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Fast Tracking: Completing an MIT CS Degree in 12 Months

Need a laptop? We’ve teamed up with Intel to bring you the HackCollege Laptop Chooser. If you share the Laptop Chooser, you’ll be entered to win a Intel Core i5-powered Samsung Series 9 Notebook! Scott Young’s thirst for knowledge is truly remarkable. Not only is he attempting to complete a 4 year MIT Computer Science degree in ...

Use DropDAV to Bring New Functionality to Dropbox

Use DropDAV to Bring New Functionality to Dropbox

Need a laptop? We’ve teamed up with Intel to bring you the HackCollege Laptop Chooser. If you share the Laptop Chooser, you’ll be entered to win a Samsung Series 9 Notebook! Apple’s iCloud data storage solution promises to solve many of the woes of accessing your documents on the go, unfortunately it’s not available yet and ...

Establish House Routines Early

Establish House Routines Early

Photo courtesy of Flickr user imallergic. Licensed under CC BY-2.0. Moving into your own place with a few roommates is an exciting situation. This excitement can be explained by one reason: you’re free to do whatever you want. Although your new found liberty is certainly a blessing, it can also become a curse. In all likelihood, ...

College Students Don’t Know How to Search

College Students Don’t Know How to Search

Photo courtesy of Flickr user Mads Moedker. Licensed under CC BY-2.0.Last week, Mashable published a story entitled The Google Gap: College Kids Aren’t Good At Searching where they highlighted a recent study conducted by Northeastern Illinois University which examined the research habits of 160 college aged students. Most concerning of all the findings was that ...

How to Build the Ultimate Beer Pong Table: Part 3

How to Build the Ultimate Beer Pong Table: Part 3

We're almost done building the Ultimate Beer Pong Table, all that’s left is to apply the varnish. Just to recap, in Part 1 we assembled our beer pong table from a sheet of plywood and set of folding table legs. In Part 2, we designed a stencil and used it to paint a design onto our beer pong

How to Build the Ultimate Beer Pong Table: Part 2

How to Build the Ultimate Beer Pong Table: Part 2

Beer pong HackCollege style at the 2010 Summit in New York.In Part 1 of our Ultimate Beer Pong Table build we learned how to turn a big piece of plywood into a regulation size playing field for the best party game in existence, beer pong. Today in Part 2, we’re going to learn how to turn our g

Use TextExpander to Supercharge Your Notetaking

Use TextExpander to Supercharge Your Notetaking

Need a laptop? Our Back to School series is brought to you this year by Intel. We’ve teamed up to bring you the HackCollege Laptop Chooser. If you share the Laptop Chooser, you’ll be entered to win a Samsung Series 9 Notebook! Taking notes in class can be  stressful. A lot of brain power is ...

How to Build the Ultimate Beer Pong Table: Part 1

How to Build the Ultimate Beer Pong Table: Part 1

Beer Pong, also called Beirut, is a popular drinking game that is played by throwing a ping-pong ball into one of the oppositions beer-filled cups located on the opposite end of the table. The preferred target, plastic red Dixie/Solo cups are arranged in a pyramid formation of 10. Upon sinking a bal

Handyman/Handywoman Tips for Your New Student House

Handyman/Handywoman Tips for Your New Student House

It’s finally time to apply all those skills you’ve learned. Photo courtesy of Flickr user roxeteer. Licensed under CC BY-2.0. Moving into your own student house or apartment is an exciting adventure. You’ll learn how to cook, clean and maybe even unclog a toilet. Moving away from Mom and Dad also means that you may ...

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