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  Finding heritage at MIT

  

  I’ve been thinking about certain things a lot lately. I attribute this in part to Rush, in part to a slightly larger-than-usual number of crufty alums being around in the…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Orientation Wrap-Up Reason #457 why I love Orientation: I don't have to pay for food for a…

  

  So Orientation is pretty much also a week of free food. The saying goes that you should not have to spend any money on food for at least your first…

  • by Bryan
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Every square is a rectangle A brief look at every student activity at MIT.

  

  Okay, first off, I have to tell you that Erica ’07 is a superhero. For the past month or so, she’s worked about 50 hours of UROP every week in…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 3, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Carnival A glorious carnival is marred by the passing of a beloved goldfish. (24 pictures)

  

  Last night, we went to a carnival that was sponsored by the Undergraduate Association (UA), Panhellenic Association (Panhel), Dormitory Council (DormCon), Interfraternity Council (IFC), SaveTFP (love your beaver!), Living Group…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hurricane Katrina Trying to help, to the extent that we can.

  

  Before getting too far into this entry, let me just say that I and all of my colleagues in Admissions and across MIT have those people affected in the Gulf…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Rush and Hall Rush

  

  The past several days have been exciting. There was Dorm Rush, and then there was Hall Rush (or In-House Rush…I guess if you’re in, say, MacGregor, it’s Entry Rush). 5th…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Power Tools at 2 AM A typical MIT experience.

  

  I’ve been on campus for over a week now, which basically means that I’m being dragged around and coerced into moderately horrible icebreaker activities. In other words, Orientation is in…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Afternoon Props Props to ten people/committees/inanimate objects that deserve props.

  

  Here are ten people, groups, and inanimate objects that really deserve some props, and dare I say mad props at that, for genuinely improving my quality of life over the…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Katrina I can't stop thinking about it.

  

  Oh my god. I can’t stop thinking about all of the people who have been affected by this – this tragedy has been on my mind every waking hour (and…

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  puzzled again? a little puzzle for the class of '09

  

  So this week, each day of Orientation, the students have been getting a group of scavenger hunt questions to solve, and today they get to solve mine. This blog is…

  • by Bryan
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  I do understand that human beings are not intuitively good at statistics. Daniel Kahneman won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2002 for showing, among other things, that people in…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX continued The rain killed my hawaiian outfit.

  

  So REX or Residence Exploration began on Sunday afternoon with a kickoff that started in Kresge. The real fun started at about 5 pm on Sunday afternoon with the annual…

  • by Bryan
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rush, rush Why you should live on my floor, with special guest star Paula Abdul.

  

  One of the coolest things about MIT is Residence Exploration (REX), which you can read about in everybody else’s blog. Basically, during the first week of orientation, you get to…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  5 years out What some MIT alumni are doing five years after graduation.

  

  Like many universities, MIT has an alumni magazine that it sends to its graduates. But unlike many universities, MIT’s alumni magazine is a real publication sold on newsstands that people…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / Events

  CityDays and ClayNights Clay Aiken concert, CityDays volunteering, and West Campus luau (lots of pictures)

  

  Clay Aiken! I’m not sure how to explain the phenomenon I witnessed on Sunday night. There are many hundreds of thousands of women across the country who attend Clay Aiken…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Livin’ La Vida PRoCa I take my clothes off and go dancing in the rain... with Clay Aiken.

  

  Sam’s Mom successfully conspired with Mitra to drag me to the Clay Aiken concert Sunday night at the Bank of America Pavilion. Though I’m by far the biggest fan of…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  miT-REX Residence Exploration (REX) begins.

  

  Consider these photos for now to be like a movie trailer without sound:

  • by Bryan
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Things to do before you graduate

  

  Every new freshman class gets, in their Orientation folders, a little poster on which are listed “101 Things To Do Before You Graduate”. Out of curiosity, I picked up a…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  I’m a little exhausted from answering questions right now, so this is going to be brief — the new freshmen remind me of bouncy balls and are all excited and…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  ant06 wrote, “is it okay to get a recommendation from a teacher who’s teaching you a subject you are not planning to further pursue, as against the teacher teaching your…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005