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• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT offer Army, Air Force, Navy ROTC?

  campus. Military training has existed at MIT ever since the Institute ... admiral. The three Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) programs located at ... each week and a required summer program at some point prior to graduating
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Temporary Band Entry Title And we hope we passed the audition.

  

  know is interested in joining, let us know at marching underscore band at ... .... Our journey began, as most good journeys do, at the Student Center ... change at Mass Ave, we had to break formation momentarily and run across

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything is different now That's ok, I have a cat now

  

  music and anime has been constant. I was shocked at how many of my posts ... month. My last year at MIT, I spent most of it ignoring school work and playing with synthesizers at the Voxel Lab. It’s cute that old Mimi and I

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  love is stored in the yarn help i can't stop crocheting

  

  anyone!) At the end of last semester, the [annotation note="the undergrad ... at that time, but I asked my friend Tiffany L. '24 to get a strawberry ... at that I kept putting it off. Still, I'd find myself inevitably

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 14, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Under Water catch your breath

  

  time at MIT. Some semesters go by better than others, but at this point ... , which is honestly an okay ratio in my opinion. Especially at a school ... was at ease. This year, I felt like I had one foot out the door. I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting in Connecticut Tales of my trip to a figure skating competition

  

  A brief intro... Last Wednesday, I left MIT to compete at the 2016 ... -January. Wednesday I’m done with my last class at 3pm, and return back to my dorm to ... miss the bus at this point. It takes 35 minutes to get to South Station

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 29, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I’m sitting on a bus and am SO sleep-deprived.

  

  easier said than done. I woke up (well, my mom woke me up) at around 7am ... a cockpit. All the passengers turned to stare at each other - I had ... been so thrilled to haul a heavy backpack through an airport; at least my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making it work. In which I just carry on. Where's Andrae when I need him?

  

  to go to classes and stuff, so he was expelled at the end of his ... readmitted in 1936. Now, at MIT, passing a typical class earns you 12 units of ... for that class. RB was entering his last semester at MIT when he

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  would have any free time at all outside classes, if it was worth it at all ... year I secured a spot at the Senior Nationals with a win at the Eastern ... exhibitions at Harvard and Dartmouth -- and even the Rockefeller Center. But I

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  On Being the “Dumb” Friend and the freedom from comparison

  

  A lot of people at MIT were probably seen as the “smart” friend in ... contrary, I am quite smart, because everyone at MIT is quite smart. No ... asses off at skills perfectly tailored to academic success at MIT. We don

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ST PATRICKS DAY RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  

  black and my bed at threeYou're too sweet for meYou're too sweet for me I take my whiskey neatMy coffee black and my bed at threeYou're too sweet ... take my whiskey neatMy coffee black and my bed at threeYou're too sweet

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 17, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  parallels or juxtapositions in one sitting at flour cafe

  

  , and they told me i may be a scientist, not an engineer at heart. this ... friends at this school. one of the most uncertain things about freshman year was my friends at this school. last february it was a good day if i got

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 26, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  必须好 – pt. 1 just keep swimming

  

  attempt at blogging—funnily enough, i only started this writing to apply to ... , I stared blankly at a wall whenever I was hit with a wave of sadness ... drove home at 3:03pm and made a mental plan of everything I wanted to do

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 23, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christmas in February Shiny new toys MIT gave me this semester

  

  Yesterday, we were promised a snow day at MIT. Although the snow ... ) and definitely does not look suspicious at all. So let's open it up and see what's inside! WOAH LOOK AT ALL THIS STUFF!!! Just kidding

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 14, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT gave my pod free art supplies!! and despite being hosed, we used them

  

  In January, I heard about an Arts at MIT initiative that provides ... suggested that we apply. I didn't really know what supplies to apply for at ... proposal was a bit all over the place, so the folks at MIT Student Art helped

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 7, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  A Late Recap of IAP 2020 externing at Microsoft, baking butter mochi, and more!

  

  Between the fall and spring semesters at MIT there is a period ... ") at a variety of companies with MIT alumni. I chose to do an externship ... campus!), or hanging out with family (if you're at home). I did this

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Brass Rat 2016 tunnels, arc reactors, and skycranes

  

  One of the hardest things to avoid at MIT is a sense of jadedness ... to tradition and propriety very much at MIT - the closest thing we have ... favoritism leveled at the Ring Committee - of the 11 members, 10 are affiliated

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 8, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Students Are Cool: Brian Chan edition These are the kind of people that you will go to school with.

  

  As an alum, people often ask me what I liked the most about being at ... was pretty good at research (that's a huge understatement, but he's a ... AWESOME he is at research), so he stayed at MIT.  After finishing his PhD in

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Open Sesame…Ring. RFID magic + a ring = wearable CharlieCards

  

  -- I made a point of eating at five Chipotle locations that I had not ... undergraduates at the Singapore University of Technology and Design, was first used ... . After starting a 10 week exchange program at MIT, Edward Tiong and Olivia

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Events

  MIT PUMPKIN DROP 2012! chucking pumpkins off the highest building in cambridge. that's an exclamation mark, not a factorial.

  

  the highest building in Cambridge! Or, more accurately, they do that at midnight.  At 8 pm, they go around and beg for candy from dorm desk workers ... .  fun fact #2: there will always be at least one light on in the Green

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 28, 2012