My experience at M.I.T.
First of all, once I got off the plane, and was on my way to the dorms I was just so weirded out but yet glad to not see a single palm tree! I see too many in Florida (obviously). Also the BBQ was delicious, and I also found interesting how each of the different teams from different states presented themselves in the skit, and the location outside was just such a beauty on the lawn.
Wednesday, breakfast was healthy, and I believe that was the healthiest breakfast I have ever eaten since my trip to Tampa, FL for the March Madness for the Mind E-Team Exhibition. And the showcase was a breeze to me for — the fact that I’ve had to do it before, not to mention the building it’s self was a sight to behold. And I also thought it was pretty awesome to meet the different people who came by asking about our product. Unfortunately I was not able to partake in the M.I.T. Museum tours, but I did hear from my classmates that it was really interesting and it was so big that they were only able to view two floor’s of the museum while they still had a couple more floors to go.
Lunch, on Wednesday as well as every other day, was always good, big and hearty enough to fill your stomach for the entire day. And lab tours were really awesome. I loved the Glass room, I could careless about the heat but only how magnificent it was to mold glass and add color. Which is probably why I have such a fascination in watching the show “How It’s Made” on the Science Channel.
Presentations (Group 1), were very interesting, and it was cool to see how each high school represented themselves and their project. And everything seemed to be going off as planned and I believe on time, except for my team’s presentation. Even though my team tends to be hit with a bit of bad luck once in a while, we always seem to jump back better than ever (I guess you can say we learn quicker from our mistakes). And I must say due to the comments from people after the presentations & during the 2nd day of the showcasing, I am extremely proud on how we ended. Because two or more of my classmates had to painstakingly put back together a part of our product, which fell to the floor in the set up process. Even so they kept their cool and got it ready for when me and three other of my classmates were ready to present. And even though the producers of the presentation had to kill time, they took advantage and worked diligently with sweating bullets, but got the job done. And of course I can never forget how my friend Samir answered every trick question wonderfully, which kept the audience quiet.
Thursday’s Lobster Bake was delicious! I personally haven’t tried lobster since I was 8, and to taste it again was a relief to my taste buds. And I had a good time chatting with my friends over our dinner, and giving our lobsters names while we ate them. Even though it rained, it still didn’t stop us from singing the Hokey Pokey song. When we arrived at the dorms we just sat back and relaxed while me, my teacher, and others hooked up our projector down stairs to watch a movie.
Friday’s Banquette was awesome! Great light show that made me sad that we weren’t going to have a dance party, but mostly what made that night awesome were the guests. For example, the person who was a representative of his team who invented the rope climber — he showed his appearance by the huge wall-sized window outside on his team’s invention, showing how it takes him up and down, then later discussed how it would be in the market & available to only the military. Then towards the end was James McLurkin who showed his Robotic swarm do a number of things that showed team work and cooperation, and of course in the end I could never forget the cute in sync play of a Star Wars song done by little moving robots.
Saturday, it was over, but at least I have a couple of stories to bring back home.
