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Blog / Academics & Research
A Lot Can Happen in 7 Days
online guides said I'd be overwhelmed by the size of CES, and I was indeed -
Blog / Academics & Research
A Lot Can Happen in 365 Days 8,760 hours of work, sleep, and play
winning is done (paraphrasing Rocky). I'd like to leave you with my -
Blog / Academics & Research
Psetting en route to North Carolina Sectionals vs. Midterms
told myself to trust the training I'd put into this event, and treat it -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…
universe, and everything. If it were up to me, I’d sleep at least 9 hours -
Blog / Life after MIT
On Moving A goodbye that took me a semester, and some distance, to write.
to MIT. Not in a trapped way. I just thought I'd want to get as far -
Blog / How to Boston and Beyond
A Guide to Farmer’s Markets We found lychee in a hopeless place.
, dried, and picked through the produce I'd bought. (Optional: take some -
Blog / Challenges
The Tech profiled Lydia about resilience @ MIT "I’m building my vocabulary and I’m building my mind and I’m building myself as a…
people emailed me, especially alums, especially people I’d looked up to -
Blog / Admissions
Mini-Guide to CPW KAPOW! GET EXCITED!!!
would’ve never guessed I’d enjoy it, but I did immensely because of the -
Blog / Academics & Research
Calculating a Quantitative Snapshot of Fall Semester Skip to the end for a picture of peas
fork. Before you say that this is simply a spork, I’d like to politely -
Blog / Academics & Research
Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester
group problem solving events, which I’d miss terribly if not for the -
Blog / Challenges
For Those Weeks When You Just Cannot We all have those weeks, sometimes you need a break
home to get food so I'd remember to eat. I then went home and put on real -
Blog / IAP
IAP in China through MIT’s China Development Initiative A week-long mentorship program in Xiamen, Fujian
’s…logistically inconvenient. I think it’s something I’d regret not doing later…” If I could go -
Blog / Events
An Evening With Pizza, Constipation and Hell-Sucked Villains Written in the style of TWoP’s recappers, to mourn the website’s closing. Weird things may…
swelled to epic proportions, and I sat there feeling like I’d eaten a couple -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
SCIENCE ALERT: “smoking gun” evidence for Alan Guth’s theory of inflation! Good thing I already have Alan Guth's signature on all of my class registration forms.
freakout when gears in my brain clicked and I realized who I'd been speaking -
Blog / Events
In Prison Literally
scrutiny is intense, 24-7. I was glad at the opportunity to take classes. I’d -
Blog / Personal Travel
Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.
Queen Victoria III's "HELLO?" outside my tent. Shocked at how late I'd -
Blog / About Decisions
If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise
publish this now. Before I go, I'd like to tell you what my astrophysics -
Blog / Extracurriculars
The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!
, carrying my playlist that I'd assembled literally minutes before and hoping I -
Blog / Academics & Research
Junior Year: The First Week (Originally titled "Junior Year: The First Day" but I procrastinated too much)
. BRING IT. Where did all of that energy come from? I'd say it came from