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  The Zone Cell Challenge Why work when you can hack other people's servers?

  

  NUMENOR.MIT.EDU realms. AFS is the Andrew File System. Developed at ... signed up for the Challenge on Friday night. And at about 3:45 AM, I ... think you should just risk breaking it. At worse, you'll just have to fix

  • by Evan B. '10
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Whew! A brief interlude before I go back to studying.

  

  at my registration this semester: 8.04: Quantum Physics I I finally ... interest in physics, even if you don't plan on majoring in course 8. At the ... a particle at a given time. However, you can predict the probability

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday Boy Ben Birthday explosion inside.

  

  trays of cupcakes at their dorm, Senior Haus. I was invited to the baking ... Stu..." Me: "Aw, Ben..." Ben: "...and a meeting at eleven..." Me: "Ben ... story: at one point, Ben accidentally knocked one of the cupcakes to the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Round here we stay up very, very late Vignettes on my last day at lab, the Counting Crows, grad school, and pets.

  

  Last day of lab Friday was my last day at my UROP lab after three ... -- and he gave me two books to read at the beach next week. By my count, I ... feel comfortable with the background you have. Biology at MIT doesn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is It Possible To Respect A Racist Film? We must learn to embrace the opportunities to confront ourselves by confronting others.

  

  movies that I love and some that I always swear to rent next time I'm at ... . He claimed that he was not racist. When screened at the White House for ... ? How do you hold seemingly contradictory ideas in your head at the same

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • May 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And for my next trick… ...I'll make J.B. confess to copying the answers to Ms. Hauser's test!

  

  're actually like...well, I'm looking at the book on my shelf right now, and it ... pretty cool, to be good at math. I hear that's sort of useful around here ... schedule.) At least everyone reacts with sympathy when they find out that I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Beyond the Iron Cur…I mean, Mass Ave

  

  Campus and West Campus, a distinction that, at least to me, always brings ... the stereotype you're looking at. One version of the stereotype is that ... , bisexual and transgender) residents, or at least more who are out of closet

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Because Racecar, Friendships, and Family By Monica C. '25: "What I’ve learned about being an engineer, friend, and teammate by…

  

  circle 😊. You can learn more about the team at https ... , and we placed 9th at our most recent competition out of 90 teams. Our ... must first be a good engineer. During my time at MIT, especially in the

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  the best thing i did for myself as a pre-frosh the one where i gush about burton one

  

  state as a pre-frosh at Campus Preview Weekend. I was one of those admits ... possible to find your people at MIT. On a gut instinct, I ranked Burton ... and not at all reflective of our general government process lol

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • April 7, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] Your Guide to Boston Cafes a letter from chomps

  

  at MIT. I created @grx.chomps (originally @grxeats) during my freshman ... ’ve chomped at over 60! These cafes celebrate a variety of cuisines, flavors ... team envisioned a space where they could “feel at home” and believe that

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  enrolled at MIT.  We deferred 7486 applicants;⁠ these students will be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  we made things and want to show them to you 2.009: an iconic mech-e senior capstone class!

  

  . Just look at us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KsJPyXaGQY Funny story

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures from a Month into Classes and I'm thrivi... surviving?

  

  and driving there starting at 1 AM on a Tuesday isn't ideal... but ... I genuinely thought I would be ready for whatever MIT would throw at ... semester at MIT, freshmen are graded on a system called Pass/No-Record where

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 14, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] A Note to the Class of ‘28 by Andre H. ‘24

  

  makes these shows possible!  At the Admitted Student Welcome, we usually ... [/caption] With all of the things I have done at MIT, I’m most known for my role in ... . Try new things. Meet new people. But at the end of the day, do not

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 21, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Something to chalk about “These murals are f*cking rad” – Petey

  

  MIT is a 168-acre playground for the world’s brightest undergrads, and nowhere is that more apparent than at Simmons Hall – my beautiful, spongey dorm. We have cats! A ball pit! And we can even draw on the walls

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 24, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  ripping shirts and other clothing mods

  

  est. time: 2 hrs I found these black cargo pants at a thrift store in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 1, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Simmons Cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat

  

  "] Wow, he's a peer mentor too? He's certainly making me feel at home in

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choose My Senior Spring Classes for Me pre-registration is open and i will let you decide

  

  necessary that I take this class at all. This means I'd also have to take a ... ' option compared to my other Course 6 options I'm looking at. 7 ... every day which is probably not good for my grade. It's at 9am, but even

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How phonology explains wordplay in Tagalog songs armchair linguistics

  

  Phonology, so it's on my mind. In this post, we'll look at some facts about ... YouTube, at the beginning of the excerpted part."]Munimuni's "Tahanan ... LABle, but here we'll look at how stress distinguishes otherwise identical

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living the MEng life same, different, same

  

  minutes each to complete. As you might imagine, particularly at a school ... result I've had some fun adventures. (To be blogged at a later date!) 4 ... parts of the job I loved plus more: I get to help students at office hours

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 27, 2022