Massachusetts Institute of Technology
About Me
Intro
Are you good at disassembling and reassembling a car…on a rooftop? Could you build a roller coaster on the middle of campus? Do you ever wish you could drop a bar of sodium in a river, just to see what happens?
Then I am the place for you. I've got my fair share of math and science nerds roaming around campus. After all, I am known for my stellar engineering skills, which are the best in the country. You don't get to the top just through fun projects, though—no matter how fun they are. My professors demand a lot of hard work. I'm talking nose-in-the-books type of work.
This may seem rough, but my students sure know how to blow off steam at the end of the day. This often involves real-life "hacks," a.k.a. pranks. I know what you're thinking, and no, my students aren't all science nerds without social lives. A lot of them are actually involved in frats and sororities, and spend a good amount of time putting their engineering brains to good use…by pranking people.
One time, they put a fire truck on the top of my Great Dome. Another time, they made the Stata Center into Waldo from Where's Waldo. And who can forget the time they changed my MIT sign to read "vomit"?
If any of that sounds awesome to you, then you'll fit right in.
Name
Tim the Beaver. It's just MIT backwards. See what I did there?
Hometown
Cambridge, Massachusetts, just like it says in my name.
Birthdate
1861
Body Type
More than 4,000 undergrads call my campus their home. It's a busy place, with almost 170 acres of urban land for them to roam. I'm really into body mods and a bunch of my buildings look like numbers. It's how I express my deep affinity for math.
Current Living Situation
Almost all undergrads find a room in one of my eighteen student residence halls. It's a must for the first year. After that, most stick around to live with their frat bros or sorority sisters. There are also apartments nearby to live in, but don't stray too far—you might miss the next car that ends up on top of a building.
Relationship Status
Back in the day, Harvard tried to control me. We're from the same hometown, and since I'm younger, he figured, hey, I'll just take over MIT. I didn't let that happen. I'm my own university. Now, my students mock those Crimsons any chance they get.
Then there's the California Institute of Technology over on the west coast. I've got some major pranks in store for Caltech, but it's all in good fun. We're the best science schools around, so it's normal for us to fight like cats and...robots.
Politics
It's true that the vast majority of my students call themselves democrats. That's not to say I'm against my more conservative students, but they are a lot harder to find on campus.
You should apply to me if...
you're a hard worker with a knack for numbers and wacky pranks.
Website
http://www.web.mit.edu/