<p>I’m an MIT alum from what is getting to be a long time ago – I graduated in 2006. I’m also married to an alum, who graduated in 2007. </p>
<p>MIT was a fantastic place for both of us. We were both heavily involved in our respective UROPs, and we both kept ourselves in classwork up to our ears by taking slates of fascinating, challenging courses. He majored in aerospace engineering, and I doubled in biology and brain and cognitive sciences. We lived in the same dorm, and many of the people who remain our closest friends are those who lived in our dorm with us. </p>
<p>Since graduation, my husband has worked as an aerospace engineer. He’s now starting his own company, which is a pretty common thing for MIT-educated engineers to do. I went from MIT to the top-ranked PhD program in my field, which isn’t exactly as financially lucrative as being an engineer, but it’s very intellectually fulfilling.</p>