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  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
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Driving On The Infinite One of my biggest pet peeves is people who do not understand how to drive…

  

  I don’t have many pet peeves when it comes to MIT, but one of the biggest is people who do not understand how to drive on the Infinite Corridor. The…

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 9, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Where the Sun Shines, There Hack They MIT is known for many things, including its legendary hacks.

  

  MIT is known for many things, including its legendary hacks. Long a part of MIT folklore, hacks can tell much about MIT’s culture and subculture—providing a deeper understanding about intelligence,…

  • by Laurie Everett
  • August 2, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  New Server As of this afternoon, mitadmissions.org is living on a new (and much faster) server.

  

  Hi folks, As of this afternoon, mitadmissions.org is living on a new (and much faster) server. You’ll probably notice better performance in page rendering right away; commenting is still slower…

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 30, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I who have nothing Darling, 'tis I who loves you.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? In Renaissance Spain, when white skin was cultivated as a sign of royalty, princesses drank water from clay vases and then ate the clay, which would absorb…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2007