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  beauty is overrated

  

  misled by fluff masquerading as insight. A lot of truth is ugly, a lot of ... adjacent to beauty, but beauty does not give others the feeling of an elastic ... about the kind of beauty that arose from symmetry, from clear skin or a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Best and Worst Places to 💩 on Campus

  

  Last spring, I took CMS.614, Network Cultures, taught by Petey. It's one of my favorite classes I've ever taken at MIT (even though I had to drop it 3/4ths of the way through the semester). One of the assignments

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  a small moment in time on failing...*very long sigh*

  

  still remember walking away and feeling like my blood had drained out of ... to walk through. In my head was a mix of regret, anger, sadness ... moment of failure and that I continued to exist after it, because the world

  • by kellen manning
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  , many too many things. By several orders of magnitude,[annotation note ... by you I mean of course me, can't enjoy music the way you used to. Can ... One of the things that MIT teaches you really well (among many others

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  3 / A team effort Roll Tech: Your newest Intercollegiate High Team silver medalists!

  

  took it slow, taking time to rest up, take care of my body and mind, go ... System, clear my inboxes, and check off things urgent on my todo list. Of course, I also spent a good chunk of time in lab working on my final

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 12, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tweaching and Stitches Two things that happened this week, one of which I liked.

  

  redundant, apparently). When school starts back up it's like a whirlwind of ... ring circus, except instead of elephants,it's nerds; acrobats, calculus; and confusingly just as much juggling. But one of my favorite parts of

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

  how ARe you today? Do you Nintendo? On an unrelated note, part of me thinks this and this might…

  

  Alright, a quick peak out of blogger retirement today to share some Lobby 7 hacker awesomeness. 1) If you haven't heard of hacking, go here ... one of your eyes, creating a 3D image. The 3D is cool, but irrelevant

  • by Snively '11
  • April 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring! What I did (and didn't) do over IAP...and plans for my last semester!

  

  I’ve never really understood the appeal of beach vacations. I spend a day relaxing and then have to recover from the effort of recuperation ... least three things during IAP: 1.) Lots and lots of running. Indoor track

  • by Alina G. '11
  • January 30, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Making an Entrance On being helped to my feet.

  

  , monitored by hordes of wary gazes. - My entrance during Campus Preview ... , casually tossed a disc around, then lined up at our respective ends of the ... would inspire me to new heights of athleticism (although given his recent

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Announcing New Bloggers for 2010! A digital debutante ball...

  

  Last week, the blogging committee - comprised, as always, of the ... . With an acceptance rate of just under 9.7%, it's actually more difficult ... difficulty of the decisions is no excuse for not making them. Decide we must

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2010
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Last night in Haiti I have about three hours to sleep until we have to catch our flight out…

  

  night to see by the light of one little light bulb. Maybe it only takes ... night of live music, dancing, and some pretty funky Haitian food, and ... didn't eat all that much, I feel so full of everything that's happened

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friendship Oh my dearest . . .

  

  pitch. After every pitch 5 minutes questions by a panel of fellow ... me and Elizabeth (one of my teammates for toy design last year) about ... have a better understanding of how entrepreneurs may get started with

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Otra Vez, Como Siempre Some J-Pop to cheer you up. =p

  

  said eloquently, "you miss 100% of the shots you don't take." By stepping ... Amazing Discovery of the Day: After nearly three semesters at MIT, I ... ). Wow, it really shows what kind of MIT student I am over this last year

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Transporting In & Around MIT Everything you need to know about how easy it is to get around MIT.

  

  around the T. Additional shuttles run by other parts of MIT or by ... the only method I am fully capable of doing after years of training in ... , freshman Me walking across the Harvard Bridge in the dead of winter. More

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  been in the middle of a great book - How Doctors Think, by Dr. Gerome ... had a perfect view of Cambridge and Boston out my window. The plane was ... other bits and pieces of buildings strewn throughout Boston and Cambridge

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Look at Unified Engineering and the Aero/Astro Department Back in business.

  

  sort of fanaticism much in the way that marathon runners are motivated by ... you've completed both semesters of Unified Engineering- a series designed to encompass all the fundamentals of engineering while exploring

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 30, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Someone saved my life tonight Survived my squalor, like a butterfly.

  

  movement is impeded by your piles of stuff. You might start making excuses to ... moving around your house, as normal movement is impeded by your piles of ... website which not only devised a method of quantifying squalor, but strove

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Eletha Flores The awesome Eletha Flores '10.

  

  received prestigious Hispanic Heritage Youth Award Thursday, May 25, 2006 by Jennifer Donatelli, Staff Writer [Photo by Lawrence Jackson Jr. - The Gazette] Eletha Flores, 17, of Springdale who is graduating this year from Charles

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: Baker House A tour of Baker House.

  

  ). This entry is being co-sponsored by Diana, '07, a physicist who ... of nowhere Bryan: a piano fell out of the sky Diana: HAHA Bryan ... good friends of mine got it all started again and threw one off the

  • by Bryan
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bored at work My weekend, a favor to all of you, and some questions to answer

  

  wonderful and rewarding career, is not really a nine-to-five type of job ... days of work in one day. That is also the bad news... particularly since ... steep that the mountain goats are wearing seat belts, and then, if by some

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 17, 2006