6.02 Announcements

Week of December 10, 2012

• This week's to-do list:
  • M: lecture
  • Tu: recitation
  • Wed: No lecture (Last day of classes)

• Quiz 3 will be held on December 18, 2012 (Tu), from 1:30-3:30PM in Johnson Track (upstairs).
  • Quiz 3 is two-hours long, is not cumulative, and will cover Chapters 15-19 / Lectures L17-end (only the "packets" part of the course).
  • You may bring *two* 2-sided crib sheets and a calculator to the quiz.
  • In preparation, please work through old quizzes and practice problems. Make sure to also read the chapters and solve the problems at the end of them.

Week of December 3, 2012

• This week's to-do list:
  • M, W: lecture
  • Tu, Th: recitation
  • Wed: PS9 due
  • Th-Su: Lab check-off with your interviewer for PS9

• Next week's to-do list
  • M: lecture
  • Tu: recitation
  • Wed: No lecture (Last day of classes)

Week of November 26, 2012

• This week's to-do list:
  • M, W: lecture
  • Tu, Th: recitation
  • Wed: PS8 due
  • Th-Su: Lab check-off with your interviewer for PS7 & PS8

• Next week's to-do list
  • M, W: lecture
  • Tu, Th: recitation
  • Wed: PS9 due

Week of November 19, 2012

• This week's to-do list:
  • M: Lecture
  • Tu: Recitation
  • Wed: PS7 due, Drop Date, No lecture
  • Th: Thanksgiving Holiday

• Next week's to-do list
  • M, W: Lecture
  • Tu, Th: Recitation
  • Wed: PS8 due

Week of November 12, 2012

• *ROOM UPDATE* Quiz 2 is scheduled for November 13, 2012 (Tu), from 7:30-9:30 pm in the following locations. If you last name:
  • begins with A-La, please go to E25-111
  • begins with Le-Sh, please go to E25-117
  • begins with Si-Z, please go to 66-144
  
  If you have a conflict and cannot attend Quiz 2 at its scheduled time, please contact madrigal (mit.edu) by Thursday, 11/8/12, to request permission to attend the makeup exam. Unless there is a note from S^3, we won't be able to accommodate late makeup requests.

• For Quiz 2, you may also bring *two* 2-sided crib sheets and a calculator to the quiz. In preparation, please work through the practice problems, which also include problems that were covered in recitation this week.

• This week's to-do list:
  • M: Veteran's Day, no lecture
  • Tu: Quiz 2 from 7:30-9:30 pm
  • W: lecture
  • Th: recitation

• Next week's to-do list
  • M, W: Lecture
  • Tu: Recitation
  • Wed: PS7 due, Drop Date
  • Th: Thanksgiving Holiday

Week of November 5, 2012

• *ROOM UPDATE* Quiz 2 is scheduled for November 13, 2012 (Tu), from 7:30-9:30 pm in the following locations. If you last name:
  • begins with A-La, please go to E25-111
  • begins with Le-Sh, please go to E25-117
  • begins with Si-Z, please go to 66-144
  If you have a conflict and cannot attend Quiz 2 at its scheduled time, please contact madrigal (mit.edu) by Thursday, 11/8/12, to request permission to attend the makeup exam. Unless there is a note from S^3, we won't be able to accommodate late makeup requests.

• For Quiz 2, you may also bring *two* 2-sided crib sheets and a calculator to the quiz. In preparation, please work through the practice problems, which also include problems that were covered in recitation this week.

• This week's to-do list:
  • M, W: lecture
  • Tu, Th: recitation
  • Wed: PS6 due
  • Th, Fri: Lab checkoff with your interviewer for PS6

• Next week's to-do list:
  • M: Veteran's Day, no lecture
  • Tu: Quiz 2 from 7:30-9:30 pm in Walker
  • W: lecture
  • Th: recitation

Week of October 29, 2012

• Quiz 2 is scheduled for November 13, 2012 (Tu), from 7:30-9:30 pm in Walker Memorial. If you have a conflict and cannot attend Quiz 2 at its scheduled time, please contact madrigal (mit.edu) by Thursday, 11/8/12, to request permission to attend the makeup exam. Unless there is a note from S^3, we won't be able to accommodate late makeup requests.

• Problem Set 6 is now online. Please start this problem set early. Because it's a 2-week PSet, there's more work involved.

• This week's to-do list:
  • M, W: lecture
  • Tu, Th: recitation

• Next week's to-do list:
  • M, W: lecture
  • Tu,Th: recitation
  • Wed: PS6 due
  • Th, Fri: Lab checkoff with your interviewer for PS6

Week of October 22, 2012

• Problem Set 6 is now online. Please start this problem set early. Because it's a 2-week PSet, there's more work involved.

• This week's to-do list:
  • M, W: lecture
  • Tu, Th: recitation
  • Wed: PS5 due
  • Th-Su: Lab checkoff with your interviewer for PS4 & PS5

• Next week's to-do list:
  • M, W: lecture
  • Tu,Th: recitation

Week of October 15, 2012

• Problem Set 5 is now online.

• Quiz 1 solutions are now online.

• This week's to-do list:
  • M, W: lecture
  • Tu,Th: recitation
  • Wed: PS4 due

• Next week's to-do list:
  • M, W: lecture
  • Tu, Th: recitation
  • Wed: PS5 due

Week of October 8, 2012

• This week's to-do list:
  • M,Tu: Columbus Day, no lecture, recitation
  • Wed: lecture
  • Th: Quiz 1, no recitation

• Next week's to-do list:
  • M,W: lecture
  • Tu,Th: recitation
  • W: PS4 due

• Quiz 1 is scheduled for October 11, 2012 (Th), from 7:30-9:30 pm in rooms 34-101 and 32-123. If your last name begins with A-L, please go to 34-101. If it begins with M-Z, please go to 32-123. If you have a conflict and cannot attend Quiz 1 at its scheduled time, please contact madrigal (mit.edu) by Thursday, 10/4/12, to request permission to attend the makeup exam. Unless there is a note from S^3, we won't be able to accommodate late makeup requests.

• Quiz 1 will include topics covered from the start of the term through and including L07/R07/PS3. You may bring *one* 2-sided crib sheet and a calculator to the quiz.

• Please work through old quizzes and practice problems . Make sure to also read the chapters and solve the problems at the end of them.

• Since there is a quiz and no problem set this week, make sure to check the Lab Hours (link on the left nav bar) since they have changed.

Week of October 1, 2012

• This week's to-do list:
  • M,W: lecture
  • Tu,Th: recitation
  • Wed: PS3 due
  • Th, Fri: Lab checkoff with your interviewer for PS2 & PS3
  • Fri: Add Date

• Next week's to-do list:
  • M,Tu: Columbus Day, no lecture, recitation
  • Wed: lecture
  • Th: Quiz 1

• Quiz 1 is scheduled for October 11, 2012 (Th), from 7:30-9:30 pm in rooms 34-101 and 32-123. If your last name begins with A-L, please go to 34-101. If it begins with M-Z, please go to 32-123. If you have a conflict and cannot attend Quiz 1 at its scheduled time, please contact madrigal (mit.edu) by Thursday, 10/4/12, to request permission to attend the makeup exam. Unless there is a note from S^3, we won't be able to accommodate late makeup requests.

• Quiz 1 will include topics covered from the start of the term through and including L07/R07/PS3. You may bring one 2-sided crib sheet and a calculator to the quiz.

• Please work through old quizzes and practice problems . Make sure to also read the chapters and solve the problems at the end of them.

Week of September 24, 2012

• This week's to-do list:
  • M,W: lecture
  • Tu,Th: recitation
  • Wed: PS2 due, PS3 out

• Next week's to-do list:
  • M,W: lecture
  • Tu,Th: recitation
  • Wed: PS3 due
  • Th, Fri: Lab checkoff with your interviewer for PS2 & PS3

• Quiz 1 is scheduled for October 11, 2012 (Th), from 7:30-9:30 pm in rooms 34-101 and 32-123. If your last name begins with A-L, please go to 34-101. If it begins with M-Z, please go to 32-123. If you have a conflict and cannot attend Quiz 1 at its scheduled time, please contact madrigal (mit.edu) by Thursday, 10/4/12, to request permission to attend the makeup exam. Unless there is a note from S^3, we won't be able to accommodate late makeup requests.

• Please note Quiz 1 & Quiz 2 location update:
  Quiz 1: October 11, 2012 (Th), 7:30-9:30 pm. Location: 34-101 & 32-123
  Quiz 2: November 13, 2012 (Tu), 7:30-9:30 pm. Location: Walker

• Quiz 3 Scheduled During Finals Week: Quiz 3 will be held on Tuesday, December 18, from 1:30 to 4:30 PM in Johnson Track (upstairs). Please update your calendars!

• Scheduling Check-offs: Your assigned interviewer will be in touch to find a mutually convenient time for the checkoff interview. The interviews are in the 6.02 lab (38-530), unless specified otherwise by your interviewer. You should come prepared to run the submitted Python tasks, either on your laptop or on one of the debathena workstations in the lab. Interviews are approximately 15-20 minutes long.

Week of September 17, 2012

• This week's to-do list:
  • M, W: lecture
  • T, Th: recitation
  • Wed: PS1 due, PS2 out

• Next week's to-do list:
  • M, W: lecture
  • Tu,Th: recitation
  • Wed: PS2 due

• Scheduling Check-offs: Your assigned interviewer will be in touch to find a mutually convenient time for the checkoff interview. The interviews are in the 6.02 lab (38-530), unless specified otherwise by your interviewer. You should come prepared to run the submitted Python tasks, either on your laptop or on one of the debathena workstations in the lab. Interviews are approximately 15-20 minutes long.

• Remember to sign up on Piazza: We'll use the 6.02 Piazza forum for Q&A and other discussions on PSets and the course.

• If you're registered for the course but are unable to get to the PSet on the web site, it means we don't have you in our student database. Please email 6.02-tas from your mit.edu account and send your student ID in your email and we'll add you.

Week of September 10, 2012

• This week's to-do list:
  • M, W: lecture
  • Tu, Th: recitation
  • Work on PS1

• Next week's to-do list:
  • M, W: lecture
  • Tu, Th: recitation
  • W: PS1 due.

• Remember to sign up on Piazza: We'll use the 6.02 Piazza forum for Q&A and other discussions on PSets and the course.

• Please attend your assigned recitation sections. To find out your assigned recitation section, please click on the Online grades link on the left, which will show you your recitation section number (along with the name of your TA, aka interviewer for checkoffs).

• Lab staffing starts Sunday, 9/9. Please see the Lab Hours (link on the left nav bar) for a detailed staffing schedule.

• Solutions to the problems at the end of Chapters 2 and 3 are now online (click on the Course notes link on the left). Also remember to check out the online practice problems (link on left).

• If you're registered for the course but are unable to get to the PSet on the web site, it means we don't have you in our student database. Please email 6.02-tas from your mit.edu account and send your student ID in your email and we'll add you.

Week of September 3, 2012

• Please read the course info page, which describes course mechanics and policies, and the learning objectives.

• Sign up on Piazza: We'll use the 6.02 Piazza forum for Q&A and other discussions on PSets and the course.

• Consult the Course Calendar for a detailed schedule of lectures, recitations, labs and quizzes.

• Portions of this web site require MIT certificates and have been tested with Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. If you're having trouble with one browser, try another. If the problem persists across browsers, post the symptoms of the problem on Piazza, including the details of your browser and machine.

• This week's to-do list:
  • Before W: read and follow the instructions given above.
  • W: First lecture in 34-101 at 2 pm.
  • Th: Recitation. Please attend the recitation section listed on the "Online grades" link. That link will be updated based on a sign-up sheet passed around during the first lecture on 9/5/12, by 10 pm on that day. Please check the web site after 10 pm.

• Next week's to-do list:
  • M, W: Lecture.
  • Tu, Th: Recitation.
  • Start working on PSet 1.

• Solutions to the problems at the end of Chapters 2 and 3 are now online (click on the Course notes link on the left). Also remember to check out the online practice problems (link on left).

• If you're registered for the course but are unable to get to the PSet on the web site, it means we don't have you in our student database. Please email 6.02-tas from your mit.edu account and send your student ID in your email and we'll add you.