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Spring Break! *frantically waves arms in the air*
a UROP! I never thought I'd be joining the ~85% of the MIT population
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Blog / Admissions
Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.
As you begin your MIT application and other college applications, I thought I'd give some tips on how to avoid simple spelling errors. Most errors I see are not in the essay portion. People are pretty good about -
Blog / Academics & Research
Mastering Physics Has No Soul I love online assignments. har. har.
I don't usually like to post these kind of "on-the-whim" entries (I'd write more, but I'm still finishing 2 psets), but I believe this is an important part of MIT Student Life. @@ Say that I'm irresponsible for not -
Blog / About Decisions
Pi(e) Day Burton 1 celebrates Pi Day as we generally like to celebrate all unofficial nerd holidays…
Day party. So I thought I'd take a second to post a bunch of pictures -
Blog / Academics & Research
Thanksgiving in England Celebrating a North American holiday in Britain.
After reading Chris' blog entry about Thanksgiving at MIT, I thought I'd write about celebrating an American holiday in Britain. Although to be honest, instead of thinking, "Wow I've been in England for 2 -
Blog / Academics & Research
Then and Now The two are remarkably similar.
the 77% I'd earned on my 18.02 final and hey, I'd passed multivariable ... -final rush once I'd found out that I'd passed everything? Also easy - come on -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Holiday Stories Here's mine. What are some of yours?
. (Mind you, I'd recently taught my son to say "Miss April, you are so -
Blog / Admissions
Clarification On Last Post I was really just trying to say that when I look at your names in…
a single applicant's numbers, to tell you the truth, and I'd be hard -
Blog / How to Human
infinite corridors can’t believe there are no posts with this title yet
i’d been caught completely off-guard by life after school and often wondered if i’d squandered all my time in college, if i was being punished ... school and aren’t constantly getting feedback (eg. via grades), and i’d -
Blog / MIT Life
GUYS IT SNOWED!! yayayayyaayy
spark of hope!! Then, I’d check the weather again an hour later, and it ... banal Wednesday—except extra sad because I’d have to wake up at 8:00 am ... even made some snow angels! [caption id="attachment_94979" align -
Blog / Admissions
a fun bet spicing up the admissions process
. I set up the bet so that if I fell short, I’d get a consolation prize, and if I got in, I’d be so happy I wouldn’t care about my wallet. ... day. [caption id="attachment_94902" align="aligncenter" width="300"] i -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
the luxury of bad art nothing but the truth
distance between souls in crisply-produced three-minute bundles. [caption id ... fourth or fifth grade, I felt like I’d been constricted by gender norms, by ... be—but I’d never really discussed my frustrations with anybody. Then I -
Blog / How to Boston and Beyond
[Guest Post] The Alleyway by Isabella Y. '24
as they laugh at the sheer amount of water pouring from the sky. I’d ... like nightingales. Content with staying dry but wistful for adventure, I’d ... . [caption id="attachment_76820" align="aligncenter" width="750"] art by -
Blog / Challenges
avatar a weird metaphor for careers
think i’d strongly prefer a world where more people kept an explicit goal ... naturally i’d be attracted to the avatar metaphor on the other hand, i don ... friend, and they asked me how i’d want to resolve this discrepancy. at -
Blog / How to Food
“I’m vegetarian now!” Two months, twenty-four days, and goin’ strong
run a heckton, so I assumed I’d be craving protein, but it turns out I ... vegetarian farm. I’d been eating less meat ever since coming to Europe, since ... . [caption id="attachment_58913" align="aligncenter" width="225"] Scrambled -
Blog / Miscellaneous
snowfall as the snowflakes fall, they remind me of home
"']a decent amount had fallen:[/annotation] [caption id="attachment_58295 ... around a foot or so, maximum. [caption id="attachment_58260" align ... . Finally, it had arrived. [caption id="attachment_58257" align -
Blog / How to Human
setting up a house will it take an entire semester? stay tuned
strewn across the common areas that we could barely move... [caption id ... stairs at 1 AM. [caption id="attachment_56549" align="aligncenter" width ... tapestry and fairy lights. So...my room went from this... [caption id -
Blog / Classes
thing that have changed not my class year...pls god i want to be a freshman forever
things. last year, i'd forget about nearly every prepset for [annotation ... 't regret it since i'd gotten a lot done during the day and had worked the ... or do as many things as i'd like to, given current circumstances, but i -
Blog / How to Human
GET A BIKE very important psa
:05, i would leave around 9:47. [caption id="attachment_52941" align ... quiet study rooms"]go-to place to study?[/annotation] [caption id ... cheese"]Roxy's[/annotation] because of the distance, or when i'd UBER to -
Blog / Events
To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before: P.S. I Love You THANK YOU LSC
I N G at this point. [caption id="attachment_50555" align="alignleft" width="300"] before[/caption] [caption id="attachment_50556" align ... Boys I've Loved Before: P.S. I Love You and I'd LOVE LOVE LOVE if people