<p>Hi, I have been seriously considering that aside from just getting a degree from MIT I want to receive training as a spy and overall badassery. Essentially I want to know enough about things like breaking into buildings, scaling buildings, being discrete, secret brotherhoods, etc. </p>
<p>Does MIT have any clubs like this? I watch CSI and Law and Order a lot and also many movies such as 007’s, and various other spy movies (I was particularily impressed by the Bourne Identity and Bourne Supremecy). I have a black belt and a fair bit of common sense and practical skill.</p>
<p>I know you think this is a bit absurd, but I ask you keep in mind that other people start threads about 2250 vs. 2400 so I though it would be ok to ask.</p>
<p>As for the breaking into buildings, scaling buildings, and being discreet – there are groups that do stuff like that, but they are not clubs per se. But there are lots of people at MIT who do that stuff every weekend. You just have to find them.</p>
<p>There’s also, as far as actually organized clubs go, the [Assassins</a>’ Guild](<a href=“http://web.mit.edu/assassin/www/]Assassins”>MIT Assassins' Guild). I’m not sure (as in, I have no idea) how much “actual” spy stuff you would learn in the Assassins’ Guild, but you would probably have a lot of fun. Maybe jessiehl will see this post and help you out – she’s a member of the club.</p>
<p>Also, you mentioned you have a black belt - you didn’t say in what, but MIT has a lot of really cool martial arts clubs. I’m a member of Sport Tae Kwon Do (which is in my opinion by far the best, but I’m biased). ^_^</p>
<p>Yes I am indeed a black belt in tkd. I am registered with the World Taekwondo Federation. I did a lot of sparring in 8th, 9th and 10th grades, but then I went to a boarding school so I dropped tkd for a while, but I’m going to start training this summer and hopefully join up a club at MIT! I did get in EA, so I was wondering if your Sports TKD club has a website or something?</p>
<p>Edit: while discussing sports, does MIT have IM Tennis or just a Tennis club? When I visited in November I didn’t really get a full tour, so I didn’t exactly see any big outdoor sports facilities…</p>
<p>MIT has men’s and women’s varsity tennis teams as well as intramural team tennis.</p>
<p>There are several outside tennis courts along Dorm Row, as well as a “tennis bubble” which tends to deflate every time there’s more than a foot of snow on top of it. :)</p>
<p>Not to disappoint you, but the Assassins’ Guild doesn’t do what you probably think it does. As far as I know, they mostly play Patrol (run around a building and shoot other people with foam darts; it’s great fun) and do LARPish stuff. I suppose there could be a secret hidden branch of the Assassins’ Guild that they haven’t told me about, though.</p>
<p>ROFLMAO!!! Like the old saying goes “If you have to ask…”</p>
<p>Diff, 2 other things you need to seriously consider:
Looking for feedback on a worldwide mssg board/forum about becoming a spy does not reflect well on your resourcefullness and potential in the field.</p>
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<li>Anyone who uses the word “badassery” to characterize their perception of the profession should stick to reading Ludlam, Clancy, le Carre, and Ian Fleming.</li>
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But there are lots of people at MIT who do that stuff every weekend. You just have to find them.</p>