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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

  

  lung capacities can hike to the Pichincha volcano summit, which is at ... recommend attempting to summit a volcano at 15,700 ft with only one day of ... TelefériQo takes passengers on a 2.5 km (~8000 ft) journey to the Cruz Loma

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

  Needles That was anticlimactic.

  

  pairs of earrings at the same time. Never again would I have to choose ... spent most of finals week living on Pop-Tarts; if I couldn’t even feed ... , that is precisely why I paid money to have holes put in my body. And then

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  obviously not prepared for this. This was on Boylston, which is a pretty busy ... is located really close to MIT, so after classes today I walked there ... (which, thanks to 5.12: Organic Chemistry, I mistakenly pronounced

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Fancy Feast & Happy People an accumulation of details

  

  green house on Chestnut Street has a porch light on. This is pika, one of ... each dish, I had enough on my plate to feed all the chickens for a month ... author of that night's menu) told me, "and you owe it to yourself to find

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Progression of Spirit You must be this tall to ride the MIT Emotional Rollercoaster

  

  to watch the progression of the emotional state of MIT students. The ... that they're worthy of MIT, and prove to themselves that they can handle ... : Exhibit A Jon is the one closest to you, sitting at his computer after

  • by Snively '11
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let the Rush Begin On Greek Life at MIT.

  

  . A free meal or an outing to go paintballing is always also fun as well ... freshmen to their events in the case of fraternities and ILGs or encouraging ... outside of what I'd watched in movies, and I didn't really plan on joining

  • by Bryan
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Hug Your History Teacher Because it's 9/11

  

  of Massachusetts it occured to me. While we're all focusing on Math and ... blogs I found, is to do it by NOT managing the bloggers. Might take a ... wondering - "is someone going to write a blog post about September 11th today

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • September 11, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Stories from Uganda [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Installing an exhibit in the Wiesner Student Art Gallery.

  

  around to working on this exhibit until the last two weeks of January ... majority of my prints to gatorboard. The process is quite simple: Dry mount ... [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] The Wiesner Student Art Gallery is located on

  • by ARTalk
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fitting In Fitting in at MIT

  

  now, we're not going there. What I do want to focus on is how in an ... is somewhat expected of me. I think one thing that always seems to ... I fit in ethnically at MIT. I've never really felt out of place, or

  • by Bryan
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer begins And I get a brief vacation.

  

  year left, as difficult as that is to believe. It's kind of scary to ... "Splash" on it? What is "Splash"? Me: "Splash" is a teaching program. TSA ... the same time was thrilled to have a change of scenery (finals period

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 25, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Measurements How do you measure a year in the life?

  

  Simmons was equal to 3-4 Regina Spektor Songs, 2-3 Deadmau5 Songs, or 1/2 of ... Campus to the Z-Center one day when my favorite song of the musical theatre genre came on ("Seasons of Love" from Rent). As I belted out the ways they

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 21, 2011
• FAQ / First-year application

  I’m a non-traditional applicant. How do I apply?

  college or in a non-degree program prior to applying to brush up on their ... decision about what letters of support to send for review is left up to the ... There are many applicants to MIT from many types of backgrounds, and
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5n, n=1

  

  to ourselves! (My mom thinks Keith Lockhart is "dreamy") And of course ... our glasses on high to pledge our love for thee We join all those of ... couldn't help but think of Fenway Park and the Red Sox. Fenway, I think, is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Desired things a youthful aside.

  

  fraction of the most difficult course at my school. A course on American ... for the end of the period no one stood up; instead, heads bent to clear ... . Some of us had sensed our limits, run up against them, and pushed to the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 12, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  batteries recharging because that's what IAP is for

  

  this is the third IAP i've spent on MIT. trust me, i really tried to ... pressure of fifteen million different assignments to complete is exceedingly ... a lot of money on a gorgeous new guitar, which was totally worth it

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 22, 2020
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  If a QB applicant is admitted EA/RA, will they receive full financial aid?

  MIT practices need-blind admissions for all students, regardless of citizenship. If you're admitted through Early Action or Regular Action, MIT will assemble a financial aid offer that will meet 100% of your demonstrated need
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 4 Finishing Exams and The Future!

  

  teleportation is used to send bits of data. In a world where the speed of light is ... of news we have two groups at MIT who are both working on robotic arm ... , I have a largely different definition of how much living space is

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Eletha Flores The awesome Eletha Flores '10.

  

  ] Eletha Flores, 17, of Springdale who is graduating this year from Charles Herbert Flowers High School and the Class of 2006 valedictorian, is the ... . Of the 20 for which she applied, she has received seven acceptances

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  10 (more) reasons why MIT is beautiful part tvte?

  

  _cheung_) on Apr 7, 2016 at 3:14pm PDT   (7) …or another day… A ... _cheung_) on Feb 10, 2016 at 3:34pm PST   (bonus) hello, class of 2020 ... long day of classes, you turn around and see this: A photo posted by

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Stu Schmill ‘86 named Dean of Admissions Exciting news!

  

  --a cycle that saw a record number of applicants and which we have every ... he was "deeply honored" to be given the chance to lead the office on a ... I thought you all would like to know this exciting news! Schmill

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2008