Carnegie Mellon: Life after admission

Power Tools OR Greek Life

2009-08-30T23:04:00.003-04:00

Main page for fraternities and sororities at Carnegie Mellon
Listing of all fraternities and sororities
Booth (outdated website, but it gives you an idea)
Buggy (again, outdated)

Panhellenic website
Interfraternity council website
Pan-hellenic website
(The multicultural greek council is not a nationally based organizational group, so it doesn't have a website)

A horde of people in Greek lettered T-shirts OR Freshman Move-In

2009-08-11T18:34:00.004-04:00

I hope everyone is as excited as I am!

(Also, I should be doing a video about Greek Life sometime soon for all of you who are curious about it)

More Chemistry than ChemE OR Materials Science Engineering

2009-08-05T00:04:00.003-04:00

The College of Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering undergraduate page
MSE section of the course catalog

I'm going to do one or two more videos next week from home, and then I'm off to school on the 15th! It will be fun times and there will be awesome (and more interesting videos) about actual going-ons at CMU.

Sometimes I'm bad at pronunciation OR Biology

2009-07-26T00:34:00.007-04:00

Links!:

Biological Sciences main page, for undergrads
Biology research
Biology section of the course catalog (includes general plan of curriculum and in-depth info on the different tracks)
MCS Freshman Seminar options

Biomedical Engineering main page (make sure to check out the sidebar, which has links to specific info about all the available tracks and an FAQ)
BME internships
BME section of the course catalog (includes many different sample curricula based on the additional major and track chosen)

(Edit: This was totally not intentional, but I think it's funny how title makes it seem like I'm bad at pronunciation or bad at biology, when I really just meant for it to have two titles. I probably am bad at biology though; I haven't take it in 5 years.)

1, 4, and 5 OR Is Carnegie Mellon right for me?

2009-07-16T13:20:00.002-04:00

Check out the page of student activities to see what the students here are passionate about

Note: I will be away until next Tuesday, so a video then at the earliest. That is the plan *fingers crossed*, although, I am notoriously bad at updating on time. My apologies.

Also, to the person who left a comment about Biology, there have been slight technical difficulties with the comments, so I didn't see it until today. That is definitely what the next video will be about though!

Paraphernalia Packet OR Should you buy those sheets?

2009-07-12T15:29:00.004-04:00

Yeah, sorry for the slight bout of radio silence and then this not-very-exciting video. I have a bunch of ideas for videos, but I've been having some trouble making it cohesive.

Hopefully there will be something more interesting up tomorrow.

Follow your passion OR What to do when there isn't a student organization

2009-07-07T00:10:00.005-04:00

The directory of student organizations
Create a new student organization
Student Organization Handbook (helpful for those creating new organizations)
Information on the activities fair

Happy 4th of July OR Important dates to remember

2009-07-04T14:24:00.005-04:00

Full academic calendar

(Also, I need to be less wordy. How did a boring, but semi-important, topic like that end up being such a long video?)

You think I'm kidding OR What I know about Information Systems

2009-07-03T00:00:00.005-04:00

Information Systems webpage
Some IS projects involving real world companies

This is a link you're going to want even if you're not IS!
The CMU undergraduate course catalog
For IS majors, if you scroll down to the college of Humanities and Social Sciences, and then click on Interdepartmental Majors, and then scroll down to Information Systems you can see a general description of IS, as well as in-depth information on the curriculum.

The course catalog link again, simply because I use it all the time and it's just that important (seriously, you should bookmark it)

100 people in kilts at the outlet mall OR Why Kiltie Band is awesome

2009-06-30T22:54:00.011-04:00

Kiltie Band Website

Picture of the Kiltie Band playing before the homecoming game
(See! They really do wear kilts! And the occasional silly hat):

The chocolate milk chug, another fine Kiltie Band tradition (also, I've never seen someone actually finish the entire half gallon):

Video clip of King Arthur's search for the holy grail (my apologies for the awful quality):

Sometimes the Scotty Dog mascot (who also wears a kilt!) commandeers our percussion equipment:

I think that's everything! If you've got anything more in depth to ask, such as questions about specific band sections, you can ask me and I'll put you in touch with the right people or you can send an e-mail to any of the officers on the Kiltie Band webpage!

I was lied to OR Why I don't have an internship this summer

2009-06-29T17:16:00.005-04:00

Here are those links I promised,

Technical Opportunities Conference
Business Opportunities Conference
Employment Opportunities Conference
Creative Arts Opportunities Conference
A list of the career center websites for the different colleges within Carnegie Mellon

Make sure to check them out now, so that you'll be familiar with Carnegie Mellon's internship resources once you get to school!

Introduction

2009-06-29T01:18:00.003-04:00

Also, one important bit of information:

This blog is not endorsed or supported in any way by Carnegie Mellon University. That means if I get things wrong or say something offensive (two things that I hopefully won't do!), it's not their fault and you should yell at me, not them.

Leave me comments so I know what to talk about or what questions you have!

(And I'm planning on working on color/layout changes in the coming days, so don't fret if you come back and everything looks different! Just watch for the title "Carnegie Mellon: Life after admission" to know that you're in the right place.)