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How I Learned to Drink from a Firehose

How I Learned to Drink from a Firehose

Learning to filter and focus to prioritize my learning needs

April 10, 2017 | Shaheen T.

Only three weeks into my time at MIT, I was so busy that I was barely getting any sleep. I slept with my laptop and dorm room lights on; the sole reason to catch some sleep was to wake up and get going on things for the next day. I grabbed food for survival at […]

So What Do YOU Think?

So What Do YOU Think?

The value of original thinking in science

March 11, 2017 | Shaheen T.

The 10-day orientation boot camp for my degree program was over. My future classmates and I were wrapping up the camp with a barbeque party on the MIT sailing pavilion alongside the beautiful Charles River on a windy evening. The sight was magnificent – in the west I could see the sunset amid the ballooning […]