The MIT seems like such a place to be for ambitious projects. Unfortunately I, like many others, attended a mediocre Canadian university because I didn't know any better. Questions for MIT alumni:
1. Is it still the mecca depicted in that kind of story?
2. Can you audit classes without being a MIT student, or do you need keycard access to even be on campus? Is it "culturally accepted"?
Incidentally, if anyone in Montreal is working on ambitious technical stuff, drop me a line.
MIT is an "open" campus, in the sense that anyone can enter the buildings and go in the libraries or just look around.
(Well, almost. The doors are mostly unlocked all day and night, but if you're wandering the halls at 3 in the morning and you don't look like a student, the campus police are going to ask you some questions.)
One of the nice features about the campus is that the main academic buildings are connected to each other, either directly or via tunnels and skyways. This means that you don't ever have to step outside when you go from class to class, a real plus during the wintertime.
1. Is it still the mecca depicted in that kind of story?
2. Can you audit classes without being a MIT student, or do you need keycard access to even be on campus? Is it "culturally accepted"?
Incidentally, if anyone in Montreal is working on ambitious technical stuff, drop me a line.