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Friday Night at Random
For the past almost four and a half years, which is just under a fifth of my life so far, I have lived in Random Hall, MIT’s smallest and nerdiest dorm. Right now I am in Florida for winter break, and...
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The Lessons I’ve Learned
It's been a rough and challenging December and semester overall, both physically and mentally. I learned a lot of lessons that have forever changed my MIT experience. This semester I did all of my...
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It’s 2015!
I’m in my Uncle’s home in Virginia, typing the word ‘word’. And now ‘now’. And at this moment, ‘moment’. My throat predicted that truly awful joke well in advance, and is currently staging a protest...
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My IAP
Ahh my IAP is going to be so cool!!! There are quite a few things. First of all, IAP is MIT's Independent Activities Period, where MIT students have the whole month of January to do anything they want...
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IAP of Coding
First off, I'd like to thank everyone, especially you, my readers, for the surprising amount of support and encouragement over the past few weeks. I couldn't begin to fathom how many other people are...
View ArticleWinter Break and New Year Resolutions
It's been a couple weeks, hasn't it? Now that I'm back on campus for IAP, TA-ing a class (blog post to come) and continuing one of my UROPs from this past semester (the MITx supplemental video-making...
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aeroastro privilege
Being a major in Course 16 (Aeronautics and Astronautics, or AeroAstro for short) has its benefits. For instance, we all got priority tickets to the AeroAstro Centennial (which closed with an Elon...
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East Campus, A Home
I'm writing this blog post's introduction from an Amtrak train heading back to MIT (well, South Station in Boston) from my hometown of New York City. I always manage to overheat when I travel, so I'm...
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IAP Jealousy
One thing we always mention during information sessions is IAP, because of how unique it is to an MIT education. I wanted to update my spiel a little since I tend to talk about glass-blowing and...
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How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide
^ how not to do it. "Help! I'm from [Los Angeles/Orlando/other perpetually sunny place]. What do I need to survive an East Coast winter?" I'm glad you asked! As a lifelong Californian before I...
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I Scrapbook Sometimes
I wrote lightly about scrapbooking in my coping with anxiety blog post, but I did not get to post about any of my own pages. Here is a look into my life, and how I feel. My hopes and dreams, and my...
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Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #1-5
1. Go home My last final ended at 12pm on a particularly ominous Wednesday. I say ominous because I had just slogged my way through three other finals in the past two days (6.0001, 20.110, and 5.13)...
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My IAP
What am I up to? My Thesis This is probably any grad student’s answer to that question, no matter the time of year. This winter I have started working in the Sabeti lab at the Broad, my thesis lab....
View ArticleYour February Updates & Notes Form
Hi Everyone, The MIT February Updates & Notes Form is now available on MyMIT. Wait! Before you fill this form out, please read some important info below. First, though, relax! This is easy, and...
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Merit
I’m spending this IAP doing, among other things, five shifts a week as a Tech Caller, which means I call alumni, talk to them, and ask them to donate to MIT. It’s a fascinating job, and it deserves an...
View ArticleBattle of the Boot
I was ecstatic. An educational video I had made for my IAP class was going to debut on the big screen. A white sheet would descend from the ceiling of the Simmons auditorium and display my work of...
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Do You Wanna Build A Snowman?
Sleeping at night has become one of those mythical concepts this IAP, like unicorns or people that don’t like Taylor Swift. What’s not to like? >:( The backstory explaining this is relatively...
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Life, IHTFP, and Everything
The first sentence is always the hardest. At MIT, however, it came easily. On my first full day here, I jumped onto a trapeze, despite the fear of high places. I talked to my roommate until early...
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learn by doing
It's snowing. Hard. Blizzard-warning, dangerous-to-be-outside, MIT-is-closed hard. But people like to stay active; my hall, for instance, is currently making plans to build an igloo tomorrow. I've...
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January Book List
The snow is quiet and deep. I hope all the people who want to read and don't have time got some time today, stuck at home by the blizzard. This is not a best-of-the-year list. It's not a syllabus for...
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