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classes are over!!!! by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24

i feel so free

Today was the last day of classes for the spring semester—and, as a senior, the last day of classes for my undergraduate career. So, after my very last class, a seminar-style class on modern drama, I texted my wing’s⁠01 a wonderful Next House subcommunity where I live called 4W, or the Shire. Discord asking if anybody wanted to take some photos together. And so we did!

three college students leaning on a handrail in the middle of concrete
my legs are too long
three college students spelling out MIT with their arms
we did our best
three college students laughing as they spell out MIT with their arms
this is probably the biggest smile I've ever had in a picture
three college students between two pillars
another classic pose
four college students inside sculpture of man made out of numbers
hey, look, we found another one!
four college students in a line in front of a lawn and some trees
(from left) Jerry M. '23, Tristan S. '23, me, and Krit B. '23; picture credits for this gallery: Katherine L. '24

It’s been a long semester full of lots of surprises, both pleasant and unpleasant, and there are many thoughts and feelings I have about the end of this chapter, but, in this moment, I am just so purely happy to be done⁠02 I've got a final, but I don't need it to graduate, and I'm sure it'll be fine regardless. and to have made it. I am so grateful to have changed and grown and learned, and to have had so many lovely people around me while doing it.

So, here I am. About to be an MIT graduate. What a lovely surprise.

one college student leaning on a handrail in the middle of concrete

i’ve had this shirt for eight years now (pc: Jerry M. ’23)

  1. a wonderful Next House subcommunity where I live called 4W, or the Shire.⁠ ↑
  2. I've got a final, but I don't need it to graduate, and I'm sure it'll be fine regardless.⁠ ↑