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Senior Week: Jonathan Lii A look at a senior from the Class of 2006.

Name: Jonathan Lii Hometown: Manhasset, NY Degrees and Minor: 18 and 15 with a minor in 14 [in layman’s terms: a double major in Mathematics and Management, and a minor…

by Matt McGann '00
June 5, 2006

Blog / Life after MIT

Senior Week: Mollie Burgoon A look at some of MIT's graduating students.

Name: Mollie Burgoon Hometown: Pickerington, Ohio (a two-horse town near Columbus) Degrees: Biology (Course 7) and Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Course 9) What’s next: Entering the Biological and Biomedical Sciences…

by Matt McGann '00
June 4, 2006

Blog / MIT Life

Senior Week The beginning of the final week for MIT's Seniors.

Today begins a weeklong event at MIT called Senior Week. During Senior Week, we celebrate the graduating class and provide them with their final week of excitement at MIT. Events…

by Matt McGann '00
June 4, 2006

Blog / Academics & Research

Lazy hazy crazy Summer for me means lab and cooking. I'm not sure which I like better.

I am just full of sweetness and light today. Lab-related good news So the presentation that I was making Photoshop slides for last time? I finished it, and gave it…

by Mollie B. '06
June 4, 2006

Blog / MIT Life

A point to clarify

In response to my last entry, Drew asked: “So, how important is it, then, for us to know what dorm we want to be our temp?” Omar ’10 answered: “Drew,…

by Jessie L. '07
June 4, 2006

Blog / Academics & Research

Advising @ MIT The little question that could.

‘stin asked, “can you talk about the residence-based advising programs and freshman advising/seminars? When do you choose your classes?” I’ll answer the second question, first. For upperclassmen, they chose their…

by Bryan
June 3, 2006

Blog / MIT Life

“Why does my kid have to move again?”

Before I get to the point of this entry, I’ll answer a couple of questions. Karen asks: “This is a bit random and irrelevant to your entry, but I was…

by Jessie L. '07
June 2, 2006

Blog / Academics & Research

Thanks What is your fantasy class? Vote yet again.

Thanks for all of the advice on my previous entry. I have decided to take 11.025J D-Lab: Development, since I have studied “issues of international development” from an economic perspective…

by Mitra L. '07
June 1, 2006

Blog / Academics & Research

ZigZag Episode 6 A new video podcast.

Episode 6 of MIT’s video podcast ZigZag is available today. Stories include highlights from this year’s 2.007 Robotics Competition, the “seeing machine”, and the awesome Disco Dance Floor (!). Check…

by Matt McGann '00
June 1, 2006

Blog / Events

A Morning With Sir Tim Berners-Lee This morning I attended a lecture in Stata, given by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the guy…

This morning I attended a lecture in Stata, given by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the guy who invented the world wide web. (That sentence alone is pretty awesome. But I digress.)…

by Ben Jones
June 1, 2006

Blog / MISTI

Piece of my Heart Hey, look, a Turkish internet cafe.

DID YOU KNOW? The proliferation of “standing cafes” in Germany was apparently caused by a law requiring any restaurant with seating to also have at least three bathrooms. Hey there.…

by Sam M. '07
June 1, 2006

Blog / MIT Life

Vindicated! And the summer of FREEdom begins. (Pictures added)

I’m in Boston until the end of next week for some meetings for the Committee on Academic Performance, but guess what, NO PROBLEM SETS! And thus, when you don’t have…

by Bryan
May 31, 2006

Blog / Admissions

End of May updates More waitlist admits, no ARML, Bollywood in Boston, technical theater at MIT.

It was a nice, relaxing 3-day weekend here. Summer has arrived in Boston. Now, after a lull in posting over the holiday and during yesterday’s Admissions staff retreat, here’s another…

by Matt McGann '00
May 31, 2006

Blog / Life after MIT

Marking time Somewhere between the end of classes and graduation...

Warning: My life is so not interesting right now. We’re all moved into the apartment, and have all kinds of grownup things like furniture, lightbulbs, and cleaning supplies under the…

by Mollie B. '06
May 30, 2006

Blog / Miscellaneous

Update from Kentucky

This entry doesn’t have much content, it’s just a placeholder while I come up with real things to write. In the past week and a half I’ve gone through a…

by Jessie L. '07
May 30, 2006

Blog / MIT Life

Far and Away I was going to get philosophical, but then I thought about Hugh Jackman.

DID YOU KNOW? Although Boston conducted the most famous tea party in American History, colonists at Charleston did better by stealing the tea and then selling it, rather than dumping…

by Sam M. '07
May 29, 2006

Blog / About Decisions

Fear of Flying Shake the haters off.

This entry is meant to complement the one I wrote prior about being who you are at MIT. ——- When I found out I got into MIT, I was probably…

by Bryan
May 28, 2006

Blog / Academics & Research

Scheduling Conflict Which class should I take? (Results from the previous poll posted.)

From the comments on my last entry, the mean is 3.21748954013248 and the standard deviation is 1.07001670365812. These two classes are offered during overlapping time slots — which one should…

by Mitra L. '07
May 28, 2006

Blog / Personal Travel

Roadtrip! Spontaneity is my middle name.

So since the semester is over, and Boston is a little wet to say the least, I decided that today, I’m going to take a little road trip to NYC.…

by Bryan
May 27, 2006

Blog / MIT Life

In a little while, I’ll be gone This is not a blog entry. I'm not here, this isn't happening.

DID YOU KNOW? The late Strom Thurmond filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1957 by speaking in from of the Senate for 24 hours and 18 minutes consecutively. The bill…

by Sam M. '07
May 27, 2006