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Finally, I Wrote a Post about Grad School
I applied for biology Ph.D. programs this past fall and interviewed at several schools in January and February. The process was incredibly familiar03 tbt applying to MIT >4 years ago and yet so...
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blogger tag yourself: quarantine edition
if i didn’t tag myself as, erm, myself, i’d probably say i’m Afeefah. damn, i’m always working in bed and it’s SUCH an issue. who are you? let us know :)
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next to normal
content warning: extended discussion of suicidal thoughts. i recently listened to the soundtrack of next to normal, this 2008 musical about a mother who struggles with bipolar disorder. one of the...
View ArticleNever Have I Ever…reflected on my identity
This week, I, like many other Indian American girls I know, binge-watched the Netflix show Never Have I Ever. The show, which happens to be the No. 1 trending series on Netflix right now, garnered a...
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Fall 2020 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live
Earlier today, we completed and released our decisions for transfer applicants who applied for entry during Fall 2020. You may access your decision at apply.mitadmissions.org—the same site where you...
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then and now
warnings: suicide ment, depression ment 1. The first time it happened was in fifth grade, right before spring break. I was called into the principal’s office. “I hear you’re threatening to commit...
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my year in music, volume 3
well here we are again. those of you have been keeping up with the blogs for many years might remember that i’ve been writing love poems to spotify ever since freshman year. shuli and ankita have also...
View Articledeep talks
The weird thing about quarantine is that I’m actually being better about staying in touch with my friends than I was when I was while I was at MIT…and surrounded by my friends. I attribute this to...
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I spent the last few days thinking about how I felt about the murder of Amaud Arbery. After seeing the news a few days ago, I quickly went to find who had killed this man, and how they were going to be...
View Articlestaying in touch
i’m taking this course called “The Science of Well-Being” on Coursera that’s supposed to teach you how to be happier and more productive. i was skeptical about it at first since, erm, since when has...
View ArticleParting Remarks
So with today being my last day of classes I decided to make this last video just sort of going through how MIT was for me. For those of you that have been with me for the long haul know that I got...
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Ice Bear
Due to popular demand, here’s a guest post from Ice Bear. If you haven’t heard of Ice Bear before, here’s a good introductory video: Ice Bear wakes up. Ice Bear observes CJ do work. Ice Bear enjoys...
View ArticleQuestions & Answers
Where have I been? I haven’t blogged since February 3. A lot has happened since; I’m sure I could write pages of excuses about why I haven’t had time to blog, and what I’ve been doing instead. The main...
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WMBR: College Radio at MIT
One of the first things I did when I got to MIT was join the campus radio station, WMBR. It was a completely spontaneous decision; I had never even made a playlist before, and my voice isn’t really the...
View Articleend of semester reflections
My first year at MIT has officially ended!! That’s crazy!! Spring semester, the past few months in particular, have all been a blur, but we DONE (sans my physics final next week rip lol) The last...
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My Freshman Journey with Internships
I wanted to write a comprehensive post on my experience with being a freshman applying to internships. I also want to preface this post by saying it is extremely rare for freshmen to get internships....
View ArticleVisual Arts @ MIT part 3
As a way to tie up our visual arts discussions on the blogs, we want to write a final installment in our Visual Arts @ MIT series. In the first Visual Arts @ MIT post, we talked about the various...
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uncertainly
it’s been a while since i talked about my life. the east campus house team sent care packages to the residents housed in baker. there was chocolate, and granola bars, and a note. “we look forward to...
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Our Independent Studies
At the beginning of this semester, we were really unsure of what course 6 class we wanted to take. Last semester, we finally took 6.837 Computer Graphics, the class we had been slowly working up...
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vibe check
I moved to Cambridge for the summer!! I’m living near Central Square, so I’m about a 10-minute walk from campus. I’m staying in two adjacent apartments with 11 other03 9 out of the 11 other freshmen,...
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