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Blog / Advice
Two Years and how it's changed me
In my first blog post ever, I wrote about my first three weeks at MIT ... feeling of being overwhelmed by not only how much I've changed, but also how much everything around me has. How do I begin? I found myself -
Blog / Hacks
Fall Hits MIT… in the form of a Giant Spider! I promise I'm not a blog-hog, this is just too good!
Let's cut right to the chase: THERE'S A HACK IN 6C! Natanya's already told you about 6C, but I'll bet it didn't feature a giant spider on a web! I've decided to name him Lucifer. He's huge! He has the -
Blog / MIT Life
Ack, finals!
quite a lot, and I have three finals in the next two days. Blah. Oh, how I ... pictures of the new 5th East kitten on it. While I am busy in testing hell ... that I will probably not be posting anything of substance here until at -
Blog / Admissions
Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning packing, housing, strategy, and events
. And if I miss something, feel free to ask additional questions in the ... !). Your host will know how much time to allot for you to check in and meet ... . How often they want to check in with you, if at all. You’ll probably -
Blog / MIT Life
The Future of Work How can people and computers be connected so that—collectively—they act more intelligently than any individuals,…
When I was in high school one of the most influential non ... after the book was published. In it he talks about how the cost of communication is the single most influential factor in how we work, from the -
Blog / Academics & Research
Semester Two Hosed, feeling, writing, love and hatred and whatever else
Back in my first semester, I wrote a lot. I had spare hours each day, and if I wanted to write, I would. If I wanted to spend an hour commuting to a new location to write, I would. I had time to do it. I like to -
Blog / Academics & Research
Work Hard, Play Hard Me trying to find a balance between work and fun
very many times that I would spend Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights ... . Often, I didn’t really mind because I really liked school and I would also ... have. I remember thinking in high school, “I hope the MIT curfew is not -
Blog / Classes
i’m catching up a blog about all the things i wanted to blog about but couldn't find the…
;feature=youtu.be 2. Whenever I need a break from the house, I drive around in circles ... Designers, this semester and I’ve been very grateful to have scheduled time in ... been so exhausted from staring at screens all day that when I did have -
Blog / MIT Life
Attack of the Acronyms and the space between the letters
were greeted with was an absolute flood of more acronyms. In fact, I think I’ve seen more acronyms in the past few weeks than in my entire life ... objective was in order. We would cross the illustrious [annotation note -
Blog / Admissions
Discovering Yourself A bit more mushy than normal. . . deal.
application I had a pretty solid game plan: Stress band, life in the country ... available (I actually think I got Part I in about four hours after it was ... in my application. I do so many things for fun, which one was the one I -
Blog / Academics & Research
“Never Calculate without Already Knowing the Answer!” xTalk about the "Art of Insight" by Prof Sanjoy Mahajan
specifically integration. It’s complicated (so much so, in fact, that I ... (a factor we would normally not consider since it is so negligible in ... also measures how much information you can process at a time. In short -
Blog / MIT Life
Kevin’s Room Portrait of an MIT Student
previously mentioned Kevin in my blog about snow antics. I built my first and only snowman, Olaf, with him in January 2015. Nearly two years later, I ... anyone who would listen, and in particular to Kyle Dannelly, his high -
Blog / Academics & Research
Birds Are Real, and So Is Quantum Physics Monkey see, monkey believe
I believe in quantum physics now. The past few weeks have changed ... experiments in 6.2410 (Quantum Systems Engineering Lab) – a class I’m taking ... a video of a monkey reacting to a magic trick, that's exactly how I -
Blog / MIT Life
Snowed In at the Fraternity the blizzard is real.
'm excited that I'll be sharing other people's experiences in the future with ... from the Boston side of the river as the humble brownstone I call my ... it out. Did you know blustery was a word? I didn't. I got an email -
Blog / Life after MIT
Thoughts from the Dungeon One night only
I’ve been stuck in the same dungeon in Metaphor: Refantazio for the ... would roll, and I could move on with my life. But…no. Mentally, I can ... ’m dealing with in Metaphor. Right? No. I was wrong. This is my fourth attempt -
Blog / Community Projects
We Are All Slaves to the Wind it gets pretty windy here in Kansas. Day 3 at the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition.
of the Kevlar fuselage. How did you steer the plane in the taxi ... /Build/Fly competition, and as hats flew and hair rippled in 30+ mph wind, it became clear ... today--two speed missions and one untimed cargo mission--so that we would -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life
principle does not account for the organ variant. In particular, it would ... statement of this blogpost. I claim we should not give up quite so easily. In ... intuition, I don’t think we would deem it intuitively clear that the moral -
Blog / About Decisions
Why I Love MIT And why you should
multiple different groups on campus this past semester, I've realized how ... performing or playing in a game, we gather people to watch and cheer them on. I ... Happy Valentine's Day to all you lovely readers of the MIT blogs! I -
Blog / Academics & Research
Let’s Get Physical Olivia Newton-John, I am not, but I can still pretend.
PE golf right up until May so she would be able to graduate in June ... Olivia Newton-John, I am not, but I can still pretend. MIT's Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation (DAPER) is in