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• Blog / En Español

  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,…

  

  a list of things I didn’t learn!" Volaris From the minute he walked through the doors of Volaris’ Samara offices, Tayo ... at most 1.5% to the bottom line. There was a lot of skepticism

  • by MISTI Program
  • May 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  the early UK release date, and I absolutely loved it. A huge fan of the ... '15 and I visited Amsterdam a few weeks back one of our stops was at the ... video above, Heather Who, was my favorite of the bunch. Ghost Ship - Sarah

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Finality Just one more week.

  

  I'm the kind of person that likes to make lists - partially because I ... day, all the things I want to do next summer, and of course, all that I have to do between now and the end of the semester. Lately, this last

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  it. It's infamous for the inordinate amount of time that it requires of ... of the seniors in Mechanincal Engineering are split into teams, which ... "The Home") and all of the students brainstorm potential products that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Breaks, Apple Pies, and Formal Halls

  

  of us visited Girton College, which (I think) is the farthest college ... there's the apple orchard. I really wish we had taken some pictures of ... promise I will get off the topic of food (soon).

  • by Cambridge
  • November 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-contest: Your Application Reflections I'd like to share your application experiences.

  

  feels like to apply to colleges overseas or out of state. The pressures ... your friends or family. The hardest part of applying to college. The best ... togetherness, that at the most basic level, you're all going through a rite of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2007
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  The truth I learned about Japan, as a Korean a translation

  

  of living poorly during the wartime, which was made worse by the strict ... parents. Even now, My mind is filled with the memories of that trip. The ... from the world of those times of war. Japan isn't a perfect country. But

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 17, 2018
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  MIT-Now in Español!

  

  video, featuring members of the Spanish-speaking community at MIT, we are ... have translated the history and mission of MIT so students can help their ... . And we want everyone to gain a deeper understanding of the friendly and

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • July 16, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Review Photos from the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair.

  

  , I went out to dinner with a dozen of the 20+ MIT 2010s at Intel ISEF ... Thursday morning, I got to visit many of the finalists and their projects. Anneke '10 at her project, with her sign, which became a hit of the fair

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (My Third) First Day In which I attempt (and fail) to do a timelapse vlog

  

  First off: I apologize for the shakiness of this video. For some ... timelapse component of the video kind of failed, too. It turns out that when ... that were equally disorienting. After the massive struggle of me vs

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • September 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Waiting (is the hardest part)

  

  no more than 30% of our class during early action. We feel that the ... classes, because of an increased yield (the percentage of admitted students ... While this is a much smaller percentage of the class admitted early than

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  An emoji alethiometer to help you make decisions I'm not saying I will use this in committee, but I'm not saying I won't

  

  Longtime readers may recall that I am a big fan of the His Dark ... think my entire theory of the blogs, and what we try to do with them, is inspired by a line from the Amber Spyglass, as the ghost of an old woman

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  weeks of the term. Like an F grade, an O grade carries no credit for the subject, but the O grade can be converted to a grade of OX” and OX ... undergraduate education in the case of an undergraduate student or by the dean for

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s Going On Some of the 600+ Campus Preview Weekend events.

  

  Important note: the weather forecast has a 70%+ chance of rain Friday ... the MIT admitted class of 2012. It's going to be a fun weekend. In total, there are 600+ published events over the course of CPW (wow!). Here

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarship for future engineers Chance to win $2,000

  

  amount of $2000. The deadline is May 30, 2008. For more information: http ... Are any of you high school seniors who are Massachusetts residents? Want to be an engineer? Then consider applying for the 2008 Future

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Events

  MIT Graduation Webcast You can watch MIT's Commencement live and online.

  

  , including the Commencement Address by Ben Bernanke PhD '79, Chairman of the ... Webcast here The webcast begins at 8:20 am Eastern Daylight Time with a special "pregame show" hosted by Dean of Admissions Marilee Jones. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I, Robot "Turn it, leave it, stop- format it. Technologic." IAP Robotics competitions wrap up.

  

  Today, most of the IAP robotics competitions begin to wrap up ... .370: Robocraft Now the one I'm most familiar with is Robocraft since my roommate has been staying up until all hours of the night trying to refine his

  • by Bryan
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection Day 2

  

  and repeat the above, iterated over all of the different subcommittees ... mail all of the letters together in the same batch; we hope to mail by ... With a difficult day and a half of selection behind me, I'm looking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 4, 2004
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is MIT a diverse community?

  At MIT diversity isn’t simply a word, it is an integral part of the ... currently on our campus who felt the same way before their dream became a reality. The mission of the MIT Institute Community & Equity Office
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  think I'm special, in a way. The kind of way where life threw a lot of ... -and-a-half room apartment on the northern tip of Cambridge, not too far from MIT ... Last year, I made a HUGE decision. I decided to move off of MIT

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016