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  The Availability Heuristic with applications to pledging

  

  finally gave out bids to some awesome freshmen (and a sophomore!). They' ... to pledge. Rushing isn't an easy job, and popular culture doesn ... you to make a well-informed decision as much as you do. They're not

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Finding Balance May I have this dance?

  

  13, the dancers-to-be had convened from near and far, hailing from MIT ... , is of course, difficult to find at a place at MIT. There's just so much ... , and you have to throw out an arm or a leg to counterbalance and keep

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  Little Pieces of Living january & february & march & now, april

  

  In January, I came back to campus for IAP and got to do a healthcare ... . I was lucky to be surrounded by kind and passionate people who ... I wanted to do more of, and what kinds of things I felt I could do

  • by Sara N. '28
  • April 2, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  Low The first in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Zinedine Zidane.

  

  I didn't really mind. I would like to record his playing and sample it ... , I'm not even going to be like Rooney and just 'accidentally' step on your crotch." And he made the guy fall down, too. Okay, I have to split

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Ends 522 EA admits, Snively, molecular jewelry, and Evan Broder's holiday card - more random than…

  

  . Congrats to all of you who got your applications in on time. :-) And being a ... have increased the number of outstanding applications to MIT and to many ... accordingly, and the increase in the number of students admitted to MIT in Early

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  The train in Spain is ungainly, take a plane I'm an MITblogger, get me out of here!

  

  ocean. And the third day was not supposed to exist, but I had a ... , did she not?) and enjoyable to swim in. Which reminds me! According to ... Nativity Facade. And now you have seen about as much of the temple as Gaudi

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 7 Days

  

  played games, watched virtual reality horror films, and listened to my 12 ... graduation, and I had to pen some sort of answer, even though honestly I still ... kicking in. It's one thing to follow the news on the Internet and tweet at

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 14, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!

  

  doing yet, and GOSH DERN IT I'M GONNA DO 'EM, FOOLS! I am proud to ... Junot Diaz and I am going to get him to sign my book and holy moly I am going to walk the same hallways he walks and holy moly Junot Diaz. Between

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots II: Attack of the Paradigm Shifts why undergraduate research is so much more than an opportunity

  

  >?  I just have no idea - there's to much exciting and wonderful in the ... undergrads who would love the opportunity to do research and learn about their ... quick question to a nearby SIPB member, this was fixed. And "pony" was

  • by Piper '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Seemingly Stressful Survey The Tech publishes about stress at the institute

  

  ’s very easy to take on too much. I’ll let the data and the stories speak ... me and the two other news editors to make sure that you get your bi ... and ready to run in our latest feature. If you haven’t checked it out

  • by Stanley G.
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  rejected, I would have to spend my Winter Break moping AND writing ... date rolled around, I would run to my car after school and speed (I mean ... mailbox filled with bills and coupons. I got so restless that I began to say

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  IAΠ wherein another blogger deposits her January photos (but this time it's in late February)

  

  Greece with 19 other MIT students and a trio of professors from the MIT History Department and Concourse program. Here are some pictures I took. Day ... ;   Cats on a Hot Tin(Metal) Roof   Day 2: The Agora and various

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 22, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Raskolnikov as an Odd Metaphor on angst and deferral

  

  supermarket and it is absolutely DIVINE with honey"]tea[/annotation] to ... file, and overall just an overwhelming amount of stuff to keep track of. Not to mention having to keep up with school and other responsibilities

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I am finished with my undergraduate career. I am finished with my undergraduate career.

  

  for the time left is to spend as much time as possible with people ... think it's time we talked about things and I fill you in! But for now

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Events

  REX at Simmons Hall 2015 water balloon wars, pancakes, roofdeck parties, and a trojan duck

  

  clubs and activities. They also learn about the resources available to ... , what it means to be an MIT student, and how to find support and push ... across campus put on many unique and interesting events to give freshmen

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 31, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Little Snails SciFi movie marathons rock my socks!

  

  earlobes and huge, protruding eyes. The Traags also live much longer than ... of the crystal. Will he be able to heal the crystal and restore order ... Wednesday, and Friday, I was invited to interview at one of my other top

  • by Bryan
  • January 28, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nicht Bach, Sondern Maurer The proudest moment of my life since figuring out that "Wok & Roll" was a…

  

  would yell out a number, and MIT people would say to which course it ... call out a number from 1 to 220 or whatever, and he tells you the name of ... , and is yet so unpretentious about it and able to communicate it so well

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  The World Has Many Trees climb all of them!!

  

  my residual fascination with Tarzan contributes to how much I love the ... something and how scary it can be to fail. Year upon year, as we build upon ... like it was silly to limit what sorts of classes and activities I did in

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • March 17, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My design won an MIT merch contest I don't know why

  

  !" but I decided that was too much. I still wanted to mention it though ... !). Four winners were going to be picked overall, with one undergrad and one ... $500, and four finalists were going to win $100. The objective was to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 23, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in China through MIT’s China Development Initiative A week-long mentorship program in Xiamen, Fujian

  

  London for winter break, then flew back to Boston and got an x-ray at MIT ... for over twenty minutes...) so the doctor left and I wasn't able to get ... -ray this time) and onwards to China. When I got back to MIT at the beginning

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 17, 2014