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Blog / Academics & Research
classes im taking this semester! the classic
in these lab hours, since there’s always someone right there to answer ... this class, and it’s been fun to learn and adopt a new way of thinking ... Professor Gilbert Strang’s textbook and [annotation note= "refers to Open -
Blog / How to Human
had i known how to save a life on self-care
friends from the philippines died from suicide, and it’s been troubling me ... through some really bad stuff in my life. in the scale of things, it’s ... through too much. i decided to go to mental health’s walk-in hours. i found -
Blog / MIT Life
Chang Ning District, Shanghai 上海，长宁区
) was MIT’s graduation and I was looking at all the pictures on Facebook ... that’s near my family. I was accepted into a program at Zhejiang ... people are interested in increasing China’s soft power influence, or -
Blog / Challenges
Breathless Why it's so hard to tell college students to ease up a bit.
. I ask him how his life’s been lately. He pulls out his cellphone, and ... -hour red blocks, many of which overlap. He talks me through how this week he’s ... get excited about the Amharic class he’s taking at Harvard. On our way -
Blog / Academics & Research
hello from seattle This blog post hopefully not brought to you with an NDA.
hello from seattle! Also, another nerd circus. (re: Chris (M)’s post ... -off. And because I wish my desktop computer’s LCD screens would have a ... in my – err, my dad’s – day... Right. Moving on. Back in January -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
A Pythagorean Triple of Awesome Otherwise known as the weekend of the 4th of July. Just another long weekend in…
the ChemE building), I actually have time to shop at Trader Joe’s at ... school year, it’s really easy to forget that you actually go to school in ... out and other not-so-nerdy things). And truly, there’s so much to do in -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Mathisms and other linguistic quirks of the nerd incubator
tongues math gibberish. It’s almost inevitable in this little cauldron of ... wafting into the next room. It’s in the name, after all–the Mathachusetts ... quirks before. For example, many know that MIT’s buildings aren’t named -
Blog / CPW
Backstage at the CPW Closing Show “Other duties as assigned”
officers; it’s a catch-call term used by employers to encompass all the ... managing many of the weekend’s events. While we have a dedicated internal ... audience of over 1,000. On MIT’s urban campus, there are only a handful of -
Blog / Extracurriculars
books I’ve read this year slowly but surely completing my 2020 resolutions
tackled. I think it’s a nice book to read and relax while sitting by the ... one’s decision to give aid. Additionally, other people’s unwillingness ... the cost of a new pair of shoes. And I think it’s more than fair to say -
Blog / MIT Life
Little things that remind me im not home
from home, like the weird practice of tipping, or how there’s functional ... something reminds me that I’m not in the Philippines anymore. Often, it’s the ... here’s a list of things that are different in the US.[annotation note="18 -
Blog / Academics & Research
‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record
that’s been on everyone’s mind for the past week. The pre-wedding dinner ... African undertone was all too reminiscent of home. So, although it’s likely ... ’ve been here, but that’s fine, because the image from Boston still lingers -
Blog / Admissions
MIT-vangelion: Behind the scenes! how we made the Pi Day 2023 video!
We–Jebby, Jenny, Kai, and Isbla–animated this year’s Pi Day video! If ... didn’t know that I was going to be in charge of this year’s Pi Day video ... . Initially, I was like “haha what if MIT had an anime opening because there’s -
Blog / How to Human
Spoofy Spooky Stories MIT is ~haunted~
walking back to our apartment from our friend Jess’s dinner party. Trees ... it’s true that many people here tend to overcommit themselves, this isn ... school year"]Barker Reading Room.[/annotation] It’s 4:40am. You usually -
Blog / Academics & Research
[Joint Post] DesignPlus A super cool and awesome first-year learning community ft. Gloria and Teresa (we're not biased)
given the choice of several types of faculty advising. There’s traditional ... about DesignPlus, or D+ for short! As the name suggests, it’s oriented ... and bond with fellow classmates. There’s also an emphasis on making and -
Blog / Miscellaneous
I Hate Superman. (I Love Superman.)
earth. I’d laugh if someone told me this is the power they’d want. He’s much too powerful, it’s like he’s cheating! He could beat almost any ... ’t help but feel like he became a propaganda tool. Used to support the U.S -
Blog / Uncategorized
eat food to live cook food because why not!?
aunty’s pumpkin crunch desserts or my grandpa’s kalua turkey, I won’t be ... for cooking. Each suite has its own kitchen, and the dorm’s big shared ... pancakes to tapioca pudding. But those are all just little things. Let’s -
Blog / Academics & Research
it’s getting colder and i’m getting older on fall, friendship, and growing up
has abruptly given way to winter. It’s the cold air stinging my airway, how it’s always dark out after my last class of the day, that tells me ... apples. They’re just okay. It’s really all for the opportunity to frolic -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Atomic Friends a comic
expressionless. CAPTION: In the 9th grade… CAPTION: I learned about Bohr’s ... plaid button up and has an awkward, but kind look to him. To Cami’s right ... , it’s her friends’ faces and her as the nucleus. CAPTION: I -
Blog / Challenges
I moved to Maine just a wisconsin girl in an east coast world
. She’s a good mom; she understood. But then it was just me and a group of ... us a flexible move-out date. bLeSs tHe HoUsInG gOdS. Our host is ... still so normal two weeks ago, just two sisters laughing at each other’s