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  A recipe for disaster Behind the scenes of the "giant pie" video

  

  , where we made a giant oven and cooked a giant pie in it. Kristen and I ... last semester, over IAP, and basically until it was uploaded, and I ... /logistically difficult), and finally, this. Kristen did a bunch of thermo (0:07), and I

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • March 11, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visualize this! My new UROP We've got some really cool stuff going on this semester

  

  It’s a new school year, and I’ve started UROPing in a new lab! For ... -edge labs around campus. I have been UROPing since freshman spring, but this year I'm starting in a new lab. The group is in MIT CSAIL (the Computer

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 2, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! While the science gets done, you can build a neat fort with the Settlers drinking…

  

  Freshly minted prefrosh! Three years ago I was in your comparatively ... without my future dark green double-canopy umbrella. I got lost in the Infinite Corridor. I used a power drill. I got my arm signed by Chris M. '12

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  A Physics Metaphor Featuring destruction! and sledding! Oh, and some serious stuff too.

  

  cool enough to make me continue in the physics track, so I showed up for 8.03 (Waves and Vibrations) with high expectations. I was not ... education to drinking from a firehose. I'd like to go out on a limb and

  • by Kate R. '14
  • February 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedilemmas Schedule + dilemma = most incompetent-sounding portmanteau ever

  

  Three days before classes start, I woke up at 7:09 AM, ran 6 miles ... light pollution overhead until I was stuffed with numbness and murky starlight. Lately I've been tracing a trajectory through the last week of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 7, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  As I do each year about this time, I'd like to talk a bit about ... ’re here to study), and I bet you’re really eager to come ... visit an archive to read the full story, but I've pulled out some choice

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / Announcements

  We have extended the Regular Action deadline to January 6th, 2021 in order to give our applicants (and our staff) some extra time around the holidays

  

  I am popping my head out of committee for a moment to [annotation ... days before the deadline, which I have posted below:   I submitted my materials, so why don't I see them in my portal yet? Due to tremendous volume

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  71 More Things to Do Before You Graduate the 101 things expansion pack

  

  ] While these are nice or whatever, I find them to be a bit generic. Here's what the list would look like [annotation note="Disclaimer: I am fully ... 's bound to be overlap."]if I wrote it.[/annotation] [annotation note

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 10, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leonard Nimoy at the Boston Pops He told me to live long and prosper!

  

  Last week, I raised my right hand and exchanged a Vulcan salute with ... acting and told him that he would be better off playing the accordion. “I ... nominations than I have years of life. It’s probably very difficult to include

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  I didn't mean to write this entry. I sat down to write about some recent events I've been meaning to blog about for a while - and well, I ... a UROP in their lab, or anything else. This is how Melis and I got an

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Latke vs. Hamentashen Debate: LiveBlog FOOD FIGHT!

  

  8:02 pm I'm here in 26-100 getting ready to watch the 2008 Latke Vs ... . I'm going to try to semi-flow this debate, keeping you updated on all ... insert pictures while typing. I did manage to catch some candids of the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holiday Gifts, MIT Style Some unique products from MIT people.

  

  For many, holiday time is the season of giving. While on this blog I ... , I figured the holiday season would be as good a time as any to ... ? Nanda told the Boston Globe: "I like my sleep," said Nanda, a research

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Putting The Pieces Together: Hacking at MakeMIT in which four biological engineers spend 16 straight hours making something

  

  engineers (Cathy, Katherine, Tara, and I) embarked on a daring journey into ... provide a few proprietary products for use (i.e. Nvidia Jetsons or ... allotted. At MIT, there is a proud culture of making things (i.e. robotics

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 12, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other CPW CPW guest entry by Sam Range '13

  

  : they are many, well attended, and thoroughly documented. However, I ... , I'll instead attempt to demonstrate the part of MIT that can't be ... Conner 2's TV lounge for the night, just down the hall from where I was

  • by Bryan
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ILGs at MIT They're independent! (Guest post by Sondy '07/G/awesome.)

  

  , kids. I had an exam yesterday, just got out of another exam, and have yet another one tomorrow morning. Since I'd actually like to write something other than "AGH MONKEYS WHY DO I FAIL AT LIFE," stories about what I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 5, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding 1000 digits of pi nom nom buzz buzz

  

  On pi day, campus was buzzing with events.  That morning, I even planned out all my pie stops: a Project Manus makerspace mentor social ... social. The pies were oh-so delicious. I want to share with you some

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to train your sticking-together rock I am so happy that "computer" is not a no-no word today

  

  onto your cold-making box. I like to think about sticking-together rocks ... ! How does a computer work? I like to think of a computer as a big house ... about these for now. I still don't quite understand how these kinds of

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  For the next two weeks we will all use fewer words here

  

  It is a New Year now and I hope it is good for you. Ten years ago this time we had a thing where the students who write for us, and also ... the ten hundred most used words. I told them they can write about

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 15, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a not-so-cruel summer this one's for the girlies

  

  production, the music video for ‘I Can See You,’ everything // screamed to ... // cry and cry //    i love being a girl // let me be // 

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  who started the fire? (not clickbait) playing detective

  

  For the last few years, I've been living off-campus in a house full ... ="aligncenter" width="1000"] a news headline about what happened[/caption] I wasn ... few weeks ago, a friend and I decided to figure out what had happened

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 28, 2022