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I’m not swollen anymore!
Okay, so I agree that it's been far too long since my last update. I ... week and a half recovering from wisdom teeth surgery. I just had my stitches out this afternoon -- *VERY GLAD* to be done! I'll be moving into a -
Blog / Academics & Research
Smaller than the eye can see but with the potential to change the world: nanotech!
to Nate and his friend Alicia*), I spoke with one high school senior ... (think of how many things are on the nanoscale) and its interdisciplinary ... exposure to the field. I’ll try to give a brief overview of some nanotech -
Blog / MIT Life
Work, friends, sleep – pick three In which I manage time effectively.
Remember that time when I was an RA at nerd camp? Here's what I ... this summer: "Devin (another Spectrum '07) and I have been reading A LOT about MIT. She wants to go (a lot), and I'm keeping my eyes and ears open -
Blog / Personal Travel
Leaving home…
[I'm at MIT now, but wrote this entry earlier today while still travelling.] For months, I've been looking forward to the day I'd be leaving for college. I talk to my future classmates daily, and it seems like -
Blog / Classes
First Midterm of The Semester Here I go...
I have about 30 minutes before the first midterm of the semester. I just finished gulping down a breakfast burrito. Back in high school, I ... . I missed dining hours this morning so I'm at Anna's Taqueria because I -
Blog / Academics & Research
back 2 school
weeks ago i was leaving seattle, thinking about summertime and trying not ... a big window in our house and i sat on the couch in front of it and watched the colors in the sky changing. soon after that i was in -
Blog / Academics & Research
Psetting in Connecticut Tales of my trip to a figure skating competition
A brief intro... Last Wednesday, I left MIT to compete at the 2016 ... -January. Wednesday I’m done with my last class at 3pm, and return back to my dorm to take a nap. 1.5 hours later, I wake up and start frantically packing. I -
Blog / Admissions
I hate the way I don’t hate you
I'm in the Pacific Northwest, waiting for my Seattle Central Meeting ... on a non-working day. Well, for me, I decided I'd go catch the film Garden State. Still having jet-lag, I woke up quite early so I wanted to -
Blog / Miscellaneous
And I am telling you I’m going And you, and you, and you, you're gonna love me.
-year career. Well, I sure enjoyed my month home in Harrisburg, although you wouldn't know it because I blogged only about things that happened at MIT. Sam's Mom and I are headed back for Boston tomorrow morning -
Blog / MIT Life
I’m a driver, I’m a winner Things are gonna change, I can feel it.
Tonight I won the MIT Marching Band's coveted SPAM scholarship. As ... life... at least, until next Thursday. Oh, next Thursday. What am I doing now that I've won this most presitigious of awards? Sitting in lab -
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Am I domestic or international if I hold dual citizenship?
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Blog / Art, Literature, Music
I Should’ve Been Working When I Drew These ✨but i wasn't✨
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Blog / MIT Life
Looked outside my window, and what did I see I probably shouldn't be surprised, but I am.
This is probably one of the last things I was expecting to see when I went to my window to investigate the staggeringly loud noise I heard ... impossible to try and capture it all in a blog. Never fear though, I'll figure -
FAQ / First-year application
What should I do if I’m deferred?
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Blog / Personal Travel
If I Try Really Hard, I Can Resemble Ernest Borgnine First stop on the tour: London.
boring, I couldn't bear to show you more. The (much more interesting -
Blog / Hacks
One Giant Leap For beaver kind
I'm up early. I'm up REALLY early, and it's not because I stayed up, it's because I woke up . . . to go study. Finals are coming up! You see ... 7 I've been studying pretty much non-stop. The final is on Monday -
Blog / Academics & Research
Procrastination For Finals 2 T minus 53 hours...
I've got a pocket, got a pocketful of orgo I've got a pain and I know that it's all mine, oh, oh oh oh Do all I can but I keep on getting ... grades Take me away, warm summer days I've got a pocket, got a pocketful -
Blog / Events
May the Force Be With You Use the "mass times acceleration" wisely my friend.
So tonight, I'm going to watch my friend Timmy '06 and the rest of the MIT Musical Theatre Guild put on Star Wars: The Musical. I'm kind of excited being a Star Wars fan and all. I'll give my review of the -
Blog / Miscellaneous
[Guest Post] A day in my life! by Callie T. '26
Hi everyone! I’m Callie T, and Ellie invited me to share what my day looks like as a junior studying physics! 11:15 — I ignore my alarm. 11:20 — My second alarm. I ignore this one too. 11:25 — I roll over at this