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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer of Learning Because MIT classes don't spend too much time on hacking into computer systems

  

  internship was to do quite a bit of work with Metasploit, a hacking framework ... put out by the powerful hackers who do this for a living. Script Kiddies ... Afee). The job description was to do some penetration testing with some typical

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 29, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2015! TAKE THE PLUNGE

  

  slow-cooking ribs at least once a week 2) My Google search history is ... being a student at MIT is like. You should interpret this mandate ... you do at MIT. Admissions officers can write about holistic admissions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 14, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Be a Blogger 2016! how to be a blogger

  

  express to the world what being a student at MIT is like. You should ... write about things you do at MIT. Admissions officers can write about ... ’s like to be in a Sadoway lecture, or planning stuff for REX, or UROPing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 28, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Like a G6 except for the wings, the engines, the flight controls…

  

  figured a simulator is a good place to do it.  Until I saw a shiny, shiny ... its engine. "Okay, we'll have you do a landing." ^ That's me, an ... , I am on their mailing list, because they are awesome and frequently do

  • by Piper '13
  • September 27, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tattoo ideas No, I'm not getting a tattoo. But I do need your tattoo advice.

  

  No, I'm not getting a tattoo. But I do need your tattoo advice. As a ... be small -- say, 2 inches square. What I need are your ideas for a ... /funny/interesting/amusing/cool/awesome. Here are a few ideas to stir the imagination: What are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  A Three-part IAP sababa* in more than one way

  

  Israel and do a whirlwind tour of the country. I’ve traveled all over the ... Maybe I should preface this by saying “do as I say, not as I do”. I ... . Normally I would say that sounds like a really bad idea, but it hasn’t turned

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 17, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  what to expect when you’re expecting a bad grade, that is

  

  present to you a list of things to do if and/or when you find yourself in a ... . This is a curse! Do not violate the natural order of events! You must ... I had a biochem exam today. It did not, uh...go as planned. What was

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 29, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Hospital Trips and Dance Parties MIT campus is where it's at over the summer.

  

  , singing, in a conga line...when you're doing the cha cha slide in a mass of ... the summer is a beautiful thing. No psets. No exams. No pressure to cram ... 'm laughing with a friend, in his/her room, and not because I'm moping over an

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It All Started with a Sound Board… [By Harrison Bralower '11] I was pleased to find that MIT had a very strong…

  

  workshops for anyone looking to do a little work on the side or just learn ... [by Harrison Bralower '11] It started with a sound board. When I was in eighth grade my class went to the local high school to see a

  • by ARTalk
  • January 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finally, a free minute

  

  Well, the last week and a half has been busy, to say the least. I ... everything done, and we got a great group of freshmen in the entry, as well as a big group of new cheer recruits, but I am just thankful that today

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 5, 2005
• 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 ... to do intensive music study. What you do is up to you. A couple months ... . But I do think that there is a bit of a stigma about such plans in many

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Great Hunger an artisanal take on my quarter life crisis

  

  doing day-to-day work, since I felt like I was missing a central ‘why’. It ... privileges is a sense of duty, a mandate to do good in the world, one which I ... -dong’s film Burning, there is a concept of a “Little Hunger” and a “Great Hunger

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Be a Blogger 2022!

  

  's a million fun things happening in the Kendall/MIT Open Space it is ... pick your classes, or a really cool new thing you learned today in class ... communicate what MIT is actually like. We do this by hiring students who have

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week of work

  

  Last week was one of those weeks where I had either a test or ... if by correcting our mistakes. It's a nice feature. Tuesday: I had a 7 ... wondering. Wednesday: The weekly 18.310 problem set was due. It had a lot of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  V&Q&A Video, Questions, and Answers

  

  engineering school where people do / there's a good environment for startups ... whole, places a large emphasis on experience and actually doing things ... I’ve decided I talk too much. I need to give some other people a

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lazy hazy crazy Summer for me means lab and cooking. I'm not sure which I like better.

  

  my postdoc that I should do a handful of further experiments, then ... news My favorite thing to do in the summer is cook up a storm, because it ... campus and not unpack most of it for a week, or do you have your parents

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A point to clarify

  

  answered: "Drew, it is important for you to know which dorm do you want to ... since now which dorm do you want to be in, it's better and easier for you ... within the same dorm!" Omar, you have a good point, but you are

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Some questions that I've received from prospectives.

  

  calculus, I would suggest doing what you can to take classes at a community ... 'm going to go out on a limb and assume that you do not spend eight hours a ... HOW MUCH WRITING is involved in doing science research), a lot of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 8, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breath what's next for all our applicants

  

  Today is Veteran's Day, a federal holiday honoring military veterans. So I'd like to begin by giving a shoutout to my grandfather, who, in addition to being a WWII vet, was also ordained as a nondenominational

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  A Letter to CPW Prefrosh let the onslaught of CPW-related posts continue

  

  sister Lisa sat in on my classes - they got a crash course on galaxy ... a science essay, and impact crater formation. Lisa is here early for CPW, since she's a prefrosh (YAY!) and on spring break; my family lives

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 9, 2013