Open Thread: Deferred Early
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View ArticleMIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online
MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2028 are now available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you...
View Articlelots of words and a tungsten cube
in the past couple of months, my floor has found itself back in the trenches of memorizing speeches and monologues and poems (but mostly the first two), started by Jonathan learning the critic’s...
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6.2050 – Field Programmable Gate Awesomeness
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djent is not a djenre
Sometime in high school, I was trying to break the ice at a group meeting. I asked everyone, “what kind of music do you listen to?” Someone laughed nervously, “woahhh there, that’s a really personal...
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class sketching
I’m gonna go through some of the classes I took this semester and explain the kinds of things I learned, in a very simplified manner, as a sketch. If you don’t get something that’s totally fine, it’s...
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my gap year of nothing and everything
The idea of taking a gap year, like to most, initially terrified me. Instead of spending time in school, I’d have to find other things to do. There were no class schedules or club meetings to provide...
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the contours of a wild ride
2.009 presentations were December 11th. Theme: WILD! 2.009 is a MechE capstone class in which six teams each create a new product. It’s known for being intense, silly, and a lot of fun. This blog is my...
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the pieces
Each time you come home, you’re faced with the self you left behind. Every hobby I picked up, except blacksmithing, lives in this room. My jewelry supplies are still in the desk drawer, though I’ve...
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The Sophomore Stupid
Last Friday afternoon, I finished my last final. I’ve never been so relieved to finally be done with anything. It was both distressing and comforting that time would not slow down for either my...
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I swear this isn’t an ad for Google
Earlier this year, I had planned to write a blog post testing whether it’s possible to train a machine-learning model to learn Course 6’s new class numbering system. It would’ve been so cool – I was...
View Article4th and Goal – College Application Season
[The following is a collection of ramblings and memory unloadings that I wrote throughout the semester, typically whenever I missed home. I titled each document “I miss application season,” but over...
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firsts of first year
As we’re approaching the first of 2024, I’ve been thinking about firsts. First bike, first time camping, first best friend… and my first year at MIT. I think fondly of that year, despite all the...
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Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024
In the rush of finals and the end of the semester, I’ve been losing track of time. I flew back home to Pennsylvania for the first time on December 22 after my last final, drove home from the airport,...
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My 2023 Libby Wrapped
Spotify Wrapped came out a little while ago, and Kayode wrote a post about all our results that you should definitely check out! My own Spotify Wrapped is unfortunately a little underwhelming, since I...
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what I did this semester
Compared to the previous, this semester was less tumultuous, more of a steady rush of things-to-do rather than a series of breathless waves. It helped that I got an early start, having stayed in Boston...
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in this coming year we run
In review — it’s been a good year. In reverse-chronological order, I… full sent a project, which was cool No one in my life has heard about this at all, but this fall I was in 2.009 [link]. We sent...
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go alone
The water is painted with soft teal waves and tinged with an amber glow. I’m sitting on a cold concrete slab, where the tides would normally spill over. I look out into the distance and squint at...
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welding spiels
One of my favorite places on campus is the Metropolis makerspace. It’s where I learned how to 3D print, lasercut, weld, and fiddle with electronics. It’s where I realized that I can too can be a...
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