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  bad vision try these glasses on for size.

  

  walked around the area trying to find a Starbucks, and for the first time ... Summer Motto #456-1A: Rock the free stuff, always. So following ... . Before watching the movie, we had to listen to a lecture given by the state

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

  My Relaxing Weekend Did you ever hear about that whole firehose analogy?

  

  .03 pset. I unfortunately feel like this is going to be a theme for the ... judges for the presentations. So I basically just showed up, listened to a ... contemplated walking back to the shop in the snow for about half a second. I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mexico things my MISTI experience

  

  from the beginning, when I had been procrastinating for a very long time ... submitted a few other things necessary for the program, including my resume ... wasn't a difficult application - I think the hardest part for me was

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 10, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Ben’s Farewell The conclusion to the Ben tribute entries, and a little advice.

  

  make for the future, and a lot of those decisions involve advising. When ... town for the ceremonies, turned to me with their eyebrows raised six ... idea of what you're going to eat for lunch today (update post-lunch: a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  will write the CNC code for you, upload that code to a CNC machine, then ... up for the class- but do it early, because there's a pretty long wait ... the shop whenever you want, whether it's for a class project, a student

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  App Reading In The Western ‘Burbs The little towns west of Cambridge are filled with history and charm, and are surprisingly…

  

  I have been reading applications for 5 days in a row. Well, I took Thursday off (it was a holiday for MIT people). But Weds, Fri, Sat, and now ... the 30-minute read, except for the new guy (that's me). My average is

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / IAP

  The Abstract The adventure density has been high

  

  . On January 2, I flew to DC for a huge astronomy conference. There, I ... into a little suitcase and dropped it off at the hotel reception, then ... a 60L hiking backpack onto my shoulders and flew to Quito, the capital

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Toys II Using household items to save the world

  

  How are you planning to spend the day? Jeffrey Warren, a Media Arts ... , one of the MIT students who in September launched a $150 camera balloon ... costs less than $100, and will help monitor the oil spill's impact at a

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reg Day collisions People should transfer to other colleges once they dump you.

  

  ironic.) I went to the MISTI building for a wrap-up meeting from my IAP ... school I've gone to for three and a half years. And the thing is, I'm over ... that story for The Tech, or to be Rush chair for the second time in a row

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2009
• Blog / Summer

  Short Story from Last Summer

  

  summer air. For a while, the heat is relentless and then, all at once, it ... , and for a little while, the river. When I reach home, the heat comes ... with a friend. The first time is because the trains are broken down and

  • by Sara N. '28
  • June 11, 2026
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  A Very McGann Christmas Happy holidays.

  

  The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. On Christmas ... attendance. Just a few miles from my house is the famous Big Duck, which always gets all gussied up for the holidays. It's great to be able to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6 / New Year, New Me Looking back, looking forward & staying in the present

  

  , and went to my first bar in the US FALL Started a new series for ... home for the first time in over a year Competed at 2019 Easterns in ... back to Switzerland for a week before the semester starts. I'm graduating

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 12, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Laura’s UROP Advisor in ‘American Inventor’ finals tonight! Watch it tonight on ABC and vote!

  

  for their invention "the Claw" for hanging a bicycle from the ceiling ... actually write out a nice, thought-out entry, you think you can cover for me ... votes for the one they deem to be the next great American Inventor and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2007
• Blog / Events

  MIT Mystery Hunt is happening! watch the kickoff at 12 PM EDT today, 1/15

  

  for the first time this year,[/annotation] and, as a person who is very ... part of the winning team last year. Here's an excerpt: A puzzlehunt is a ... . It’s like a Sudoku or a crossword, but you have to figure out the rules

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that are awesome being published, D-lab, and MISTI. Also cookies. But there are no cookies in this entry.

  

  for the project. So I sort of threw something together and spent a bunch ... Motorola, Siemens, and UTC in Asia, Europe and the US . For a complete list ... - malnutrition is a big problem for young children in the developing world. This

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Español Foreign Languages at MIT

  

  Spanish since the 8th grade, having taken a Spanish class every year for the ... There are two books in my backpack right now. The first is a little spring break light reading about a French serial killer and the birth of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admission Interview Tick tock!

  

  The deadline for Early Action (EA) application, November 1st, is just ... ’s Cube at you and start a stopwatch. The interview is a conversation ... . Just like the teachers you’ve asked for letters of recommendation (you

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 8, 2009
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Is there really a Game Lab?

  Can you believe we have a GAME LAB? The MIT Game Lab brings together ... new approaches for applied game design and construction. Their mission is to explore, educate, and engage the public by creating
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I play football at MIT?

  New England Football Conference crown and were selected for the 2014 ... that most of the team members had a better chance of "owning" an NFL team ... The 2014 Engineers were the winningest (real word!) MIT football team
• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  I often receive requests for advice about the college process. It ... child for success in the college application process?” About two years ago, I responded to one such inquiry with the following: While there are a

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023