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  Summer Programs For MIT Students Planning early -- MIT-sponsored ways to make an impact next summer

  

  One of my sophomore advisees asked me about MIT summer opportunities for rising juniors interested in helping people. In this entry, I will list the ones I know with a…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Passing Out ...of classes. Or in class. We'll see.

  

  [Editor’s note in 2017: The Office of Undergraduate Advising and Academic Programming manages credit policies for incoming freshmen, and the policies are subject to change for each entering class. Please…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two answers on a Saturday night Because SNL's a rerun and we just finished our movie from Netflix

  

  Question One Elizabeth asked, I have one… I was talking to my dad, trying to make decisions about this whole college application thing, and he said if I were planning…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  FREE FOOD! FREE FOOD! EVERYWHERE!! AM I YELLING??

  

  This morning I got a frantic call from my mother. MOM: Is it true? ME: What? MOM: You’re not really kicked out of MIT, were you? ME: Yeah, I’ve already…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t Dump I got stopped by the police.

  

  Awesome title, right? In short, my Friday involved graffiti, press conferences, and getting stopped by the police. Just one photo to whet your pallet. A series of updates on Orientation…

  • by Bryan
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Kim Affair It's been fun, guys.

  

  [ETA] THIS ARTICLE IS NOT TRUE. It’s a joke created by The Tech. Please don’t think that the Admissions Office would EVER do something like this. If you don’t believe…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Heading back up Goodbye Maryland, hello Boston!

  

  Helllo! Today’s the day…I’m going back to good old Boston. Any last minute questions about classes or life??? Post away…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photo Contest, Round 2 The Boston skyline at night.

  

  Here’s another Orientation photo contest entry… it seems that everyone likes the panoramic photos! This picture was taken by Daniel ’10 just prior to an annual event we call the…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Public service announcement One stereotype that I just won't accept.

  

  One thing I’ve been hearing from prefrosh at an alarming frequency lately is that MIT is a competitive and cutthroat place, and that collaborative behavior is rare. Let me first…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  And I realize I’m going home Cards for sorrow, cards for pain, cards for my last blog entry from Germany.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? In eighth grade, my science teacher taught me that the formula for the surface area of a sphere (4 pi r squared) was not exact, and was…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Events

  DME SoccerBot Championships 2006 (Or, How Does Justin Timberlake Live With Himself?) All we are saying is give Pluto a chance.

  

    It was an epic battle, a tournament to the death. Tens of youthful spectators crouched eagerly around the arena, their jaws hanging open with anticipation for the coming soccer…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Room with a Vieux A comparison of sorts

  

  Note: I freely admit I am stealing the title “A Room with a Vieux” from a lovely antiques store in Boston So here is my workspace (and my coworker, an…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ZigZag Episode 9 ZigZag presents the Vehicle Design Summit and more.

  

  The newest episode of MIT’s video podcast ZigZag is now available. It features a very cool piece about the Vehicle Design Summit, definitely worth checking out. Which student-designed alternative fuel…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Bermuda, Jaimaica, oooh I want to take you to… One week of fun in the Dominican Republic

  

  Hola amigos! I just got back yesterday from a week of R&R in the Dominican Republic. It was our third visit (click here to see last year’s entry) to the…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Get psyched, stay with it, do whatever it takes Adam's dad's advice is succint. Mine isn't.

  

  I have to admit that I don’t have fifty pieces of advice for anybody, but I do have a couple of things to say about starting college, particularly at the…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Everything’s coming up Milhouse! This one goes out to the Class of 2010. Fire!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Madonna is 48 years old. Seriously. Guys, I need a favor, okay? You have to remind me to enter the PE Lottery, which starts tomorrow. I’ve forgotten…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Isaac Lozada Isaac Lozada comes from Texas to MIT.

  

  Following up on my July/August series on news articles about the Class of 2010, here’s one more… Central grad’s MIT future a family dream By ERIN QUINN San Angelo Standard-Times…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Back to Boston Recommended Orientation events

  

  I am flying back to Boston tonight (why do I always book redeyes?) and can’t wait to meet all the new ’10s. For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photo Contest, Round 1 The first winning entry in the photo contest. What a view!

  

  The Orientation photo contest is off to a great start. The first photo comes to us from freshman Arya ’10, an international student from Iran. This photo was taken from…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Value added You are not the same person you'll be at the end of undergrad, and your…

  

  People sometimes say that it doesn’t matter where you go for undergrad, as long as you go somewhere spectacular for grad school. I have several problems with this logic: Not…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2006