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• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 2: Hiking up a volcano at 15,000 ft (~4.5 km) Altitude sickness and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #3

  

  platter of Swedish, German, and Austrian accents. The German and Autrian ... CL, who had sped ahead of us to the summit, and began our descent ... . Quito itself is at just under 10,000 ft (3 km) above sea level, and the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Student’s Crusade to Stop Genocide I confess to regarding the phrase “never again” with cynicism. It offers a rhetorical smokescreen…

  

  protested “the militarization of university research,” and in ... to raise awareness of the crisis in Darfur and purchase solar cookers ... world can, and invariably does, conceal its cowardice in the face of human

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • November 26, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Bill Gates It looks like you're trying to inspire philanthropy...

  

  to look at the work of the D-LAB, Jameel Poverty Action Lab, One Laptop ... examples of how MIT students are already involved in making the world a ... Bill Gates was on campus today to speak about the need for innovation

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  it really is beginning and so it begins

  

  That kind of means summer is ending. Jessie wrote in her blog how everyone is getting ramped up for probably one of the most exciting times of the year, Orientation. In about 10 minutes, we start our pre

  • by Bryan
  • August 24, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit a school profile?

  Your school counselor (or equivalent) should submit the Secondary School Report and transcript. Most counselors also attach a letter of recommendation and a School Profile, describing your school's curriculum and
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  civilly and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of our ... , which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of incredible students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  converse civilly and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of ... unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of incredible students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  civilly and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of our ... , which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of incredible students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  civilly and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of our ... , which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of incredible students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an

  • by Decisions
  • December 13, 2014
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted in EA

  

  and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of our process. ... , which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a large number of incredible and impressive students. For those of you who fall into this

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  the view from my window and netflix's view of my window through another window

  

  o m i n g  s h a d o w and weather-dirtied window[/caption] And here's a screenshot from the Neri Oxman episode of "Abstract: The Art of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Tim Is So Beautiful to me

  

  called MIT Imagination. A lot of work went into that video. Elizabeth and ... , drooly, adorable video is something that we love and are very proud of ... MIT." And, as the full credits in the post show, it was indeed many

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection = Finished Wow.

  

  proud of the class we've admitted. The predominant feeling, however, is ... it, but I never do. We'll spend the next week preparing all of the ... definitely be available online on the 18th, and if all goes well we'll mail on

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  and great, Neha had gotten in! But what about the two of us? What was ... here. (We were all accepted, by the way, and now the three of us are here ... . Yeah. I know. It was right by the front door, and of course I missed it

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Red Sox *wwooooossshhhh!*

  

  Hey, did a Red Sox game just start? The dorm just shook and it sounded like a bunch of fighter jets just flew by, another benefit MIT has ... has to be a game, because I just heard the last little bit of the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 7, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Whirlwind Weekend highlights of the weekend (UPDATED!)

  

  ourselves as we walked up the catwalk in front of our potential dates. "Bryan ... and watching kung fu." Points if you can guess the movie allusion. Mitra enjoys the economic thrill of auctions. Our emcee for the night

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Video: New Zigzag MIT's podcast takes on athletics on campus, and more.

  

  . Zigzag is produced by Academic Media Production Services (AMPS) and is alternately hosted by Marsha Bolton from the President's Office and myself. To ... A new episode of MIT's video podcast, Zigzag, is now available. It

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Share Your Story, 2014 edition How did you find out you'd been accepted? Was there any celebratory dancing? Please tell…

  

  .65 (Cognitive Development) class, we've been talking a lot about the nature of ... , working memory and the visuospatial sketchpad, long term memory, etc.), and ... and after, etc. Crazily enough, even though that was way back in the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Watch this! An MIT blogger alum deservedly gets a moment in the spotlight.

  

  neat (and Emmy-nominated!) series called The Secret Life of Scientists ... version of her research? ...and here's the Mollie-cheerleader origin ... , she is a graduate student at Harvard, and is still involved with the MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  I Suppose It Was Inevitable That We Have An Office Instagram a list of some other places you can find the blogs (and the bloggers)

  

  the lens of these other platforms as well. So, as a resource (and a bit ... , it's also strange to think I once had a full head of hair and wasn ... taking and posting many square, filtered photos of MIT.   As some

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2014