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MIT Memory Quilt
At MIT, one inevitably collects a lot of shirts. Like…a lot. There are shirts from random events, from REX/Rush, athletics, internships, and of course, Career Fair. These shirts pile up in your...
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What Did I Learn at MIT?
A few weeks ago, in a true callback to our high school days, Paolo and I were Protobowling feverishly. For those of you who weren’t quiz bowlers in high school, Protobowl is the website that trivia...
View ArticleThe Quest Continues
Well, here we are. By the time you’re reading this – January 29th, 2021 at 5 pm EST, if I actually post this on time – I will no longer be an MIT student. I wouldn’t consider myself graduated...
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Adventures at Trader Joe’s
Ok so I am very late jumping on the Trader Joe’s bandwagon, but I’m finally here to enjoy all of the great things it has to offer! For all of the Trader Joe’s lovers out there, you are in for some good...
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walking, walking, walking
Walking alone ’cause the night is dead. Crossed my mind when I crossed the bridge. fun.,01 yes, <a href="https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/fun/">another blog post</a> that includes...
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[Guest Post] Things to do while waiting for decisions
Make a 100 layer crepe cake Buy some semi-temporary tattoo ink and make some bad decisions Bike down the steepest hill in your town without dying Peel a strawberry Bake a grape Surgery on a grape...
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highlights: high points of a virtual fall
After about **checks watch** 47 days of not blogging, returning to writing feels quite odd. There have been many swirling thoughts through my head, so many things I want to blog about, but I have...
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2020 Reflections & 2021 Resolutions
Hello and happy new year (kind of)! I was really bummed out to make this post since I feel like I didn’t accomplish many of the resolutions I planned for 2020, but regardless I think it’s good to...
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i’m studying abroad this semester
Yes, you read that title right. I’m going to be studying abroad this semester! For real! Okay, sadly, it’s a remote program, because *gestures wildly at the state of the world*. Last semester, I took a...
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hope springs eternal
It’s a beautiful day today in Boston, and looking out the window at the Charles River, recently covered in snow, I can’t help but feel anything but a kind of pure, unadulterated hope for the coming...
View ArticleLife on Campus?
I loved living in Macgregor. Every weekday, I woke up at 6, brushed my teeth, and stumbled across Memorial Drive to the boathouse. At 6:30 sharp, clad in sunglasses and head-to-toe rain gear, I yelled...
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Vicennial
If indeed I post this on time, as of February 9th, 2021, I’ll be twenty years old. Wow. So weathered, so wise. I’m heading back to Boston in a couple days, after this eight-week vacation. For now I’m...
View Articlesome thoughts
I’ve been blogblocked a lot and I’ve been really trying to find something to write about, but every time I start, it feels like I’m not being eloquent or interesting enough and I end up erasing it...
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fictional coping mechanisms
I’m gonna be honest: I’ve written and deleted and re-written and deleted this post at least three times now. It’s literally not even that deep of a topic. “Just write about your favorite shows and...
View ArticleThe Blog Graveyard
I’ve gotten into the habit of keeping graveyards for my writing—little, dedicated spaces for my sentences and paragraphs that don’t make the final cut—where I can lay them to rest without feeling like...
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back in east campus
i moved back to east campus last weekend, and to continue the kinda silly tradition, here is a picture of my old room. the move was slightly less smooth than last time, because i had to carry boxes up...
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IAP thoughts
I moved to campus this past weekend! It’s super exciting! I will probably write a post about it, but this is not that post. Instead, this is an IAP post: what I did, what I thought. Which was a lot, on...
View ArticleMusings of My High School Senior Self
Well, the moment is finally here. My last first day at (virtual) MIT. And it feels just as surreal as it felt when I got to campus for the first time. Everything was so new and there was this sense of...
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The River Freezes Over
The river freezes over, but it isn’t frozen solid. My roommate and I gestured at it through the window of our Uber, wondering aloud if water flowed beneath the sparkling ice. It does, but I didn’t find...
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goodbye, thoughts; welcome, semester
I’ve never been so excited for a semester. I’m taking classes that are *gasp* relevant! and interesting!! and I’m only taking four of them, so I’m not frazzled like I was last fall. I feel like I’ll be...
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