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  MIT PUMPKIN DROP 2012! chucking pumpkins off the highest building in cambridge. that's an exclamation mark, not a factorial.

  

  .  Or because of reasons.  Whatever.  You can't really have a holiday at ... Saturday before Halloween - they watch hundreds of pumpkins get tossed off the highest building in Cambridge! Or, more accurately, they do that at

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  All the Feels introduction to me and my thoughts

  

  I am currently a ball of feelings. Some people might call me an ... completely new place with new people, new challenges, new thrills, and the same ... share with you a sliver of some of the amazing people I’ve met and the

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  FINAL TERM ATTACK Like a black light attack, only it's not like that at all.

  

  of stairs in the Haus when I ran to look at the Rocko's Modern Life ... at) -1 example of partial view (only part of the performer is visible ... On Monday, I managed to trip and fall down half a flight of stairs

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things that are hard. Though not as hard as this.

  

  ridiculousness that tends to be the story of my life, though, the ride should at ... . I’m from Grand Rapids, Michigan, Furniture Capital of the World and proud birthplace of both the Holland Tulip Time Festival and the Christian

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  dorkiest parts of myself, I'll say this: simply living at MIT is a huge ... One of the habits I developed in high school is carrying a notebook and pen wherever I go. It's kind of like a journal, but I don't exactly

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Awesome Biology UROP: florescent plants, genomes, metabolomes, big data, puzzles + more! Bonus: A VIDEO!

  

  assume that I am pre-med, or else shudder at high school memories of ... , and I love using big data to look at the "big picture". Because of this ... opportunity! Everyone should come to the premiere of Season 2 on November 4, at

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I am finished with my undergraduate career. I am finished with my undergraduate career.

  

  , enjoy these photos of me throughout the semester. [carousel image1 ... before I embark on a new adventure :) 12 days left.

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  fireworks, and devouring a variety of delectable treats. Here at MIT, a few ... Just over 400 years ago, a group of Englishmen attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament on November 5, 1605. Though their plot was

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to a Package of Dial Soap Substantial entries will come soon!

  

  It was my freshman year, not long ago When I arrived at MIT, complete ... digress, you must pardon me - see I came here to talk not of life and dreams But of soap, and its importance to me There's much more to soap than it

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 6, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  the joys and frustrations of 6.009 this class will be the death of me, and i love it

  

  course of each week would make an amazing sinusoidal graph." She said, "You ... [/annotation]-- more content to come soon!! As background, 6.009 is "Fundamentals of ... class in the sequence, 6.0001, because I did a bit of coding in middle

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 4, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Life, As Physics Problem also The Tech said a thing

  

  / admissions wiki today. Amita Gupta, a freshman member of the inaugural Tech ... awesome, so go read it! Secondly: Some of you may have read my blog post ... immediately after my accident was all about trying to figure out the physics of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Welcome to the Woodshop Don't forget close-toed shoes and please WEAR GOGGLES.

  

  , because it is specifically targeted at students within the Department of ... rounds up some of the amenities Architecture students get at MIT. Because ... Laura did a pretty great job covering the variety of machine shops

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 5, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Work, friends, sleep – pick three In which I manage time effectively.

  

  update your blog." So at the request of two of the most awesome high ... to get to my UROP at 10. Eight hours of sleep. SKILLZ, I TELL YOU ... like that of last week, where at 11 AM on Friday, I was working on my 5

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  dance dance revolution lessons from ddr

  

  , coming in every beat at a tempo of 146 bpm or 2.43 beats per second, so i ... , don’t i want to be able to read the next two or three sets of arrows at ... there is a ddr (dance dance revolution) machine in the basement of

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 30, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hello, Layover I'm stuck in an airport. Ask me things.

  

  To take a leaf out of Sam's book: DID YOU KNOW? Charlotte/Douglas International Airport has a scale model of the Wright Brothers plane hanging from the ceiling of its main terminal. At least, I think that's what it is

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Calm Before the Storm After 6+ months of planning, over 2,000 prefrosh and parents are headed toward Cambridge, Mass...

  

  60+ performing arts groups at MIT. There are also a lot of other cool ... matching up all 1,063 of you coming this weekend with current student hosts ... , April 18, 2009 6:00-7:30pm (Doors open at 5:30pm) Kresge Auditorium Link

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Therefore, this is a REALLY long entry.

  

  Who: Chris M and Snively What: A picture Where: My room When: Last year at the end of CPW Why: We needed a picture together How: How did we end up looking like this? 4 hours of sleep-ish each over about 4 days.

  • by Snively '11
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  puzzled again? a little puzzle for the class of '09

  

  So this week, each day of Orientation, the students have been getting a group of scavenger hunt questions to solve, and today they get to ... as a comment. There are iPod shuffles at stake here.

  • by Bryan
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  great lecturer that he was one of two people ON THIS PLANET (or at least ... status of women faculty in science at MIT in the early 90's, which was one ... former MIT Dean of the School of Science, passed away after battling cancer

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Jupiter’s Moons, Doge, and a Tub of Icing how to CPW from Yuliya the Undecided HS Senior

  

  after the start of those, “Virgin Bartending” (non-alcoholic) begins. At 2 ... of an MIT education - a drink from a firehose). At different locations ... , Spies, and Computer Coding. And 6 hours later, at 8 am, we get a choice of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2015