My Second Shot

[Dingus]

Whoopeee!!!

Congratulations!!!


Good Luck on all the pending ones!
Cheers!
Dingus


PS: Notice how I am especially wearing a red sweater for the occasion!

[cliff23]

Originally Posted by awhig

Hey cliff, can you provide me good links of Boston covering general life, area besides
the intellectual environment just mentioned by you???

I know you are treasure of knowledge.
yeah, BOSTON is cool but disaapointing thing is I'm not offered any aid.As such it is damn expensive. :-(

hmm, www.digitalcity.com/boston is a great resource for restaurants, theatre, cinema, arts & entertainment. Also the Boston Phoenix http://www.bostonphoenix.com/ is great for all the above, but better in some respects because it's less corporate and more indie themed.

www.boston.com has lots of info, and free access to the Boston Globe, the local newspaper. For touristy stuff I imagine your best bet would be thumbing through a Let's Go, Lonely Planet or Fodor's guide in a bookstore, or buying one if you are planning on actually coming.

Boston is a very, very walkable city - you can see most of it in a single day, on foot. Of course, to go in everywhere and explore every nook and cranny takes much longer. But you can have lots of fun just walking around aimlessly.

Also take a look at http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinat...ston/index.htm ... doing websearches for info will also help. You can also read about it on BU, Harvard, MIT webpages I would assume?

In terms of nightlife, there's lots of it all over. Plenty of bars downtown. Clusters of clubs by Fenway Park on Landsdowne St (about a ten minute walk from BU), bars and clubs in cambridge, huge student populations and dives in Allston, Brighton, Somerville.

The biggest drawback about Boston for me is the fact that everything closes down so early. Clubs and bars have to close, by a centuries-old law, at 2am, and the subway (the "T") stops running at 12:30am. Of course, house parties etc. go on much later. But still, it's obnoxious that everything closes so early.

If you have any particular questions, feel free to ask me, I've been living here for three years now

[Dingus]

Originally Posted by cliff

The biggest drawback about Boston for me is the fact that everything closes down so early. Clubs and bars have to close, by a centuries-old law, at 2am, and the subway (the "T") stops running at 12:30am. Of course, house parties etc. go on much later. But still, it's obnoxious that everything closes so early.

Do you mean to say that the joints around town are open beyond 2am everywhere else, other than Boston?

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Congratulations Awhig! I have also got an admit at BU for ECE PhD. Maybe I might see you there next year Hopefully, your aid situation changes in the near future! All the best for other admits.

[cliff23]

Originally Posted by Dingus

Do you mean to say that the joints around town are open beyond 2am everywhere else, other than Boston?

hehe, in NY droves of people don't start going out until then.. some even later! in Washington things get started earlier, but they also last much longer than in Boston.. I've not seen the nightlife anywhere else in the US than in these three cities, so I can't comment, but I think it's just Boston that has these ridiculous laws. Probably places like Salt Lake City, too, although I could be totally wrong there.

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CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!

[Moonlight]

Congratulations !!!!!!

well done!!!!

All the best for the other applicaitons......have fun!!!!