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  Sloan MBA Adetayo Akisanya works at Volaris, a Mexican airline, on their Commercial Strategy team “I really gained a new perspective on the airline industry, on commercial strategy, on competition,…

  

  the Field   "To me, this was all personal challenge. I ... a list of things I didn’t learn!" Volaris From the minute he walked through the doors of Volaris’ Samara offices, Tayo

  • by MISTI Program
  • May 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48 Take under four classes, they said. You'll have free time, they said.

  

  difficulty: the majority of classes are 12 units[1], which is supposed to refer to the approximate number of hours that class needs of your life per week. (Your mileage may vary: I'm looking at you, 6.115.) The

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  My new job @ admissions like nick saban, but for nerds

  

  I was rewriting my profile this morning - the first substantive update in five years - to reflect my new role and responsibilities in the ... role and responsibilities in the office. This is a problem, but unlike

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 9, 2014
• Blog / Events

  A Faculty Dinner We invited our favorite faculty and staff to our hall for an awesome dinner!

  

  This past Friday was the nth annual Tetazoo faculty dinner -  a great ... from across MIT, including our very own Chris Peterson! We decorated the lounge for the occasion, and we spent the whole day cooking in the kitchen

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy This Week: Week 1 Spider-Man, Nina Yuen, and More!

  

  thought I'd steal a simple format from the wonderful NPR podcast Pop Culture ... week. The rules are simple, what I post needs to be something that you can also enjoy (called the Zaxxon Rule) and the post shan't be too long

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hacking Story poetry, guitars, a hardware hackathon, and the time-to-pee scheduling metric

  

  Some of you may be wondering why I dropped off the face of the ... culminates in a hardware hackathon. 1. The Time-to-Pee Schedule Metric When I was putting together my Freshman Spring schedule on the wonderful

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 26, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Our Essay Questions i am havink qvestion

  

  Update: this list is no longer accurate as of 8/18/2015. But the underlying philosophy remains the same.  The Common Application opened ... , as readers of this blog likely know, MIT does not use the Common App

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 1, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nerdin’ Out algorithms are too cool

  

  Algorithms), one of the classes I'm taking the semester. We have a test coming up this Thursday ( O.O ahh ), and in the process of studying for it, I've realized how much I love it. <3 Every algorithm we've learned in the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Two opportunities for high school students And you don't have to live near Cambridge, MA this time!

  

  the MIT Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is organizing for high school students interested in MIT and all the science and engineering that happens here. Last year when I posted about the Exploring Majors Fair, many

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 28, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Regular Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2016 are now available at: decisions.mit.edu You can log in using the same username and ... admission to MIT this year, the most in our history, and the first time the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Derailment My Gap Year

  

  Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. – Arthur Schopenhauer   Blood dripped down the metal post that connected the bed to the wheels. Fluorescent lights flooded my

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Different Kind of Learning

  

  . Well we haven’t actually left the country yet, in many ways Detroit faces more challenges than the other cities we will be visiting during the course of the semester. I am spending the semester in Detroit; Sao Paulo

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Metabo lite s Why the Broad Institute is inspiring my exercise goals

  

  my wedding dress. This might be because I spent the whole winter in ... metabolism. I’m on a mission to figure out what the heck is going on here, and ... during my lunch hour at the Z center this summer. Clary Clish, director of

  • by Kris Guay
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happiness ...can now be found on a website

  

  The weather has been fluctuating lately - as has my mood. There are ... time on the positive side of the emotional spectrum. She recently created ... . It gives people all over the world a chance to submit stories about

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Finality Just one more week.

  

  I'm the kind of person that likes to make lists - partially because I ... the classes I want to take at MIT, all the people I want to meet some day, all the things I want to do next summer, and of course, all that I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 9, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW rawr.

  

  've spent the past several weeks with many of my colleagues, working long days ... matching all y'all with hosts, I've also spent the past several months planning the Closing Remarks and Variety Show that's happening Saturday night

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW time waits for no man, woman or beaver

  

  importantly, did you remember that the registration deadline is this Thursday ... drive that point home. If the W3C weren't meeting down the hall I'd even be tempted to break out the blink tag. CPW is an enormous event. It

  • by Dave McOwen
  • March 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates Just a few notes -- that's all we have time for right now!

  

  EA Admits: Hopefully, you got Dave's email about the admitted student ... didn't get the email or lost it, let me know in the comments (leave your email address) and I'll get the information to you. It should be fun and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vote for Ksplice! MIT's spirit of entrepreneurship and collaboration in action.

  

  cast your vote for Ksplice in the Forbes "Boost Your Business" Competition!) One of the aspects of MIT culture I most enjoy is the Institute ... to make the world a better place. Another cornerstone of MIT culture

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Product Design, MIT style Sometimes, lab is the best place for a dance party.

  

  blog entries that I completely lost the motivation to finish as soon as I graduated and went home to spend a wonderful summer outside in the sunshine. (To answer the questions from my previous entry: no, really, I graduated

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 28, 2009