What it Means to be an MIT Engineer

I graduated from MIT a week ago. That day, as I walked among the sea of capped and gowned…

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Karen Hart in Inside MIT

Mar 6, 2016

Life After MIT, Bipolar Disorder, and Why I Quit Engineering

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is known for being an incredibly mentally challenging place, and challenge was what I wanted most as a young adult. School had always come easily to me. I had aced college math and…

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Connie Liu in Inside MIT

Oct 22, 2015

Making MIT More Mindful

I went to a talk a few weeks ago sponsored by Hubweek, a new initiative in Greater Boston to learn from thought leaders around the world. The talk was entitled The Art of Mindfulness and Why it Matters, and involved a conversation with Ellen Langer on the importance and power of…

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Mehmet Efe Akengin in Inside MIT

Jun 14, 2015

41 Things from MIT Freshman Year: Exposures of an International Student

The academic year at MIT ended three weeks ago. It was the best year of my life, certainly. Endless exposure to new cultures, ideas, people, food, academics and everything. Who am I? A guy born and raised in…

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Joy Chen in Inside MIT

May 21, 2015

Being human at MIT

Only around 30% of MIT students think they’re academically above average. Around 17% think their own accomplishments…

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Janet Li in Inside MIT

Mar 20, 2015

My MIT Quarter-Life Crisis

This is my experience with depression at MIT.

I was relatively carefree my first two years at the Institute. Then classes got harder, I was in organic chemistry (5.12) for the third time, and I couldn’t keep up. I had somehow skated by up until then…

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