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Non-sense or non-science?

Non-sense or non-science?

How non-scientific tools helped my studies at MIT

November 2, 2022 | Chen H.

Imagine a group of people falling into a deep ditch. Some make ladders to climb their way out. Others wait for floods to fill the ditch and then swim their way out. Many others mimic these survivors, but fail to escape the ditch. Instead, they complain about why they don’t have that luck to escape, […]

Vacation time!… What to do? What to do?

Vacation time!… What to do? What to do?

Opportunities for graduate students during pandemic and non-pandemic periods

December 4, 2020 | Andrea D.

When packing my suitcases to do my Master’s in Engineering and Management at MIT, I was not just thinking about which classes I was going to take, but also about what I was going to do over the vacation period.      Three months of summer vacation is a lot of time to travel around the […]

A Structured Approach to Course Planning

A Structured Approach to Course Planning

Strategies for graduate students in a FOMO world

May 28, 2019 | Prateek K.

Whether you attend MIT or another school, one of the things you may find challenging is planning the courses you will take over the entirety of your graduate career. As an incoming student of a cross-disciplinary program in Integrated Design & Management, I had the opportunity to select courses from both the School of Engineering and Sloan […]

The Project Management Triangle

The Project Management Triangle

Applying project management fundamentals to graduate school

April 8, 2019 | Prateek K.

Graduate school is a wonderful time to indulge in research, fun side projects, and coursework. This is especially true at MIT, where opportunities are plentiful, whether it be startups, teaching, courses, or working with professors. This is both a blessing and curse, especially for someone like me, for whom saying no to exciting opportunities is […]