Many hacks at MIT celebrate something: the 100th anniversary of this, the debut of that, the screening of this, the inauguration of that, etc ... celebrate the release of the new Harry Potter book:
One of my favorite
the impossible, with the help of numerous people including Erin K. '16 ... restart the making of) a women of the east side calendar, a calendar that dates back about eight years created for the purpose of showing off some
shadows peeling off like blue paint. In the sleep-killing luminosity of a laptop display I searched for comfort amidst the suburban silence of post-midnight residential Cambridge and instead found a page of half-finished notes wrung from
coming soon.
I'll let you know that part of today's challenge involved me eating an entire box of cookies and a bag of sun chips.
Needless to say, I'm never eating either of those again.
If you want to join in and remote
There were a record number of applications for Early Action this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down a great number of incredible students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an
You know what's awesome about dorms? There's a lot of people in them.
A lot of people who use iTunes.
What happens when you have a lot of people using iTunes on the same WiFi network? Shared libraries!
So many
of Boston's air pollution. Soaked in a brew of life-shortening chemicals, I wrestled down the nightmare-inducing plethora of health concerns ... , choking on flying needles of acid precipitation, battled onwards across the
Courtesy of the prospective Class of 2013, I am amused and happy to present eight applicants' humble homage to the MIT admissions website:
mymit.info
And, of course, where would be without a little help from
In honor of my trip to the OC, Ben made this for me:
And the link of the day: The Art of Problem Solving (more on this next entry)
A longer update soon...
to meet all of you!
But before we get to that, the rest of the day...
Got to MIT early, worked the help desk for a couple of hours. Headed ... ) where I got to meet a bunch of cool MIT alums (some of whom actually read
:
7 cartons of ice cream*
3 jars of fudge
3 jars of caramel
3 cans of whipped cream
2 jars of sprinkles
2 jars of cherries
3 boxes of brownie mix
3 boxes of cake batter
3 tubs of icing
4 decorating gels
4 packages of
a whirlwind of learning. I've blogged about teaching at these events ... embarrass ourselves as we teach you about them on the spur of the moment ... night, I randomly pull up three of these prompts randomly, to practice the
In times of economic crisis, Random Hall perseveres in upholding the traditions that temper the pains of work and study with the welcome relief of ... prepared by a group of residents on Pecker floor and generously shared
long Saturday of working to select the class, I hopped on the Safe ... one of the most anticipated parties of the year, a great MIT tradition ... , Eric Klopfer, and Margery Resnick.
One of the big appeals of the party
event that showcases hundreds of MIT's student groups (you may have seen this over at Sam's blog). Of MIT's 300+ groups, approximately 250 of them ... of MIT student activities, courtesy the Association of Student
From Star Simpson '10:
Nando Paniagua '10 manually created this database of housing info for at least half (so far) of the class of 2010, so that people can find other orientation housemates/roommates. Check it out
't accept all of them. We have placed a small number of students on the ... learn more about it, you can read more here.
Some of you may feel happy to be waitlisted. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have