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It’s 2015! Happy New Year
happiness in life's knapsack for 2015.
And so my resolution for this year is
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Blog / Miscellaneous
Touring an IS&T Datacenter, and How My Dad Crashed the Internet I promise they're related.
A non-negligible number of people reading this were probably pretty panicked at the submission of their Early Action applications during the last few days. That’s over now, so breathe and… -
Blog / Academics & Research
Summer Classes (or, Gettin’ Classy) I made a series of Biology videos about blood and learned about digital education!
This summer, I was enrolled in one of the five summer@future classes being offered for MIT students (with the snazzy bonus of summer housing, since these courses are all experimental).… -
Blog / Academics & Research
An Experiment in Independence all by myself for IAP
Signing in from sunny foggy and snowy and icy and rainy Greenbelt, Maryland, down the road from Goddard Space Flight Center, where I’ll be interning for the next four weeks… -
Blog / Personal Travel
Vertigo My brain hurts.
science, math, and engineering . Last summer, there was a kid whose life ... bubble. You can spend YOUR ENTIRE LIFE studying one celestial object! I -
Blog / How to MIT
Deadlines and Habits Staying sane
LIFE!" or "NO MORE COOKIES, EVER!") but this semester I've developed a ... semester, at the recommendation of my science fiction-obsessed, shelves-lined-with-Isaac-Asimov's-life -
Blog / Academics & Research
Fanboying at the Career Fair SpaceX, CubeSats, and free stuff, oh my!
Picture for me, if you will, all your favorite celebrities. These are people you’re in awe of, people you follow on Twitter, people you hold as your role models. They… -
Blog / Academics & Research
the journey to PLAYsentations or, the conclusion to the best class I've taken at MIT...so far
There’s a paragraph in Steve Job’s biography where famed Apple industrial designer Jony Ive discusses how his father influenced his early interest in design: “His Christmas gift to me would… -
Blog / Events
Consilience From college essays to a Medieval Studies @ MIT Colloquium
In 10th grade, I read a book by the biologist Edward O. Wilson and became obsessed with the word consilience. I loved all of my classes – Shakespeare, Western Civilizations,… -
Blog / Athletics
A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.
My PE class for the quarter is “zumba”, taught by a very cheerful, coordinated, muscular brunette named Ashley. It is held in the T-Club Lounge, a room with mirrors for… -
Blog / MIT Life
You Got The Gig So excited about ALL the Things!
Hi!! First of all, I’M SO EXCITED TO BE AN MIT BLOGGER!! When I got that message from the infamous King of the Internet, Chris Peterson, that said “YOU GOT… -
Blog / Events
Adventure’s Out There….. in Boston! Summer shenanigans at MIT
Finally back on the blogs, and it feels so good! (I’d normally start out my blogs apologizing for my lack of blogging, but I think I’ve said it so many… -
Blog / Academics & Research
Breadsticks and Business Just remember, undergrads are like puppies in the eyes of an alum
If you’ve ever seen Glee, you know that Breadsticks is the token restaurant hangout for the students at Lima High School. I am here to say that Bertuccis Brick Oven… -
Blog / Extracurriculars
Simulating Catastrophe and learning to speak up
I don’t know if your school does this, but MIT asks its students at the end of each semester to fill out course evaluations. Professors do make adjustments based on… -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Making Your Dorm Room a Piece of Art! [by Elise '14]...and how MIT'll help you!
[by Elise Ruan '14] Going to college and moving into a dorm means taking on the job of making a home out of a small shared room with preset furniture,… -
Blog / Academics & Research
Guest Lectures I had two ideas for good blog posts, and both were stolen by other bloggers!
importance and excitement of engineering careers; he told us about his life ... questions about student life and academics, at least for the MITES and WTP -
Blog / About Decisions
Finding Your Match and why it matters
fit in. For the first time in my life I didn't enjoy school anymore. And ... attended with whom I will be friends for life. But it wasn't until I came to -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
DEATH AND THE POWERS: The Robots’ Opera [by Ken Haggerty '11] An * exclusive sneak peak * of Prof. Machover's exciting new…
[by Ken Haggerty ’11] Death and the Powers: The Robots’ Opera has stunning visuals and technology, but it is Prof. Machover’s haunting melodies that send a chill up your nerves.… -
Blog / About Decisions
In Which I Get Schooled By My Professor This video does not contain an improvised song, but it does contain Peter Reddien.
, “This is the time of your life where your only responsibility is to learn ... with your life, a parent – remember to let everything you do be guided by -
Blog / Athletics
Nationals! In which MIT XC goes to Iowa
Roughly a week ago, on a Thursday morning, at the crack of dawn, I found myself, along with 15 groggy teammates and five coaches, at Logan airport, awaiting the plane…