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  beauty is overrated

  

  never failed to be astonished by lush foliage and volcanic mountaintops ... crossposted on Substack here. I've never really wanted to be beautiful. There were moments I wished to be desirable, and I suppose that is

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Movie A Day… the only way to spend your PNR

  

  conflicting events and schedules, we managed to get some good movies in ... get their work done. By setting the movie at a specific time, they know ... makes the difficult transition from high school to college easier

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  App Reading In The Western ‘Burbs The little towns west of Cambridge are filled with history and charm, and are surprisingly…

  

  from Kendall/MIT to Porter). Getting off campus and out of the city for ... Sunday. One would think I'd be efficient at it by now, but I'm still ... still about an hour per app, sometimes more. They tell me not to worry

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year in laptop stickers RIP my laptop 7/19/20

  

  bitch, so get more copies if you can! this message was sponsored by Wow I ... note="tech & repair shop located right next to Trader Joe's in West Cambridge"]Microcenter[/annotation] took one look at it and told me not to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Results of My Summer cookies, web usability, and painting

  

  I get to think about what goes on through an increasingly tech savvy ... get to make them! But what do I actually do? I've been learning a lot ... Now that the semester has started, it's an opportune time to

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hi, My Name Is: (insert name here) name my newest pet and win BIG! prizes and fame included!

  

  . We went to PetCo by the CambridgeSide Galleria. (The Galleria is the ... night in November, the fish all died and my mom had to get rid of them ... ended up getting a Beta Fish. Pictures I managed to snap anyway

  • by Bryan
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Then and Now The two are remarkably similar.

  

  ," you want to say, "NO. YOU DON'T GET IT. I CAN'T LEARN MATH AND I ... on your first 18.02 pset. And by "working," I mean "staring blankly at ... good at learning it - it takes forever and a day to understand everything

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  that all my psets got done, and I learned that it’s okay to get an ... for whatever reason, but I’m glad that I get to enjoy it as an adult who ... really cool, and I’m glad that I get to work on something so pertinent to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Global Poverty: ‘This Is Our Crisis’ People lead busy lives, and fighting poverty is hardly an extracurricular activity to which most…

  

  before I could get more details. By coincidence, Anne and I both enrolled ... doors to Boston University’s Metcalf Hall. Along with the hundreds of others who were in line, I anxiously awaited the chance to hear

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Video games I’ve played this semester trimps, mother 3, hades, and vampire survivors

  

  added. If you get into it, expect to leave it running in the background ... game I've played to Mother 3 was Undertale, which itself was inspired by ... Stardew Valley, Terraria, or Portal. I've seen it described as getting to be

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Seattle: Land of the Strange, Skies of the Free where pirates roam the streets and dogs play the bucket-drums

  

  busking by the mall. Even the art sings to you: this flower by the Space ... I was walking to the Pacific Science Center with a friend one afternoon, hoping to catch the 8:00 Daft Punk-themed laser show in the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 14, 2014
• Blog / People & Identities

  the pieces scattered behind you

  

  ones I once aspired to read. Not far away, there’s a path by the river ... struggle to crawl out of bed now, but I’ll stay up late into any night to get done whatever needs getting done. The drive to work to the bone has only

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 28, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Finals Week…A Different View ...Or why I got up way too early this morning...

  

  day by singing to me, "Good morning to you, good morning to you." I ... the Student Center. I look forward each evening to when I get to take a ... . Responsibility for the house is shared by all and everyone is expected to do their

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • May 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Post: Started From the Dorm Room Now We Here starting a startup while at MIT

  

  opportunities to get hands on rather than just brainstorm ideas. Fireflies, the ... The following is a guest post by Sam U. '16   When I applied to MIT, I wanted to be the first man on Mars--or even one of the nerdy

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Because not all ideas can be good

  

  take advantage of every opportunity to get a full MIT experience. So ... On Friday morning, I walked into Lobby 7 to head up to the Edgerton ... embellished with a QR code. Now theoretically, if one were able to scan the code

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / Events

  The Igs Where Science meets Silly. Hello Silly!

  

  lectures. The informal lectures are when you get a chance to actually hear ... to both the ceremonies AND the lectures next year so I can get the true ... eventually cropped down to the final prize winners. I know you're saying to

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Sorting Hat of Sorts Where you live may be one of the most important parts of your time here…

  

  there so that the freshman can get the best idea of where they want to ... voodoo. I seem to remember that most people get their first or second ... 't stress that enough. A lot of times, I see students getting charmed by

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pursuing multiple fields

  

  literature but I'm concerned that it will be too tough to try to get degrees in ... matter what your major is, you have to get credit for 8.01 (Physics 1), 8 ... requirement is more complicated than that, but we won't get distracted by that

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Warning: Contains Biology This entry may be unsuitable for children, liberal arts majors, and mathematicians.

  

  too early too. But now that I'm a sophomore, I get to start taking ... . What strains would you cross it by to distinguish whether its genotype is ... 've planned on being Course 20* since before coming to MIT**, MIT students tend

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Is this the real life? Guest writer for Sam's Blog, Ruth '07 goes home to Georgia, gets ditched by most…

  

  usual author is at home in H-burg, I get to tell you about my recent ... the airport, which assures a good time to be had by all. Waites (UGA ... gets to be a grandmother Far, far too many people are way, way too blunt

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2005