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what a sunrise sounds like
sunday morning, before it rained, just before sunrise as the full moon was setting over walker memorial, that brisk boston breeze and the runners along the esplanade (there are always runners along...
View ArticleThe First UROP
After receiving decisions from the colleges I applied to, the choice was easy to pick MIT. I knew I wanted to attend a school that would not just give me the facts in lecture and challenges in the...
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Some F Words
Lately I’ve struggled to blog, due to being in the middle (!!!) of the semester where things get hard, and some additional unfortunate events. So today, instead of diving deep into what I’ve been...
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A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus
You trudge out of Walker after your third midterm this week, disheartened and hoping that the test will be ridiculously curved - it couldn’t just have been you who did bad, right? You want to sleep,...
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Four days of fun!
Columbus Day weekend was a four day weekend. I got an embarrassingly small amount of work done, but a pretty large amount of good memories, so I thought I would share some of the things I did. Who...
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love or lust
recently, i have been having a lot of thoughts about the ways in which finding and committing yourself to work you love is like romantic love and commitment. here are some of them. sometimes for me,...
View ArticleQuestBridge 2017 FAQ
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! If you are a finalist – congratulations! We’re excited to have...
View Articlesix minutes in maseeh dining
there are five dining halls at mit but only one (maseeh) is open for lunch on weekdays:
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Sometimes you just gotta relax
The week of Monday, 10/2 – Friday, 10/6 was very, very difficult. We were both sick, had a super long and challenging 6.00 pset (literally stayed in office hours for 15 hours), a 6.042 pset (wouldn’t...
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MIT IS ...
As I look outside the long windows of McCormick Hall’s penthouse, soaking in the last few glimpses of blue sky (oh no, winter is coming), it hits me: I’ve almost made it through two months of MIT! 60...
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ABCs of Senior Year
Ageing: for all the all-nighters I can no longer pull off, and all the clubs I have gained access to. Brain and Cognitive Sciences: aka Course 9, my new minor, because everyone should take at least...
View Article[Sticky] Early Action FAQs
The first round of application deadlines are upon you, which means ALL THE EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS are upon us. So many. If you’ve been trying to contact the Admissions office regarding your...
View Articlehow i’m doing
tired, mostly there aren't too many psets there aren't too many extracurricular committments there aren't too many midterms there aren't too many other, miscellaneous things to worry about but combine...
View ArticlePSA: how to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall
The Bebras Computing Challenge (American homepage, international homepage) is an international challenge that introduces students to computational thinking. Founded in Lithuania in 2004, it has now...
View ArticleAsk Me Anything! Responses
Hi Everyone! In my previous post, I announced a blogger AMA on Thursday, 10/26, 7-9pm EDT. That's over now, but you're welcome to email me with additional questions or ask them in the comments below....
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Expedition New England
As one of my “Treat. Yo. Self.” presents for my birthday, I got 3 puzzles that centered around the best attractions, museums, food, and outdoorsy areas to visit around New England. Here is the first...
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Classes 2.0
Here’s to a basically mid-semester check-in to what I spend my time doing. I waited because I naively hoped that life would settle down into a rhythm before I profile it, but also because I was...
View ArticleThree More Tales of Junior Year
(sequel to Three Tales of Junior Year) How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love MIT A shocking confession: one time, I almost transferred to Harvard. I even had a recommendation lined up from a Harvard...
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ETH Zürich, hier komme ich!
I'm studying abroad next semester at ETH Zurich in Switzerland! (Or more officially, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich!) It all happened very quickly. I first heard about the program during...
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More Cool Data Stuff, ft. Immersion
I emerge from three weeks of being fairly hosed WITH MORE COOL DATA STUFF GUYS WOOOO. This time, though, I cannot take any credit for the tear-inducingly beautiful data visualization that you are...
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