This past September, I started my master’s of engineering. At MIT, the computer science MEng is often seen as an extension of undergrad, but I wanted to compare the two…
Recently, one of my friends relayed that she grew up in an environment filled with vicious, competitive peers. When I got into MIT, they might be nice to my face, but…
In middle school, I repeatedly listened to Lupe Fiasco’s hit singles “The Show Goes On” and “Battle Scars”, so when I heard he was teaching at MIT this spring, I…
I’ve spent most of this summer in Cambridge, Massachusetts, staying in Women’s Independent Living Group (WILG). These past few days, the heat wave has made even walking outdoors feel like…
In high school, the boys didn’t like me. A friend suggested that perhaps it was because our school was 80% Caucasian and in the heart of Portland, Oregon, the whitest…
Hi! I disappeared from the blogs for the past few months, oops. I hope you all are safe and well! Here’s what I’ve been up to in quarantine: doomscrolling downloading…
Happy New Year! Even though I’m nearsighted, this is the year for looking towards the future and making moves while not bumping into furniture or people who resembled blobs because…
Hi all! My name is Catherine J. ‘22. I’m studying Computer Science (Course 6-3) and I’m a sophomore cadet in Air Force ROTC. ROTC is an amazing program and a…