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Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Blogger Wrapped 2023 For all of the Blogger/Spotify Data Junkies
first time I even considered applying to MIT was in January of 2022, when I received a January MIT Newsletter and saw a summary of Ankita D. ‘23 ... among MIT Bloggers. I showed my brother and he said “Well now you have to -
Blog / MIT Life
11 / senior spring almost there
to set the mood: episodes - mishegas here are some photos I took on a warm sunny day warm sunny days were rare this ... library or in lab when it was sunny I got really excited to go -
Blog / Personal Travel
Fig. 3: La dolce vita snaps from an extended spring break
week after MIT's. But, I ended up taking an additional 2.5 days off and ... , however, my exchange friends and I did a pre-Spring Break weekend trip in Amsterdam, to an even colder city up north. I guess I'll count that as part of -
Blog / Admissions
Blogger Application 2014!
It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things: 1) I've begun cold-brewing my own iced tea as per Kenji's instructions 2) I've setup a WeMo Switch connected to IFTTT so I can turn -
Blog / About Decisions
As we hurtle towards Pi Day… A post of posts.
I thought I'd take a tiny break to post a little something. I ... are actually pretty sore as I type this), which reminded me of the post I wrote a couple years ago (see below). As someone commented on Lydia -
Blog / About Decisions
Pi(e) No, not π times e.
Yes, I'll admit that when I first wrote "Pi(e)", I thought of π times e even though I meant "Pi/Pie". Anyways, as Pi Day approaches, I thought I'd put up a post that collects some of the best pi(e) references -
Blog / MIT Life
A Blogographical Biography ...although whatever 'blogographical' means, I somehow doubt it applies to a blog containing graphs.
At 8:57 AM on December 15, 2007, I was admitted to the Massachusetts ... were: the process by which I knit a replica of the spawn of Cthulhu ... In spirit, not much has changed over the last three years. Hi. I -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Square Root Day Your daily dose of nerd humor.
Did any of you notice today was a square root day? I didn't, until I got a friendly email reminding me of this rare mathematical oddity ... ." This is part of why I love MIT - people here actually appreciate this -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
As Winter Melts things are gonna change so fast
Today, winter left Boston. I woke up and found that the snow had ... was warm. I walked around without a hat or gloves and didn't feel the ... well-organized spreadsheet. I'm always looking for ways I can improve -
Blog / Academics & Research
Punting
you’re not the punter. My name is Lucy and I’m a junior studying civil engineering. I’m participating in the Cambridge ... Freshmen here) Week activities, like this BBQ: I went punting today with -
Blog / Extracurriculars
Helicopter Flight Training [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] 500 feet above Boston with two MIT Deans.
[by CDT Greg Wellman '09] For the second time in my life, I had the ... nothing short of incredible, so I jumped at the opportunity. Before I knew it I was 500 feet above Boston catching a glimpse of the Red Sox -
Blog / Admissions
New Server As of this afternoon, mitadmissions.org is living on a new (and much faster) server.
page rendering right away; commenting is still slower than I'd like, but a forthcoming software patch should (hopefully) fix that. I think the ... . I'll be back with a real entry very soon! Hope your summers are going -
Blog / MIT Life
McCormick: Girls Wanted Minh '10 shares her love of McCormick Hall.
'10: Hi. I’m Minh. You can call me Minnie, or Minhsie, or any version ... entries, but the short version of the story is that I’m currently a freshman at MIT who just declared Course 15: Management. I’m considering also -
Blog / Academics & Research
You know my name I should think of a clever title, but the song has been in my head…
21 years old. Well, it's been a while. According to MT I started writing this entry one week ago today. A lot has been up. I designed a ... hard drive crashed. I'm a Mac user now. I need to find a way to acquire -
Blog / Academics & Research
D-Lab Food Fest A week on $2 a day, followed by a meal from around the world
Sorry, I am a bit swamped for the next couple of days with some 14.05: Macroeconomics work. As soon as I can, I will write an entry on the delicious D-Lab Food Fest, and my week of living on $2 a day that preceeded it -
Blog / MIT Life
The second-best picture we took in Paris This entry is dedicated to Regis Philbin.
DID YOU KNOW? I. M. Pei, who graduated from the MIT school of architecture in 1940, designed the glass pyramids in front of the Louvre. "Agh, I ... to step on your camera if you leave it there." "Okay, I'll put it on -
Blog / MIT Life
Howdy Where are you guys going to live? Etc.
! Thank heaven there's a selection committee - I could never choose by ... . :-) I just saw Omar '10 in the Infinite and he mentioned that housing ... all end up. I have a lot of blog-comment-questions to respond to - look -
Blog / Academics & Research
That Lovely Pre-Finals Period
I just presented some intercultural communication challenges in the ... Friday by 11:59:59 PM. I love assignments due by email. :-) I still need to ... !) French exam, but that doesn't mean I need to wake up any earlier than 11 -
Blog / Admissions
Weekend Update A couple FAQs and others tidbits.
, and to await the Next Big Mailing (NBM) in May. 2. Yes, I will be ... ) this year in Indianapolis. It will be on Thursday, May 11. I'll fill you in on all of the details soon. Relatedly, I will also be doing a small