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• 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
• Blog / Admissions

  Doonesbury Conclusion Official Doonesbury news.

  

  I’ve received this link multiple times today (thanks Kevin and Susan), so I might as well post it before I go see Fanaa… From this week’s Doonesbury FAQ: The previous…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Next steps Relax, guys. I'm still going to be around.

  

  I finished my last final exam yesterday, and barring any unforeseen complications, I’ll be graduating from MIT on June 9. (The ceremony will be webcast here. You should watch it…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Varsity Blogging As mentioned in a previous entry, I made some end-of-year presents for my bloggers -…

  

  As mentioned in a previous entry, I made some end-of-year presents for my bloggers – but I couldn’t show you a picture until they’d been distributed. Now that I’m no…

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates Miscellaneous Admissions Office updates.

  

  A few quick things today: We have admitted 16 transfer students for the fall semester. More info and data on that when I know more.If you haven’t gotten the NBM,…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 25, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  May 25, 2006

  

  Today marks my ten-year anniversary of train travel. I also just finished my first year of college. Time doesn’t fly.

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catching up What's new? Lots of things. I just haven't told you about them yet, because finals…

  

  Wow. The last few days have been absolutely insane. You see, once I found out that all of my finals were crammed into the first two days of finals week,…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 23, 2006