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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  January. The weather forecast for my first day of work. Granted, this ... the same office as my MIT sponsor, a Course 2 alumni. I had never been ... . :) The snazzy view from my apartment.  Externships are one of the many

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

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

  

  enough and my symptoms largely went away. Raphael and I were having ... the summit; it would take about half an hour. My nausea and dizziness ... *everyone* here asks us are 1) where we're from and 2) what we think of "my

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

  I walked on water* IAP? no...you're AP.

  

   Mens et manus! Overheard on my first Winter School trip: "Crampons make ... Hampshire's Frankenstein Cliffs. Big shoutout to my first trip leaders ... the gaps in my MIT education.  For MechEs especially, those team

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Documents Deadline please check MyMIT

  

  log into MyMIT and confirm your application tracking is complete. We

  • by Kris Guay
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Weekend Shenanigans the adventures (and photographs) continue

  

  weekend. Because that's how it is in my head, let's go through these in a totally arbitrary order, starting with number 2. My first exposure to Rocky ... was about 2:00, Friday afternoon. I had just gotten out of my last

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Sal Khan, Gabriel Abrantes, and the Man in the Shiny Red Satan Suit Yesterday was crazy, or: How to Quit your Job, Learn Everything, and Think about Art

  

  roast chicken-mashed avocado-jicama sandwich and talking to my sister on ... uncertain coworker. By the time I grab my sandwich and get to the door, both ... the West Coast, my boss would say, 'It's not about working hard, it

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Transfer Decisions to be Released Today

  

  unsuccessful, my advice to you is to make your next 2-3 years at your current

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • May 7, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  A Q&A for Deferred Students

  

  available on MyMIT in January. On the Midyear Report, you will provide us with ... on your MyMIT account in January and should be completed as soon as ... new version of my application, or all new essays? No. You do not need

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 17, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Who WIll Win the Nobel Prize? Vote for your favorite MIT professor!

  

  : Alan Guth (Physics) Cosmic inflation On the blogs: "My advisor won $3

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Things We Don’t Remember Enough About each other

  

  from my Discover Urban Studies and Planning FPOP back in 2009. Aye, time

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 22, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Walter Lewin ESG Lecture Oh, you know, only one of the most famous Physics Professors of all time

  

  wonderful, down to earth, person. Tune in next time for a life update! My

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 26, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  rolltreppe I use the word funky loosely in conversation but these tunes are tight. um did…

  

  to my favorite MIT band, Rolltreppe. I've been living under a rock

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 21, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Decisions, Decisions decisions!

  

  Fellowship. Part of the application required that I give the name of my ... . According to the application, I could change my mind later, but it sounded ... before I formally made my decision to go there, I put "UC Berkeley

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • April 26, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  ¡Vámonos! An introduction to GRTs and the support system at MIT

  

  GRTs on my floor - hereon refered to as B1 (Burton 1, first floor of the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 2, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Outing Club: Ice Climbing tl;dr Ice climbing is nuts

  

  my eye on the most is ice climbing. If you want the technical ... answered with my pack and boots. We left Saturday evening to get to the MITOC ... , and some of my first ascents in ice. Hope you enjoy it! (take a close

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Deferred Applicants Q & A Have a question about your MIT EA deferral? Read on...

  

  available on MyMIT in January. On the Midyear Report, you will provide us with ... on your MyMIT account in January and should be completed as soon as ... . Should I send in a whole new version of my application, or all new essays

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Angry Nerds Sometimes you've just got to flip the bird.

  

  feeling rising in my mind that I've forgotten how to put in words. Fu ... familiar* Enhance it further: Oh my gosh! That's me! And the ... 'm in it. And as the Systems Integrator for my team section (Pink A

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  competing in my sports. I want to share my perspective on the pros and cons of ... successful student athlete at MIT requires. Personally, I wouldn't trade my ... at 5pm and goes for an hour or two until 7pm at the latest. For both my

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Rachel was at SF Pride with Facebook

  

  in place of my usual verbosity.    

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 1, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LIGHTS. pretty pretty

  

  land. My friend and I are sitting on a land orb as it changes color.) I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 10, 2011