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• Blog / MIT Life

  Super Adventure Club In a little while, I'll be gone.

  

  is in Atlanta, Georgia? Hey, if you came here from Google looking for something about South Park, no luck--this is just another stupid blog. I ... down I-81, which is fortuitously right by my house. So, Moria and company

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All my pasts and futures A blog entry about band and quiz bowl, to prove that I'm still hip.

  

  mind. 1. The third-largest city in Ireland is called "Limerick" 2 ... these things! One of the questions was "What is the more common name for ... almost died in Boston traffic. Note the lack of a shoe on Kim '09. Kim is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Cross-Cultural Conference

  

  I'm going on a cross-cultural conference/retreat tomorrow. 2006 is the first year they're holding this event, so I really have no idea what to expect, but here are some of the topics they are planning on

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role Of A Teacher A discussion regarding recent events in a Colorado classroom.

  

  topic that I think is worthy of discussion. Normally I don't enter this ... classroom. No doubt you've heard about it, as it is getting a lot of press ... discuss them. So what I'm asking you to discuss is not in regards to the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-year Grade Reports And Other Common Questions Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the last…

  

  . In other words, if we feel that a mid-year report is needed to make a ... committee. ------------------------------------- What if my school is on a trimester system? Send us what you can - this is usually the first trimester

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi Day = Mail Day? Too Early To Know No official mail date yet.

  

  factors, one of which is how long selection takes. And as you know, we

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Decisions Are Not In The Mail Bad language on MyMIT.

  

  Hi folks, I see in the comments from my last entry that MyMIT is telling people that decisions have been mailed. I've asked the tech folks to look into this; I have no idea why it's happening. Selection committee

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UPOP Program and a look at Jay Dweck (‘77) UPOP is a one-week seminar that teaches leadership and work-place dynamics to sophomores studying engineering…

  

  goal of this program is to teach leadership and work-place dynamics to ... Teaching Assistant (TA) who is in industry/research, to complete a series of ... you who have never heard of Goldman Sachs, it is one of the world

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I, Robot "Turn it, leave it, stop- format it. Technologic." IAP Robotics competitions wrap up.

  

  Today, most of the IAP robotics competitions begin to wrap up. They include: 6.186: MasLab 6.270: Autonomous Robot Design Competition 6.370: Robocraft Now the one I'm most familiar with is Robocraft since my roommate

  • by Bryan
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  on Tuesday until after I've taken a nap. This may sound nice, but is in ... chemicals and worth-more-than-your-life machines.) A grad school interview is a pretty good sign -- it means the department is excited about your

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wow, work! Mid-IAP update.

  

  . Weekends have been staying relatively free, which is great. I went to Boston ... free time and leisure. I think the balance is something to strive for. It ... are pressured with classwork and psets this month, which is pretty

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Just a Little Patience The latest word.

  

  Mystery Hunt is almost here! (Bryan is pretty excited about it, too)I'm almost not sure if I should mention this, but my friend Ankur '03 is one of ... their applications. I assure you, the MIT Records Office team is going

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  IAP, and trivia answers IAP begins tomorrow.

  

  Tomorrow is the beginning of MIT's Independent Activities Period (IAP)! IAP is one of the most fun times of the year. It is a time where ... health and human rights issues as they stand now in Africa, what is being

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A New Year and a New ‘Do bryan.mitblogs.com gets a little makeover.

  

  So most people start off the new year with a new hairstyle, but since I don't have that much hair to play around with, the next best thing is to give this here blog a new outfit for the new year. What do you

  • by Bryan
  • January 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vaccine Externalities Health economics applied to the decreased odds of my getting the flu, courtesy of my…

  

  the vaccine or not. One potential policy implication is that we ... . What they can do is impose a fine on *not* consuming the good, but still ... them.) An example of a negative externality is antibiotic resistance

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lunch with Madam President Guess who I got to eat lunch with today?

  

  of the day is that I got to eat lunch with MIT President Hockfield ... this is very cool in and of itself -- there are not too many schools in ... is very interested in what sets MIT students apart from students at

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A: Round One Q&A, Round One. Keep the questions coming!

  

  being challenging. Another big aspect of this is my support network of ... students participate because the schedule is flexible and you can really ... MIT crew is pretty popular, but there are many varsity sports where the

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  No Child Gets Ahead?

  

  that is very interesting to me (and you, I suspect): gifted education ... at the Davidson Institute (check them out). The Academy itself is not ... education. The state of gifted education is the other half of the article, the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A lot about course 9

  

  .) Brain and Cognitive Sciences (or BCS, or course 9) is a small ... sets instead of papers). There is often a significant amount of assigned reading. In order to graduate with a degree in course 9, there is a rather

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Long weekend It was a looooong weekend.

  

  paean to the MIT long weekend. The abundance of long weekends is one of ... note about the last entry. Many people noted that my boyfriend is not ... wrong...", since he actually didn't do that much wrong. This is true. I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 11, 2005