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Living the Journey

Living the Journey

Five ways to enrich your life in grad school

July 2, 2017 | Sarah B.

In undergrad, I lost the journey for the destination. I came to college with blinders on. I was determined to focus 100% of my energy on academics and not let anything distract me from good grades. And, for better or worse, that is exactly what happened.  Perhaps unsurprisingly, I fell naturally onto the graduate school […]

Being a Muslim Woman at MIT

Being a Muslim Woman at MIT

Why I choose to wear a hijab and how it has affected my graduate school experience

June 30, 2017 | Titan H.

On a sunny day last fall, I wanted to try cooking a typical Indonesian food called ‘rendang,’ a delicious spicy beef curry.  Figure 1. Rendang is best served with warm jasmine rice, shrimp crackers, and fresh cucumber. I left my apartment to go grocery shopping while catching Pokemon at the same time. Then, suddenly, a […]

Where Are All the Women?

Where Are All the Women?

Experiences in computer science from visit weekend and beyond

May 29, 2017 | Irene C.

This may sound crazy, but for a brief time, I pictured MIT’s Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) department as only women. Yes, this happened. Due to a weirdly warped golden recall of MIT’s Visit Weekend, I somehow only remember the Saturday Pancake Breakfast for women in EECS: A hundred women crammed in a conference […]

The Many Flavors of Theoretical Computer Scientists

The Many Flavors of Theoretical Computer Scientists

An explanation of my field for non-experts

May 28, 2017 | Daniel G.

Sometimes I tell people that I’m a theoretical computer scientist. If they haven’t yet found some sort of excuse to go to the bathroom before I take my next breath, the next question is often an exasperated, “What does that even mean?”   I tell them that it’s sort of like math except that instead […]

Get Beyond the Bubble

Get Beyond the Bubble

The importance of interacting with non-MIT people during graduate school

May 27, 2017 | Lee W.

Last Saturday night I was in my living room surrounded by a dozen people, but there was only one topic of conversation: the joys and sorrows of working at a hospital. My girlfriend Jaimie is a psychiatry resident, and we had invited her co-residents over for dinner. Doctor-talk monopolizing the night wasn’t a surprise; I’ve come […]