Admitted Students Parties

Admitted Students Parties Have any of you attended one of the Admitted Students Parties that our MIT alumni have thrown in various cities around the country (and around the world)? If so, how was it? Id love to hear how it went. Also, if anyone took any pictures, I may be able to post a few here on the blog Admitted Students Parties Beginning today (Saturday), MIT alumni from around the world (from Massachusetts to Malaysia) will host parties in their hometowns for students admitted to the Class of 2011. If theres one in your area, you should check it out its a great opportunity to meet some potential future classmates, as well as MIT students (home for Spring Break!) and alumni. These events mostly occur this week (MITs Spring Break week), though some will happen later. See your MyMIT portal for a list of locations and times for all of the Admitted Students Parties. Today, Id like to highlight a few of the parties around the country: one a day for the next week. (This list is just a subset of the many parties going on) Saturday Reno, Nevada, in the home of my friend Kristie 03! Sunday Orange County, California (or The OC, if you prefer), in the home of Dr. Joanna Tan 74. Monday Providence, Rhode Island, with special guest Prof. Les Norford, MIT Department of Architecture. Tuesday Miami, Florida, at the home of Dr. Paul Gluck 68, where you can see an extensive collection of Native American art (recognized as one of the top private collections in the nation), including a beaver totem (go MIT!) carved for them. Wednesday San Antonio, Texas, in the home of an awesome MIT couple, Brian 77 (chairman of a shoe company!) and Lissa 76 (consultant/engineer/entrepreneur). Thursday Los Angeles, California, at Northrop Grumman Space Technologies, where a cool space heritage exhibit is on display. (This is the most popular day for parties, with 17 from Toronto to Puerto Rico) Friday Long Island, New York my hometown meeting. Strong Island! Saturday Indianapolis, Indiana, and Chicago, Illinois, both in Italian restaurants (yum!). Altogether, there are more than a dozen parties on the last day of March. Sunday Honolulu, Hawaii, in a park in a beautiful ridge line neighborhood (I wish I could be at this one!). If you go to any of the Admitted Students Parties, post your review here, Id love to hear about it! And if you take some digital photos, send them along to me and Ill post them online. Enjoy, and I look forward to meeting you at the biggest admitted students party: Campus Preview Weekend! Admitted Students Parties Beginning tomorrow (Saturday), MIT alumni from around the world will host parties in their hometowns for students admitted to the Class of 2010. If theres one in your area, you should check it out its a great opportunity to meet some potential future classmates, as well as MIT students and alumni. Here are a few highlighted events this coming week; see your MyMIT portal for the locations and times for these events, and for a list of all of the events. Tomorrow (Saturday) Bay Area, California. Meeting location: the beautiful home of an MIT alum. Tuesday Miami. With special musical guest: the Resonance of MIT. Philadelphia. With special musical guest: the Chorallaries of MIT. Southern New Hampshire. Meeting location: Segway Headquarters. Special guest speaker: J. Douglas Field 92, CTO and VP of Design and Engineering. Wednesday New York City. With special musical guest: the Chorallaries of MIT. Seattle. Meeting location: Buca di Beppo Italian restaurant (yum). and four other events across North America. Thursday Denver. Colorado Admitted Students Party and the MIT Club of Colorados 115th Anniversary Gala. Featured guest: President Susan Hockfield. Los Angeles. Meeting host: Northrop Grumman Space Technologies. Providence, RI. With special guest speaker Professor Alex Slocum (Mechanical Engineering). and six other events across North America. Overall, there are dozens of alumni-hosted events going on; it should be pretty exciting. If you go to one of these events, send me your review and some digital photos and Ill post them online. Heres a photo of Resonance performing at last years New York City meeting, taken by Asli 09: Enjoy, and I look forward to meeting you at the biggest admitted students party: Campus Preview Weekend, April 6-9 on MITs campus!