MIT Admissions Info + Tour!

Posted by Erin, the RobotGrrl on Friday, November 16th, 2007

I have arrived at MIT for a 4 day adventure! :) I have been looking forward to this since September-ish, and it is SUPER to be here! The drive was okay… kinda. We were driving INTO the snow storm. I slept most of the way though, with my Spongebob blankie, listening to my iPod :) When we arrived at Boston, we realized it is a VERY busy and bustling city. Did you know- the crosswalk makes a ‘tweeting’ noise when you are supposed to walk. It kinda gets annoying. We got really lost… but we made it to the Admissions Info Session about 15 minutes late. The most discouraging fact I learned during that session is that you need to take 8 Humanity courses. Moreover, they only select 1,000 people out of 10,000- and they DO look at your marks.

The tour was extremely freezing- but it was nice to see all the buildings around Killain’s Court before tomorrow’s ESP Splash Program. My fav part- the CSAIL building! However, there is a proper name for it, but I know it as CSAIL. :D (CSAIL – Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab). At the end of the tour, we went to The COOP, where I got 3 teddy bears with MIT sweaters on them (1 magnetic one- for my locker, 1 keychain one- for my bag, and 1 stuffie one- to keep me motivated when I go back home). Also got a pink MIT waterbottle (since I forgot mine at home -.-”), tiny notepad & pen, NEW laptop bag (it’s chic!), and last but not least in love- the MIT sweater. :) This was great- except for one thing. How do we get back to the hotel? Thank goodness for OnStar, otherwise we really would have been lost! :P The Turn-by-turn direction system is amazing ^_^

So tomorrow will be another exciting day! MIT Spash here I come!!

PS: Regarding the lack of posts- my Vienna messed up all of the posts I clicked, erasing them all. :( I’m changing my method now- shift + command + M! This will mark the article, and hopefully not mess up. Furthermore, I’ve been busy with homework! :P

And so I leave you with pics!


Funky Donut! With Patriotic colours!


iPod ad! w00t!


Athletics Buidling at MIT


Swimming Pool (in the Athletics Building at MIT)


WELCOME TO MASSACHVESTS INSTITVE OF TECHNOLOGY! (What is up with the pointy u’s that resemble v’s?!?!?!)


Apparently this is where Newton’s Apple fell…


It’s the dome at MIT!!! :D


Funky thingy!


GREEN building at MIT


CSAIL! :D


CSAIL!


CSAIL! :D


CSAIL!


omg CSAIL! :D


The lights are sooo intense in here! Phew! And do you think there is enough blackboard space? :D


NANOTECH!!


Lost – Found (LOL)


92% More Meditation!


The light!


Walking away from MIT to the Student Centre


Hi! ^_^


Teddies + Waterbottle = FUN!


The button on my new bag!

More tomorrow! :D

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One Response to “MIT Admissions Info + Tour!”

  1. BarbaraAnne Says:
    November 28th, 2007 at 12:52 PM

    Wow, what a great tour you had! What great buildings. Here’s to the future member of the freshman class at MIT!

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