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  Sneak peek at the new admissions and SFS sites what we've been working on all summer

  

  As I've mentioned here, here, and here, I've been spending my summer ... .mit.edu. We're coming up to launch on both sites and so I wanted to take this ... . Most of that will happen post-launch, but I think this website will be a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Case of the Considerate Robbers and other winter adventures

  

  called from the back. “I’m missing my DSLR camera!” called another. The ... cash, an iPhone, a set of keys tagged with the apartment address, and a ... have gone smoothly and wonderfully. I got my first taste of working on

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • August 3, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Lost Art of Hand-Lettering Lives at MIT hidden in plain sight

  

  Silva. He's painted my name at least five times since I've been here as we ... not more, important than doing the same for innovators, I wanted to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  Matt Damon? The actor? I thought MIT Commencement speakers were ... like I'm being harsh, but I wasn't the only one thinking those questions ... ’s just put that out there. I mean, I’ve seen the list of previous

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Institute of Contemporary Art College Night #2 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  the event. Several commented on the fact that I have (almost ... developments, I will soon gain access to the front of my cerebral cortex, where ... special solar car t-shirt. The day continued to be delightful. I got more

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s the middle of November. Do YOU know where your Early Action application components are? How to tell if they are missing, and what to do about it

  

  't get it, I'm reposting the email in its entirey below. This is also good ... tracking page then. Some frequently asked questions: Can I send missing documents to you via postal mail?No — it won't get here in time. I know

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Collection of Curious Creatures at the MIT Zoo terrasaurs, quetzals, and portal cows, oh my!

  

  student groups. I'm happy to report that -- arguably unlike regular zoos ... ;             I also like that the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing Amino: Desktop Bioengineering for Everyone an MIT alumna makes a counter-top sized biolab that enables anyone to grow living cells…

  

  One of the most mindblowingly awesome people I've met in my six years ... public.     Here's what Julie told me about Amino: I've always wanted to make my own little world and I think bioengineering cells

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What Is an MIT Community? ...a personal experience

  

  limited example of my hall, I will do my best to explain how. On First East ... (Course 18). I’ve sat transfixed in random places in the hallway many times ... overnight. Often I hear debates about Course 18 among students of different

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is my spork.

  

  . Today I used it to pry a Simmons window shut when the handle failed. My ... hundreds of disposable plastic utensils I'm not throwing into landfills

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 20, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Late-Night Juggler In which I spend about twenty minutes trying to transcribe the Mass Ave cross signal…

  

  Note: The following is adapted from an article I wrote for CMS.350 ... awesome people like Smyly, and I figured you might want to hear about him ... during World War I. If people try to disrespect the environment, Smyly

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Here Comes the Sun @ MIT A Photographic Journey

  

  On sunny days, I like to wander through MIT's gorgeous campus. Below are some images I've collected over the course of the month. Enjoy! :) Messages in the Sky over Kresge Auditorium: The Light between Building 18

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 27, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! (Even though Boston celebrated Independence Day Eve)

  

  set up camp (and by that, I mean laid out a couple of bed sheets) across ... , and the Beach Boys (who started performing over 50 years ago… I felt so ... amazing; I can’t help but marvel at how much skill the pyrotechnicians must

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Adventures in Time Travel (in the Library)

  

  Cory and I paused for about an hour and a half while looking for Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke in the Hayden library stacks this ... looked through is leftmost. And there are many, many more. I am happy.

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 1, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Adventures on the Charles Aka we go outdoors sometimes

  

  internships elsewhere) and I are trying to take advantage of the random ... the water, but it was definitely something I’d try again. And this ... in the lab where I UROPed) through MITOC, and was quite an adventure

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 15, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Punt Puzzle A collaborative affair

  

  an MIT student performs, one that usually leads to statements like, “I ... devising these potentially senseless punt puzzles. It all began when I ... , what you have before you, folks, is a punt puzzle. I don’t know how easy

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Events

  twerking, MIT style need more be said?

  

  . (if you don't know what twerking is, I direct you to the Oxford Online Dictionary.  Or maybe innocence is bliss?) I think the variety of dances

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 8, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A…an…uh…a cappella concert? MIT's got non-Petri dish culture, too

  

  , Cross Products, Resonance, Ohms, and probably some other groups that I ... - who, if you recall, I'm a big fan of. ...and there was dancing

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.

  

  housemasters' dogs (confession: I'm not entirely sure whether the dogs have ... mutter to yourself, "what have I even done with my life?" Oftentimes, this ... once. I had this moment most recently while sitting in my 18

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 13, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  A Letter to CPW Prefrosh let the onslaught of CPW-related posts continue

  

  in London, so decided to make a trip out of it. Unfortunately, I'm not ... for Stanford's Splash. I'm super lucky, though, and got to send an e ... messages from the MIT admissions office. I wanted to re-post the e-mail here

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 9, 2013