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The Oreo Post i tried them all* !
against which all other Oreos can be compared. I'd recommend giving them a ... . [caption id="attachment_89514" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Choose ... Fourth of July Oreos, which are only sold during (obvs) July and which I'd -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Every song I’ve referenced in my admissions blog posts
these my favorite fun. songs. I don't think that's true anymore; I'd put ... . Though maybe I'd put At Least I'm Not As Sad (As I Used to Be) higher up ... something I'll listen to without skipping. Their first album, though, I'd skip -
Blog / Challenges
choosing the abridged version
linear regression in various forms). however, it did mean i’d be living in ... doing QR as my full-time job i’d likely end up discovering parts of the ... realistically i think if i went off for a year starting now i’d end up being less -
Blog / IAP
eighty hours (pt. 4) notes from the last day
. [caption id="attachment_84456" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] the ... kinds of people. It is mighty pretty out here, and I’d be a lot happier to ... Palo Alto. Alan: 1, US House of Representatives: 0. [caption id -
Blog / IAP
eighty hours (pt. 1) two trains, twelve states, 540 pictures, one Speaker of the House election, and more!
these entries. [caption id="attachment_84287" align="aligncenter" width ... . [caption id="attachment_84296" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] the hudson ... to do, but is better than just reading Twitter. [caption id -
Blog / Class Projects
in which i blog again four-ish blogs in one
things I’ve made. I had a plan for how and when I’d finish writing. The ... technicals I struggled to balance my work, and I’d either drop a class or have ... different ways, I’m sure all versions of me would still be left wishing I’d -
Blog / Uncategorized
Intertwined Relationships — for me — have always been about choices.
. I told them about my dad, and how I had been fifteen the last time I’d ... love. Ruth responded back to me once, after I’d messaged her about how -
Blog / Advice
It’s cool to care but maybe care a little less
to think about why. i told myself i'd care about academics less this ... think that, "oh, I'd care less about my friends in exchange for caring ... advice to give. For one, I'd bet that the kind of person reading this is -
Blog / Miscellaneous
in honor of tau the superior circle constant
: [caption id="attachment_62923" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] proof that ... , [latex]\pi = \frac{C}d[/latex]. [caption id="attachment_62770" align ... id="attachment_62765" align="aligncenter" width="371"] cow on dome -
Blog / Miscellaneous
some thoughts i have a few
's tiring and just didn't seem like something I'd enjoy. I didn't want to sit ... for where I lived. They'd assume that I'd be a little quirky or off or ... blogblock. I'd like to also say that I don't fault MIT at all for any of -
Blog / Internships & Externships
Dive: a cultural app take a look at my team's microsoft project!
actually find our first presentation here. I'd say this first week was pretty ... . So, yeah, those first 3 weeks I'd say I was pretty unhappy. I felt that ... work seems really cool and I'd definitely be interested in maybe pursuing -
Blog / Classes
Apply to WISE! It would be WISE of you to do so
apply to. But she wasn’t genuinely considering it. “I didn’t think I’d get ... her life.” [caption id="attachment_53837" align="aligncenter" width ... [her]” said something. [caption id="attachment_53842" align -
Blog / How to Human
on happiness and well-being Coursera attempts to cure our depression
was doing something right, I'd see another person's success and feel bad ... engage with others. [caption id="attachment_52775" align ... certain I'd qualify for, I was depressed for days. DAYS. I thought that the -
Blog / Hacks
MacG 50ish years ago an email from an alumnus
remove the stone or cover it up. [caption id="attachment_47206" align="aligncenter" width="466"] from volume 90, issue 44 of The Tech[/caption] [caption id ... nights. [caption id="attachment_47210" align="aligncenter" width="640 -
Blog / MISTI
[JOINT POST] Travelling as a black female "Alexa, play Brown Skin Girl..."
. It was as if I’d been invisible, but not enough to be pushed by a ... visited the Taj Mahal and touched it - this place I’d wanted to visit since ... darker skin. More times than I’d like to admit, I felt the urge to yell at -
Blog / Athletics
7 / Pressure is a privilege Training for my last hurrah, the US Championships
I'd continue skating when I stepped foot for orientation the first ... the arena, or the smartest engineer in the classroom. In fact, I'd ... I dreamed of, I haven't achieved everything I'd set off to as that -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
The Room Where It Happens my two year tale of student governance, up until the bitter end
wanted me to, and I had to play nice because I’d been effectively ignoring ... that I couldn’t even fathom how I’d be any help. Meetings carried on ... . I’d also had the same fears I had back when the MetX was happening -
Blog / Academics & Research
A Flood, an Ark, a Third Word I Am Missing Sophomore year starts out a little wet, and what is a community, really?
, House 2, and Spanish House. I moved into House 4, thinking I’d be able to ... , I’d be pretty excited to run into another MIT student or alumn, even ... or the media, where I’d heard mostly of the problems with greek life -
Blog / How to Human
The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer
and I'd be working for three to four hours on a single problem on each ... before and I'd be stuck. Each one told me similar things, reinforcing how ... and to learn the material in a way that I'd remember it. They also told