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

  

  , for example, the sipb.mit.edu cell, run by the SIPB. This allows SIPB to ... since I was interested in learning more about how to administer AFS, I ... had a theory of how to make myself an AFS administrator, but I was

  • by Evan B. '10
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  kitchen nightmares bugs and toasters and explosions, oh my!

  

  every meal for the past eighteen years, it's safe to say that I'm a pretty ... , spurring me to scream for Selena, the official bug person in this apartment ... . "Just freeze it for a few days to kill off the larvae. It'll be fine." We

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 5, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  It was the blurst of times? I'm a stupid monkey.

  

  to give them 19 years on the chain gang just for adding another letter ... . On Monday, we had to submit the primary themes for our theme ... get a piece of e-mail that's accidentally been replied-to-all, I say to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair #1 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  .S. locations. Do book collectors travel regularly to those? How big is their ... . For valuable volumes, they started at $500, increased to $2,500, $7 ... ) As part of my weekly Boston Enrichment Trip, I ventured today to the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 15, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  …and other things you can do with your four-day weekend context around the marathon

  

  helped write an email to my dorm on March 25th, pleading for folks to take ... Undergraduate Association rallied hard for faculty to change their semester plans, and to allow for students to take an actual break during the four

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  fall semester in the form of those modern poem books you buy for $15 at Urban Outfitters

  

  desperate for sun. there was nothing to eat that wasn’t smothered in grease ... ; “How are you doing?” I keep trying to think of something to say that ... was just after 1 am. We’d gone to all-you-can-eat sushi for three hours

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / Events

  I went outside! *inhales, belts 'for the first time in forever' at the top of lungs*

  

  records for the world's shortest camping trip, but we did get to go on a ... the MIT bubble, and I didn't really think about how little I actually ... bunch of really nice pictures and want people to see them, tbh) MIT seems

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen AKA, the "Magic Pen"

  

  've decided to make some little videos for you. Have you ever noticed how ... without having to recharge the battery. It'll last for a day and will charge ... included and for sale. "This seems too good to be true." Seems that way

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Challenge A little admissions fun during the World Cup.

  

  Challenge is meant to be just for fun, and an interesting way to see just how ... students, World Cup fever is in full force. I got to watch the opening match ... of MIT students, and I'm looking forward to watching many of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What do you see now? they say genius likes to alternate between the soil and the sky

  

  contributing to the indefinite play of the game itself. For example, art ... high-school I resolved to play infinite games. To find and fight for the ... work to get grants, artists get stuck in bubbles that make it hard for

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • May 23, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  lessons learned this summer reflecting back on a summer that flew by

  

  not as a programmer drivers in LA don't know how to use their blinkers ... my summer is coming to an end. i think shuli mentioned this in a ... through them. sometimes it's fine to take a weekend off and not be

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 2, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Actually Doing Things or not...but actually, really

  

  power plant to build in a town while taking into account how the residents ... right for me. I’m starting to realize more and more that it’s ok to do ... don’t want to treat it like a technical class; I don’t have time for 4

  • by Stanley G.
  • November 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  vacation day. I'm always one to shoot for the underdog, the least privileged ... in the area of Service Design. (Basically, figuring out how to make ... I'm always one to celebrate the more obscure holidays. After all

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quick and dirty I freak out a little about graduate school applications, then answer some questions.

  

  I'm going to have to make this quick today, since I have to study for ... sleep statistics for other variables. Definitely. I tried to look at hours ... I couldn't figure out how to calculate the standard error of my GPA

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  quiz: what halloween candy are you? based on your college applicant personality

  

  just for fun! What colleges are you applying to? I have like ... need to get in? Because I only got a 1590.” How do you plan on ... school to apply to early when’s Halloween? I’m too old for trick

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 22, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Gap Year, Part II: Getting Murdered Less How to HelpX, Couchsurf, backpack, and hopefully not die

  

  looking back fondly on those days, so I want to share how I did it. Maybe ... resources I used, the costs, benefits, and how-to of using them, and tips on ... was hard for me, because I like to shower after I run every day. Also

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 26, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Good Advice On Advisors

  

  to ask how you're doing. I certainly can't speak for all of them since ... -or-less agreeing to let you do whatever it is you want, there's a style for every ... take, what to major in if you don't know what to major in, how to talk to

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42: The Answer to Our Changing Educational Needs a school with no teachers, no schedules, and no rankings

  

  : 42 graduates are well-equipped for the workforce. They know how to ... they know how to thrive in an environment that pushes for constant ... built a renewable energy device and an online platform for the monks to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 24, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  to my post on cross registration, "How can MIT undergraduate students ... 't checked because generally we're looking for it to come separately. I'd be ... was a student of Raffles for 4.25 years before I shifted to India and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Didn’t You Graduate? I refuse to accept my new label...kind of.

  

  that I now have time to dedicate to. This summer, I've been working for ... to our central goal of developing a high throughput bioreactor for ... learning how to cook and clean and all of the other skills required of

  • by Bryan
  • August 23, 2007