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A Castle, a Jack, and a Beanstalk hacking culture @ MIT
Once upon a late October, MIT hosted its annual Family Weekend ... hack “refers to a clever, benign, and 'ethical' prank or practical joke ... of Family Weekend 2014, a castle appeared on the skybridge connecting -
Blog / Academics & Research
VI-A Course 6? Work experience and a Masters degree all at once!
"Mankind has always had a yen to travel. Millions of years ago ... 'd say, "Marge, I have a yen to travel." And Marge would agree instantly ... bashed in by the Big Rock Tribe." Thus begins a wonderful book by Dave -
Blog / Academics & Research
a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition
I’m huddled in an office chair in a tiny box-studio in Lexington, MA ... minutes away. Getting to MIT is a “commute” now. The bus chugs through the residential areas, stopping at every block to let out tired adults. It’s a -
Blog / Residential Life
A Place happy thoughts on East Campus
The last week and some are a blur, a long, joyous drink of EC. When I ... I know now), they glow with a sense of MIT, and particularly East ... the way people gather in the courtyard to build a giant fort, three -
Blog / MISTI
A Tribute to the people of South Africa
During a layover in the London Heathrow Airport I yanked Mariam (my friend, travel buddy and a literal queen) around with me in search of a ... an entirely new continent (whoop, whoop there more to go). There’s a -
Blog / MIT Life
A Story Oh goody!
As I've said many a time, but will say again for new readers, I live ... across the hall. Sara '12 is also a resident of Conner 2. You may remember ... taunting and the teasing came to a head. Sara misspoke one day, and Yuki -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.
at MIT. I nearly fell asleep during a Star Wars marathon. It wasn't a result of sleep deprivation. I was bored out of my mind. The ... the heck out! But I'm sure if anyone is learning a lot from robots, it -
Blog / Academics & Research
A Room with a Vieux A comparison of sorts
Note: I freely admit I am stealing the title "A Room with a Vieux" from a lovely antiques store in Boston So here is my workspace (and my ... ." I think honking is a sacred activity and this sort of socially -
Blog / Academics & Research
A Moment with A Minister kevin rustagi '11 on MIT and entrepreneurship
Kevin Rustagi '11 is a designer, entrepreneur, and musician whom I ... a recent alum, I’d like to explore that a little further – and ... my CPW as an admitted pre-frosh, and I had a conversation with myself -
Blog / MIT Life
A short entry about dorm awesomeness
You know what's awesome about dorms? There's a lot of people in them. A lot of people who use iTunes. What happens when you have a lot of people using iTunes on the same WiFi network? Shared libraries! So many -
FAQ / Life and culture
What does “drinking from a fire hose” mean?
Getting an education from MIT has been likened to taking a drink from a fire hose—the sheer number of opportunities and rigor of our ... must pass a swim test in order to graduate! -
Blog / Personal Projects
a quarantine haiku generator purell and poetics
hello! hope everyone is doing well. I made a quarantine haiku generator: get yours here. -
Blog / How to Human
Batman Picks a Username learn from him.
Trouble thinking up a good Kerberos username? Take some hints from Batman. -
Blog / Athletics
[joint post] a guide to mit gyms see Gloria's post
https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/joint-post-a-guide-to-dorm-gyms/ -
Blog / How to Human
We All Need A Little Encouragement
From a bottle of Honest Tea, purchased from MIT's Student Center -
Blog / IAP
[joint post] part 1: a jaunt across Europe see Kano's post :)
https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/joint-post-part-1-a-jaunt-across-europe/ -
Blog / MIT Life
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Therefore, this is a REALLY long entry.
Who: Chris M and Snively What: A picture Where: My room When: Last year at the end of CPW Why: We needed a picture together How: How did we end up looking like this? 4 hours of sleep-ish each over about 4 days. -
FAQ / First-year application
Can I take a gap year?
We encourage students to take a gap year to explore and grow. Every year we have a number of students apply to MIT after a gap year and more students who request a gap year after being admitted to MIT. Taking a gap -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
A…an…uh…a cappella concert? MIT's got non-Petri dish culture, too
A cappella is one of those things that is really weird to type. It's one phrase - "a cappella", Italian for "in the manner of the church ... phrases like "an a cappella group." Or "many a cappella groups." (if you