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Is campus safe?
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Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Leonard Nimoy at the Boston Pops He told me to live long and prosper!
Star Trek TV series. He grew up in the Boston area, where (in his words ... enterprise… …and then Mr. Spock walked in, hair greyer and ears rounder than I ... Last week, I raised my right hand and exchanged a Vulcan salute with -
Blog / Academics & Research
In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!
to travel! (with the added benefit that you can escape January in Boston.) Last January, I took a Spanish conversation class in Madrid with ... each of the countries—I’ve put them on Google drive so you can check them -
Blog / Admissions
Greetings from MIT Labs! Introducing MIT: The Game
's essentially where I post admissions updates, important blog entries, and ... Game is a revolutionary breakthrough in admissions technology. Designed ... -dozen current students in a room with a bunch of pizza and soda for 48 and let -
Blog / Admissions
Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test
in Economics, and I'd love to attend a school that is strongly ... your situation in Quantum II class. I hope that things even out for you ... happened in AP Calc. Sometimes when I'm bummed out about something, I try to -
Blog / Academics & Research
Swag … I mean, Career Fair What I did not acquire at the career fair:A job.
under the bed. I can see the floor of my room, for the first time in days ... more interested in sophomores or juniors. I do not have a resume. The ... What I acquired from the MIT Career fair last Thursday: 29 pens -
Blog / Life after MIT
Don’t Read This if you Already Go to MIT My life is good and I get plenty of sleep. Please don't hate me.
be going my way. Case in point number 1: As I was returning to Boston ... whatnot. Nonetheless, what are the odds? Case in point number 2: I was ... walking in just before him (and obviously late.) So I circled to the North -
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 ... wilder dreams have greater power to take shape, and where he can maybe have -
Blog / Events
Pluto Flyby and how MIT was involved
pick out details on Pluto as small as the ponds in New York City's Central Park. Photos of Pluto in 1930, 1996, and 2015 pic.twitter.com/Nfw63iQBjG — John D. Cook (@JohnDCook) July 14, 2015 Richard -
Blog / Academics & Research
When The Omnipotent Hand Of Google Fails You How some classes at the Institvte are justifiably hard.
source: http://xkcd.com/863/ Last night, I had a convincing nightmare that I was trying to double major in 18 and 6-3 and had mysteriously ... up clarifications of concepts we learned in class, I get a slew of -
Blog / Academics & Research
Lunch with Madam President Guess who I got to eat lunch with today?
. Plus I got to meet Bryan in real life, and he promised he would organize ... Well, apparently I touched a nerve with my last entry -- sounds like ... 're googling themselves -- hi professors, I really do like you!) So my big news -
Blog / Admissions
CPW Day 2 A recap, with pictures.
for dinner. From there I headed to the Mr/Miss MIT pageant in time to ... ? What are you talking about? P.S. Can I just tell you all how much the ... Another insane (in a good way) day! Got to MIT early; checked in with -
Blog / How to Human
Blogger’s Block a hiatus from writing (but not memeing)
this hiatus; I can't express enough how much I love being part of this ... the perceived finality of writing. 1. Being hosed I was trapped in a ... made me prioritize my obligations in a messy and unhealthy way. I was -
Blog / CPW
Who’s psyched? I’m psyched! It's gonna be stitchin'!
in a new house that my wife and I just finished building. Well, we didn ... Last year, about this time, I was typing a blog entry much like this ... , however. Difference 0 - I am 32 now. Last year I was 31. Difference 1 - I -
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
particular reason. In case you can't tell, I'm geeking out here, and loving ... a typical day at work. I'm in an office with four other undergrads ... College. They're all rising seniors in physics or astronomy; I'm the baby -
Blog / MIT Life
Enjoying the Little Things In which I ramble about happiness and taking breaks
-changing moments (of which I've had none in the past two weeks, to my knowledge), I ... can do! For anyone curious about the hike Rachel R. '16 and I went on, we went on the Green Line (I know I said Orange in the video... it -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
More Milk Please And a cookie too. If by cookie you mean an awesome metaphor.
struggling to take it all in. Don’t get me wrong. I love it here already. Sure ... around in bowls of milk. One day I too shall be an old, one eyed cat who ... something new? While I can’t yet say whether or not this shotgun method of -
Blog / Personal Projects
[liveblog] presenting at the Open Sauce maker expo! built a funky microscope with my friends
broke my leg. (don’t worry, I’ll walk again in a few months and be fully ... Jul 20, 2025 at 11am My friends (Asal V. ‘25 and Isaac L. ‘25) and I ... magnification. It’s cool because we can change the magnification continuously -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Welcome 2014s!! :) See you in the fall!
dysfunctional I really shouldn't miss you But I can't let you go Oh yeah ... finally made the decision on matriculation! For all of those that replied in the affirmative, congratulations! You're in for one heck of a ride -
Blog / Challenges
how to get to Boston the VERY HARD way
can't imagine something happening in the future -- the fun trip that I ... who wasn't related to me for the first time in five months. I still can ... one. I have friends by my side who I can trust, in matters of health and