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

  

  the concrete blocks we were going to stack on top of it. We couldn ... coated in a layer of butter which took fucking forever to clean. I had to ... ’m excited to give you the full story of the complete mess that we made. Here

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • March 11, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Under the Dome A full day of free fun at MIT

  

  -off event to the Cambridge Science Festival) What kind of free things you ask ... 's 150th anniversary by members of the National Puzzlers' League Or an ... display at the Media Lab, or a bunch of physics demonstrations. I also hear

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  Bad Ideas Month word of the day is oops!!

  

  on track to finish. And then… Dawn of Bad Ideas Weekend Saturday ... , one of which we spray painted white. We put some finishing touches on ... dishes, I’d be head chef of a Michelin-starred restaurant (or at least I

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 3, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh Wow KABOOM!

  

  !!!!!!!!!!!!) This is just a quick update on how life is for me right now (that's what ... as to what your next year of school may look like). I have two psets ... , after which I have to run to Target and go shopping for pants and for toy

  • by Snively '11
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for undocumented students and clarifying our policies for applicants as Regular Action approaches

  

  students is as similar as possible to the experience of all other students ... 's letter to the community on November 9, the day after the election, he wrote ... ) is essentially a practice of executive discretion, no one knows yet if

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 9, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Top Ten Reasons I’m Thankful for Thanksgiving Breaaaaaaaaakkkkkkk!!!!!!

  

  10. I won't have to think about the Crystal Field Theory... ...Which is unfortunately what we happen to be learning about in my 5.112 (Principles of Chemistry) class at the moment. Luckily, my TA is awesome, and he

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 24, 2009
• Blog / Community Projects

  Stepping Up MIT brings the best out of people (in between psets of course)

  

  to a lack of space or preexisting commitments. Eric believes that ... . On coming to MIT, she participated in CityDays, an annual orientation ... fraternity. "I wanted to change our cause to one that is closer to the hearts

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Pigeonholing boxes = semesters, pigeons = classes

  

  is a somewhat privileged position to be in (and given some of those ... ’t the worst thing– I don’t mean to imply that it is. There are plenty of ... before I graduate. My point is: oh my god I’m running out of semesters to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anyone else OCD about saving space?? This blog is about things on my computer.

  

  . AND ONE THING I REALLY HATE IS USING SPACE ON MY COMPUTER - via you know ... install a billion types of software. Over the last few weeks, I've had to ... make 3D models. Basically, we modeled a cafe on AutoCAD and sent it to a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / Events

  #NoBanNoWall

  

  the United States is already having an impact on members of our ... Students Office or Penny Rosser, director of the International Scholars ... * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * got this updated letter this morning: To the members of the MIT

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 29, 2017
• Blog / Events

  In Prison Literally

  

  . It took a few extra minutes of talking to Madison on the phone, and ... a strength to go on every day. From one of them: “I was a mess when I ... ? I wondered to myself. I don’t know. Doesn’t seem like it. Of course

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  way to see what physics is really like, learn a heck of a lot of problem ... .. "I think of MIT as a samurai school," said Jones. "It is preparing you for the highest work of advancing civilization. You have to find a way

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Introducing the New 2017 Bloggers Let's get ready to ruuummmmble!

  

  bullets it is. Own a necklace replica of Cloud Strife’s sword, which I ... on to yer butts, because this is going to be one entertaining ride ... and permutations of our cohort, duking it out (I mean, as close to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  , come to think of it, I can swim across the Charles... My point is: peer ... these activities, inviting us to climb at MIT's bouldering wall or go on trips to caves on the weekends. As another example, there are loads of

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  's blog, my colleague Joanne's dog Evie is somewhat of an office mascot ... coming year is the Year of the Pig. So, as has become the tradition, we ... exhausted with the "glam" life and retired to the mountains of South Carolina

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Athena, Deliver Us From Finals And lead us not into temptation of crying ourselves to sleep at night.

  

  Late on Sunday evening, just before the first day of MIT's finals ... the middle of Killian Court. Alerted to the hack by email and word of ... of higher learning and crawled out of their rooms to stand in awe of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 20, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  busy, busy, busy screaming into the void

  

  am i supposed to say to him? that i'm on top of things, i'm on ... level. my secret writing tip is to just write enough bullet points and ... to study somewhere else, but this isn't it. in a stroke of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  We Started the Fire It wasn't always burning since the world's been turning.

  

  school (which is a phrase that makes me sound like I'm 64 and recounting my ... , though, the real reward is supposed to be incurring a love for the subject ... system. Nodes? Just a funny word to me.)(Haha. Nodes.) Enough of the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Done (this summer) or Why I Haven't Blogged in a Month

  

  stages of this review is my primary task. I read lots of articles on ... , the thought of graduating is not as terrifying anymore. To be ... Working for Veterans Affairs It’s 7am on a Tuesday, and I need to get

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  “How to CPW 2012”…a Guide for Parents CPW can be overwheming...a parents' guide to making the most of it.

  

  the campus itself and the best way to do that is on foot. Even just a ... and the MIT Club of Boston, this reception is your chance to meet and ... to participate, what type of research is appropriate, what to expect

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 15, 2012