Originally Posted by Bostonian
MIT may be better overall, but a school that annually celebrates dropping a piano out of a tall building also has room for improvement http://www.boston.com/yourtown/camb...piano_drop_still_strikes_a_chord_at_mit/ .

I don't think there's even a comparison. The pianos used in the Piano Drop are unplayable and generally donated. There is far more attention to safety. In fact, it is pretty much socially unacceptable to carry out any hack that involves any significant risk to bystanders.

MIT has had its hazing incidents, too. But the Piano Drop is really a great example of how to be a quirky college student doing "crazy" things without becoming depraved.