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  A Castle, a Jack, and a Beanstalk hacking culture @ MIT

  

  hack “refers to a clever, benign, and 'ethical' prank or practical joke ... of Family Weekend 2014, a castle appeared on the skybridge connecting ... extended a beanstalk. On it, hung Jack, all packed and ready for adventure

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / People & Identities

  [Guest Post] One Year Later Some things changed, some things didn’t

  

  out to his family. Here's his story.   A little over one year ago, I came out to my mom and my dad. Since then, things have settled into a new ... takes a long time for sediment to collect at the bottom of a liquid

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 11, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Looking ahead to IAP My favorite MIT event...period.

  

  Eveyrone! I know it's hard to believe but IAP is fast approaching and, along with it, the 2007 MIT Mystery Hunt! This years hunt will begin on Friday ... Bombers What Bomb At Midnight ------------------------------ Just to show

  • by Bryan
  • November 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pommes et manus Turkeys into oil, apples into beavers... it's all good.

  

  to step up and become the floor's new Apple Bake Chair (TM). No other floor actually has an Apple Bake Chair. While a lot of people on the other ... last fall when, as a result of the competition being on Saturday instead

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  defining the future stop being vague

  

  aspirational future. Except that isn’t quite correct. In choosing to take a year off to work in New Zealand instead of grinding away on problem sets in ... giving any definitive advice on how to define the future, so I’ll end this

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 22, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  at least i’m not as sad as i used to be i don’t keep friends, i keep acquainted

  

  sad as I used to be this isn’t a new feeling, that of not feeling bad ... 't keep friends, I keep acquainted I'm not a prophet, but I'm here to profit ... studying in college in a big country, with my graduating friends flying to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 14, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  eat food to live cook food because why not!?

  

  still on campus, however, we do have two things to help us cope—✨the power ... + a desire to pretend at adulting = overly ambitious attempts to cook massive group meals! My friends and I are actually planning to do a big

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Raskolnikov as an Odd Metaphor on angst and deferral

  

  many healthy things to do while waiting for decisions like going to a ... , back to procrastination. Although I was Very On Top Of Things for MIT and ... /January deadlines. Aside from simping over MIT a bit too intensely, I wanted to get in

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A typical first semester more or less

  

  decided to skip 18.022 lecture on a whim to go to CVS with my friend to pick up her meds. Is skipping 18.022 generally a bad idea? Probably. But to ... impossible right now. Life is now mostly a choice of how to spend my time the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for international students

  

  work and hands-on problem-solving. Our students come to us from every ... students to study at MIT, including the many Chinese students who found a ... ban," which, among other things, suspended entry to the United States

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 3, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To Defeat the Huns ...as Hamsika said, there's major business to get down to this semester.

  

  .013 – Introductory Biology (a GIR class) I’m ALWAYS excited to take biology, but that ... yesterday, and to be honest, I was a little bit unpleasantly surprised. It ... happy that this class is not graded on a curve, which means what I give is

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 3, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: Really Random 19 pictures. Don't open on a dialup.

  

  this term, wrote an opera based on The Great Gatsby that was premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Happy Organic Chemistry II Day! I ... was so excited about wishing you a happy April 31, because, as Ling

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Morning Person rise and shine

  

  a stressful rush to get to school on time for first period. Here, each ... , depending on the time of my earliest class on a given day, I have three to ... naturally wake up very early. I know, it's a nice "problem" to have

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Recent Questions! Fun for parents @ CPW, enrolling questions, etc...

  

  to Housing and Dining. This will be a great overview of the variety of ... thinking about a career in medicine? This would be a good one to attend. 12 ... who are brave enough to live in the dorms with your kids! You'll get a

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Bill Gates It looks like you're trying to inspire philanthropy...

  

  Bill Gates was on campus today to speak about the need for innovation ... Per Child, or MIT's Public Service Center - to name just a few - for ... the Best Way to Make a Difference. Sadly I was unable to get him to

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I have the best girlfriend ever Gifts at MIT rock.

  

  I bought a new mouse on woot.com the other day for $13.37 and I must say, it's very nice, but when my girlfriend came into my room she ... , it still works!" A week later, after I had totally forgotten about

  • by Snively '11
  • December 3, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  november again conversation with myself

  

  to dye a blue streak in my hair but it came out grayish-green, so i ... 's fine to outgrow people. isn't that something you learned a long time ago ... friendships and connections. i can tell they really mean a lot to you. more

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 1, 2023
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I submit a maker portfolio?

  The Maker Portfolio is an opportunity for students to showcase their projects that require creative insight, technical skill, and a hands-on approach to learning by doing. Members of the MIT Engineering Advisory Board
• Blog / How to MIT

  A Comprehensive Guide to Course Lounges press F to pay respects to the entirety of course 21 and CMS

  

  , because we're edgy and unconventional, our equivalent to a regular college ... their own course lounge - a designated space for majors in each course to ... Course 6, I can firmly attest to the fact that our lounge sucks, and as a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 27, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m still here (and MIT’s still hard) The little comment that wasn't. (This isn't edited. It sounds awkward at times. Deal.)

  

  I started writing a brief response to some of the comments on Chris ... .) In response to all of these comments, I'd like to deliver a poorly ... Mr. Antunez, a new teacher who had grown up in Spain and Argentina and

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 12, 2009