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  Obama’s Visiting MIT! Does that mean he gets an advantage in the admissions process?

  

  posts that mentioned MIT President Susan Hockfield's trip to the White ... below). Now, he's returning the favor and coming to visit us this ... a visit to campus from the President is pretty darn special. Of course

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruminations and room-inations Written on the anniversary of one year ago.

  

  The past year in retrospect is a telescoping compression of proper ... disorienting, suffered the raw heat of August sunlight during Susan Hockfield ... would tomorrow lose the ability to put food between slices of bread. “Year

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 30, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Story Oh goody!

  

  cooking our own food, if we so choose. Many people embrace the kitchens and ... do I really feel like learning right away, so I don't use the kitchens very often. This story, however, doesn't concern me, it concerns the girl

  • by Snively '11
  • July 19, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Not a Real Entry I wrote it in the imaginary plane.

  

  Last night, I was lying on my mattress somewhere near the precarious edge of the top bunk and feeling mildly superhero-esque in a thrill ... audition because I missed the actual auditions and trudged to the other side

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 10, 2009
• Blog / Events

  A Burton Jew Thanksgiving Because I'm game for any excuse to eat stuffing.

  

  live on Burton 2, known primarily for being right below the Burton Third Bombers and for having the largest concentration of Kosher keeping Jews on one floor anywhere, or just the highest concentration of Jews in general

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  California, Here I Come… I begin my Fall Travel by heading to the West Coast

  

  Sacramento, CA) I left Boston on Wednesday last week to head for the West Coast. After an early morning trip to the Manchester, NH airport (that 4 ... young woman came all the way from Hawaii) and a terrific group of

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Diffusion Summer time!

  

  . Many of MIT's dorms lie along the same stretch of road known as "Amherst Alley," but to make matters confusing all of the dorm addresses are on ... , pickup trucks, parents, boxes, and luggage. All of these are for the people

  • by Snively '11
  • May 23, 2008
• 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 who are working to change the plight of the world

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

  Silent Dance Party If we had the chance, we'd ask the world to dance.

  

  is deeper than the Atlantic Ocean and is only a few decibels louder than a sledgehammer, its collective love of the song "The Way I Are" by ... to Susan Hockfield, but she never RSVPed). Since our return for the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A blog post about blog posts Superstar blogger emeritus Mollie gives us some of her favorite entries [now its own post!].

  

  Susan commented on the blog, "Because I live far away from MIT, I cannot afford the costs of the travel [...] Since I cannot make it, what ... -related topic under the sun. You may not be aware that this has been happening

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Born Under Punches The heat goes on, which is nice, but so does classwork.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The German language has two different verbs for "to eat ... (fressen). I have also learned the German word for "to strike a deathblow ... training, information sessions, UROP, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, housewarming

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who’s that new kid? ANOTHER one?? Are you KIDDING me?! She doesn't even fit on the page!

  

  come from one of those families where you are the only one who knows how to turn on the computer, change the height of your mom's office chair*, or tie your shoes. So every time one of the aforementioned tasks has to

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

  A person can develop a cough. Simultaneously the coldest and hottest entry I've ever written.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? ...what the most awkward thing in the whole entire world is? Well, I will tell you. It is going to the Zesiger Center to go running and seeing one of your professors in the locker room wearing only

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Go White Sox! I'm absolutely giddy that the White Sox are in the World Series and I had…

  'm absolutely giddy that the White Sox are in the World Series and I had the ... parents and brother. The White Sox haven't been in a World Series since 1959 ... lot of special memories at both the Old Comiskey Park and the newer U

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of classes What some MIT freshman schedules look like.

  

  Yesterday was the first day of classes at MIT. I remember the ... best suit their needs. And even within the courses that are required ... come in to MIT "undeclared," and use the entire freshman year to explore

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Things to do before you graduate

  

  done a respectable 51 out of the 101 Things listed. Though I was ... that I've actually done, including getting published in the Tech. In general, though, looking through the list, I feel that a lot of the things

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Old Kentucky Home

  

  . Compared to most people in the South, I certainly don't. But in my first ... argument about what the proper name is for a soft drink. Most people said "soda". Some people said "pop" (I'm still unclear on what region of the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  You Can’t Make MIT Love You If You Don’t… my advice on application essays (updated 7/29)

  

  So on the MyMIT Admissions site, the 2005-2006 undergraduate ... mail, but that was back before MIT had the technology in place for online ... -107, in these final hours They won't like your essay if they don't feel the

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

  Nightswimming

  

  One of the many things I love about my community, by which I mean 5th ... nights ago, we went on a skinny-dipping expedition to the famous Walden ... 's easy to blame him for anything involving nudity. The driver of the car I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More on deferrals

  

  ." Your application will once again be considered by the committee during regular action. You are at no advantage or disadvantage versus the regular action applications. We will admit the best applications we can during

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2004