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I’m Not Normal About Friends (Part 1)
I started watching Friends a few weeks ago. I thought it was going to be an innocuous little break from the stress-inducing shows that I usually choose to watch like The Bear or Black Mirror. Then out...
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Always the Art Kid
When I was younger, people called me the “art kid.” I distinctly remember the first job I ever wanted to be was an interior designer. I drew lopsided houses in school and haphazardly scribbled drawings...
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art things #1
Although it may not be as apparent as other aspects of MIT, the visual arts presence here (and in the greater Boston area) is super vibrant! There are a ton of resources on campus for making and...
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transitions
This post started as a voice memo, taken during a walk home. Its unpolished, initial form, complete with pauses and rephrasings, is here:...
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Blogger Retreat 2023
Earlier this year, Kano suggested we have a blogger retreat this semester. We really be in our romanticism era. One month later, with an Airbnb booked, tickets for the commuter rail bought, and our...
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‘Til the Net Breaks
Hi, everyone! The soccer season has just wrapped up, and I wanted to give y’all a little recap. For starters, it’s important to know that the season is basically broken up into three mini seasons:...
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a fun bet
When I was once a high school senior drowning in college applications, every essay that I wrote left me more and anxious about whether I was going anywhere at all. I wanted to go to college, but how...
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many pink dresses
There are four pink dresses in my room. Presentations for MIT’s most well-known MechE capstone, 2.009: Product Design, are coming up this Monday. There are six teams — Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple,...
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Curseroad
Choosing classes at MIT is like filling up a skill tree in a video game. Each class taken unlocks branches of other exciting classes, and there are always tons of great options to choose from. But...
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SIMMONS GOT A TRAMPOLINE!!!
There’s a trampoline in Simmons!!!! Trampoline!!!! and also the ping pong table that is now less cool in comparison I live in Simmons Hall. For the last few weeks, large boxes have been sitting in the...
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GUYS IT SNOWED!!
AHHHHHH!!!! I love snow!! I’ve been checking my weather app slightly for the last month or so, and every once and a while a [four days from now: 30% chance of <0.05 in. of snow for 20 minutes] has...
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my shattered laptop
Yesterday, what was an unfortunate event turned into something kinda funny… During lecture for MAS.863 How To Make Almost Anything at the Media Lab, a classmate accidentally shattered my laptop screen....
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Music for Pre-decisions De-stressing
Waiting for college decisions is difficult. Trust me, I’ve been there before. This is a collection of songs that helps calm me down before going into something stressful. Many of these were songs I...
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This past September, I started my master’s of engineering. At MIT, the computer science MEng is often seen as an extension of undergrad, but I wanted to compare the two experiences, with the caveat...
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Blogger Wrapped 2023
IT’S BLOGGER WRAPPED TIME This feels almost poetic to me. The very first time I even considered applying to MIT was in January of 2022, when I received a January MIT Newsletter and saw a summary of...
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MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/16/23, at 12:16 PM ET
I’ve stopped listening to Jenny’s cozy destress vibes playlist while psychoanalyzing the bloggers01 bloggers: i'm looking at your spotify wrapped and taking in the information and creating new...
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Watch the “Wild” 2023 Final Presentations for 2.009: Product Engineering...
2.009: Product Engineering Processes is a capstone course in Course 2 (Mechanical Engineering) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my fellow FIRST alumni out there, it’s sort of like FRC,...
View Articlethe mortifying ordeal of being known
I’ve mentioned a few times in the past about being unsure as to whether I should pursue a PhD program right after graduation or work in the industry for a bit first. My intention has been to work in...
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Waiting…
A few days ago, I scrolled through my camera roll to find an old picture. Instead, I found a nearly one year old video that I accidentally recorded when I was talking to my parents about college...
View ArticleOpen Thread: Not Admitted Early
Today, some of our applicants learned conclusively that we will not be able to offer them admission to the Class of 2028. This is an open forum for you to talk, shake it off, and remember that you will...
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