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  bad vision try these glasses on for size.

  

  to enter the other eye. There are two common systems for doing this ... walked around the area trying to find a Starbucks, and for the first time ... that charge, my friends and I were able to score free tickets to the New

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

  Visiting MIT this summer (part 1) It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of…

  

  It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of entries on how to visit MIT and Boston this summer. For those of you who plan to visit, please leave your questions in the comments; I will answer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Wrap-up

  

  to be a relatively quiet time for admissions officers now?? Thank you ... of my favorite parts of events like this is getting to meet some ... students/projects I wanted to visit during public hours, and I sadly made it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  this summer a recap of sorts

  

  entirely, I'm taking this time to recap what I did for the past several ... , make coffee, drag myself over to my desk, code for a couple of hours ... some more work, before logging off for the evening and going out: to meet

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 14, 2021
• Blog / Events

  I’m only happy when it rains. You can't take pictures in Boston. Don't even try.

  

  you're not allowed to photograph the interior of a Starbucks for ... with them and reprimand us for trying to steal merchandise. Oh, wait ... perspective, it actually means absolutely nothing for a US State to be a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  sk8 jebby on a skateboard

  

  Discord server for recommendations, I headed over to Orchard Skateshop. I ... , our coaches kept telling us to bend our knees for the same reasons ... also the year that Marty McFly time-traveled to from 1985 in Back to the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 29, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s the PI-nal countdown! Don't roll your eyes at me.

  

  experience if you want to and if you work for it. Out of fear of sounding ... . The fact that I don't have to study for exams this weekend Without ... -in-their-pants jitteriness they felt - we (and by "we" I mean "I") try to maintain the little

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 12, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  …More CPW The last of my photos from the weekend.

  

  MIT, all smushed up into one tiny weekend package for you to sample and ... Before we get into it, I need to address a question I've heard a few ... sense that, I believe, for the most part, the MIT culture is well conveyed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Answers to waitlist FAQs.

  

  aiming for a class of about 1,000 students this year. Based on our ... "yield"), we admitted 1474 students. However, it isn't possible to exactly predict how many student will attend this year. To help with the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On sleep There's nothing certain in this world but sleep and taxes.

  

  for thirty years, and how helpful it had been to science, and then I was ... you crazy kids ever get any sleep? Of course we do. I mean, for one thing, you're talking to someone who loves sleep. Sleep and food are two

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Good Deed Goes Unpunished ...in which I introduce myself and set the tone for this "theater of the absurd."

  

  power brokers. For some time now I've been intrigued by all forms of ... populations. I've come to see the Internet (and now blogs) with a strong ... you a backstage pass to the theater of the absurd, better known as

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a quick and dirty guide to MIT jargon what is a 6-3 anyway?

  

  ; We also refer to people as their majors. For example, "What course are ... either an acronym or a number. There's a quirky language to MIT, a handful ... the day-to-day. Hack = hacking, of course; punt = punting work, playing

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Public MIT panel on the science behind vaccines, and ending the evolving pandemic

  

  learning algorithms developed for language to predict SARS-CoV-2 mutation and ... A few days ago, President Reif emailed the MIT community to announce ... fighting the pandemic. The webinar is open to the public, and will be hosted

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 4, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Exploring the Outdoors! In Kresge that is...

  

  what they learn to create an alpha prototype for a new product! It's an awesome hands-on class that gives students a taste of what it takes to ... At the end of fall semester, I look forward to one thing. No, it

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 14, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Multidimensional Showcasing an aspiring physicist with amazing musical talent

  

  passion for physics at MIT. He chose to study here at MIT, but that doesn ... usually gets a sneak preview before Joey posts his songs to Youtube for the ... Charles river. In addition to excelling in his coursework, Joey happens to

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Crotchets and Quavers The evensong tradition

  

  [by Patrick '09] On Tuesday, I went to Trinity College chapel for ... about punting and formals). Most singers are not known for being able to ... deserves some explanation: There are 30+ constituent colleges to Cambridge

  • by Cambridge
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Breaks, Apple Pies, and Formal Halls

  

  to come to Caius College for a formal next week. So stay tune. I ... First off a few notes of clarification. CME stands for Cambridge ... . They are the people that started CME and have been funding it for the

  • by Cambridge
  • November 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Zambia Ate My Neighbors We only get 20 minutes on the internet every night and I spend 15 of…

  

  optimization problem for a group of five to select which bus out of the 10 ... was! We took a minibus from where we're staying to downtown Lusaka ... , covered goods market. There, we bought cloth for skirts/sarongs (15

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…

  

  UROPers hung up their lab coats to head home, Shaye and two other undergrads would meet at the lab and if the sky was clear, they would drive up to MIT ... observations is to test if the Wallace Observatory has all the necessary

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laura Stonehill: Designing Italian Pedestrian Bridges Laura Stonehill spent a summer working at a civil engineering company in Venice, Italy.

  

  the opportunity to experience life in Italy while simultaneously working at a civil engineering company. She was able to travel around Italy on the weekends and spent a week at the end of her internship traveling to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 24, 2005