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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

  

  TelefériQo is a steep cable car that travels up Volcán (volcano) Pichincha. Quito itself is at just under 10,000 ft (3 km) above sea level, and the ... lookout point, which is at 13,500 feet (~4 km). From here, people with large

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 0: from DC to Quito A rough morning, a long nap, and a kindly neighbor

  

  . Our neighbor here in Row 7 is named Isabel. She lives in Chicago and is ... her family that she's coming, and is excited to surprise them. We introduced ourselves and she looked delighted: apparently her dad is named

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

  Mormons and video gamers Bonding with strangers

  

  interrogated him. Turns out that this convention center is being used for a Music ... ?? Where is it? Neighbor: Under the TV. Me: Really? Okay. I didn't see it ... "cosplay" isn't really his thing, and that cosplay is annoying because it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want These are too good not to share

  

  hypothesis Metaphysics of saint thomas aquinas Is the mind a machine Kolmogorov ... in? Fainting Goats Nomadic Cultures of the World How Tea is made Why ... is depicted as an alien Stereo recording techniques Arranging for a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Alumni Barbecue I love living in a place with so much history!

  

  of 1968. East Campus has a lot of history, and my floor Tetazoo is no ... first time!  One of our new freshmen, Diana H. '17, is giving it a go with ... it to cover up a cursed mural on hall.  This cursed mural is cursed

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 6, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All The World’s A Stage On theatre and artsy stuff

  

  the popularity of the show, but the basic principle is the same. You ... the show is so popular, though, you enter your name in a lottery from 5 ... —and geeked out about Wicked all night. Here’s the soundtrack if anyone is

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 22, 2013
• Blog / Events

  The Boston Festival of Indie Games In which I geek out on campus with a bunch of gamers

  

  in Boston to celebrate gaming, and it is completely free to the public ... Dear Esther and Journey. Live video game music is one of my favorite ... game is an incredibly positive experience no matter what your background

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Right NOW Making Things

  

  that will differentiate you is how hard you work." I left feeling ... Toscanini's, where the ice cream is tasty and the electrical outlets are in ... to myself. There's endless work to do here, but the best work is done

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 2, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Weekend From Craigslist searching to meat-MIT building, this certainly is an experience

  

  what it is, but it definitely says Bad Ideas on it and it advertises Bad ... quickly found that being a vegetarian during Bad Ideas Weekend is a bad idea ... squanch, which is my hall's mascot, but as you can see, it ended terribly

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 27, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lace, Gourmet Candy and Dorothy an inside look into the most fabulous internship in san francisco

  

  ... unique situation that is mildly difficult to explain. "Hey Connie, what are you doing ... on a huge dream, the office moves very quickly and the app is scheduled ... been pretty much what I imagined. Everyone on our team is driven, great

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Mirrors Because reflection is not just that image you see of yourself in the morning, or…

  

  how to give an honest assessment of myself is probably one of the most ... after you reflect is to be as serious as possible when doing so, jot down ... after a few weeks. The first step is making that conscious effort. Even

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 8, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  A Q&A for Deferred Students

  

  we ask that you do is complete the Midyear Report, which will be ... is the Midyear Report? The Midyear Report (MYR) is an online form that is required for all applicants, including Early Action deferred

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on

  

  My lack of blogging this semester is largely a reflection of how this ... which I've just forgotten what's important to me. This blog is about the ... wanted for myself. I think one thing that gets underestimated here is the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The little things My last blog post as a teenager! See you when I'm 20.

  

  period? my sense of chronology is pretty terrible) every French House ... and two physicists: "Oliver" is my hero Oliver Sacks, "Alan" is my advisor and cool dude Alan Guth, and "Alex van O." is Alexander Van

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 27, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  It’s Possible To Have Too Much Nutella Wait, don't go away! Hear me out on this one

  

  is "someone who just eats to not starve," and 10 is "Phantom Gourmet ... crepe; you start to believe that the crepe itself is made of Nutella. I ... : what's your take on crepes? Is Nutella the dominant and essential

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  , make sure you have time to decompress. "You" time is never a waste of ... behind. But the important thing to remember is don't be afraid to ask for ... story is that MIT's a challenging place, but you're never alone if you

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Trains Make Me Think Of Bringing the focus away from miles and minutes - and onto more enriching things

  

  able to work close to home is a plus for me, but in my case, it still ... stations in the Cambridge-Boston area, is subsidized by MIT, a perk available ... mindfulness. Mindfulness, as a psychological and even spiritual phenomenon, is

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 12, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Delivery! "Ring delivery" is more like "ring takeout," actually, since they don't bring a brass rat…

  

  had rings in spades. The estimated retail value of all these rings is ... . There are many others like it, but this one is mine: Mine. ALL MINE. Go ... most about ring delivery is the fact that practically none of the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 20, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  In which Elizabeth tries something new. (My idea of thrills is changing the location of my bookshelf.)

  

  . Why was this wall haunting me?? Here is the reader's digest version of ... pretty excited for the evening when we got there. This is actually him in ... go! Well, almost... I think this is Luke in the middle of saying

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 8, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  H^3: Home, Hummus, and HBV The end of my first semester (and Pass/No Record D:) and the beginning of a…

  

  , the time you have left at home is precious. Make good use of it! Second ... dancing, and exploring Boston. This IAP, my schedule is pretty light. I ... drawings. Neat stuff. This is MIT though. Outside of classes, there's always

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 15, 2012