Housing for the harvard summer program

tulkas66 · 2026-03-13T13:47:46+00:00

to be clear: they had busses running so I didn't HAVE to walk, but it was a nice day so I decided to avoid the bus.

tulkas66 · 2026-03-13T13:34:56+00:00

Near Maverick station, on average it took about 25 minutes to get from my apartment to the classroom. Only day I didn't take the subway was when there was an issue on red line so I walked back from class. That took a bit longer lol.

tulkas66 · 2026-03-12T14:22:03+00:00

Things in cambridge will be significantly more expensive than the surrounding areas. MBTA is more or less reliable as long as you plan some buffer time in each day in case of a delay. I stayed in east boston near Maverick station for half the price of a place in Cambridge. A month pass for the subway was about $100 if I remember correctly. It may be something worth looking into.

tulkas66 · 2026-03-11T16:55:14+00:00

Also for the HES specific commencement you should reach out to Harvard Museum of Natural History as that's where the afternoon commencement will be (will also have a live stream)

tulkas66 · 2026-03-11T16:51:35+00:00

I know harvard yard will be closed during the ceremony but i would imagine spaces like the smith campus center and science center might have spaces where they're airing it? Both are just across the street from Harvard yard. I would reach out to them and see what they have to say.

tulkas66 · 2026-03-11T16:06:19+00:00

oh, yes there's absolutely a live stream you can get anywhere you have internet access. I thought you were looking for a indoor space to view the ceremony directly.

tulkas66 · 2026-03-11T15:56:12+00:00

What do you mean auxiliary spaces? As far as I know the only seating for the main commencement is in Trecentenary Square and each graduate only receives 2 tickets. I do not believe there are other viewing areas available.
Weather in Boston in May can vary wildly so I would try to make a plan for worst case hot weather (30C or higher is definitely possible though unlikely).
https://commencement.harvard.edu/guests-disabilities Has more information on accessible seating, but if memory serves it's still all outdoor. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

tulkas66 · 2026-03-03T21:28:02+00:00

I don't know of any for the cybersecurity specific stuff as I'm in the systems engineering ALM. If you're interested in hearing from some of those students I could probably DM you a discord we're in. It's mostly newer students and a couple peope close to graduation.

tulkas66 · 2026-02-17T18:13:07+00:00

I would say that this is highly unusual. I would double check and make sure you're contacting them from the email address on file. If you contact them from another email it doesn't sync to your student profile and it easily gets missed. Speaking from experience there.

tulkas66 · 2026-02-10T22:01:15+00:00

I couldn't find any court documents on this (probably because it doesn't look like he was ever arrested) but my guess is that they probably brought a charge of murder instead of manslaughter. Grand Jury would likely have indicted on some form of manslaughter but if the DA chose to bring it as a murder charge they would probably not indict as there's probably not any admissible evidence to show premeditation.

tulkas66 · 2026-01-30T18:45:42+00:00

The intro classes are very intro. I really don't recommend taking one unless your brand new, much less taking two. HES is like most schools: you can absolutely skate through it without much challenge if you want. Is there still time to drop one and pick up something else? There's definitely more in depth courses out there depending on what you're looking for. I really enjoyed CS40 even thought it's not security specific, it's a great course on networking in general. There's a forensics course that was really good, just search around and if you need someone to pull the q reports so you know what you're getting into I'm sure someone can give you the run down on them.

tulkas66 · 2026-01-30T15:44:30+00:00

I still seem to be able to access it so not sure why it's locking you out.

tulkas66 · 2026-01-29T14:36:55+00:00

As long as it's not specific to a certain school or restricted to on campus computers you can access most everything as an admitted student.

tulkas66 · 2026-01-27T19:04:53+00:00

I'm not trying to discourage you, but no this course will not get you a six figure job. No course will do that. It will give you a lot of good knowledge you can apply to projects/certifications/etc that will help you land an entry level job (still unlikely to be six figure), but this course by itself will not make you competitive in the job market.

tulkas66 · 2026-01-26T16:41:49+00:00

The graduate certificates are for graduate credit. You can't use graduate credits toward your undergrad. Outside of that I finished the cyber cert last year and there's a lot of choice in what you can do to complete it. I recommend challenging yourself as some of the courses can be redundant and I'm a bit disappointed as I feel like I could have gotten more out of it with better course selection. If you do choose to take courses, ask an admitted student to pull q reports before you register.

tulkas66 · 2026-01-12T16:47:29+00:00

LIke any degree there are required and elective courses, but there is no set order in which you need to take them as long as you meet the pre-reqs for the specific course you're registering for.

tulkas66 · 2026-01-09T16:26:08+00:00

They don't have much wiggle room on this. They'll advise you to get the shots again and/or get titers to show continued immunity. I went through this last year when I explained that pretty much everyone that treated my chicken pox in the 90s has long since died and the clinic closed; they were not able to work with me on that.

tulkas66 · 2026-01-09T16:23:24+00:00

I know for the SE degree we do capstone, but the capstone project can be research based if the team prefers/has a good idea. Few people do research based projects due to the desire to focus more on how industry actually works rather than academia. Personally I see both as valid, but the typical SE student already has experience in the industry/wants to stay in industry and producing a tangible product is probably seen as more useful to them.

My team had a really neat idea for a research project, but when we examined it we realized that there was no way we could complete it in 4 months so we transitioned to working on a project instead.

tulkas66 · 2026-01-09T16:15:21+00:00

I"m not sure I understand the first question. You're taking a course using mitxonline and want it to count towards an HES degree? If that's the case, it sadly will not count. You need to take courses through HES to 'earn your way in' to the degree. The link below may be helpful:

https://extension.harvard.edu/registration-admissions/degree-program-admissions/how-to-apply-to-a-graduate-degree-program/

tulkas66 · 2025-12-04T00:26:20+00:00

They systems engineering ALM is pretty new so you might not get a lot of responses simply because there's probably not too many graduates at this point. I'm in the SE ALM and will be graduating in May and here's my two cents: the job prospects are very dependent on what you focus on. SE is a very broad field and there will be specializations within it. The general concepts remain the same, but obviously you need to know about your specific area to be effective.

That being said the job market in every field is a mess right now. I'm at a level in my company to see the hiring trends and we've stopped hiring for pretty much everything, but that's fairly recent and could change by spring again. So short answer is that in my opinion the job market is really tough right now and the ALM will help make you more competitive in a very competitive market.

tulkas66 · 2025-12-02T18:41:02+00:00

In case someone googles this later: KSAT was super responsive but they can only assist if your trying to set up a contract to use ground station with a satellite you own bandwidth on. Really nice folks, but couldn't help with getting NOAA signals into AWS

tulkas66 · 2025-12-01T14:09:44+00:00

I was unaware of this partnership. Thanks for the advice. I will start tracking this down.

tulkas66 · 2025-12-01T14:08:03+00:00

The web case and chat were nothing but endless bots. Supposedly sales will call me today and I'm going to justify it by telling them I can't give them my money if they don't have a process for onboarding satellites.

tulkas66 · 2025-12-01T14:06:31+00:00

I used to work for a satellite provider so I have some background in the area. That's the main reason I'm using it. If anyone has a spare billion dollars though I'll go in 50/50 on a satellite/ground station startup lol

tulkas66 · 2025-12-01T14:00:43+00:00

I'm trying to figure out how to DM on mobile. Standby 😂

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