Congratulations and welcome to the Class of 2013! Feel free to use this forum to introduce yourselves to your future classmates.
Congratulations and welcome to the Class of 2013! Feel free to use this forum to introduce yourselves to your future classmates.
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Now start getting ready for CPW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0
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Welcome to MIT class of 2013!
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Welcome to MIT class of 2013!
Posted by: Einsten on March 14, 2009
There's about 10,000 people that would gladly take your spot, then. I'd be grateful, if I were you.
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Posted by: Angela on March 14, 2009
Congrats to all of MIT Class of 2013.
Thank you Lord!
Posted by: Eddie Francis P '13 on March 14, 2009
Posted by: 0 on March 14, 2009
you don't know who i am, don't tell me how i should live my life
Posted by: 0 on March 14, 2009
I can't wait to meet you!
Posted by: Zeina Siam'12 on March 14, 2009
I wish...
at least it's now all over
wish u all the best of luck at mit.
..me, well i'll just look elsewhere i guess ^_^
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Posted by: Gabby on March 14, 2009
If you want to be rejected, then pretend you were and don't go. It's that simple.
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Posted by: Abi on March 14, 2009
@Aditya
Yep. I am an Indian.
Posted by: Jaswanth on March 14, 2009
Posted by: Narce on March 14, 2009
WELCOME TO '13!!
Posted by: 0 on March 14, 2009
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Posted by: dora on March 14, 2009
P.S. Nooooo!!! Don't start hating on eachother already! It's not worth it!
Posted by: |Lex! '12 on March 14, 2009
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Posted by: Aakriti on March 14, 2009
Does anyone here have a Livejournal?
Posted by: Ngozi '13 on March 14, 2009
Posted by: ThePlaz on March 14, 2009
Anyone else from Los Angeles? I'm from the South Bay.
Posted by: Max on March 14, 2009
I'm so happy for you guys, it's a really exciting day for all of you! Go out and celebrate and get ready for CPW!!
Posted by: Chris M. on March 14, 2009
Posted by: Rejected one on March 14, 2009
WELCOME CLASS OF 2013 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU MIT !!!!!!!!
Posted by: Roman on March 14, 2009
Posted by: Daniel R. on March 14, 2009
hey whats ur nationality??? fih masreyeen hena??
Posted by: Nouri on March 14, 2009
did u get selected..?
@ Jaswanth
Congratulations!!!!
@ Aakriti
Are you Indian too?
@ all who got selected
Congratulations...!!!
Posted by: oh no... on March 14, 2009
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Posted by: Aakriti on March 14, 2009
i can't believe i'm here, thank you mit!!!
Posted by: rebecca on March 14, 2009
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Posted by: Aditya on March 14, 2009
it good to find people who will enjoy the rest of their day.
i hoped if i were with you
Posted by: Marwan Q. on March 14, 2009
Posted by: 0 on March 14, 2009
CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE! I'm very excited!!!!!!
YAAAAAAY! I really had little confidence before =)
Posted by: Misbah on March 14, 2009
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Posted by: neelima jetmelani on March 14, 2009
I am from Palestine! Congrats girl! There are many egyptians here! Confirm quickly quickly!
Posted by: Zeina Siam'12 on March 14, 2009
Can't wait to meet you
PS. Happy pi day!
Posted by: Aditi on March 14, 2009
I am from Palestine! Congrats! There are many egyptians here! Confirm quickly quickly!
Posted by: Zeina Siam'12 on March 14, 2009
I wish I could join you, but alas, such was not the wish of the MIT gods.
Good Luck!!!
Posted by: Zach '13 (somewhere else) on March 14, 2009
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Posted by: edsel ford on March 14, 2009
make the best of it for me and all the others who didn't get in.
Posted by: deng/rejected on March 14, 2009
Posted by: Aakriti on March 14, 2009
Wow. Congratulations, then.
Posted by: 0 on March 14, 2009
hey aditi!! u indian!!! wow am i excited or wat!!
Posted by: aakriti on March 14, 2009
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Posted by: Hector Correa on March 14, 2009
Thanks so much!!!
and congrats to all of you who were also accepted!!!
Posted by: Carlos on March 14, 2009
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Posted by: Clarissa on March 14, 2009
Hello fellow Angeleno!! I'm from Windsor Hills!!
Posted by: Abi on March 14, 2009
@Misbah
Where are you from?
Posted by: Afsah '10 on March 14, 2009
Everyone should come for cpw
It will be full of awesomeness
Posted by: Aditi on March 14, 2009
Posted by: Jo on March 14, 2009
are you caucasian? uncommon name nowadays O.o
Posted by: 0 on March 14, 2009
congrats everyone!
Posted by: Jo on March 14, 2009
Posted by: Gus '13 on March 14, 2009
Egyptians plz react...whos Egyptian here??? =)
congrats again to everyone
Posted by: Nouri on March 14, 2009
Welcome to the Institvte. =)
Posted by: kavya '12 on March 14, 2009
who else got it after being deferred from early action?
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Posted by: LizziO on March 14, 2009
Pakistan (lol, but Im an applicant from WA state) =)
You?
Posted by: Misbah Uraizee on March 14, 2009
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Posted by: Justin '13 on March 14, 2009
nourhan, it seems no Egyptians were admitted :-(
if there is any Egyptian here say anything!!
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Posted by: Yiling on March 14, 2009
Perhaps MIT did wrong by you. It's comments like that from accepted students like you that make me thankful that I'll be studying elsewhere next year.
What nerve!
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Posted by: Yiling on March 14, 2009
Welcome to the Institvte. =)
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Posted by: Jennifer on March 14, 2009
I CANNOT BELIEVE I GOT IN!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Emilio '13 (?) on March 14, 2009
Posted by: stephanie on March 14, 2009
For all you internationals out there, join this group http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=41040127333#/group.php?gid=61755556260&ref=ts and the other Class of 2013 group...
Posted by: Enas'12 on March 14, 2009
Posted by: Shadman on March 14, 2009
are you an international applicant?
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Posted by: Sam (not '13) // stevethepirate on March 14, 2009
I've never cried out of happiness before!! I can't believe this is happening!!!
I'm going to go breathe now! Congratulations to everyone else here!!! =D =D
Posted by: 0 on March 14, 2009
I had a hunch that the decisions would be released early, but I resisted the urge to check my decision until exactly 1:59 PM.
Posted by: Sooknah '13 on March 14, 2009
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Posted by: Emilio '13 (?) on March 14, 2009
I couldn't believe my eyes at first, since I don't have good test scores. But anyway, I'm so happy.
btw, I'm Vietnamese.
Posted by: Tam on March 14, 2009
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Posted by: daur on March 14, 2009
My day changed from rowing practice & eating a bowl of oatmeal to getting ACCEPTED to MIT! MIT BABY! (Ha it rhymes). And! My parents are exploding with so much pent-up emotion, they're like tomato heads.
THANK YOU!!!
-Cameron McAlpine
(MIT-Class of Thirteen) Ha, that rhymes too.
Posted by: Cameron McAlpine on March 14, 2009
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Posted by: Sean'14? on March 14, 2009
Hey,
Congratulations!! Welcome to MIT!! :D
Posted by: Afrah Shafquat'12 on March 14, 2009
Congrats everyone!
CPW, here we come!
Posted by: Kristina '13 on March 14, 2009
CONGRATULATIONS!
Be sure to come to CPW and experience all the awesomeness that MIT has to offer =p
If you guys have any questions about MIT, I'm always available at ask-oasis@mit.edu. If I can't answer it, I'll find someone else that can.
So excited for you all!
Posted by: Oasis '11 on March 14, 2009
Posted by: NAS on March 14, 2009
OMG I was going through the same thing. I was deferred from EA and I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming (slight bruising there now). OMG CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN AWESOME FOUR YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Trilobite '13 on March 14, 2009
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Posted by: NAS on March 14, 2009
To Daur, it may not be an Olympiad, but I'd think Sean is totally right (I wouldn't know for sure, I'm not the admissions committee) - you need to find some way to really stand out. That probably requires more than just high test scores amongst the amazing bunch of MIT applicants.
Posted by: Ben on March 14, 2009
A todos los latinos '13, join MIT newest latino group at facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=38361413509&ref=ts
Mucha suerte y espero verlos en fall.
Roberto '12
Posted by: Roberto '12 on March 14, 2009
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Posted by: Tshiamo on March 14, 2009
congrats everyone!
from Iran
Posted by: Arash '13 ! on March 14, 2009
Posted by: Morkeh on March 14, 2009
Naci en Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
:D
Posted by: 0 on March 14, 2009
Naci en Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
:D
(It didn't fill in my name).
Posted by: Emilio '13 (?) on March 14, 2009
Have a glorious Pi Day.
Posted by: Piper '12 on March 14, 2009
1) Awesome screenname.
2) I can't wait for CPW because I'm actually thinking very seriously about Oberlin College over MIT, and I want to make sure I make the right decision. Honestly, I thought the point of where I'd rather go was rather moot since I wasn't going to get in...
But I DID! WOOHOO! :-D
So now I have some big decisions to make.
~Emily
Posted by: Emily on March 14, 2009
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Posted by: Kim'13 on March 14, 2009
I was deferred first round...but when i read the first line i screamed and started crying...and then i had to read the letter again, to make sure i was actually accepted. This is one of the best days of my life!1!
can't wait to meet you all!
Posted by: Alexandra '13 on March 14, 2009
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Congrats everyone!
Posted by: Alicia on March 14, 2009
And I am international, I had both SAT I and TOEFL, none olympiads and am really not a genius = particularly can't believe my decision is not a mistake:)
Posted by: Julia on March 14, 2009
and all of da pakistani ppl too... nobody from my school got in so i was kinda depressed but its great to see that others did..!!
rock on every1
Posted by: saima on March 14, 2009
and all of da pakistani ppl too... nobody from my school got in so i was kinda depressed but its great to see that others did..!!
rock on every1
Posted by: saima on March 14, 2009
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Posted by: GLau on March 14, 2009
And for those above who asked - I am international, had both SAT I and TOEFL and no international olympiads.
So hard to stop thinking that someone will call me in a minute saying it was all just a mistake!
Posted by: Julia on March 14, 2009
Congrats to everyone for all that hard work!
Woot woot!!!!
*imagines self running jubilantly down infinity corridor with inspirational music playing in the background*
I want to give everyone a high five right now!
Posted by: Laura D on March 14, 2009
Congrats to everyone for all that hard work!
Woot woot!!!!
*imagines self running jubilantly down infinity corridor with inspirational music playing in the background*
I want to give everyone a high five right now!
Posted by: Laura D on March 14, 2009
I seriously doubt that it is based on Olympiads. I actually don't think MIT has any set criteria for students. It's like Sean'14 said. You have to stand out. Use whatever means available to you to shine...in a good way.
@Anonymous
I don't think seeing someone else's stats is going to help that much. MIT is looking for diversity (amongst a number of other obvious things), so, chances are, they want you to...you know...stand out.
@ everyone else
CONGRATS. I'm in Ethiopia so I can't come to the CPW, but I guess I will most probably see you all next year. And, are there any Ethiopians here by any chance? No? OK
Posted by: Rediet '13 on March 14, 2009
If you're planning to come to CPW, be sure to follow us on Twitter for the latest news, updates, and much more!
http://twitter.com/MITcpw
Posted by: MIT admissions on March 14, 2009
Hello!!!! I'm from Latin America too! Brazil, actually.
where are you from??
to daur
I took SATs and Toefl, but I also participated on olympiads...
where are you from?
Posted by: Clarissa on March 14, 2009
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Posted by: Alec Poitzsch '13 on March 14, 2009
or smc2632 wireless net card
I can`t make them run on linpus linux lite
please help
regards
clocheDox
Posted by: clocheDox on March 14, 2009
Posted by: Evie on March 14, 2009
congratulations to all of you for your wonderful achievement. If you have any questions or just want to talk to a student, you can reach me at mferraro@mit.edu.
In the meantime I'm gonna go finish up our party plans for CPW! (you will love it)
Posted by: Matt '12 on March 14, 2009
Posted by: 0 on March 14, 2009
What part of Texas are you from?
Posted by: Emilio '13 (?) on March 14, 2009
Posted by: Sara '13 on March 14, 2009
Really? That's awesome!
What school do you go to?
Posted by: 0 on March 14, 2009
Posted by: Emilio '13 (?) on March 14, 2009
Posted by: Sana Akhtar on March 14, 2009
my name's kuljot .. from toronto canada..
i dont know how i made it with that 570 in reading and being international.. but o man i love my life rite now..
PARRTTAAYY!!!
who's comin to the Campus Preview Week?...
im definitely gonna be there...
o man.. so excited rite now!
Posted by: Kuljot '13 on March 14, 2009
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Posted by: Emilio '13 (?) on March 14, 2009
@Evie, Emilio, Sara:
I'm a Texan too; nice to see some '13s reppin' my home state :D
Posted by: Vivian '12 on March 14, 2009
NAS????yes i do wanna talk...sorry i took so long...im excited..n yet...something else i cant put my finger on....are u on facebook???
Posted by: Xola on March 14, 2009
Where in Texas are you from?
Posted by: Emilio '13 (?) on March 14, 2009
@ Emilio: My roomate is also mexican!
congratulations again!
Posted by: Roberto '12 on March 14, 2009
Posted by: 0 on March 14, 2009
Stupid computer....
Posted by: Emilio '13 (?) on March 14, 2009
@ anonymous:
Yep, I'm from Michigan.
Posted by: Marie on March 14, 2009
Posted by: Roberto '12 on March 14, 2009
Yup, I'll probably end up having my mom send me some, haha.
Posted by: Emilio '13 (?) on March 14, 2009
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Posted by: GoNzO on March 14, 2009
Hi! I'm from San Antonio!
Posted by: Alicia on March 14, 2009
Posted by: GoNzO on March 14, 2009
I've never thought of being accepted by MIT!!!!!
Ohh Goodness,
I can stay in Boston!!!!
I love you MIT. I love you.
Posted by: YinJen '13 on March 14, 2009
I was bouncing around for the first hour screaming when i got in!
Posted by: Jenny on March 14, 2009
I'm going to miss california though. Anybody from San Diego?
Posted by: Mariana on March 14, 2009
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Posted by: Columbia '13 Hopeful on March 14, 2009
So, Aditya, Jaswanth, Aditi and AAkriti i wud really appreciate if you guys could give me ur email addresses coz i want to be inspired by you guys for next year.
Plz, imagine if u were in my shoes this momemnt.
nakul10@gmail.com
or plz add me on facebook, type- Nakul Khanna
and d prism photo is mine
Posted by: Nakul Khanna on March 14, 2009
So, Aditya, Jaswanth, Aditi and AAkriti i wud really appreciate if you guys could give me ur email addresses coz i want to be inspired by you guys for next year.
Plz, imagine if u were in my shoes this momemnt.
nakul10@gmail.com
or plz add me on facebook, type- Nakul Khanna
and d prism photo is mine
Posted by: Nakul Khanna on March 14, 2009
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Posted by: Nakul Khanna on March 14, 2009
I'm in Dallas
Posted by: 0 on March 14, 2009
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Posted by: Ryan N. on March 14, 2009
PS: Did anyone from México get admitted?If so, can you please contact me? You can find on facebook as Julio Flores Servin.
~Julio ('14?)
Posted by: Julio ('14?) on March 14, 2009
Posted by: mynameiscabbage on March 14, 2009
:D
Posted by: Kristina '13 on March 14, 2009
Thank you!
Posted by: Trilobite '13 on March 14, 2009
Posted by: 0 on March 14, 2009
Anyone else from Canada?
Posted by: Sarah '13 on March 14, 2009
It's gonna take me a couple of days to digest this.
Posted by: Brian '13 on March 14, 2009
Hi, I am currently a Junior. Would anyone be willing to share what they feel was their "time to shine and stand out" aspect of their application? I am just wondering what else, dismissing the SAT scores and such, makes you what MIT is looking for? I completely understand that they are trying to take different people possessing different characteristics to create one community strong in all disciplines, and that there is no such thing as the cookie-cutter applicant; but what did YOU all do (You have obviously been successful...)? Thanks =)
CONGRATS!!
Posted by: Next Year ! =) '14? on March 14, 2009
Represent ATL, Georgia!!!
Posted by: Connie '13 on March 14, 2009
Are there any students here who are from the UAE or the gulf?
Posted by: Majda '12 on March 14, 2009
I'm soooo excited though, congratulations everyone :D !!! see you at CPW!
Posted by: Meghan '13 on March 14, 2009
Posted by: oblivionist t ' 13 on March 14, 2009
1. YAY!
2. Happy Pi Day (sorry I'm late!)
3. This was such a good week overall.
4. I feel really awkward because my friend didn't get in, and I'm not sure what to say. He was probably more qualified than I. Any advice?
Posted by: J.B. on March 14, 2009
actually probably the ONLY pi day present i've ever received...lol
unfortunately i wont be able to attend CPW :(
but hope to see you all on campus in the fall :D
btw, anyone from WI?
Posted by: junyao on March 14, 2009
I can host one of you during CPW, but please reply before Friday 20 March if you do plan on being at MIT 16-19 April. Your CACs probably have forwarded you an announcement I made earlier this year regarding my offer.
I am currently a Course 14 (Economics) major and conducting research on nuclear energy economics and finance, which has been the case since last July. If you decide on attending MIT, let me know if you will be on campus during the summer; I might be able to provide you contact information for a few faculty members depending on your research interests. Check with your SIR advisers if they have any contacts with MIT faculty; I got in touch with three professors by recommendation from my adviser at the University of Chicago.
Congrats to all of you, and to those committing to MIT for Fall 2009, see you in August if not earlier.
Posted by: Yangbo Du on March 15, 2009
Feel free to e-mail me at yangbodu@mit.edu if you have any questions or concerns. Roughly speaking, MIT does not differ much from IMSA fundamentally, so you might find adjustment a non-issue (keep your expectations realistic, nonetheless).
Posted by: Yangbo Du on March 15, 2009
Posted by: Reena '13 on March 15, 2009
And no regrets for rejection lol, some things are just not meant to be...
Posted by: Isra on March 15, 2009
I can't find the portlet on mymit account.
Posted by: Archit on March 15, 2009
Wow, I'm faced with the same problem. I got accepted to Caltech too. They have already made a financial aid offer and what not. But, the way I see it, it is good weather versus larger student body. Your pick.
@Ryan N.
Count me in. I was actually thinking of watching 21 again because I can't think of anything else I can do to celebrate right now (It's 9 in the morning here is Ethiopia).
Posted by: Rediet '13 on March 15, 2009
Anyone else here from California?! BAY AREA.
Posted by: Ariela '13 on March 15, 2009
@Trilobite '13
I also got deferred in December, after which I completely pushed it to the back of my mind. As I started getting responses from some other schools, I was certain I wouldn't get in. Then I logged in and saw the letter. I literally speed-read the first line and shrieked with happiness. I think I'm still in shock and my mom still has not completely recovered her hearing.
Any other Angelinos here (or socal people)? Admitted deferred people?
Posted by: Morrisa '13 on March 15, 2009
I AM SO HAPPY I CAN'T SLEEP
Posted by: Stephanie on March 15, 2009
Posted by: Stephanie '13 on March 15, 2009
any other Chileans around?
Posted by: Martín '13 on March 15, 2009
Posted by: Sean '14? on March 15, 2009
Does anyone know how many people from India this year have gotten in?
Posted by: Radhika'12 on March 15, 2009
a JOCK is about to enter your midst...
lunch money galore!
Posted by: 0 on March 15, 2009
whoooo CALCULUS =D
where do i sign up for the chess team?
Posted by: 0 on March 15, 2009
Posted by: Ishaan on March 15, 2009
how do the females look? MIT doesn't necessarily have a rep for hotties.
Posted by: 0 on March 15, 2009
i complete the pset for 6.005
oh lord buy me some caffeine
no, no, i didnt ask for vaseline
oh drat, yet another rat race
well yeah! i hate the F****** place
Welcome Class of 2013. You'll have a great 4 years here. Do come
Posted by: ishaan on March 15, 2009
Ishaan: You from DPS RKP? I saw you in the Exun lab.
Posted by: Aditya on March 15, 2009
I go to Immanuel, the small Christian school near Cielo Vista.
Were you one of the people at Franklin who were National Merit?
I think there were only six in El Paso. :D
Posted by: Emilio '13 (?) on March 15, 2009
I meant to say "six OF US." Hehe
Posted by: Emilio '13 (?) on March 15, 2009
Posted by: Arthur '14 on March 15, 2009
True words.
Posted by: Tanmay '12 on March 15, 2009
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Posted by: Brian Jude Joseph on March 15, 2009
The lyrics to this song seems strangely fitting.
"I want nobody, nobody but you!"
Posted by: listens to too much kpop on March 15, 2009
And, having arrived in Boston yesterday (for mostly unrelated reasons) I spent the evening playing lava tag on one of the many playgrounds in the area -- seriously, there are a TON, and they're all labeled on the map! -- in an effort to burn off some of the adrenaline.
It didn't work. =D
Posted by: niki on March 15, 2009
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Posted by: 0 on March 15, 2009
Congratulations to everyone!!
I CAN'T WAIT FOR CPW =D
Posted by: Hamsika '13 on March 15, 2009
Posted by: 0 on March 15, 2009
Congrats to all!
I'm from Mississauga, Canada -- anyone else?
I'm so HAPPY right now it's crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!
(yes, the happiness doesn't wear off in one day
Posted by: Veronica '13 on March 15, 2009
gtz to all!!!!! xD
last?
Posted by: Talal '13 on March 15, 2009
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Posted by: NAS on March 15, 2009
my entire indoor drumline knew before I did yesterday. It was ridiculous. =P
@ Evedizzy, Floridian here!
I'm completely bummed that I won't be able to attend CPW. =[
Posted by: Jem on March 15, 2009
Posted by: MyMIT.info Team (All Rejected) on March 15, 2009
@Aditya- are you the same one i have "Hello I am a Ishaan" "Hello I am a Aditya" conversations with? Probably not. You are Aditya Anand then. Hi . What did one zen master say to the other?
@Sainyam- yes, i am indeed the same one. Are you also applying to MIT or are you in.
Posted by: Ishaan on March 15, 2009
I'm Henrique, I got in and I am also from Brazil.
A friend of mine, Karine was also admitted.
Do you know of any other brazilians?
Congrats to all admitted.
See you, Class of 2013
Posted by: Henrique on March 15, 2009
Posted by: Felipe on March 15, 2009
Posted by: Chloe Oliver ( '13) on March 15, 2009
I have a 4.0 and good test scores like everyone else, and I had an alumni interview. Those are the basics you need to have. But I'm a rather quirky person with diverse interests, and I think that's what made me stand out. The best thing you can do is show them how different you are.
For instance, I won a local pageant, the first one I ever entered--I'm "Miss Marion Popcorn Festival 2008," as well as winning the Talent, Interview, and Academic Awards. LOL! I'm from a small school and community, I was President of my 4-H Club, and I'm heavily involved in theater and show choir at my school. I also take vocal lessons, and I submitted a music portfolio--I'm a classical soprano.
The oddest thing on my resume is that in 2007 I did National Novel Writing Month and wrote a 50,000-word (crappy :-D) novel in one month.
So I think all those quirky things helped me stand out. I hope you get in, "Next Year"!
~Emily
Posted by: Emily on March 15, 2009
I'm from San Diego, California. you?
Posted by: Mariana '13! on March 15, 2009
I can't wait to meet everyone at CPW; I'm so excited!
Congrats everyone, savor this for a few more days.
Thank you, God! "I can do anything through Him who empowers me" Phil 4:13
Posted by: Christine on March 15, 2009
I'm planning on majoring in one of the brain sciences (neurosci or cog-sci) or maybe general bio with an emphasis on evolutionary processes. Actually, I really want to add a double-major with voice, and I think it might be more realistic to do that at Oberlin than at MIT due to the sheer workload at the latter. Oberlin has both an award-winning Neuroscience department *and* one of the best Conservatories at a liberal arts institution in the nation. They just built a new Science Center where they have too many specimens and skeletons to count, and the opera program is a focus at the Con, which is perfect since I LOVE opera. It's really the best of both worlds, though the prestige and alumni networks aren't as good as at MIT, and of course no one in the world can beat MIT as far as the sciences go.
Yeah, I did the same thing! I had like an out-of-body experience when I read my decision. It was so strange because I'd been *sure* I wouldn't get in! Then when I woke up this morning and remembered what had happened and I was surprised all over again. :-D I'm sure I'll have fun at CPW. I can't wait! I'm ordering plane tickets tomorrow after I clear the missed days with my school.
Yep, that's good advice.
~Emily
Posted by: Emily on March 15, 2009
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Posted by: Tim Balbekov '13 on March 15, 2009
I'm from Los Angeles; originally from France (Montpellier) but have lived in Paris and in LA for a long time.
Posted by: Chloe Oliver ( '13) on March 15, 2009
I spent the whole last week telling myself that I shouldn't think about MIT because I would never get in. And now...
Oh man, I can't make any decisions now!!! But I'll be at CPW, looking forward to meeting all you awesome people there... XD
And btw I'm from NYC!
Posted by: Marcela on March 15, 2009
Posted by: 0 on March 15, 2009
RICKROLL FTL.
Posted by: Narce on March 15, 2009
Posted by: Bahar on March 15, 2009
how do you register for CPW? It's not on my MIT Dashboard..
Posted by: Lizzi-O on March 15, 2009
I know, I'm from Southern California and the weather change is going to be ridiculously difficult! But MIT is totally worth it.
Posted by: Christine on March 15, 2009
Posted by: 0 on March 15, 2009
Posted by: 0 on March 15, 2009
totally agreed, I'm in Mobile, Alabama
Posted by: Lizzi-O on March 15, 2009
Translation: OH MY DEAR LORD!
Congratulations to all!
Posted by: Minshu on March 15, 2009
Congrats everyone!
(Int'l: Costa Rica)
Posted by: OscarV '13 on March 15, 2009
See everyone at CPW :]
Posted by: M. Nguyen on March 15, 2009
Posted by: 0 on March 15, 2009
just because you cant find the wrench to fix your car doesn't mean you don't fix it...find something else.
Posted by: Buddha on March 15, 2009
There is no correct formula. I don't know how I got accepted (I played piano for 12 years and I do lighting for theater productions at my school if that helps?). I have the standard things: I have a 4.0 GPA, and my SAT scores were good. I like science, but I have the feeling that there were more people who love science and who take that a step further.
You just got to be yourself. My interview was wonderful and my essays were awesome. Make your parents (and all your teachers)read your essays. Do everything you can. But sometimes, things are beyond your control.
@Chloe Oliver ( '13), and Christine and everyone else from California
Yay Southern California! I'm from around Los Angeles (although I'm originally from the east coast.. er more like the southeast)
Posted by: Jenny on March 15, 2009
Does anyone else have any pointers or anything? I am a junior who cannot quit dreaming of being in your shoes!!! Congrats!!
Posted by: Next Year! =) '14? on March 15, 2009
Interview tips: Talk about what you said (your experiences) in your essays (these interviewers have not read your essay... hint hint..)
If you are looking for something to talk about, talk about what the interviewer's experience at MIT.
hope that helps!
Posted by: Jenny on March 15, 2009
bring your resume. it gives them something to look over
Posted by: Jenny on March 15, 2009
I'm from Austin =) come join the Texans @ MIT Facebook group! http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2200021382&ref=ts
If any of you are from the Austin area, I'll see you at the admitted students event over spring break! :D
Posted by: Vivian '12 on March 15, 2009
Don't destroy the world, k?
Posted by: Muz on March 15, 2009
Thanks to you, too!
I am psyched about my interview -- I love to talk to people one-on-one! When do you recommend going about the interview process?
I have been working diligently on my essays already; I have been applying to a few summer programs (i.e. Carnegie Mellon), and I think within the next few months my essays will get a lot better. Like I said, I like my voice to be heard, so I love to talk and write!
My SAT scores are not as high yet as I had hoped - a tiny bit below average for MIT - but I have only taken them once, and I am planning on taking them again... as for the sci subject tests (physics), I have been advised by my councelor not to take them because my school does not prepare much - God bless OpenCourseWare!! =) (That is where you will find me after AP test season).
Good luck to you! Thanks so much! =)
Posted by: Next Year! =) '14? on March 15, 2009
Posted by: Next Year! =) '14? on March 15, 2009
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Posted by: LLSM on March 15, 2009
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Emily, if you have that type of love for music, you belong at Oberlin
Posted by: Anonymous on March 15, 2009 04:12 PM
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You know, that's what my gut is telling me. I can't IMAGINE going to somewhere that has no opera program, which it seems MIT does not. I've been looking forward to that since sophomore year! I'm still coming to CPW to figure it out for sure, though. I don't want to have any regrets.
~Emily
Posted by: Emily on March 15, 2009
yes i am =)
Posted by: vijaykumar on March 15, 2009
I'm just taking AP Bio this year--it's the first year my school is offering it. :-D I haven't had CP Biology since sophomore year, so when I was getting ready to take my Subject tests in November I bought the Barron's Biology E/M book and studied it for around 20 hours in the few days before the test. I took the Bio E and got a 780! My advice is to pick the science you're best at and then get the Barron's book for it. Since it's so much harder than the actual test you might find the real test a bit of a relief. :-D
Also, you have the right idea about just being yourself in your application. It would be silly to make yourself the perfect candidate for a college, then get there and hate it.
As far as what to bring to an interview, I'll just tell you what I brought, which definitely isn't required: my resume, my music resume, a copy of my National Merit essay, a clipping from the newspaper with me as Miss Marion Popcorn Festival 2008 (that still makes me laugh :-D), my National Novel Writing Month completion certificate, and most importantly: my passion, my sense of humor, and my SMILE.
~Emily
Posted by: Emily on March 15, 2009
Posted by: Edwin on March 15, 2009
@LLSM
I got into Stanford early, too! I don't know which one to pick, but I'm still waiting for Harvard though... Guess campus visits will help us decide!
Posted by: Sara on March 15, 2009
Thanks sooo much for your help - please stay in touch! It makes me so excited to know that there are people out there who understand that the real reason for a desire towards an amazing education is not in the scores, rather the passion. My theory? "I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious," Einstein.
Posted by: Next Year! =) '14? on March 15, 2009
No problem! I've had a lot of help from people, too.
Einstein was quite a man, wasn't he? I think if I had to choose anyone living or dead to have lunch with, I'd choose him.
Except *maybe* Farinelli. Because Einstein didn't have the singing voice of an angel. :-D http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farinelli
~Emily
Posted by: Emily on March 15, 2009
Posted by: Jeremy '12 on March 15, 2009
@jeremy '12: really?
Posted by: 0 on March 15, 2009
@International students:
Can u plz elaborate on your resume especially SAT scores. I am planning to apply next year. want to see where I stand. I had 2220 on my SAT and thinking of improving if there is a big difference b/w admitted students.plz reply!
Stay Beautiful
Posted by: Zara on March 15, 2009
@International students:
Can u plz elaborate on your resume especially SAT scores. I am planning to apply next year. want to see where I stand. I had 2220 on my SAT and thinking of improving if there is a big difference b/w admitted students.plz reply!
Stay Beautiful
Posted by: Zara on March 15, 2009
Posted by: Ariel W on March 15, 2009
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@emily: how do you know? maybe he did...
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LOL! Okay, maybe he did. :-D But I bet he couldn't sing this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu1Z2PoaE5I
~Emily
Posted by: Emily on March 15, 2009
does anyone know how we can register for CPW and to accept MITs offer of admission?
Posted by: John D on March 15, 2009
does anyone know how we can register for CPW and to accept MITs offer of admission?
Posted by: John D on March 15, 2009
send me a mail on nakul10@gmail.com
Posted by: Nakul Khanna on March 15, 2009
I'm not from Lahore, but I do know several seniors at Lahore Grammar School and Aitchison College (I don't know if they applied to MIT).
With regard to SAT scores and MIT entrance, while they are important, I've heard the biggest thing is that you have some sort of 'concentrated excellence' - i.e. a particular point of difference (probably something in which you excel that not too many other people do) that will allow you to really contribute to the College. That said, every little bit should help.
Posted by: Ben on March 15, 2009
Posted by: 0 on March 15, 2009
Congrats in being accepted :D. About 2 months ago,in my french group, we watched a movie about Farinelli's life and when I read that you'd like to have lunch with him, then I must tell you something. Unless you haven't watch the movie, watch it! You'll like it :D.
~Julio ('14?)
Posted by: Julio ('14?) on March 15, 2009
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Posted by: Nathan Porter '13 on March 15, 2009
Hey
I'm here, and I'm from Islamabad, and your SAT score is a lot better then mine!
Scores matter, but only to a certain extent. Yours are good enough, so work on other aspects of your application. Hope to see you next year!
Posted by: Maryam '12 on March 15, 2009
No, I haven't seen the movie yet! I really want to. Did you like it?
I do have the soundtrack, though. I LOVE it. I guess I'm just a fan of the strange and beautiful. :-D
~Emily
Posted by: Emily on March 15, 2009
And an upside of it being after midnight--the new xkcd is kinda cute: http://xkcd.com/
~Emily
Posted by: Emily on March 15, 2009
I did like the movie. It made me see that opera (if it's not opera sorry for my ignorance >.@Emily
I did like the movie. It made me see that opera (if it's not opera sorry for my ignorance >.<, and please correct me.) is soft yet energetic. As what you have said so far about the love you have for choir, you SHOULD seriously watch the movie, as I said, you'll love it. If I play my cards in the right way, I'll be able to lend you the movie next year :D.
~Julio ('14?)
PS: Did anyone from Mexico get accepted?
PS2: I like MIT's font
Posted by: Julio ('14?) on March 15, 2009
OMG!!! I love opera too!!! I thought there was no one else out there like me!!! How long have you been singing? Who's your favorite composer?! Just out of my own selfish reasons, you should check out MIT's music program:
http://web.mit.edu/mta/www/music/faq.html#11
http://web.mit.edu/mta/www/music/resources/emerson.html
There is this Emerson program where you can take music lessons from a singing teacher in Boston for an hour a week. You have to practice regularly, take a music class every semester, and be in a choir (sooo terrrrrible, isn't it?
LOL Ignore me.
Either way, you will have a ton of and enjoy what you are doing. Good luck with your decision! (Sorry for the sales pitch! All perspectives, right?
LOL This morning I woke up still in disbelief. And then it all came back, like I just had remembered a very strange and exciting dream. It's so wonderful though! I think I'm getting through the Kübler-Ross stages faster than I thought!
Posted by: Trilobite '13 on March 16, 2009
Waa! My message got eaten! What it basically said was that if I play my cards in the right way, I'll be able to lend you the movie next year.
~Julio ('14?)
Posted by: Julio ('14?) on March 16, 2009
I was just thinking that! You feel stupid writing in the post box, and then you look so smart afterwards. I will capture you, o cerebral font! Mark my words! Capture!!!
Posted by: Trilobite '13 on March 16, 2009
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Posted by: J.B. on March 16, 2009
MIT is going to start mailing you things now.
things=NBM
Posted by: '12 on March 16, 2009
Hey!I'm from San Diego County, Ramona to be specific. It's a tiny town in the middle of nowhere haha.I'm an EA admit and I know how everyone felt just a couple of days ago. :D Well congrats girl, and everyone else!
Posted by: Jacqueline '13 on March 16, 2009
anyone else from the Arab world?
@ People who ask about Int'l Olympiad: I participated in a lot of Olympiads, the most rigorous one was IMO (Math), I also participated in RSI '07 and I guess that helped
Posted by: Wael '13 on March 16, 2009
Posted by: Xola Ntumy on March 16, 2009
JUST APPLY! YOU NEVER KNOW! I mean, I got in with A SAT score @ all hopefuls out there,
JUST APPLY! YOU NEVER KNOW! I mean, I got in with A SAT score <2000..b4 u ask, no, no Olympiads or anything...
Posted by: Just plain lucky on March 16, 2009
JUST APPLY! YOU NEVER KNOW! I mean, I got in with A SAT score @ all hopefuls out there,
JUST APPLY! YOU NEVER KNOW! I mean, I got in with A SAT score <2000, and no olympaids...
Posted by: Just plain lucky on March 16, 2009
JUST APPLY! YOU NEVER KNOW! I mean, I got in with A SAT score less than 2000.....
(for some reason, my above posts were not posted completely...a glitch I will proudly fix when i come to MIT)
Posted by: @ all hopefuls out there, on March 16, 2009
No.. That's definitely not me.
"You are Aditya Anand then."
Yup.
"Hi . What did one zen master say to the other?"
That's a new one. I have no idea. Enlighten me. =)
Posted by: Aditya on March 16, 2009
I am sooooooooo excited that I got in!!
It's amazing!!!
I will see you guys in fall!!
Congrats to everyone!!!
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Posted by: ramkumar '13 on March 16, 2009
Class of '13 rocks uhhhhhhhhhh!!!
Posted by: Alex on March 16, 2009
Posted by: Rediet '13 on March 16, 2009
@Julio
Yep, it’s opera. Two of the arias are from the opera Rinaldo. I’m not sure what operas the others are from, but they’re all gorgeous. My favorites are “Lascia Ch'io Pianga” ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu1Z2PoaE5I&feature=related ) and “Ombra Fedele Anch'io” ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ndke7ZOwFY4&feature=related – especially from 4:00 to the end. They cut the long note much shorter on the soundtrack, but it’s still *gorgeous*… Reviewers of the time said the real Farinelli could hold notes for a full minute!). If I were on death row, I think those are the two recordings I would listen to as I ate my last meal.
@Trilobite
LOL! I thought the same thing—everyone’s like, “You like opera? *Really*?” :-D I actually saw my first live opera last Friday—The Magic Flute!!! I LOVED it.
I’ve been singing for longer than I can remember, but I’ve only been taking lessons for 2 ¬Ω years and only working on classical soprano repertoire for the past year or so. I know only a few arias and art songs—“The Lass with the Delicate Air” (Arne), “Black Swan” (Menotti), “Per la gloria d’adorarvi” (Bononcini), “O mio babbino caro” (Puccini), “Mari√§ Wiegenlied” (Reger). I really like Baroque opera because I’m quite a fan of trills and ornamentation even though I’m not as good at them as I am at lyric lines. I can’t really pick a favorite composer. But I do have quite a few favorite arias. Being a soprano, I love love LOVE “Der H√∂lle Rache” from Mozart’s The Magic Flute, especially Diana Damrau’s version of it ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvuKxL4Loqc – it starts at around 2:09). I also like “Glitter and Be Gay” from Bernstein’s Candide (again, I prefer Damrau to any others I’ve seen). I think it’s because being a lyric, I can barely reach those high notes in warm-ups, so I envy any soprano who can. :-D
And, of course, I cry sometimes when I hear Pavarotti’s Nessun Dorma.
Thanks for posting the music program information! That makes my decision more difficult but also more informed. :-D I can’t wait for CPW so I can finally figure out where my heart belongs!
I really like evo bio, so I’m thinking maybe I’d like to do that instead of neuro since I’m much stronger in bio than I am in math. Doesn’t really matter, though--MIT has everything. :-D
Nah, I liked your “sales pitch.” I want to hear all the opinions I can get.
LOL. I know that was a joke, but seriously—are there stages of happiness like there are stages of grief? I'm curious.
~Emily
Posted by: Emily on March 17, 2009
Where are you from? Did you sign the guestbook? I'd like to add you on Facebook if you have one.
~Emily
Posted by: Emily on March 17, 2009
YAY!!
Congratulations, Class 2013!!!
Posted by: Marcelle Nashief on March 17, 2009
I am happy you got in too! I go to Tema International School!!
Posted by: Marcelle Nashief on March 17, 2009
Wait for me, I hope i'll be able to see you guys there as transfers! (^o^)v)
Posted by: Eric Januar on March 17, 2009
Be Proud, Have Fun and make the most of it ...my son attempts MIT next year...
Your comments should serve him to get enthused
Cheers
- Kalyan
Posted by: KALYAN SENGUPTA on March 17, 2009
OMG!!! That's all I can say. OMG!!!!!!!!!! Excuse me while I try to calm down. (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU JUST SAW MAGIC FLUTE!!!!!!!!! That (along with practically every other Mozart opera) is my favorite! Der Hölle Roche just shows how brilliant Mozart is. It's so simple, just it captures everyone's interest, even those who don't like opera (my mom doesn't like opera, and that's the only song she'll want me to sing). I just listened to Diana's version, and WOW, she has a LOT of strength and vigor in her voice! I really like Sumi Jo's version of it too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBLKtFwLxpQ&feature=PlayList&p=952F43E7C1E82E56&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=29
Sumi Jo has a small voice, but she sure can pack a wallop! And OMG! I love Kristen Chenoweth's version of Glitter and Be Gay! She's a great singer and actress!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWzewHTcHew
And oh! Nessun dorma! What a gorgeous song! Have you sung it before? (It's really too bad I don't know Italian, or I'd change the "princess" to "prince" and every other female pronoun.) Song to the Moon from Rusalka makes me bawl, but it also calms me down; I listened to it right before my MIT interview, so I think it did me well! Renee Fleming (my absolute favorite singer!) does a wonderful job at the singing and the pronunciation; I spent tons of time learning the Czech, and I still don't have it right. :0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLZuo09jD-I
And Mozart's "Batti batti o bel Masetto" Don Giovanni is hilarious! (Verdi is a wonderful composer, but everything he does is depressing! I saw my first a few months ago -- La Traviata -- and that was when I realized how much more I liked my YouTube'd Mozart. Mozart is always so light-spirited and happy, I can't help but have him as my fave!
Do you have a favorite opera?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuLr2L8U7OE
I only started taking lessons and singing in general at the beginning of Junior year, and I got into choir for my senior year. Are you in singing groups at your school? Do you perform in front of big crowds of scary people? If so, please give me some tips! I get terribly nervous. I had to perform "Batti batti" last night, and I almost fell over because my knees were starting to buckle. I thought I did fine, but for some reason picturing people naked doesn't quite work for me...
Evo bio is awesome! Do you know what you'd want to do with a degree in it? I find everything about it fascinating. Is there really that much math involved with neuro? (Please excuse my ignorance.)
LOL I'm glad you liked my sales pitch!
LOL I was applying the stages more to acceptance than grief, since the idea is basically the same -- a change that must be accepted. Denial (given), anger (Why did they wait until now?), bargaining (not really an issue here), depression (But I was so ready for something else! Now I have to face the pain of change and realize everything that I wanted was possible!), and acceptance (WOOOOOO!!!). Kübler-Ross said that they don't all have to come (2 is the minimum), or even in the right order, so I can get away with number 3.
So what did you have to do to get into Martin W. Essex? Sounds like a tough school! What did you do during the week? (All these smart people are surrounding me like the voices in my head! Ahhh!!! Someone, fish me out! I'm being drowned! Oh, what a world!
Where do you live? I live in Camano Island, Washington State, which is about 1.5 hours north of Seattle. I have a Facebook, and I just signed the Guestbook. Find me!
Posted by: Trilobite '13 on March 17, 2009
Posted by: Sainyam on March 17, 2009
@Sainyam: Oh great job. Singapore is amazing. Fun frolicy weather. Star Sports. 9 ball pool. what more do you want. Where in singapore? NTU , NUS, SMU, Raffles or at a relatives? Well Columban was fun :D. My greatest memories are from Columban. Oh i wish i could whistle colonel bogey's march again :D. I did not go to Intl Olympiads but did reach the final stage of the math and astro ones.
Posted by: Ishaan on March 17, 2009
On a sour note, any other people here have problems with haters? I'm talking about the people (a ton of them at my school) who are all like "Well, you only got in because you're black/female engineer/native american/poor/etc." Me (black male) and my friend (white female going into engineering physics) were accepted and my jealous loser classmate noted that "i only got in because i'm black" and "she only got in because there's a shortage of female engineering applicants."
I didn't realize how many people have deep-seated hatred for people who reap the benefits of affirmative action...I mean, its not like they're admitting some hobo just because he's a Native American. Sure I only had a class rank of 42/508 and I only got 2080 on the SAT, surely that's not good enough for these pricks to get off my back? I'm nowhere near "the best", or even "great" but who cares, I'm in. See you all at CPW.
Posted by: 0 on March 17, 2009
Wow! It's sad that that actually still happens... I haven't experienced anything like that at my school, but we're tiny (I'm 1/119). :-D Everyone's been *so* supportive, probably because I was my school's first-ever MIT applicant, let alone admit. If as you say you're not "the best", you probably got in because you're a well-rounded person! Obviously you're smart, but being well-rounded is important, too. Don't feel guilty! You deserve to be at MIT or you wouldn't have gotten in.
~Emily
Posted by: Emily on March 17, 2009
come on! they are jealous. sometimes people undermine others to cover their own insecurities. and when did u start ranking your 'brilliance' in terms of SAT scores and class ranks?
Posted by: ZEN on March 18, 2009
come on! they are jealous. sometimes people undermine others to cover their own insecurities. and when did u start ranking your 'brilliance' in terms of SAT scores and class ranks?
Posted by: Zen on March 18, 2009
Posted by: Aditya on March 18, 2009
Oh my God you like opera! That is incredible ; I never thought I would find someone my age who did [and at MIT. I had so many misconceptions about how no one there would really really love humanities/music etc. Silly me!]. I played piano for 6 years & gave it up for other commitments so now I'm just a rabid classical music fan and can't actually perform myself.
Annnd you like Diana Damrau, so props! Her Der Holle Rache is what got me into opera. Semi unrelated, but I'm going to see her in Rigoletto at the Met this April. One ought to check out the following on youtube: her Bell Song [Lakme], any clips you can find of the blue-room Dresden Rigoletto [with Juan Diego Florez], the Covent Garden production of Hansel und Gretel with Angelika Kirchschlager [entire H&G is up on youtube, actually].
Cordially,
Drammy
Posted by: Drammy on March 18, 2009
Posted by: Drammy on March 18, 2009
EEK! OMG. Three people on this forum besides me who like opera! And Drammy, I had the same “misconceptions” you mentioned! I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought that. Being on this forum is making me feel much more hopeful that I’ll fall in love with MIT and find it a better fit than I could have dreamed.
OMFG, you’re seeing Diana Damrau LIVE! AAAAH! She’s my favorite coloratura of any I’ve heard (I actually prefer her to Dessay in most roles I’ve seen—a shame she isn’t better known here).
I’ve heard Damrau’s Bell Song, but I prefer an ethereal coloratura on Bell Song to Damrau and her powerful, dramatic voice. Ingeborg Hallstein sings it in German, but hers is my favorite because she has the most ethereal voice I’ve ever heard — *and* she slips in an almost supernaturally effortless high G! ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcO812G_Gvo )
I’ll check out the other vids as soon as I’m not at school anymore (the school blocks YouTube).
And wow. If we end up both going to MIT, wanna carpool to the New York Met?
~Emily
Posted by: Emily on March 18, 2009
I rather like Dessay's Bell Song, because her French is [but of course] impeccable and she has the ethereal thing going on.
Yes we are definitely going to have to carpool to the Met. If I'm driving you better take out life insurance. JK. There are buses that leave from Boston to Nu Yawk every half hour or so, I've heard. Our beloved Kammersangerin Damrau will be doing Marie in La fille du regiment and hm Rosina in Barber, 2009-10 season. And a Lieder recital [!!] at Carnegie Hall. Those three are definitely on my plate for next year. Seeing Natalie Dessay in Hamlet will probably be worth it as well. Oh yes, and Joyce DiDonato, the mezzo from Kansas is interpreting Rosina in the same production - bartlett sher's.
That German bell song was quite nice - the language didn't really make it sound hideous..same cannot be said for Habanera, which sounds -unique- when translated. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY1BrzPRheM]
Do you happen to have AIM or Facebook? [my sn = harpenwolf13].
-Drammy
Posted by: Drammy on March 18, 2009
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(also, lol @ the person who posted the Wonder Girls video)
Posted by: Gina on March 18, 2009
I like Dessays Bell Song, too. Its probably my second favorite next to Hallsteins. I much prefer Dessays Bell Song to her Der Holle Rache shes just much better at ethereal than menacing. :-
EEW! Youre right thats an icky translation. However, I know an even weirder translation that is actually really awesome. I watched this documentary about a poor South African opera company that is able to perform Carmen and some Passion opera in London in their native Xhosa! (the click language) I think it was called _Township Opera_. Apparently theyve recorded Carmen as a film, which means I have another opera to add to my wishlist because Habanera is *gorgeous* in Xhosa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFEgd08b7SY
Yep, I was about to ask you the same thing. I dont use IMtoo all-consuming when youre talking to more than one person at oncebut Im on Facebook. My last name is Lydic, and Im pretty sure Im the only Emily Lydic on there. Just go ahead and friend me and just identify yourself in the attached messageor message me and Ill friend you.
~Emily
Posted by: Emily on March 18, 2009
~Emily
Posted by: Emily on March 18, 2009
PS: @Drammy: I also love classical music!
~Julio ('14?)
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Posted by: Sainyam on March 19, 2009
I love how sweet and soft-spoken Diana Damrau is, especially. She seems so down-to-earth about her stratospherically awesome voice! :-D
I can’t wait to see a "real" opera either! I saw Die Zauberflaute at Oberlin College last Friday and loved it, but I’ve never seen a live professional opera.
~Emily
Posted by: Emily on March 19, 2009
Question: Any of you guys from Massachusetts?
Posted by: Ryan N. on March 19, 2009
Posted by: Ryan N. on March 19, 2009
But I'm a fan of some non-intellectual music, too. :-D I love show tunes: Wicked, Cabaret, The Little Mermaid, Into the Woods, The Light in the Piazza, among others. And I really like Disney songs.
~Emily
Posted by: Emily on March 19, 2009
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~Emily
Posted by: Emily on March 19, 2009
@Anonymous- Unfortunately, I'm extremely backwards... I've got it for PS2 :( Therefore, I don't even know what a gamertag is hahaha.
Posted by: Ryan N. on March 20, 2009
Posted by: Ryan N. on March 20, 2009
Yeah, I don't do athletics (other than Cheerleading freshman year and Horseback Riding in the summer) because my gross motor skills aren't so great. My fine motor skills are good--but that doesn't help when you're trying to maneuver a ball. :-D
~Emily
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<a >Confederations Cup
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