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  Can You Become Back at MIT, with excitement and pictures

  

  … a new version of you? (Did anyone watch Felicity? These lyrics are from the theme song , which JJ Abrams, the creator of the show, wrote. Interestingly, Abrams is…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  fpop-ing I haven't worn a poncho since the third grade.

  

  So over the past couple of days, our FPOP has done some pretty cool stuff. Day One: – we heard a talk from a postdoc, Lyle Simmons, on DNA repair.…

  • by Bryan
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  A note about the title: when I was little, my mother (who is a 5th grade teacher) used to encourage me to occasionally take a DOFMH — day off for…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Stu Schmill ‘86 Name: Stu Schmill; Job title: Associate Director of Admissions and Director of the Educational Council;…

  

  Name: Stu SchmillJob title: Associate Director of Admissions and Director of the Educational CouncilHometown: Little Neck, NY (in Queens)High school: Benjamin N. Cardozo HSCollege: MIT ’86, mechanical engineeringFavorite thing about…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Images of Rush preparation

  

  Every year, the campus is engulfed by frenetic activity in the week leading up to Rush/Orientation. So I decided to bring you a few pictures of the activity in my…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Victorian Literature? MIT, perhaps surprisingly, has top programs in ethnomusicology, the history of Islamic architecture, and more...

  

  Very frequently, we are asked about the humanities and arts at MIT. I think people are understandably concerned about whether you can continue to pursue interests in the humanities at…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Scenes From Admissions, Round Two What's going on in this picture?! Another installment of our new little game.

  

  Occasionally I’ll show you a picture and give you some clues to see if you can figure out what’s going on in the scene. Welcome to Round Two. White Circles…

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  US News & World Report… Just Save Your Wrist Watch. If I were to create a minority-based ranking of colleges, here are some of the…

  

  My grandfather was from Milledgeville, Georgia. He was a simple man who was known for his crazy sayings and no nonsense demeanor. He had little patience or tolerance for anything…

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  it really is beginning and so it begins

  

  That kind of means summer is ending. Jessie wrote in her blog how everyone is getting ramped up for probably one of the most exciting times of the year, Orientation.…

  • by Bryan
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ We've been getting a lot of questions about our testing requirements; here are the answers.

  

  [note: As of August 2006, this entry is out of date in regard to testing requirements. For the most up-to-date information, please view the MIT Admissions home page] All []s…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I AM CONNECTED! Finally arriving on campus was way less exciting than finally getting my wireless connection to…

  

  So dear readers, I have finally made it to MIT. I���m writing this from my own room in Burton-Conner on my new (to me) laptop and will soon be posting…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am a hapless klutz Stories about Nobel laureates.

  

  First, I am excited to say that the class of 2009 is slowly straggling onto campus, and I could not be more psyched. Rush/orientation is my favorite time of year,…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  And it’s all beginning…

  

  Back in Massachusetts! And Rush stuff is starting! *excited* There’s building in the courtyard. I’ll take pictures as soon as I replace the batteries in my camera. Rush – REX…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  turn the dial to 88.1 hello caller, you're live on the air.

  

  Up until last Thursday, my only on-air experience was the one time I won season passes to Astroworld from a failing radio station back in my hometown, and yelled and…

  • by Bryan
  • August 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Emily Levesque- How megastars evolve Emily spent the summer of 2004 conducting astronomy research at the Kitt Peak National Observatory…

  

  I have always been proud of the fact that there is a star and a minor planet (a.k.a. an asteroid, but minor planet sounds substantially more impressive) bearing my name.…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  My life in the bush of ghosts The long-awaited chronicles of my life as a vegetarian.

  

  Heya! So, from 7:00 PM on 7/11/05 to 7:30 PM on 8/8/05, a total of four weeks, I was a card-carrying vegetarian. Why? So I’d have something to write about…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mikey Yang ‘05 Name: Mikey Yang; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Troy, MI

  

  Name: Mikey YangJob title: Admissions CounselorHometown: Troy, MIHigh school: Troy High SchoolCollege: MIT ’05, BiologyFavorite thing about MIT: The people. Hands down. The people at MIT are not what I…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers to some questions

  

  Wow, I have enough questions this time to do a sort of omnibus like Matt does! And I’m starting to get more comments in general – I guess my blog…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Advising Folders! Lots of fun discoveries about advising and such. Also, how I managed to confuse MIT…

  

  So, Online Freshman Advising Folders became available on Monday, which means excited little prefrosh like yours truly got to find out several exciting little tidbits about our freshman year. First,…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  For those of you new to the blog: a Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the comments. So if you ask a question,…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005