Chris S. '11 | April 26, 2008
"INT to the INT to the IN(s)T"
Interactive Introduction to the Institute (i3)
(n.) - a DVD you will receive with your next big mailing (scheduled to be sent out early May), after you choose to matriculate. The DVD is a compilation of student-produced videos introducing each of the 17 (this year!) dorms at MIT (counting New House as 6 different dorms - New House, iHouse, and 4 cultural houses).
The DVD comes in a nifty little graphic-intensive booklet with all the gory details of housing options, cost, dining hall, housing lottery, REX (when you come to campus and check out the dorms for yourself), the highly controversial Residential-Based Advising, and more graphic advertisement for each of the 17 dorms.
As there would definitely be a lot more questions about the MIT housing system as you guys actually get these booklets, I would defer actually blogging about choosing a dorm later on (and I'm sure Paul would have a lot to say about this as well).
But anywhoo, I want to give you a "sneak peek" of some of the 2008 i3 videos already floating around on the Net, if you're curious. :)
We shall begin, of course, with iHouse - my dorm! =p
< shameless advertising>
Welcome to the highly innovative, oft-mentioned, MIT-homepage featured, administration-acclaimed International House.
< more shameless plug>
Video bought to you by yours truly...
< /shameless advertisements>
(note: the ending is actually cut off, for some reason by Youtube, meh)
(psst, Steve is my roommate, and so is Zach - you might remember him from everyone's favorite - Mastering Physics =p. the bed with the stuffed lion is mine, lolol)
Some other ones!
BAKER HOUSE - AWESOME "baker kart"
RANDOM HALL
And if you're curious what the booklet that contains your i3 DVD looks like...
(I stuffed the DVDs into a lot of those booklets on Thursday!)
BE PUMPED! woo!
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arg picking a dorm is going to be tough
Posted by: Stephen Rigsby on April 26, 2008 02:03 AM
yeah i think that's true. It really is a difficult decision. Because there are so many things to consider. I really liked next, but too far. And then there's EC, but I don't feel I'm that into the culture to fit in. Then there's Senior Haus, which is pretty cool. Ahhh....
Posted by: Anonymous on April 26, 2008 02:54 AM
Senior Haus has an i3 video too.
Just sayin'.
Posted by: Keri on April 26, 2008 02:59 AM
I....can't....wait!
Tough decision though.
Posted by: Dima '12 on April 26, 2008 06:30 AM
That booklet is so colourful!
But seriously, picking a dorm without actually having visited any of them is going to be one the hardest things ever; only next to waiting for my admissions' decision.
Posted by: Natasha on April 26, 2008 01:05 PM
Snively is now officially off of the homepage! I took a screen shot to commemorate the occasion!
Posted by: Anonymous on April 26, 2008 01:57 PM
Anyone else totally think of D&D when they saw "INT"?
Posted by: Paul on April 26, 2008 02:23 PM
I thought of "integrals" because the integral function on my calculator is "int".
Posted by: Connie '12 on April 26, 2008 06:43 PM
Great post and I can't wait for my booklet! But I was wondering, I already matriculated and so far havent been asked for a deposit. Should I have already sent in a deposit?
Posted by: Anonymous on April 26, 2008 07:09 PM
@Paul: That's exactly what came into my mind actually, but after scanning the page I realized that there was not a single mention of an RPG to be found.
I'm PUMPED!
Posted by: Jeremy '12 on April 26, 2008 07:15 PM
Wow, Senior Haus, Baker and BC look so cool (and so does Mc Gregor I think).
Posted by: Isshak on April 26, 2008 08:43 PM
I really want to be in either McCormick, Burton-Connor, or New House, except New House is a bit far off.
Posted by: Judy '12 on April 26, 2008 09:46 PM
I hereby apologize for not having enough RPG knowledge to imply INT as such =p
(I've always been fascinated with D&D, actually. It's just I went to school in Taiwan and it's nonexistent there. The only actual D&D exposure I had was at Mathcamp...lol)
Posted by: Oasis '11 on April 27, 2008 03:14 AM
@Anonymous, there is no deposit =D
Posted by: Dima '12 on April 27, 2008 05:26 AM
@ Dima- for serious? like, ever?
Posted by: MiniPocketsized '12 on April 27, 2008 12:39 PM
@MiniPocketsized, there's no deposit at all as far as I know (unless they surprise us in the next big mailing =P)
Posted by: Dima '12 on April 28, 2008 03:11 AM
hey chris
did you get my note??
why didn't you respond??
wasn't that lab boring? i was watching you to pass my time :D
xoxo
me!
Posted by: secret admirer (8.02) on April 29, 2008 04:36 PM
haha chris! i cant believe you put the yatta song in.... remember the days when u sang yatta 24/7
Posted by: Anonymous on May 17, 2008 10:04 PM
