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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Attack! My war diary.

  

  Oh hai world! Welcome to my very first official MIT blog entry! Please excuse the lolcat/EECS reference, it was a necessary evil. Surprise and happy New Year! There’s a new…

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Ends 522 EA admits, Snively, molecular jewelry, and Evan Broder's holiday card - more random than…

  

  Happy New Year! I hope you guys are having a great 2008 so far. Congrats to all of you who got your applications in on time. :-) And being a…

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Home Warning: Graphics Intensive.

  

  Welcome to 2008! 2008. In equivalent terms, Class of 2012. Congratulations to all of you that pressed the submit button yesterday and others that have already received the invitation to…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Standing Out [by C/3C Christopher Benson, '10] Before AFROTC, this abstract concept of "leadership" seemed very generic...

  

  [by C/3C Christopher Benson, ’10] “Sometimes after I take off, I wonder how I am getting paid to do this job… I should be paying them.” This quote came from…

  • by ROTC
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  Machine Shops, Part 2 In case you haven’t read it: Machine Shops, Part 1 There are a lot of machine shops on campus, so in my massive efforts to document…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The City On A Hill The "M" of " MIT"

  

  People often find it shocking when I say it, but if MIT was in Illinois, I wouldn’t have *matriculated. Though the MIT campus within itself offers 57334534923 (not a hyperbole)…

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Visit YouTube to Participate in the World Economic Forum! Have world leaders watch and respond to your video at this year's World Economic Forum!

  

  President Hockfield has asked the MIT International Review (http://web.mit.edu/mitir/) to spread awareness of an unprecedented opportunity: You can participate in this year’s World Economic Forum! Visit http://www.youtube.com/thedavosquestion and post a…

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wall A Lack of Color

  

  I’m in my room in Senior House (which, before you ask, is not just for seniors) right now. My walls are an uninteresting shade of white. I arrived on Saturday…

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Though the Odds A survival story.

  

  It’s official: my first semester at MIT is over. After finishing four finals in three days, I packed my bags and headed back home to South Bend. By the time…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  At What Cost A summary of my fall semester

  

  I haven’t blogged much at all this year. I remember how happy I was when I found out I’d been selected. I thought “Wow, I can share my experiences with…

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • December 21, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  IHTFP Warning: Bitterness Ahead! (And why IHTFP can mean so many different things.)

  

  There is a whiteboard in Ben’s office which was apparently once used for admissions work, but for years it has been taken over by students. It is now covered in…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Low Balance A epic story of Chinese food, heartbreak, and loss. All because I have no TechCash.

  

  I didn’t start out this weekend trying to write a scathing expose on what it’s like to survive at MIT with no TechCash, no cash, and a terrible desire to…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred Students Update Some Q&A for deferred students.

  

  If you’ve been deferred, you may be asking, “What now?” Luckily, I’ve got some answers (updated for this year’s very competitive EA pool). Is it all over for me? At…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Class of 2012 guestbook and an update on The Tubes.

  

  As of yesterday, all 522 admitted students can log into MyMIT for the Class of 2012 guestbook directory (post your picture!). Also, all of the decision letters — including the…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choosing a Major I hope this is helpful to you at some point

  

  I’ve been reading a lot of comments lately about which majors are harder than others and omg my friend says this class is impossible and don’t be concerned about the…

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT TechFair THINK Competition A national science competition "intended to motivate high school students to think about problems related…

  

  Catherine Huang ’10 just sent me this announcement and asked me to let you guys know about a competition that she and fellow MIT undergrads Jennifer Sim and Di Ye…

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Enigma Gold Star Winners! Don, tell them what they've won...

  

  To follow up on this entry… Thanks for playing Engima Wrapped In A Riddle! Don, tell them what they’ve won. Wow! I am impressed by how many of you met…

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MOUT Training Exercise With UNH ROTC [by CDT Vikram Mittal] When UNH asked our battalion to supply people to act as…

  

  [by CDT Vikram Mittal, MIT ’09 Mechanical Engineering PhD Candidate] The University of New Hampshire ROTC program recently organized a MOUT (Military Operations on Urban Terrain) training exercise. Twenty insurgents…

  • by ROTC
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Admitted A forum for students who were admitted.

  

  Congratulations and welcome to the Class of 2012! Feel free to use this forum to introduce yourselves to your future classmates.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2007
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Deferred A forum for students who were deferred.

  

  In the near future, we’ll have some advice here on the blogs for students who have been deferred. In the meantime, feel free to use this forum to chat.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2007