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Notes from the Road: NorCal, Netherlands, Nick Cannon, and Nerd Camp
People often ask me what admissions officers do in the summer. They seem surprised when I say "work." I guess there's an expectation that, because I work at a university, and because there aren't any...
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Breaking Normal
written freshman spring 2015 inspired by this awesome video from Ze Frank I just returned from a 7.013 Introductory Biology midterm, and the greatest pleasure in the world is ripping my glasses off,...
View ArticleBe a Blogger 2016!
It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things: 1) Powerlifting is saving my life (RIP The Toast) 2) My officemates are food-shaming me for bringing huge containers of steel-cut oats into the...
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A Conference Where Everyone Was Younger Than Me
After attending many entrepreneurship networking events as a college student, you sort of get used to being one of the youngest. Everyone else is either also in college or a recent graduate working on...
View Articlesnapshot of the last two weeks
ALBUM: i like it when you sleep for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it - the 1975 MUSICAL: the last five years - jason robert brown SONG: days and days - fun home WALK: memorial drive >...
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A Summer Reading List
Though it may be difficult to believe, sometimes MIT students like to do things other than science, technology, or engineering. I personally find summertime a particularly good season for the things I...
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The New Iron Man is a 15-year-old MIT Student
Meet Riri Williams. Riri is a fictional 15-year-old black girl from Chicago studying at MIT. She will be taking Tony Stark's place as Iron Man in the new Iron Man comic series. Jeff Dekal / Marvel...
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter
Warning: Before reading this post, be aware that it contains extremely strong language. It was the only way I could write it honestly, the only way I could bring words to my feelings. ** I moved to...
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We Made the World We’re Living In, and We Have to Make It Over
Yesterday, Friday, was my third day working at the Atlantic. I graduated a little over a month ago, moved to Washington, D.C. a week ago, and started the fellowship on Wednesday. The city is lush,...
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A Guide to Farmer’s Markets
I love food. This is no secret. Here at MIT, I cook for myself during the school year with Spanish House, in a big cooking rotation. I cook every other week. I enjoy competing in the unofficial game...
View ArticleLife of a Black Person
I would like to preface this by saying if you haven't read Vincent's amazing post "Black Lives Matter" (http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/black-lives-matter), read that first, then come back and...
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These are the drones you’re looking for
Hi, I’m Mollie! I used to go here. I was one of the OG bloggers, majored in biology and brain and cognitive sciences, and I graduated in 2006. Since graduation, I’ve been pursuing the slow boat of...
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what are we to do?
email from the president, three days ago: i decided to go. i picked up a brown paper bag with a grilled chicken sandwich, and sat down at my randomly-assigned table with -- who? faculty from various...
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Alien in America
Last weekend, I wrote “A Guide to Farmer's Markets". Here’s what I wrote when I shared that post on social media: "In Colorado, we only had farmers' markets in the summer. It reminded me that summer...
View ArticleThis is where my decisions have taken me
“Einen Faden in die Hand nehmen, der in jedem Fall, unter allen Umständen weiterläuft, an dem man sich, wenn es not tut, halten kann…” “To take in one’s hand a thread which continues always and...
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The HackMIT 2016 Puzzle Just Launched
It's that time of summer again. HackMIT, one of the largest undergraduate hackathons in the nation, is opening up its internet doors for registration between July 1st and July 30th. From HackMIT's...
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On Moving
Hey, blogs. How ya doing? Long time no see... Or, I guess, write. All last semester I was thinking of the right way to say goodbye to this corner of the Internet, to sum up all my feelings from the...
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My Least Responsible Purchase
I saw my first Tesla in July, 2009. I knew what Teslas were but it was before Tesla REALLY took off. It was a Tesla Roadster and I was awed by its 0-60 in 3.9 seconds and it being all-electric. 2...
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How To Dye Your Hair Like An Engineer
So you got into MIT, had a blast at CPW, let some East Campus hippie dye your hair rainbow, and have sufficiently horrified your parents. The fallout is over with and your friends are now accustomed...
View ArticleSometimes, I am invisible
This weekend, I was an invisible woman. Flashback: There’s a festival in Davis Square with an array of arts and crafts vendors. I’ve been to several similar events already. A couple friendly vendors...
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