Dave McOwen | August 27, 2009
"And the winners are..."
A few weeks ago I sent out the call for new bloggers. We had quite a few responses (28) from incoming freshmen (25) and upperclassmen (3). I wish I could say that most were awful and we had an easy time deciding who to invite into the elite ranks. Unfortunately that would be a lie, and I'm still disappointed that we couldn't find a place for more of the talented people who applied. If Blogger selection was any indication of what the Admissions application reading process will be like I can tell you the thought emotionally and physically exhausts me.
We didn't have any easily-shared application questions like LOLcats or YouTube videos this year. That's just as well since Chris Peterson has a hatred of LOLcats that borders on anaphylactic. Don't believe me? Just listen as I post this:
I bet you can hear his eyes rolling in disgust (another little-known Chris trait: noisy eyes*).
With the help of our senior bloggers, selected admissions staff, many hours of review, two intense sessions of deliberation, and one large pizza, we were able to narrow our list to the magic number of bloggers.
So without further lamentation or LOLcat shenanigans, please help me welcome the new student bloggers!
Celena C. '12
Cam T. '13
Hamsika C. '13
Jenny X. '13
Marcela R. '13
And don't forget our returning upperclassmen (they won't let you forget, but that's not the point):
Kim D. '09
Cristen C. '10
Jess K. '10
Keri G. '10
Paul B. '11
Chris S. '11
Snively '11
Chris M. '12
Shannon M. '12
Yan Z. '12
Ahmed H. '12 will be joining our Blogger Alums, though he promises to keep us up to date with occasional posts as he continues his own journey through MIT.
I'm looking forward to a year of joyriding along with the bloggers we already know and seeing where our new voices take things. For our part, the Admissions staff plan to keep pushing the technology behind the website, giving our bloggers more and shinier tools, gadgets, gizmos, and (occasionally) doodads to share life at MIT in new ways.
* This is not actually true. I don't really know if Chris P.'s eyes are noisy, or for that matter, what an average amount of eye noise should be. I bet you'll be thinking about it all day when you talk to people, though; staring at their eyes wondering if you can hear them. You're welcome :)
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Is Ahmed leaving?...
Posted by: Educated on August 27, 2009 10:31 AM
What??
Posted by: Hooray Murray on August 27, 2009 10:31 AM
@ Everyone
No no, Ahmed is not leaving MIT. He just won't be blogging full time for us this year.
Posted by: Dave on August 27, 2009 10:59 AM
omg how exciting. look forward to meeting ya'll!
dave: you should post their blog urls or their applications...;)
Posted by: Oasis '11 on August 27, 2009 12:33 PM
That would be awesome. =)
Posted by: Justin on August 27, 2009 12:58 PM
Hey all the very best to all the new bloggers!!! Waiting for your first posts!
Posted by: Shiv on August 27, 2009 01:33 PM
So this is the second year with four bloggers per class year right? Why the increase from 3 to 4?
Posted by: Labs (?14) on August 27, 2009 01:46 PM
Congratulations to all the new bloggers!! :D Have funnn!
Posted by: Natalia ('14?) on August 27, 2009 03:35 PM
You may want to change that from "will be joining" to "won't be joining" so there is no confusion about Ahmed. Looking forward to his occassional updates.
Congrats to the new bloggers!
Possibly changed from 3 to 4 bloggers because once in awhile there is a blogger who doesn't blog for 3 or 4 months like one of the '12s. Maybe the new bloggers will post as frequently as some of the other '12s (and alums) who do such a nice job!
Posted by: anonymous on August 27, 2009 03:50 PM
Thanks for that. Now I won't be able to stop thinking about strange eye noises for the next week...
I can't wait for the new bloggers to start writing! :)
Posted by: Olivia on August 27, 2009 03:54 PM
Congrats to the new admissions bloggers :)
Posted by: Piper '12 on August 27, 2009 07:10 PM
Gratz to all of you!
I can't wait to hear your stories.
Enjoy!
Posted by: Wang Wei on August 27, 2009 08:06 PM
cats are funny.
@Olivia
hi :) Let's be merciful to Dave's blog this time ;D
Congratulations to the new/returning bloggers. I shall follow thy writings obssesively.
Posted by: Nicholas on August 27, 2009 08:58 PM
@Nicholas
Are you sure it's thy? I may be a tad rusty on my olde english, but isn't thy usually singular? In fact...come to think of it, might it not be 'thine?'
:P
Posted by: Elias ('14?) on August 27, 2009 09:51 PM
@Elias
Well I'm no expert on middle english, so I probably got it wrong. By the way it's middle english, old english (according to the internet)would be þīn. The correct middle english would be thine (which is derived from the old english þīn)
so let me try again (ahem)...
I shall follow thine writings obssesively, and surely thine writings shalt please me greatly.
Posted by: Nicholas on August 27, 2009 10:30 PM
....eeerrrr pleaseth (?) me greatly? I don't know :D
Posted by: Nicholas on August 27, 2009 10:32 PM
@Nicholas
I'm pretty sure it's not thine, that would be before a vowel. But anyway as far as I know Elias is right, thy and thine would both be singular.
Posted by: Ellen on August 27, 2009 10:52 PM
@Nicholas, Elias, Ellen
According to this handy table:
http://www.haverford.edu/engl/chaucer/grammar.htm
The correct possessive adjective, in this case, is "ye."
Posted by: Natalia ('14?) on August 27, 2009 11:10 PM
awesomesauces! I can't wait to read the new bloggers' posts! :]
Posted by: Liz ('14?) on August 28, 2009 01:33 AM
