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• Blog / MIT Life

  Counting On One Hand And this is where Porky Pig says, "That's all folks"

  

  …the number of semesters completed at MIT. So today, I waved farewell to my fifth semester at MIT. It’s kinda creepy how time seems to be going by so fast.…

  • by Bryan
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT in the news MIT research and hacks in Time Magazine & The Economist. (P.S. Bono visits!)

  

  First up, The Economist profiled Professor Gruber’s research on religion and wealth. Prof Gruber was my 14.41: Public Economics teacher this semester, a class I profiled here. Last week, Time…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trouble staying focused Finals. And about a zillion questions.

  

  Ohhhh, finals week. This year, I have the distinct pleasure to only have two finals — but they’re almost maximally temporally separated, since I had one on Friday afternoon and…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Psycho kitten, que’st-ce que c’est? Settling a long-standing question in the midst of finals week.

  

  While everybody else pores over equation sheets for 6.041 or 10.302 or 17.40 or whatever, Ruth ’07, urban planneress extraordinaire, is joyfully reminding us that although she had only one…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Tricky Questions A follow-up entry to answer all of the 50 million comments I got about the…

  

  I had lots of stuff planned for you guys, but my friend Ben (not Admissions Ben) was awesome enough to send a link to my blog in to the webmaster…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool UROP position UROP opportunity: helping people fight obesity using robots

  

  Just a reminder…there are a lot of new UROP opportunities for IAP, here’s an example of a cool project: “Sociable Robot Applications — Hardware The Robotic Life group in the…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Holidays! The bloggers' holiday pic.

  

  Just a quick note to say happy holidays from all of us to all of you. We hope your vacations are fun and safe, and that your 2006 is super.…

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to blog comments from the last month.

  

  I’ve been working on this one for weeks, but you guys know what the past few weeks have been like, so some of these answers are super late. Apologies. ————————————-…

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Examination Nation 9 hours to prove that I learned something this semester.

  

  3 Finals this Week Today: 2.005: Thermal Fluids Engineering Tomorrow: BE.370: Quantitative Physiology I Wednesday: 2.002: Mechanics and Materials II Before I begin to arduously study for my 1:30 final,…

  • by Bryan
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ack, finals!

  

  Sorry for my lack of posting lately. This is just a notice to say that I will probably not be posting anything of substance here until at least Wednesday or…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Last Night What I did last night, on my last night. CambridgeSide Galleria & Brokeback Mountain

  

  “Last Night” — get it?! I took my 14.41: Public Economics final in the afternoon, so I wanted to go out after and celebrate. (I am so confused about the…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  For Deferred Students Some advice and answers.

  

  So, if you’ve been deferred, you may be asking, “What now?” Is it all over for me? At MIT, a deferral isn’t just a “polite rejection.” Your application will once…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Admitted Students A quick update.

  

  Beginning today, admitted students can log into their MyMIT portal for new content, including a Class of 2010 guestbook directory (post your picture!). And also, feel free to use this…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being a lab rat I flail around trying to explain what I do at work every day.

  

  Wow, lots of questions to address today! I guess I’ll start by talking about my UROP (and for those who don’t yet speak MIT, my lab job). A few months…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Attack of the Giant Squid Attack of the Giant Squid!

  

  A couple weeks ago, Mitra commented on her CI-M (Communications Intensive) class, 14.33. Sam has also commented on one of his as well. My turn! So this semester, I took…

  • by Bryan
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Some Notes Misc. fun stuff.

  

  Today is the first day of final exam week at MIT. [read more: schedule] 800+ students & alums came to Kresge Auditorium last night to watch Randal Pinkett PhD ’01…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Indiscipline Taking a break from finals studying to explain what I've done instead of finals studying.

  

  Yo, I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately in the comments and I really want to do them all justice, so I’m gonna answer them next week, when my…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Loose Ends A chronology of happenings.

  

  I know it’s been a very eventful week for you guys, waiting for decisions and dealing with the mail mixup. But it’s been one of my better weeks all term,…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An MIT Apprentice!!!!!! MIT Alum Randal Pinkett has won The Apprentice!

  

  MIT alums are known for many things, but i’s not everyday that one wins a competition to become the apprentice to one of the most recognizable real-estate moguls in the…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Mario Institute of Technology hack Laura's entry on an awesome hack.

  

  Laura ’09 captured today’s awesome hack… check it out!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2005