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Going Through a Breakup

Going Through a Breakup

How work and friends helped me (somewhat) regain my inner balance

June 17, 2019 | Anna I.

I came back to Boston after a month of traveling to find out that my boyfriend and I had fallen out of love. After an ever-difficult conversation during a rainy September night, I was faced with the necessity to adjust to my “single” relationship status while staying on top of my responsibilities as a graduate […]

Finding My Grad School Home

Finding My Grad School Home

An experiment in communal living

May 21, 2019 | Mark G.

When I arrived in the foreboding metropolis of Boston, I sought a group of friends that brings soup when someone is sick, welcomes each other into our homes even at the lowest of times, asks deep questions, and challenges each other to be the best we can be. I struggled adapting to this new place […]

Advising Advice

Advising Advice

What should you look for when choosing an advisor?

May 13, 2019 | Charlotte L.

At the end of my second year at MIT, I chose to switch to a different advisor, based on our overlapping interests in a specific research area. This turned out to be a great decision, but for many reasons that I hadn’t even remotely thought about when I made the choice. I’m very conscious now […]

MIT in a Year

MIT in a Year

How to make the most of a brief MIT experience

April 29, 2019 | Abigail C.

Nine months. The length of a human pregnancy. Also the length of my time at MIT. To clarify, this is not a story about pregnancy. Ask most MIT graduate students how long they plan to be here, and two years is the minimum. Many will be here well beyond four as they pursue a PhD. […]

How to Pass a Harvard Class

How to Pass a Harvard Class

What it’s like to be a cross-registered student

April 29, 2019 | Tomas G.

Shopping Day is like speed dating for courses at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Herds of students filter in and out of classrooms. Nervous chatter splinters out across the students until the professor sweeps in and quiets the crowd. There I sat in a room, staring people in the eye that I had seen […]