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Orientation 2012 Calendar

Welcome letter from your GSC President

Welcome Home!

On behalf of the entire graduate student community, it is my great honor to congratulate you and welcome you to your new university, your new community, and your new home: MIT.

To be very clear, I do not use the word “home” casually. While MIT will certainly serve as your physical home for the upcoming year(s), what’s more important is the role it will play in cradling your curiosity and inspiring your endeavors. Welcome to your new intellectual home. READ MORE

Welcome letter from your
Orientation Committee Co-Chairs

Dear fellow graduate student,

Congratulations on making it to MIT! Even if you’ve heard it n times already, the (n + 1)th time feels all the more special. It reinforces the notion that you are one of the chosen few. You have been selected to be positioned at the frontiers of knowledge and destined to make a difference in this world by pushing these boundaries. The world looks up to you. Most importantly, MIT looks up to you.

What makes MIT different from other schools? READ MORE