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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Into the Sunset [by Cadet Paul Estrada, '09] My fascination with color guard, and participation in a colonel's…

  

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a proud cadet at Air Force ROTC Det 365 ... ROTC Color Guard was something along the lines of, "You see that man over ... in the Air Force." Both men instantly had my respect. One of the many

  • by ROTC
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yes, eat all our shirts! See MIT through the eyes of my prefrosh.

  

  . One semester of chemistry is a general institute requirement at MIT, and ... orbitals, and learn more about the degrees of freedom than you could ever ... your chances of getting to meet me and Mitra! You could see such amazing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  included a list of creative touches we had added to the space to make it feel ... ) Today is the day of that loud blog, because last week we officially ... Illuminations in MIT News where I am quoted telling some of the story of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: It’s Coming Home (by it, I mean me) guest post by Rukia. H '21

  

  *written by Rukia H. '21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer ... past month, which is strange considering none of the teams I support ... knows that if you sit me in front of a TV and give me a game to watch, I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  100% Completion It’s pretty hard to do, but I’m going to try.

  

  HELLO WORLD and welcome to my playthrough of a new game - college! I ... own adventure, and there are an infinity of options to choose from ... to get your hands on the prized diploma, but it’s way more fun to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2017 it's never too early to start reminiscing

  

  came to claim their diplomas, I lost track of my friends as I was taking ... front while both my friends met Tim Cook outside of the bathroom."   ... MIT folks and wherever else MIT folks. I bet one of you is in space

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 9, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  ="one-year master’s of engineering, offered to select engineering departments at MIT ... worthwhile.   I took The Folklore of Gaelic Ireland for the fairies and ... of Ireland. I love this type of legend cycle, where there are many

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Round 2 Microsoft, brains, British accents, hiking in the Alps, weightlifting, HIMYM

  

  More flavors of an MIT student summer. *    *    * Xiaoyue X. '15 (majoring in Course 2: Mechanical Engineering) Geez, we have a lot of Course 2 ... non-work goals! What are yours? Take lots and lots of pictures &

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 30, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership @ MIT (from a froshy perspective)

  

  offer. But at the same time, there were downsides. By the end of senior ... I did some ~leadership~ in high school, as I'm sure many of you did. Maybe your experiences were similar to mine; probably a lot of them were

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 3, 2019
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What other student activities can I do?

  You can do anything we already offer on campus, or you can start your ... what's going on around campus, or check out a list of active groups from the Association of Student Activities (ASA).
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  of time and blog. I promise I have a good reason though! Most people at MIT have these "Hell weeks" where there are lots of tests and projects ... 'm Still Alive. Although I didn't actually type out many of my ideas, I was

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  [Guest Post] The Alleyway by Isabella Y. '24

  

  side, and a certain Institute of Technology it houses, reflects the voice ... During the storms of May, the Charles rages toward the ocean while ... as they laugh at the sheer amount of water pouring from the sky. I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  11.125 educating myself on education

  

  Instead of doing an overview of the classes I’m taking this semester, I want to spotlight a few of them because they are just. that. cool ... -college math and science classes. Topics of study include design and

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 26, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art Keeps Me Sane At MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] The beautiful irony is that the analytical, obsessive, and perfectionist mindset…

  

  to an institute of technology that costs more than $45,000 a year to ... Star Wars Trilogy: The Musical Edition fall of my freshman year - the ... Yoda puppet, one of the stars of 'Star Wars Trilogy: Musical Edition,' a

  • by ARTalk
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Manolis Kellis: Combining computer science with biology An interview with Manolis Kellis, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, who was honored as one…

  

  , Prof. Kellis was honored as one of Technology Review’s Top 35 Innovators ... , surrounded by some of the best biological and medical institutions in the world ... a professor at MIT, Manolis Kellis, Assistant Professor of Computer

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobody’s Got No Class! I was browsing through the MIT Course Catalog, and thought these classes looked pretty thought-provoking.

  

  only to classes that were offered this fall.) Feel free to add your own favorites. SEM.142 Sex and the [City] Institute: An Exploration of Gender ... emerging issues in the relationship between institutions of law and science

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Technology Happens My computer is hiccoughing.

  

  So sometimes in a computer’s life, it decides that it wants to enter eternal hibernation and refuse to function. As in like…today. Thank goodness there’s Athena. Return I shall, and…

  • by Bryan
  • January 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lost in the Pages of the Institute are we out of the woods yet, are we in the clear yet

  

  two-month period in fifth grade and the culmination of every wistful ... dexterity. There’s a ton of people in MIT who play the piano (and everything ... of Alpha Delta Phi brothers will often slide behind the grand piano in

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  a semester i’m excited for to the tune of "a girl worth fighting for"

  

  semester is comprised of classes I actually really want to take. Here are ... coded key of how I classify the classes.Notice the relatively small fraction of classes per semester that I actually wanted to take and the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keeping it Green On a visit to NYC, I learned a little about environmentally friendly housing.

  

  After a not-so-brief hiatus, I'm back at the Institute! Over the break, I took large bites out of the Big Apple on my two visits to New ... unassuming, only the giant blue solar panels on the roof give any indication of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 10, 2006