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• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Availability Heuristic with applications to pledging

  

  matters to you. To them, I say: please don't let the availability heuristic get to you. MIT fraternities are very different from fraternities in ... you to make a well-informed decision as much as you do. They're not

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fuel from the Fields: MIT Charcoal Project a "simple and affordable solution" to charcoal production in Haiti, 21 pictures

  

  occurs when the organic matter is heated in a low-oxygen environment, which ... . This piece of wood is a place-holder in the center of the barrel ... forward to the next step: Put the carbonized material in a plastic bag

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  classes im taking! strictly

  

  me well to know this is true but the goal of this course is to learn ... Intensive in the Humanities) at MIT are difficult to get into becuase there ... requirements... the extent to which this is true is dubious

  • by Victor D. '27
  • February 16, 2026
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  you have put in to letting us know how much you love MIT. We know you ... , so I've been there too. Those of you among the 28 are about to have to ... those of you who are not, I hope the decision is also welcome, and that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 15, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump This is going to be ~14 entries in one - my fault for being too…

  

  This is going to be ~14 entries in one - my fault for being too busy to blog much lately. If you get through it all in one sitting, you're a ... Couple Of Weeks In my last entry, I promised to answer the popular

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  2.009 LIVE BLOG 2025 w/ Kayode D. '27 and Veronica P. '27

  

  right next to me. Public shaming is in order. Pink Team is the last team ... 7:24 — HELLO WORLD AND WELCOME TO THE 2.009 LIVE BLOG!!!!!!!! This is ... efficiently. AgriSweep is a cart that attaches to the back of a tractor, which

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • December 8, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On sleep There's nothing certain in this world but sleep and taxes.

  

  they complain, I like to give them a blank look, as though the concept is entirely foreign to me.) The calendar is another friend to sleep; as I ... 's often in the back of people's minds when they're thinking about MIT: do

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  November 1 Updates The latest from the Admissions Office.

  

  there is enough information for us to match the document with your file ... you to work on your MIT application in the meantime. Working on the MIT ... applications in earnest. Here are some updates from the Admissions Office

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Scootah Hockey a sport of tradition, friendship, and raw athleticism

  

  in this way for five nights, and then the final bracket was revealed to ... Hockey. Scootah Hockey, while rich in history and strategy, is a simple ... puck around the rink, and hopefully, into the goal. However, each goal is

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 13, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of East Campus i live in an art exhibition

  

  story after, but here’s the legend of how murals in EC came to be, as told ... of residents, painting bemis entirely black, to signify the darkness in their souls. Facilities came in the next day, and decided it had to go

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 26, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s "Do we start and end at the same place on the river?"

  

  I have so much work to do tonight, but I just fell off a treadmill in ... the other night, I was about to go whitewater rafting in Maine with my ... happened to be in Cambridge for the weekend, called me up and invited me down

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tales of my first Career Fair Among other things, shirts for the next 33 days

  

  the same day as the dreaded first 8.01 exam in addition to a 3.091 quiz ... , study for the exam, and/or go to Career Fair. "Is it worth?" I ask ... office, and taught learn-to-skate classes. Not the most related to Course

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 2, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  intensive music study, others to read the great books. What you do is up to ... into one of the best, most stimulating and resource-rich universities in ... and what not to eat... well, whatever the reason, college is a way to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Homeschooled applicants Some advice for our homeschooled applicants.

  

  available. I hope this is somewhat helpful to those of you in the homeschool ... our community. Over the past 5-10 years, we have seen a surge in ... have been schooled in the home and under the umbrella of larger

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Am Excited a day in life of a student

  

  necessary to marvel at its results and review the pages of in-class proofs ... of beautiful abstraction in the interlude? The ability to write about ... my hall, and I expect to be detained by people. In the evenings, they

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  dinners with friends my wallet is crying

  

  thing in the us, but it feels like a Real Thing now that i'm going to rent apartments and such. i dunno, back in the philippines being able to pay your ... night, i ate dinner at et, one of the independent living groups in mit. i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Blogger’s Block a hiatus from writing (but not memeing)

  

  everything is wonderful and I'm thriving. We're in the midst of national and ... turning down the opportunity to live in Boston during the academic year. Was ... think in general it came down to (1) being hosed and (2) wanting to avoid

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  everything i know about friendship, i learned from the wellesley-mit toons twenty two notes to myself

  

  lists? messaging out "is anyone awake? wanna talk?" in the middle of an ... formally, every rehearsal) take my friends off campus (the bus to wellesley is an easy way to do this but there are other places too!) invite my

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 14, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  From Markets to Math Class

  

  algebra class to confirm that I’d made the right decision in leaving Wall ... "treadmill" that MIT can be: Sometimes it's hard to take a step back. This is ... treadmill" is the straightest path through MIT. It means doing the basic

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 12, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Why I haven’t posted in forever In picture form, no less.

  

  tunnel. The reason all of these things need to be done by next Thursday is ... don't exist. I don't exist, because this is my to-do list: No joke ... another one. But I've run out of actual lines on the sheet, and had to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 13, 2008