Search

Search Results

• Blog / Personal Travel

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

  

  altitude acclimation. - It's Sunday. We were woken up at 6:30am by very loud, very grand church bells, then couldn't find anything for breakfast ... TelefériQo is a steep cable car that travels up Volcán (volcano) Pichincha

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

  “That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind” ...the cow jumped over the moon....

  

  To celebrate the anniversary of the first manned moon landing, Google has a new site up: http://moon.google.com. If you zoom in close enough, you can see what the moon is made of ;-) (thanks to diana for pointing

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Events

  DATA FOR BLACK LIVES this weekend at the media lab

  

  woke up this morning, layered on two sweaters and a jacket, and went across the street to the media lab, where the DATA FOR BLACK LIVES ... policing and criminal risk assessment. there's a critical need for ethics and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 18, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  More info for Admitted Students just a few more things to do

  

  on hand for an hour to answer all your CPW questions and give you a ... email later this week for the details from us about how to tune in ... information for your financial aid counselor. See this guest blog post for more

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing is useful for science. Surprise!

  

  absolutely essential skill for a scientist.   ... can't see radio waves! Nowadays, astronomers apply for "observing time ... one of these telescopes is competitive. There's only one ALMA, for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  (Not) Home for the Holidays a very late Thanksgiving post…

  

  for the weekend, so we set up shop there (thank you Csillaaa). After ... I’ve been home for winter break since last Sunday, and it’s been a ... ! Sophomore fall has been busy for my friends & I, which has meant no more

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Children of Eden, seek for your garden. You and your children to come, someday to come home.

  

  to read. I will, however, grace you with this: It takes up more

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sleep is for the Strong getting through finals week

  

  is tomorrow morning. But go for a quick jog. Call up a friend or a ... This post is for the MIT students about to embark on finals week ... love MIT, there are way too many people trying to one up each other with

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / Community Projects

  Food for Thought [guest post] On food and our culinary club, Mince

  

  preparation of food add up tremendously. I feel privileged to cook for myself ... affordable dining experiences run by students, for students. Hosted at unique locations within MIT and beyond, these culinary pop ups are meant to serve

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I auditioned for a musical Oh my goodness, oh my goodness

  

  off the sheet music I needed for auditions, and sat all huddled up ... . Six years went by - six years of staying as far away from singing for an ... is around, I shoot for the high notes without worrying about damaging

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 2, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  data justice for senior house

  

  the admissions blogs have always been a platform for students to speak ... ): Jenkins says that for years MIT administrators told him it was a problem ... ,000 students, 40% above the average for college students.) For his entire tenure

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 17, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s the word for

  

  was in your calendar the scent of rain the act of looking for ... conversation for no reason opening a fridge immediately after closing it ... passive, detached manner the point after which it is too late to ask for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  Springtime for Interns in Germany Watch out, Europe: I'm going on tour.

  

  was at the MISTI Gala Dinner for all interns going to foreign countries ... go to review sessions for 2.006 exams or Dance Troupe rehearsals and ... up a graph with, like, four points on it, and said: "So, this slide

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Best Free Software for College Students must haves for productivity, security, and more

  

  sketchy banner and pop-up ads that come up on the side. Available for ... . Free to use for up to three devices. Available for Windows, Mac, Linux ... schoolwork, clubs, fraternity, and side projects, I'm constantly searching for

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s FPOP for Entrepreneurship a week of connecting incoming freshmen with MIT startup founders

  

  ". So there is an FPOP for entrepreneurship! I looked up their website to ... Freshman Arts Program. If only there was an FPOP for entrepreneurship ... how I really want to do part-time work for a VC firm this fall and he

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice for the Incoming Froshies You've accepted your offer to MIT! Now what?

  

  -Orientation Program (FPOP) The applications are due June 15th! SIGN UP FOR AN FPOP ... 's day one of orientation, and you're signed up for the 12pm swim test ... you is incredible, and I am so excited to see your happy faces light up

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 13, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I painted a mural for Borderline! bird-erline mural

  

  opened up artist applications. Draft This was what I submitted for my ... . #1) Graduate. #2) Paint a mural for The Borderline @ MIT. I got to ... hold your phone up to some of the paintings, they'll come alive with AR

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Donate for Eric and Ann Whalley Please give to support the parents of a 2010 alumni, both victims of the bombing,…

  

  that may never happen. My heart is broken for Boston and the victims of ... sustained severe brain trauma and will need several follow-up surgery ... . We've set up a recovery fund to ease some of that burden, and much of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i (kinda) studied for finals brought to you by "a PNR mindset"

  

  pass the exams Show up and do the psets but don't study at all for the ... worrying for days until the anxiety eventually crept up.   Tuesday ... as either Pass (for what would be an [annotation note="yes, this means

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 22, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Kevin’s reflections after an IAP externship at a start-up company Kevin '08 takes a step back and re-evaluates his goals after an IAP externship at…

  

  enlightening. This IAP, I was working for a startup named Xobni (http ... interested in, and, now after working for one, I am convinced that it is the ... the ground up. The most import thing I’ve realized over the past

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 7, 2007