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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ritual & Ceremony I'll be out of contact the next two weeks as I celebrate a big event.

  

  Just as you all have been preparing for one of life’s biggest rituals — applying to and going off to college — I, too, have been preparing for another of…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hit in the Face: A Snively GuestBlog Snively's point of view. Only this time it's actually his point of view, and not…

  

  After a lot of searching, I’ve discovered a video on YouTube that is pretty much the perfect metaphor for what MIT has been like for me thus far. It starts…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Desired things a youthful aside.

  

  I just had the busiest, craziest summer of my life. I remember a high school teacher who had high hopes for us. She owned not a small fraction of the…

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 12, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Running away with the field Junot Diaz is sort of a big deal.

  

  (I’ve come out of blogger hibernation to post something too awesome not to share, and hope you all don’t mind. Welcome to the new bloggers and have a great first…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 10, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogger Decisions Released Many thanks to all of this year's incredible applicants!

  

  So we were a little more efficient this year in making decisions (i.e. none of this October business from last year!). I’ve spent a ton of time over the last…

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Ali Khademhosseini: Building tissues, cell-by-cell Khademhosseini, an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the joint MIT-Harvard Health Sciences and Technology Program,…

  

  The debate over nature versus nurture has raged on for decades, but few people would deny that individuals are shaped by their experiences. Just like humans, cells develop in response…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of School Fall term classes began today at MIT.

  

  Today was the first day of classes at MIT. Once again, the Infinite Corridor was abuzz with activity, people excited for the new year of classes. For the Class of…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Over the next month, MIT Admissions Officers will visit dozens of cities across North America.

  

  Beginning Wednesday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth across this continent to tell you tales of MIT. This year, the first meetings are…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m Shipping Up to Boston and I lost my leg! Whoah oh oh..

  

  Tomorrow morning I fly back to MIT, and I’m writing to you with absolutely no feeling in the lower left-hand quadrant of my face. It’s as if all the feeling…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Incoming freshmen, come to the Activities Midway tomorrow! Find a group where you can continue your hobbies and try something new.

  

  Do you like movies? Writing? Model railroads? Ultimate Frisbee? Skateboarding? Dancing? Taekwondo? Singing? Biomedical engineering? Community service? Want to get involved with these activities at MIT? Then, come to the…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 30, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Law & Order: MIT Alum Unit Going to law school after MIT, and a profile of the first sitting federal judge…

  

  I’m often asked about MIT students going off to law school. For some reason, people don’t seem to realize that you can come to MIT, major in anything (science, engineering,…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Didn’t You Graduate? I refuse to accept my new label...kind of.

  

  I’ll begin with a flashback. Scene: On my way back from my daily trip to get fruit snacks from the vending machine. Bryan runs into friend who had been participating…

  • by Bryan
  • August 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Orientation and pre-approval In which I relate orientation to getting pre-approved for a credit card in a totally…

  

  (I have a lot more unfinished posts on their way – as well as answers to your questions – but this was too good not to post right away. So…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 22, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2011 arrives… Orientation programs are beginning, and the campus is really starting to come alive.

  

  Today, the Class of 2011 started to arrive! With International Orientation as well as the Freshman Pre-Orientation Programs (FPOPs) beginning, hundreds of freshmen are all around campus. Today, I saw…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sororities @ MIT- Become a part of it! Come to the first day of recruitment on September 1st to learn more about what…

  

  Times are a changin’ around the Institvte. This year, sorority recruitment has been moved from the last weekend of IAP to the beginning of the school year. This is a…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A grab bag filled with a magical camp and the Big Apple One month of activities in one entry.

  

  It’s official: my blogging hiatus has ended. It has been a crazy couple of weeks, filled with editing medical school applications (first drafts, second drafts, third drafts, galore!), trying to…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  I’m going through my in-box today, taking care of some long-overdue things. I found an entry that Mikey wrote for me that I had intended to publish this past spring.…

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Meaning of August It's time for classes, moving, colorful dorm rooms, and new bloggers.

  

  What does August mean to you? For me it used to mean that school was starting, summer was over – all kinds of depressing things like that. This time around,…

  • by Evan B. '10
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Introduction To ROTC At MIT A new guest-author blog in response to a variety of inquiries regarding ROTC programs at…

  

  My name is Evan Karlik, and I graduated from both MIT and Navy ROTC this past spring. In response to a variety of inquiries regarding ROTC, it’s my pleasure to…

  • by ROTC
  • August 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  Last week, I dropped 9.15 from my preregistration schedule for the upcoming term. It hurt me to do it; 9.15, only offered in alternate fall terms, was the class I…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007