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head above the water
When I tried practicing for the swim test, I realized how long it had actually been since I swam. This pool wasn’t like the neighborhood pool where I could slowly ease into the shallow end of the pool...
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this is the real life
Whenever I try to think about the last year, it doesn’t feel real. In fact, I usually actively stop myself when I get on that train of thought, because it’s just so sad and generally emotionally taxing...
View ArticleNavigating the PM Interview
Directory Introduction Is product management right for me? The Interview The Format Question Types Behavioral Framework: STAR method Example Question Best Practices Product Design Framework Best...
View ArticleCelebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day with AISES + NASA
The second Monday in October has long been an MIT holiday, but today is the second year that MIT has observed it as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, and the first that it has been federally recognized as such....
View ArticleApplying Sideways (in Chinese)
Almost 11 years ago, I wrote a blog post called Applying Sideways that was my attempt14 Audacious, in retrospect, given that I had been an admissions officer for a single cycle. to give some advice on...
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Crocheting With the Firehose
Over the past few months, I have become obsessed with crochet. Before I came to Boston, I dedicated quite some time to ironing out the logistics of crocheting at MIT. How will I pack all my yarn? What...
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joshua angrist shares the nobel prize!
Some of you may have heard the news already, but if you haven’t: on Monday, Joshua Angrist, the Ford International Professor of Economics at MIT, won the Nobel Prize in Economics (officially, the 2021...
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walking mechanics
it turns out many people at mit walk really slowly. not in the sense that mit is slower than the rest of the world, but in the sense that you can optimize walking significantly when armed with basic...
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in wonderland
“Who are you?” said the Caterpillar. This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, “I—I hardly know, Sir, just at present—at least I know who I was when I got up...
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from me to you
Sometimes, you need to let things go up in flames. . . . I have struggled with writing blogposts in the past few months. It’s not for a lack of things to write about—there’s always something going on...
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a salmonella saga
I didn’t leave the MIT bubble much my freshman year. hell, I barely left my dorm. there was so much going on all the time that I didn’t bother trying to venture out into Boston very often. over the...
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my summer!
This summer was a summer of many firsts. First time actually living by myself. First time regularly using public transportation by myself. First time booking all my doctor’s appointments. This summer...
View Articlegone was any trace of you
I have experienced love before, at least I think so. Awkward hand holding in my freshman year of high school, giggles behind lockers and sneaking out of classrooms, sitting next to each other at lunch...
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Ring Delivery 2021
On October 10th, the MIT class of 2023 had Ring Delivery. Ring Delivery typically happens in your sophomore spring, to mark not only the arrival of your brass rat04 The MIT undergraduate class ring....
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A Fangirl Moment
A bit ago, the larger group my UROP lab is a part of had a free lunch event. I was initially hesitant about going since it seemed like the event was for grad students/postdocs/researchers/profs to...
View Articlea small moment in time
My first truly colossal failure feels like it happened yesterday. I still remember walking away and feeling like my blood had drained out of my body. I felt empty, but I knew it wouldn’t be long before...
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making things
Maybe my favorite part of course 2A is sitting next to my friend in 2.001 and jointly scrolling through MIT Confessions. 2.001, a core class on mechanics, is two hours long; reading those posts gets me...
View Article6.0001 is Done
The first quarter comes to a close at MIT. I am crocheting winter attire. My radiator churns and hisses through the night. Hundreds of students submit their final problem set. Held breaths are...
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forbidden gatorade
My summer UROP involved some cell culture training, which started off with “Try not to drink the media.” This really just implies that cell media is, in fact, drinkable. It comes in a whole range of...
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mmmm wikipedia
If you can’t tell from the title, I love scrolling through Wikipedia. Yes, the website that your middle school English teacher probably rained hellfire on about how you should never ever use Wikipedia...
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