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  The Interview…Part 1 ECs are some of my favorite people in the world and you'll like them too.

  

  Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning interviews has changed (though Kim’s observations on the interview and our interviewers remain helpful). A description of the current…

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tale of the Midnight Tool! Simulcast in 1337 for our viewers at home!

  

  As some of you may have noticed, the world didn’t end on Wednesday like I thought it would (for the rest of you, look outside, yup it’s still there). Which…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hi, (gasp!) I’m Kim Kimd's first post as an admissions blogger!

  

  Wow. I’ve had an intense week. And it’s only Wednesday. Now, finally, I’ve gotten to a point where the workload will be manageable from here on out, and therefore I…

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Genesis Embrace me Blogosphere!!!!

  

  Inspired by the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Theme Song Now this is the story all about how My life got flipped turned upside down And I’d like to take a…

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things that are hard. Though not as hard as this.

  

  Hence the not-having-written-anything-yet. So hi, my name’s Shannon. I’m from Grand Rapids, Michigan, Furniture Capital of the World and proud birthplace of both the Holland Tulip Time Festival and the…

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life: Weekend Edition 80% more fun and 800% more apples in one serving!

  

  Some days begin with ballistic alarms and spilled coffee and calculus homework. Some days begin with silence. I woke up on Sunday morning, a translucent silence filling the room. Dawn-ish…

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Colors! Burton-Conner:12523 kbps1649 kbps140 ms

  

  It seems as though the more work one has, the more time one finds to blog. Some of my most prolific blogging streaks are when I’m actually the busiest here.…

  • by Snively '11
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Courses and Stuff Mason '10 made up the title, blame him.

  

  I think it was Snively who called this the “freebie” entry: describing the classes you’re taking in a given semester. Well, now that I’m a first semester senior who just…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  And so it is… Just like the blogosphere said it would be.

  

  I am born! (Or rather, my blog is born.) This is (virtually) my first blog post ever! I hope you enjoy following my adventures in MIT Admissions. For an introduction…

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Peanut Butter Delusion Arguments as old as man.

  

  Alright, it’s been a good five days since our blogs have come online, and I still haven’t found a novel way to detail my first three and half weeks here…

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Got any threes? Go fish!

  

  The floor on which I live, Conner 2, has a large TV. A large broken TV. As such, yesterday evening found a large majority of the residents of Conner 2…

  • by Snively '11
  • September 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tasty water, the Charles River, and other things that are not synonymous First post!

  

  It’s a little-known fact that McCormick Hall is home to not only hundreds of wonderful and intelligent female students but also the best-tasting water on campus. Last Sunday, I filled…

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Replay… Who says you can't go home again? Or at least go back to school...

  

  I arrived on the MIT campus in August of 1982 with all my “stuff” crammed into four suitcases. I quickly discovered that MIT and Baker House was the place where…

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  LAST! It's the end of the world as we know it!

  

  Stop doing your homework, don’t worry about papers, don’t pay your bills, don’t make weekend plans, don’t even finish applying to MIT, there’s no point. This is goodbye, this is…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dorm Companion #1: Art MIT loans out 400 pieces of famous art each year from its collections to its…

  

  Want a Warhol in your dorm room? This is exhibition week of the Student Loan Art Collection at MIT’s List Visual Arts Center. The Student Loan Art Program allows MIT…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Companion #2: Cat The Boston Globe discusses MIT's four cat-friendly dorms.

  

  Currently, the most emailed article on boston.com is this piece on MIT’s four cat-friendly dorms (please note that the other seven are to be completely free of pets, save fish),…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I want to be when I grow up Did I go with the baseball announcer idea? Or the Daily Show script writer? Read…

  

  When I was in preschool, we had to make a crayon drawing of what we wanted to be when we grew up. My classmates drew astronauts and firemen. I drew…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Third Side of Fraternities The way I see it...

  

  PREMISES 1. This is an OPINION post. Not a suggestion post. I’m not trying to debate about housing or even recommend to you what you should do. I’m just trying…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…

  

  Trivia: By population, which US states are most and least represented in the MIT undergraduate student body? And, which foreign country is most represented, and what is the most populous…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall term is already a nightmare Today I went to my second day of classes.

  

  Loved Rhetoric with Strang. I can say that now because I got my name picked out of a hat to stay in his class. If I’d known it would come…

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 5, 2008