To survive the winter, embrace the winter
My experience with the MIT Outing Club
I am from a hot and humid part of India. When I got into MIT, I was elated, but then the reality of the decision hit me. Could I survive the Boston winters?My first winter was brutal. I had prepared for the cold by investing in a good coat and warm boots, but nothing had […]
Five easy reads for getting back into reading
For anyone who needs a little escapism
I used to read a lot. I was never one of those people casually finishing hundreds of books a year, but reading was a regular part of my life. I always had a book with me, I read before bed, and I could spend hours in a bookstore deciding what to pick next. Then grad […]
Finding routine in a faraway place
Or, what New Zealand taught me about finding adventure at home
You can’t walk across the Harbour Bridge in Auckland unless you’re also planning to jump off it – attached to a bungy cord, of course. Standing at the edge of the bridge myself, “caveman brain” did not fully grasp the concept of extreme sports. I sought comfort against the groundrush I was feeling by thinking […]
What to expect when you’re expecting… to start graduate school in the fall!
As a non-engineering student at MIT (yes, we do exist!), I wasn’t sure what to expect when embarking on my Masters of City Planning degree last fall. I’ve always considered myself a bit of a nerd. I don’t like to procrastinate, and I’m quick to follow up with professors after class or in office hours. […]
Why Formula 1 is the perfect grad student sport
An enthusiastic look at the fastest sport in the world, and the oddly familiar patterns behind it
I used to think Formula 1 was just very fast cars going around a track. This is technically true in the same way that a PhD is just “writing a dissertation.” Accurate, but missing almost everything interesting. Yes I know, F1 does not seem like the obvious grad student sport. It is glamorous, fancy, expensive, […]
