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  Going Social Thinking about MIT Admissions and social media.

  

  I remember the first time I ever heard of Facebook. I was donning my cap and gown and preparing to walk at my high school graduation. Pomp and Circumstance bellowed…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Liveblog: Info Session with Karyn Blaser! Learn about MIT

  

  Hey everybody, I’m taking a break from working on 2.004 in order to sit through an information session with Karyn Blaser (MIT Admissions Rep). I think I’ve mentioned before that…

  • by Snively '11
  • October 12, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for Seniors From me to you. Why? Because I care

  

  I have been back from my fall travel rounds for almost a week now. This year, I travelled to sunny Southern California. I visited high schools, met with students and…

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  LET’S PLAY Dodgeball!

  

  My high school didn’t have the broadest range of athletic options, so I’ve always been excited about finding new rec’ stuff to try out in college. Besides, as in the…

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  I’ve already mentioned how busy I am this semester and have gone over my schedule, but now it’s time to show just what I’ve been busy with! One of my…

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Do you have jobs? Can I have one?

  

  After I finish my M.Eng (Master’s of Engineering) thesis in the spring, it will be time for me to leave MIT and venture out into the real world. So, I’ve…

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admission Interview Tick tock!

  

  The deadline for Early Action (EA) application, November 1st, is just around the corner. While I hate to distract you from the application, essays, standardized tests and teacher recommendation letters…

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work and Energy Can't do the former if you don't have the latter.

  

  Having spent the majority of orientation meeting new people, staying up late, and climbing on roofs, I met the start of school with a dangerous sense of nonchalance. Consequently, I…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I don’t like SPAM! Technology to the rescue!

  

  I know you’re already thinking to yourself, “Where is Dave going to go with the SPAM joke?” Will he follow through on the Monty Python subject line? Will he show…

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 6, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Welcome to the Woodshop Don't forget close-toed shoes and please WEAR GOGGLES.

  

  Laura did a pretty great job covering the variety of machine shops around campus in her epic Machine Shops entry. But she missed my place… ;) Where architecture comes to…

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 5, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to my home Feel free to chill in here

  

  Finally, my first blog post! It has been such a hectic week. It’s exam season, so I have been up late studying/youtubing for the past week. I had an 18.023…

  • by Celena C. '12
  • October 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  TLM The Land of MIT. It's a planet.

  

  Back when I was about seven I dreamed of being an astronaut. Of traveling to different planets, perhaps living in a ship for years until reaching a completely different planet…

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  LIFE! is my favorite entry title.

  

  Ahh!!! This blog is finally happening! I think my bio page gives a good idea of who I am – random, likes artsy stuff, etc, etc. But to round out…

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In which brains are awesome Neener neener neener.

  

  Snively would call this the bloggers’ freebie post. I would disagree, having never taken advantage of the “hey kids, look at my schedule!” post before. I’d say the freebie post…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Turn around and pretend it wasn’t you Words of Wisdom

  

  I am happy to report several things: 1) I no longer have swine flu 2) I am now 21 years of age 3) Spectrum wrote an article about me 4)…

  • by Snively '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Past, Present, and Future This all "began with a single blog by a student five years ago, at the…

  

  As the NY Times article states, this whole blogging thing “began with a single blog by a student five years ago, at the dawn of the Facebook era.” Let me…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Start of Something New Please forgive the High School Musical reference.

  

  More than a month ago, I stepped drowsily off a Southwest Airlines flight, lugged my two massive suitcases into a relative’s waiting car, and stared out the window, as trees,…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  SEPTEMBERRR Don't read this entry. Read the one under this one.

  

  I got back to Boston from summer vacation September 2, and it’s like what…October 2? o_____O One of my favorite stanzas to the Engineer’s Drinking Song goes like this: An…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Blogs Featured in NY Times "[N]one of the [other colleges'] blogs match the interactivity and creativity of M.I.T.'s, where they…

  

  From The New York Times (check out the awesome photo of Paul, Jess, and Chris M.!): M.I.T. Taking Student Blogs to Nth Degree By TAMAR LEWIN Published: October 1, 2009…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Things That Are Awesome (And have been keeping me from writing recently -- Sorry!)

  

  Numbers 1: MEnging I graduated in June, but I’m not gone yet! Due to a great program in Course 6 (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) at MIT, I am able…

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 1, 2009