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  Guest Blog: Operation Overgourd A different kind of pumpkin drop (by Lauren H. '16!)

  

  As you may have gathered from these blogs and/or any time you may have spent here, MIT has a lot of completely amazing people. One of these people is my…

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music, Photography, and Two.js i am proficient at two (2) of these things.

  

  Hello World! I haven’t posted in a while – life has been busy, between classes and studying and sleeping and eating and doing things other than those I just mentioned.…

  • by Joe B. '18
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I’m studying poetry to be a better engineer, and this is why

  

  ^Earthrise, 1968. This semester, I’ve read over 160 poems, spent 30 hours in class analyzing those poems, and written 5000 words on a few dozen verses. I’ve pored over meter…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  1 day in the life of an MIT student

  

  The unabridged version of a semi-recent, semi-typical, but memorable enough Friday:                                      …

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  Last week I started working at the MIT Alumni Association. It was difficult to leave my job in admissions since I have really enjoyed working with my admissions colleagues and…

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Underwater Dreams an MIT event

  

  On Friday, October 24, the Edgerton Center at MIT organized an on-campus premiere of the documentary Underwater Dreams. The film follows the journey of four high school students from the…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 7, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple A behind-the-scenes special on directing a play

  

  What does a number do when it wants to be a picture? I acted in my first class play in 2nd grade. Science was a way to explore the universe…

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chomsky and Infinities illustrated highlights of an MIT October (part 1)

  

  YAY November!!! First off, a huge WELCOME to the EA applicants! You submitted your application and now comes the hardest part, forgetting about it until December. A girnomous WELCOME also…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch and a bonus video of a cat chasing a spider.

  

  The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch is one of my favorite events at MIT. It is annual, put on by the MIT Glass Lab (the people who make the pumpkins) in…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home Away From Home Complete with Batman mask, kettle corn, and ticket stubs

  

  (Click to zoom) Panoramic look at my room in Random Hall, let’s zoom into some of the more interesting parts! On top we have a couple of props from my…

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • November 4, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Candies and Costumes and Pumpkins and CATS Princess Leia and Orphan Annie ran around with laser guns and threw candy at people.…

  

  A typical day in East Campus. Okay, it was not quite typical. It was a little abnormal. It was Halloween. I was surprised to see the lack of costumes worn…

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Touring an IS&T Datacenter, and How My Dad Crashed the Internet I promise they're related.

  

  A non-negligible number of people reading this were probably pretty panicked at the submission of their Early Action applications during the last few days. That’s over now, so breathe and…

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 2, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Halloween Tag In which I do a YouTube thing for a (bonus) Halloween vlog

  

  Halloween was yesterday, marking the end of the spoopiest of months. We’re trading pumpkin dances for turkeys and Christmas carols sung wayyyy too early (anything pre-December is too early in…

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 1, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Trick or Treating Halloween Shenanigans

  

  I can’t remember the last time I dressed up for Halloween. Last year I celebrated by popping into Spooky Skate and skating (read: falling on my butt) around the ice…

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Early Action deadline is almost here The only thing scarier than October 31st is Nov 1st (just kidding, no need to…

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and international students.   Hi all, Happy Halloween! Tomorrow night is the deadline for Early Action. Here are some…

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 31, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  Do you know what “hosed” means? Urban Dictionary defines it as, “impossibly busy with less time or resources to complete everything than available (as in trying to drink from a…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Grace Hopper a celebration of women in computing

  

  My employer recently sent me to the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing — which is basically an 8,000-attendee-and-growing conference centered on removing the barriers that keep women from…

  • by Piper '13
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining at MIT How to not starve

  

  Dining is such a fancy word. Think of the different mental pictures between “I’m currently eating” and “I’m currently dining.” Dining is so professional, deliberate, and sophisticated. It feels politically…

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  disinterprerto! a centennial, a harry potter dream, a made-up spell, a corny metaphor

  

  I will admit: I’ve been in a bit of a rut. Don’t get me wrong. Life as an AeroAstro is amazing in a lot of respects. 9AM classes for Unified…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 28, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  My Talk @ Maker Faire a bit about how we see, select, and support makers

  

  We’ve had makers on the mind here for a little while. Earlier this month Ceri blogged about the MIT Maker Faire. Earlier this year Dawn and I wrote a white paper for…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2014