MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 3 (Finals)
The MIT.01 course, Intro to the Institute, has been very exciting to teach, and I expect that it will be added to the extensive list of courses already existing on OpenCourseWare. To gauge the extent...
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Notes on the Interview (the EC edition!)
Maybe I need to get over myself - it's been six years since I was in my friend's room at Random Hall reading that fateful email from Ben Jones informing me that I was selected to be a blogger...BUT...
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MOMENTOS IMPRESIONANTES
I remember the first time I went to a market in my hometown. It was on one of those rare cold days, with icy sheets of rain washing the narrow, crowded, intertwining market streets. As I raced after...
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I should’ve started this earlier
If I had to explain what Junior year's been like so far.... I'd say this picture is quite accurate: (NASA/Wallops Flight Facility/Chris Perry) It's pretty much felt that way since the beginning of...
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An Alumni Barbecue
A few weeks ago, I organized a 140+ person barbecue for the many alumni that have lived on my hall, going all the way back to the MIT class of 1968. East Campus has a lot of history, and my floor...
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Life is like a Game
It's been a pretty rough week, so I took a break and drew out my struggles. For some reason (mostly the fact that I'm a media dork at heart), a video game metaphor was easiest to conceptualize in...
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Science! at the BAH!Fest
Have you ever heard the joke: What’s green and has wheels? A logical person might stroke his beard and say, “Hm. Well let’s see, that could be one of many things. I’m thinking maybe an alligator with...
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HackMIT: Coding over Cookies
One week ago, an eclectic group of ambitious young men and women flocked to HackMIT to crowd themselves into a gym for 30 hours and make...something. The hacking arena. The ingredients: ideas,...
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MIT Students Are Cool: Brian Chan edition
As an alum, people often ask me what I liked the most about being at MIT. The honest answer? THE PEOPLE! So I'm going to tell you stories about some of the awesome and amazing people that I went to...
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Early Action Updates 2013
It’s mid-October in Cambridge, which means the days are growing shorter, the leaves are changing color, and several thousand people are in the process of applying to MIT. The latter of these changes...
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A Couple of Firsts
I noticed something great about the MIT Admissions blogs as the days have gone on. Everyone’s so passionate about their posts, and all of us do a great job of describing life at MIT. They’re all...
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Deadlines and Habits
I am a first-semester senior. As a result, my brain has been swimming in fellowship deadlines and requirements, graduate school applications, and the possibility of a full-time job; occasionally, it...
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Alpha Delta Phi
Two months ago, after spending ten disastrous minutes walking in the wrong direction, I saw Random Hall for the first time. As I walked into my dorm, struggling with my luggage, I barely noticed the...
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Weekend Shenanigans
This weekend, in some order, I: 1. slept for twelve hours straight in one night 2. watched experienced the Rocky Horror Picture Show, live 3. learned about cornhole 4. went to Nightmarket It was a...
View ArticleQuestBridge 2013 FAQs
This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the QuestBridge National College Match. If you don’t know what this is, don’t worry! You can read the updates for Early Action at this blog entry:...
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Time Flies
It’s nearly the end of October, and autumn has finally begun coloring the city of Boston. Baker’s annual piano drop (this time, filled with candy) happened yesterday afternoon, people flocked to Save...
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Vertigo
I'm taking advantage of the Starbucks wireless network, at the Westin Arlington Gateway hotel in Virginia - and feeling overwhelming vertigo. I had the same feeling two weeks ago, while hanging out...
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Milk, Cookies and Dangerous Secrets
Picture this. A pavement somewhere along the infinitely stretching Mass. Ave, swathed in darkness that small glowing arcs from streetlights partially cut through. It’s 1994, Spring, chilly. The wind...
View ArticleAnswering Your Questions: EA Deadline Week
With our November 1 Early Action deadline looming (Friday!), we're here to answer your questions. How can we help? Answers below in the comments. I will try to update this post with FAQs. Adding...
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My 21st Birthday
This is Anna Ho, reporting live from her transition to being 21 years old. (Sidenote: a fun consequence of having a Halloween birthday is that whenever you go to the doctor's office and state your...
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