MIT. That week was chaotic and emotional. Rhythms were broken, routine thrown for a loop (or many loops), and I spent way more time in my…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 11, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  The pre-Spring break week is always a nightmare; a friend summed it up nicely when he posted on Facebook today that “the differential in campus happiness between today and yesterday…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Consilience From college essays to a Medieval Studies @ MIT Colloquium

  

  In 10th grade, I read a book by the biologist Edward O. Wilson and became obsessed with the word consilience. I loved all of my classes – Shakespeare, Western Civilizations,…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  My PE class for the quarter is “zumba”, taught by a very cheerful, coordinated, muscular brunette named Ashley. It is held in the T-Club Lounge, a room with mirrors for…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 1 Zumba and putting pants on in lecture

  

  I wrote the post below on Tuesday. Because of weird formatting issues (ExpressionEngine hates me) I decided to hold off on publishing until Wednesday. On Wednesday, something mortifying happened that…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Welcome back into my life, crutches The universe's way of telling me to sit my butt down and study

  

  Update: thanks to Sam, this now exists. www.tinyurl.com/annaho Thanks buddy. – Saturday night, I was doing laundry while dressed like a princess, and at 7 this morning I was being…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  A niche on the third floor of MIT’s Building 8 leads to two glass doors. MIT CENTER FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS is printed on each in small, neutral red letters. Immediately…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT campus lost power! Updates from a blacked-out physics colloquium.

  

  39 minutes ago, I turned in a pset 2 minutes late (fortunately they hadn’t been collected yet) and dashed to 10-250 (one of our big lecture halls) for the weekly…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 29, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m sitting on my bed right now so sleepy

  

  It’s 1am Sunday morning. I just got back from a two-hour car ride with a friend; we drove through Cambridge and discovered a mutual appreciation for the chocolate chip cookie (which…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 2: Extracurriculars My academic plans? I've got bigger plans. Better plans.

  

  Overheard at MIT (Fall 2012) [MIT Sophomore walks around in a circle.] MIT Sophomore: I am doing no work… :( MIT Freshman: Woah…you actually AREN’T doing work, because the total…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 1: Classes My academic plans.

  

  I’m now halfway through my undergraduate career at MIT, which means that there are new factors informing my class choices: 1) I only have four semesters left. 2) I have…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m sitting at work right now Seems like as good a time as any to bang out a quick blog post

  

  It occurs to me that I haven’t told you much about what I’m doing this summer, which is sort of embarrassing since I keep making reference to it. So, here’s…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on a desk? That which we call a workspace by any other name would look as depressing...

  

  the former) H. I use a paper planner. I know I’ve mentioned it before

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Big Questions and Small Scientists The kids I volunteer with are magical.

  

  I was five years old the first time someone accused me of witchcraft. I was taking a bath (not really sure why this detail sticks in mind) and it was…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 27, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  Pay it forward I used to have a guilt complex.

  

  It’s the night before your organic chemistry problem set is due – although, at this point, “night” is probably the wrong word, since the sky is turning a funny mix…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Q&A: Food on campus, UROPs, decisions Qs from prospectives and prefrosh, As from me.

  

  The four questions I’m going to address: 1) “It seems like the food availability on campus is a little scarce. Do you have time to cook, even if it’s just…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2011