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  bad vision try these glasses on for size.

  

  England Aquarium to check out Sharks 3D. There was a catch, of course. Before watching the movie, we had to listen to a lecture given by the state ... state shark biologists). He was talking about having to rescue a shark

  • by Bryan
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  If you go to MIT, the odds are good that you'll get a B at some point ... 'd see a B next to 8.02 (Electricity and Magnetism), and a B next to 5 ... year old - a concern for my future prospects of going to med school, and

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  More HS Summer Programs Some academic and research opportunities for students to consider.

  

  To accompany today's entry about MIT summer programs, here is a ... these summer programs as a thing to do "to look good on a college ... , rebuilding a car, traveling to Europe or Quebec or New York, or whatever else

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?

  

  a very challenging year in which to select a class. Nevertheless, I ... . We won't be able to confirm 100% until we're a bit farther along in the ... Laptop per Child (OLPC) is a non-profit humanitarian project to put

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  what to do with myself, and fell asleep on the couch. There are a lot of ... had a shadow today and Lujan met me at Building 26 and we talked to her ... .004 lab and quiz to study for, a thing for my UROP I don’t know how to code

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  months. As this week comes to a close, so does MIT's week of finals. This ... they felt. Next semester, when the freshman class switches over to A ... friends from high school to catch up over a solid In-N-Out burger, because

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part one) random trinkets from freshman year

  

  -cute-box-sentimental type. More like borderline-hoarders-that-have-to-assess-the-potential-value-of-a ... and decided to give us a bag of things she no longer needed, but thought ... all the freshman things into a bag that now sits next to the Memory

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 29, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sabar drums, Rwanda, and the C.I.A Can you guess what all this stuff has in common?

  

  MIT is an acronym, or as I like to say "L.E.A.M.I.T.I.A.A"(did you catch ... to Gambia and found a nice car and drove and drove and drove it back to ... there) I think it's safe to say that there is a lot of stuff that goes on

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i’m doing typing in a comfort style for a change

  

  ago. i'm going to have to deal with it for a few months. the internet ... it done in time, but that left me no time to give a good go at 6.006. i ... all the ways i want to improve myself as a person - but realizing i don

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  EAPS Field Trip In which I pretend to be Course 12 for a weekend

  

  involve a brief introduction to the geology of Massachusetts and visits to ... want to camp Saturday night, a van may be able to return to MIT by 7 PM ... that they are welcome. It is a great opportunity to meet new people and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  In a few minutes I'll head over to the committee room to begin Day 7 ... looking to dive into a theoretical physics book. Truth be told, you ... selection committee. (As a guy who is not wired to do science and math, I'd be

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Questions from Beyond one last blog

  

  ="Think of a mix of Audrey’s angsty vibes mixed with Cami’s willingness to call ... ’t work at MIT anymore. I actually haven’t worked at MIT for a whole week ... ="someone decided i should be a director. what?!"]new job[/annotation] and I was just

  • by kellen manning
  • July 8, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  One of these labs is not like the other GELlin' like a felon

  

  select a leader. Once you have, leaders, raise your hand” Me: *turns to ... : “Alright, you have a packet in front of you. You have 30 minutes to complete ... put together, on steroids, enhanced with access to a network of former

  • by Stanley G.
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I don’t like SPAM! Technology to the rescue!

  

  subject line? Will he show a can of the eponymous meat-like substance (now with Bacon!*)? Perhaps a photo of SPAM carved to resemble some bit of ... I know you’re already thinking to yourself, “Where is Dave going to

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 6, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  Piece of my Heart Hey, look, a Turkish internet cafe.

  

  apparently caused by a law requiring any restaurant with seating to also have ... to have full internet access from work until Tuesday, so don't expet any great updates until then. Anyways. I've managed to get myself

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Engineering Hero One of the coolest professors at MIT

  

  electric shock at times when I tried to power a robot by plugging a wire ... So two weeks ago, I had a lecture from one of the oldest people at ... the Mechanical Engineering Department. Now ever since I was a young

  • by Bryan
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  New Year’s Resolution …of sorts. Since New School Year’s Resolution doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

  

  Thanks to the agrarian principles our society was founded upon, a new year within a year is beginning. The school year, to be precise. Crops ... (here are a couple). And every new year, I find his musings to be just as

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-ing the Weekend (Guest Entry) ...even though it is technically two days longer than a weekend.

  

  out about the MIT sororities before going to CPW, so this was a perfect ... food at the CPW festival, which was just a taste for what was to come ... .01 Intro to EECS, so a group of girls and I went to go check it out: They

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  GTL Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 [IAP 2025] A January I won't forget

  

  into the principal’s office to find a table filled with different Kazakh desserts, [annotation note="a fried dough pastry I would soon come to love ... milk. The fermented horse milk seemed to be a hit or miss among travelers

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? The answer is "to a fast food restaurant to blog; to four countries in one…

  

  whole narrative was supposed to be a dream that the main character was ... decided to put our 15 пњљ«® NRW Bundesland ticket to good use and take a ... cost you a bundle to get to or from there. So don't think "Ooh, la la la

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2006