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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, and a bunch of other people (mentioned below) put too much work into it last semester, over IAP, and basically until it was uploaded, and I

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

  Even Waitresses Under 30 Call Me ‘Sweetheart’… Some thoughts about how classwork and free time intersect at MIT, with a look at…

  

  Saturday night, and the waitress serving my table, who couldn't have parted ... thinking a bit about age and about what it means to be eighteen, anyway, and ... and foremost purpose of going to college is to learn, but I'm torn about

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Alumni Barbecue I love living in a place with so much history!

  

  of 1968. East Campus has a lot of history, and my floor Tetazoo is no exception.  The alumni told stories of the wondrous pranks and adventures they pulled and that went on during their time here at MIT, and they inspired us

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 6, 2013
• Blog / Events

  The Boston Festival of Indie Games In which I geek out on campus with a bunch of gamers

  

  in Boston to celebrate gaming, and it is completely free to the public. (But actually it was awesome, and much like a baby-PAX – a video game ... and plan on going this year. It’s freaking awesome.) I woke up at

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  14.11: Putting Social Science to the Test—Field Experiments in Economics A new class on experimental social science, including: race discrimination, gender differences in behavior, persuasion,…

  

  hear, this class was just created this year, and this is the first ... new class on the topic of field (that is, "in situ") and laboratory ... and can teach us and how to conduct them. The class has three major

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Central Meetings Today, we'll mail out the first of four batches of letters announcing the MIT meetings…

  

  these "Central Meetings" (CMs), and between September 6 and October 18, we'll be crossing the country, between Boston and San Diego, Miami and Seattle, and many places in between (not to mention Puerto Rico and Hawaii

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  FUP!!! I spent my first official week at MIT as a FUPPER!!

  

  extreme lack of sleep, but I met so many amazing people and did so many cool ... awesome activities like go to a Red Sox game and explore Boston and eat ... community service as I have always loved to do - and FUP definitely showed me

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Faculty Luncheon for Local* Admitted Students *local: from New England or New York, or anyone who just happens to be in…

  Preview Weekend in April. We brainstormed, made charts and graphs, and after ... -key, informal event, where you can sit down for a delicious lunch and chat with our Professors about cutting-edge research, cool discoveries, and all of

  • by mitblogs
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am dumb

  

  Well, it's pouring rain outside, and I managed to get myself up at 8:30 as usual for my 9:30 Tuesday/Thursday class, 9.15 (biochemistry and pharmacology of synaptic transmission). But I got outside and the wind was

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  [guest post] from the vault: hall exchange notes notes from a hall exchange in 2017

  

  in late february of 2017 me and jessica t. '20 did a hall exchange. a hall exchange is where two people, who live on different halls and almost ... that facilitate such transfers, but jessica and i knew each other well

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Twenty thousand paper cuts and twenty thousand leaves

  

  , and they said their coronavirus policies didn't allow me to, even if I was staying on campus and was updated on testing and all that jazz. The ... walk over and turn it off. I sent an email to our area director

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  poem snippets searching for hope amidst darkness

  

  something silly, something weightless, i want my laugh to echo and ... consolation, so here are some poems that i like to go back to every now and then ... ="113867" /] the days walk by and i wait and i wait, i wait and i wait for you to

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 4, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  seattle (again) home and away

  

  's a time for new friends and new experiences and new places. at the same ... go to, and where the bus stops are, and there are a couple ... . i have a favorite pho restaurant (denny triangle) and a second

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 15, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wrote a whole post on Halloween and forgot to publish it So here's 2 months of blogging in one post

  

  night I wrote this post and forgot to click publish so I'm going to add a bunch of CROMBUS content and some other stuff to the end and put it up ... making 2 cakes, cupcakes, and a giant cookie. Everything is vegan and he

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • December 26, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process

  

  . College was a chance to both remake myself in a friendlier mold and to build ... and then sticks around forever. At least, not for me. A social circle is something that I've had to work to seek out and keep and occasionally

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  c/o 2017

  

  from tim cook and a ceremonial turning-of-rings. this class especially ... think, and how to be a good friend, mostly by being good friends to me. there are people graduating today that i've known since high school. and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 12, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Poetics of Place Snippets from my "Critical Writing for Designers" course at school down the street

  

  and ate the blackberries and apple and cheese I brought from home, and the kids trudged past to their classes, and I wondered how I would have ... School of the Museum of Fine Arts) appealed to me when I applied here, and

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home Sweet College Surviving first semester.

  

  you all! I’m Selam, the newest new blogger, and I’ve just joined the ... admissions blogs myself, and so now I feel like I’m obligated to post something “INSIGHTFUL!” and “AMAZING!” and “UNBELIEVABLE!” and any other key adjectives

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 29, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents Too… ...enjoy your visit!

  

  the campus before. I quickly realized it was all I had hoped for and ... suggested events to attend and tips on making the most of your CPW experience. Parent’s Hospitality Lounge Grab a cup of coffee or tea and chat with

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Events

  MIT ‘10s: Prom, Graduation, And Other End-Of-Year Photos Here are some photos sent to me by various MIT '10s. Feel free to email…

  

  email me yours and I'll add them... Colin '10 and Christina '10 @ prom. Keri '10, Kris '10, and Neha '10, or M-I-T respectively. :-) Jess '10 and Curtis '10, at prom ball. Ariadne '10 with friends. Any guesses

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 23, 2006