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Bursting the MIT Bubble 1.0
Boston is a marvelous city! During the school year, I have regrettably failed to take advantage of its historical and culinary wonders, but when the post-finals laze took over, I devoted most of my...
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The Great Dome, Marriage Equality, and a Proud Hack
For those of you who didn't notice, the Supreme Court of the United States voted to legalize same-sex marriage yesterday. MIT noticed. The Great Dome is one of the most iconic pieces of architecture...
View ArticleAll Applicants Can Now Apply For Either Early or Regular Action
I wanted to let you know of a change in the admissions process for the forthcoming admissions cycle. As you may know, in the past international students (students without US citizenship or permanent...
View ArticleI am an MIT Admissions Officer, AMA
It's the middle of July, and my brain is so fried I'm punting on a few projects, so figured I'd make myself useful and answer some questions on a Friday afternoon. Ben used to do these big roundup...
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moving out
On Friday, May 22, I put on some waking-up music and started packing down my room. My finals were done, and move-out day was tomorrow. I only lived in East Campus G212 for half a semester--just barely...
View ArticleReuse Poetry
"I got it on Reuse," people say, with the emphasis in the word falling on the re-. When I see the word elsewhere and say reuse in my head, I'm reminded of the times I said 'UROP' and my grandparents...
View ArticleBe A Blogger 2015!
It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things: 1) I'm slow-cooking ribs at least once a week 2) My Google search history is basically variations of "where to buy industrial sized vats of SPF 50"...
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Pluto Flyby
Close up shot of Pluto. (Image Credit: NASA) On Jan 19, 2006, the New Horizons team at NASA launched a space probe to the Kuiper Belt. Nine and half years and 3 billion miles later, it has reached its...
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Campus is quiet
We’re sitting in my room doing pretty much nothing, because I guess we’re lame, or because there’s not much to do in the first place. It’s a Friday night, but campus is quiet in the summer. My door is...
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What I Did in High School
My high school was this tiny sort of dinky-looking building on the campus of a community college, forty-five minutes from my house. It was a public science and engineering magnet high school that runs...
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Things I Learned From Freshman Year
When I'm feeling irritable and/or stressed, I dislike empty advice. I particularly loathe the phrase “work smarter not harder”, probably because it was said to me many times last year by half-hearted...
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Ode to Freshman Days
I came to MIT a wide-eyed froshling. The sun shone brighter through campus windows. Every classroom exuded a dream glow. Every view overwhelmed the heart. I got by on 3-5 hours of sleep then. Soon,...
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Writing is difficult
Writing is difficult. It's the last day in July.* I find it very easy to DO things, but writing is difficult. So, I have decided to write this all in one go in my remaining 47 minutes on the train,...
View ArticleLearn Coding Before School Starts
#Learn Coding Before School Starts #by Erick '17 def intro(): print("Learning your first coding language can be really hard. By your second language, it gets slightly easier. Your third language?...
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Although of course you end up becoming yourself
I’m ranked in the bottom 39% on profile views among my connections on LinkedIn. My pageviews are down 80% from last week, when they peaked at an all-time high. I have a Basic account, but I could try...
View ArticleWhat It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT
As some of you know, I got my master's degree from the Comparative Media Studies program at MIT. While I was a graduate student, CMS merged with Writing to form CMS/W, which includes the Science...
View ArticleA (Belated) Letter to July
This is the way my hiatus ends This is the way my hiatus ends This is the way my hiatus ends Not with a bang but a vaguely-poetic angsty video. It's been a crazy 101 days since I last posted in...
View ArticleBefore You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition
In 4 weeks, you will leave home for an academic journey of 4 years. Commence the packing process! Frantic scrambling. Wading through piles of clothing and mementos on the floor... But what should you...
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Trip Report: IOI 2015 in Kazakhstan
Late last month, on July 25th, I boarded a Lufthansa flight from Boston to Frankfurt, and then Frankfurt to Almaty, the cultural and educational (but not political) capital of Kazakhstan, en route to...
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How to Choose a Laptop for College
I've been breaking computers from a young age. In middle school I tried setting up a dual boot between Windows XP and Ubuntu but I messed it up and corrupted my Windows installation and left myself...
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