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Waiting for Rejection, Finding Empathy

Waiting for Rejection, Finding Empathy

How my choice to pursue research at MIT has influenced my personal life

May 23, 2017 | Leilani G.

A PhD is lonely. It’s especially lonely when all of your friends are getting married, when you are a perpetual bridesmaid watching your closest friends enter a new chapter while you are literally stuck in the same place. Most days, my life is stagnant: my code doesn’t work, paper writing is in the same place, […]

Visiting Olde Boston

Visiting Olde Boston

The best tourist attractions in the Boston area

May 17, 2017 | Annie C.

My dear family and friends, I am so delighted to learn of your intention to visit! It would be wonderful to see you again and show you around this beautiful city that I’ve come to call home. Although I’ve lived here for a few years, it often takes the special occasion of visitors to create […]

East Asian Food Odyssey

East Asian Food Odyssey

Places to visit for quality East Asian food in the MIT area

May 15, 2017 | Jaehwan K.

The saying, “a way to a man’s heart is through his stomach,” rings true to me. I inherited the joy I get from food and the importance I put on it from my late grandfather. On family trips he would pick out amazing restaurants that brought back memories of when he was young, and where […]

Human Touch

Human Touch

Embracing what you need in graduate school

March 28, 2017 | Leilani G.

As native Californian, choosing to attend MIT came as a shock to my family. When I moved to Boston, they started placing bets on whether I would stay past the first blizzard, and how long I would last in general. Luckily for me, I moved to the east coast during one of the tamest Boston […]

My Road to Yelp Elite

My Road to Yelp Elite

Eating and reviewing through grad school

March 25, 2017 | Irene C.

Fact: The quickest way to attract students (and usually professors) is to promise food of any kind. Whereas I should be asking, “Interpretable natural language models talk vs. a mentorship lunch for women in computer science?” … I find myself asking, instead, “Do I want free Brazilian BBQ or free Indian curry?” Some graduate students […]