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  Southern California Fires Our thoughts go out to those affected by the wildfires.

  

  As you’ve probably heard, Southern California is being devastated by wildfires. Half a million people have evacuated their homes, and more than 1300 homes have been destroyed. The hardest hit…

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

  Work, friends, sleep – pick three In which I manage time effectively.

  

  Remember that time when I was an RA at nerd camp? Here’s what I found on my Facebook wall last night from Eric, one of the students from this summer:…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Blog: Humanitarian Work At MIT My name is Ali Wyne, and I'll be this year's host for the new Humanitarian…

  

  My name is Ali Wyne, and I’ll be this year’s host for the new Humanitarian Blog. I wanted mitadmissions.org to have an area devoted to the many people at MIT…

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Into the Sunset [by Cadet Paul Estrada, '09] My fascination with color guard, and participation in a colonel's…

  

  [by Cadet Paul Estrada, ’09] As he walked up to us and stretched out his hand, the first thing that Col Wallen told the Det 365 Air Force ROTC Color…

  • by ROTC
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cambridge Traditions and 5 Course Meals

  

  Here in Cambridge, all new students must go through a matriculation process in which you are formally admitted into the university and your college. I think all of the colleges…

  • by Cambridge
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Order of Operations In what order should your application be submitted?

  

  Recently, I’ve been getting a lot of questions like, “Can I do my interview before I submit my Part I?” and “What happens if my teacher recommendation gets to MIT…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re Not Alone Even if you think you are.

  

  My Mondays are horrible. I’m thinking about bringing a camera with me next Monday so you all can see what they’re like, but until then here’s a teaser: 5:30 –…

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • October 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. As a matter of philosophy, MIT is committed to the idea of equal access to higher education for everyone. It…

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  What Makes You Tick? To all the Early applicants.

  

  Seeing all the parents converge on MIT campus for Family Weekend reminded me of my parents, who are one continent and one ocean away. So, on a side note, really…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 14, 2007
• Blog / Study Abroad

  One Life to Live In which I use the title of a soap opera as a motivational phrase

  

  Whew, I’m glad JKim posted an entry ten seconds after I did, because otherwise I’d feel incredibly bad for spending my entire morning writing in here instead of studying for…

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Physics A short novel.

  

  I’m going to be honest – The first five academic weeks here were not a pleasant experience. You all smile about this whole firehose analogy, thinking that it sounds fantastic…

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nonlinearity My conjecture on finding my way through four years at MIT.

  

  I wrote a letter to myself before coming to college that I promised not to read until I had graduated. Having unearthed it from beneath the small island of paper…

  • by Bryan
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Interview Deadline Approaching! It's time for applicants to contact their local MIT representative.

  

  Next Saturday, October 20th, is the deadline for Early Action applicants to contact their interviewer (and, if you’re applying for regular action, you may want to set that interview up…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  REX and the City New York, New York, and other answers to your other questions, too.

  

  A lot of you have written me to tell me you’ve voted, and it’s INCREDIBLE have all your support! Voting’s open until the 28th, so be sure to share this…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come Together What do you believe in?

  

  Part One: Getting people together. Abstract. In our investigation of the hypothesis “wanting something doesn’t make it real”, we find one physically significant counter-example to this premise. Let’s start from…

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  Let me start with a confession. Last year, if you had told me that I was going to end up at MIT for college, I probably would have laughed in…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship I'm a finalist for a blogging scholarship - now I need your help voting.

  

  Recently Evan’s mother, who is, for the record, so cool, sent the bloggers an email about a $10,000 scholarship for any bloggers who attend college. I happen to fit both…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Pachyderm Photography I'll try to avoid elephant jokes. There might be one or two, though, just for…

  

  (Answers to your questions are coming next entry; keep on sending them in!) ALL MY EMAILS YESTERDAY (interspersed throughout random times of the day)EVERYONE I KNOW: There are elephants being…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  David Berry: A “Fearless” Innovator with a Passion for MIT Dr. David Berry, who received his S.B. and Ph.D. from MIT, received the honor of…

  

  As Technology Review’s 2007 Top Young Innovator of the Year, MIT grad Dr. David Berry knows a thing or two about success. Though he is only 29 years old, he…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Punting

  

  Punting is a really relaxing and nice way to spend the afternoon if you’re not the punter. My name is Lucy and I’m a junior studying civil engineering. I’m participating…

  • by Cambridge
  • October 3, 2007