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• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Outing Club: Ice Climbing tl;dr Ice climbing is nuts

  

  . Luckily, there are a surprising number of insane people at MIT, and a subset ... look at 3:47, when I knock off a sizable chunk of ice that hits my ... definition of ice climbing, I don't know it. But a layman's definition might be

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  , despite the small number of comments from parents, there is a large population out there of parents who are readers of the blog. While most of those who leave comments are applicants, I would love to hear from some of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Holidays, and some advice

  

  Hi, all you folks out there in Blog-Readership Land! I'm at my mom ... of you who applied Early Action have received your decision, and those of you who applied Regular Action have begun your anxious waiting

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hurricane Katrina Trying to help, to the extent that we can.

  

  time for everyone; I've been at the verge of tears over this awful, awful situation. The feeling of anguish and helplessness can be overwhelming. Life ... all of my colleagues in Admissions and across MIT have those people

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Engineering leadership: the one-hour edition President Hockfield makes a surprise appearance!

  

  About 20,000 visitors took a peek at MIT during last Saturday ... place at the same time. Wow. If you haven't seen the flashmob video yet ... . As I hinted at in my last entry, the GEL program had a hands-on hour

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Going Social Thinking about MIT Admissions and social media.

  

  today, you'll see a "Share on Facebook" link at the bottom of every blog ... I remember the first time I ever heard of Facebook. I was donning my cap and gown and preparing to walk at my high school graduation. Pomp

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Doonesbury Conclusion Official Doonesbury news.

  

  handful of indy hackers made their run at the Straw Poll, the ballot box was ... of the votes from making it into the poll. The idea of outing the main ... on the updated version of his hack site, "only keep one instance of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Double Edged Sword On Time Magazine's article titled: "Are We Losing Our Edge?"

  

  The February 13 edition of Time Magazine had an interesting article ... keystroke away. There was one part of the article that made me feel a bit ... your first academic love." As for teaching science at the precollege

  • by Bryan
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  road trip here in my car I feel safest of all I can lock all my doors…

  

  plenty of free parking (oh the naivete). One of the "cons" on my pro ... I got kind of used to walking places and taking the T. Eventually I ... food I go to the Ocean State Job Lot, one of the best stores for $5

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 21, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  So we’re actually *identical* twins which is surprising to absolutely ... no one

  

  the last last cohort of bloggers, and if you remember reading it when ... Allan G. ‘20 are identical twins ….” At the time, and up until about 1 ... misinformed about their babies, with 179 parents of identical twins mistakenly

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 27, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Film! [by Nathan '14] Documenting Science Through Video and New Media

  

  ; It’s ridiculously cool. In the period of one semester you learn how to use serious equipment to create a film. Above is a photo of me ... different types of documentary, from the classically framed interview to cin

  • by ARTalk
  • November 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Important EA Processing Update! read this if your application is incomplete

  

  A few hours ago we finished processing the final segment of tens of thousands of documents which came to us by mail and fax. We digitized them and entered them into our system. At this point, if we have your documents, they

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  NOOOOO! It's so sad!

  

  instead of 450 — they will be wider, at least 20 inches instead of 17 inches ... copy of "The Tech" after work today. I was very excited to get my Tech ... skimmed it, looking for any mention of chairs. Nothing on the front page. I

  • by Snively '11
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  INT to the INT to the IN(s)T i3 Videos! woo!

  

  ), after you choose to matriculate. The DVD is a compilation of student-produced videos introducing each of the 17 (this year!) dorms at MIT (counting New ... gory details of housing options, cost, dining hall, housing lottery, REX

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You Can Plan a Pretty Picnic ... but you should also research the weather.

  

  for 1000 1st through 8th graders, at least 70 of whom are parentless and ... . Instead, we spent more time in the capital city of Lusaka, where we: 1) met ... ) tried to strengthen ties with the University of Zambia (UNZA

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… The deadline has passed, but if you're an EA applicant who has not yet contacted…

  

  be considered at the beginning of the early action round - but it will ... Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning interviews has changed (though Stu's observations on the demands of our

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The LiveJournal Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part three.

  

  : - Have one of my songs used in a major motion picture, or at least on The ... enough THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE: - Ukrainian - Italian - Welsh THREE ... - Bryan Nance (only sometimes) THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS: - Coffee

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey look, I’m famous…or something

  

  column earlier today. One of whom I don't think I've ever met before. Does ... you don't know them? It's a very odd feeling. I'm still at the point where I find it sort of exciting to be in the Tech, assuming that I'm not

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Le BBQ

  

  Two of my dear friends, Gary & Sherveen, wanted to host a BBQ ... graduation/4th of July decorations were on sale, but I chose to look forward ... BBQ in the history of the universe. I should warn you that I saw Le

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Hosts

  

  at this point, but it'd be nice to know. Here's the scoop: we spent a good part of this week matching MIT student hosts with prefrosh [prefrosh ... . Many of you will receive a call or email from your host in the next few

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 3, 2005