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  Stop and Smell the Seasons Before it's winter and your nose is so numb you can't smell anything.

  

  The leaves are falling like snowflakes and sometimes when the sun hits the trees just right, the Massachusetts landscape burns golden. The ... consider the brisk weather a welcome change. My impressions of fall, in the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So apparently the Media Lab figured out how to 3D print glass and it's pretty glorious

  

  at MIT, centered at the Mediated Matter group in the Media Lab but including folks from mechanical engineering and the Glass Lab, had figured out ... the Lab back in June, but had no idea how it worked; at first, I didn

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2015
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do letters of recommendation have to be submitted in the MIT application portal?

  submit documents. However, they do have the option to submit their ... through a third-party service other than the MIT application portal ... ) information into the Recommendations section of the application, regardless of
• Blog / Admissions

  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know All your wishes have been magically granted.

  

  to turn the attention specifically to you, the wide-eyed and apparently ... 's not a good question at all, and I don't think anyone knows the answer ... to those with a “stronger” profile, which would make the very possible

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 13, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Song Remains The Same But sometimes my blog entry is a little different.

  

  Du Temps" was written while the composer was a prisoner of war in a ... I am very curious." Kallie: "Ok, since you seem to be rather in-the-know about the music program and musicals in general, could you possibly give

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  In September 2021, when I posted about the new Welcome Center that is now home to the admissions office and plays host to our visitors, I included a list of creative touches we had added to the space to make it feel

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life and Learning in the Other Cambridge

  

  [by Justin '08] "We are, we are, we are, we are..." The Engineer ... . The Cambridge-MIT exchange has successfully made this year's land ... -brand entrepreneurial and innovative spirit, my exploits in the Mathematics department

  • by Cambridge
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Year of the HASS thoughts on single-tasking, cheese slicers, and the tyranny of the mind

  

  class, it’s the first time that the number of hours my classes are supposed to take is less than the actual number of units, although it’s a bit ... figure out. The past few days, I’ve been walking around smiling, more

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 23, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Latest Innovation at MIT Guest Blog: Social engineering with the Black Student Union's Co-Chair, Rasheed A. '17

  

  approaching the issues no one has dared to approach before.  We can take a hard look at many issues concerning the US and the world today and observe a theme: the United States’ 2016 election, police brutality, progress in the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 9, 2016
• Blog / Residential Life

  meet the simmons elevators! aka me thinking wayyy too much about elevators

  

  Things always seem to come in threes. The Three Musketeers. The Holy Trinity. Rock, Paper, Scissors. The Plastics. And for Simmons Hall, our three elevators, Alevator, Belevator, and Celevator, each named for the

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 12, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Walk of the Strandbeest "New life forms" with PVC skeletons march on the Media Lab

  

  "Not pollen or seeds but plastic yellow tubes are the basis of this new nature. I make skeletons that walk on the wind so they don't have to ... surviving the elements such as storm and water and eventually I want to put

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Exploring the Outdoors! In Kresge that is...

  

  At the end of fall semester, I look forward to one thing. No, it's not finals (Common, who enjoys those?). It's the 2.009 presentations!!! 2.009 is the Product Engineering Process class, usually taken by

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 14, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Parafilm Effect The center cannot hold... unless you stick it together with Parafilm.

  

  from Full House, was once the touring drummer for The Beach Boys? What ... film for numerous uses in the typical laboratory including the typical ... reagents. With the use of the special Parafilm M dispenser, which are sized

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Teacher of the Year MIT's notable alumni include amazing teachers.

  

  teachers was recently named New Jersey Teacher of the Year. Here's what the ... tap their social network, divvy up the equations and trade measurements with their friends. Goodman does the near impossible. He makes physics

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  introspection, sometimes they creep into my life nonetheless. (I'm the daughter of ... completely not-sappy movies like March of the Penguins and Sahara.) Today was ... confirm their course schedules for the upcoming term. My advisor, Earl

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] 8.13 Junior Lab feat. aidan chambers '23

  

  Lab (8.13) is one of the most infamous, trial-by-fire, taxing, and yet rewarding classes that the Physics department has to offer at MIT. Given the notoriety of the class and its near-universality among Course 8’s I am fairly

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The middle of the semester I'm kinda over this workload

  

  keep up. Last week was really busy. It was the week before spring ... everyone headed out for the break. There were a lot of preliminary project deadlines. I gave a presentation for the Multimodal User Interfaces class

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 28, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ditch on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike

  

  I was just downstairs in the records office, where the mail continues to come in heavily. I decided I'd help with the buckets and buckets of ... one or this one? Craig: The symbol on the left is not a letter, sir

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 7, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Only Answer I Have "Just a couple of sentences."

  

  the last thread, as of this writing. Thanks to everyone who understood ... being human and for recognizing that I am the same. I had a long response prepared for the haters, but I let it go. No matter how good and honest one

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Beginning of the End & the end of some beginnings

  

  . Then there's the feeling of relief. Whew - I don't need to cram 6 classes ... I ensure that I've made the best out of my four years at MIT? Will I

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 1, 2010