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  The Availability Heuristic with applications to pledging

  

  I didn't include a lot of biographical detail in my biography (whoops!), so here's something you should know: at MIT, I am a proud ... fraternities. I would never have joined one if it had been any other way

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

  I (don’t) want the summer to end me writing poetry? what a concept

  

  neat and cram them in my suitcase. I don't want to leave MacGregor and ... the summer to end. I want to move to Floorpi and sleep in my new room ... being too rude. I want posters from student groups and overpriced boba in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Sunday Everyone Go read Marilee's post... NOW.

  

  desperately to get my kids to remember who I am, I logged in to publish an "I'm excited for everyone to get their mail this week!" post. In my in-box was an email from Marilee, asking me to post her first-ever blog entry. I

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Swag … I mean, Career Fair What I did not acquire at the career fair:A job.

  

  under the bed. I can see the floor of my room, for the first time in days ... more interested in sophomores or juniors. I do not have a resume. The ... What I acquired from the MIT Career fair last Thursday: 29 pens

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  puzzled again? a little puzzle for the class of '09

  

  solve mine. This blog is supposed to have a question on it, so I'll make this one easy. How many entries to date? Please do not post the answer as a comment. There are iPod shuffles at stake here.

  • by Bryan
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Jonte ‘13 The fourth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  computers, somewhat simultaneously, both of which would serve him in good ... of Technology (MIT) this fall, where he will major in civil or ... university located in Cambridge, Mass. Craighead said he is looking forward to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lewis Music Library Tra la la

  

  I don't think the headphones would fit over it, so it's a good thing ... Instead of writing only about student life, I'm gonna try to write ... film Meet the Parents, geniuses choose the color green. In addition to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 15, 2004
• Blog / Events

  Have Your Cake & Drop Date Too The Baker House Piano Drop, and the Spring Weekend Concert.

  

  call New York City home. You may know Fabolous from his songs such as "I ... 's crew G Unit. While there are always awesome concerts in Boston, it ... ,000 Maniacs, Sha-Na-Na, Don McLean, Aerosmith, and -- back in 1985 -- my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the Jungle, the Mighty Jungle @NatGeo, pls hire me

  

  During my trip to Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa I spent two days on a Game Reserve. We stayed on the very top of a hill in Hluhluwe , sleeping in actual huts. It was foggy and when it rained it was absolutely

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 23, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  I have the best girlfriend ever Gifts at MIT rock.

  

  in just for me! I have the best girlfriend ever. ... I bought a new mouse on woot.com the other day for $13.37 and I must ... inquired "Where's your mousepad?" "Well . . I don't have one. . . but look

  • by Snively '11
  • December 3, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Home! I'm back in the US after three weeks in Asia.

  

  After a long vacation in Southeast Asia, I'll be officially back in ... (and for so many people to be speaking English), but I'm excited to begin ... trip to Florida starts in less than a month! Forthcoming blog entries

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finally, a free minute

  

  helping with Macgregor rush and in-house rush for my entry. Somehow I got ... madly in love with me. Or something like that. At the moment, I'm pretty ... Syndrome, I have this idea in my head that I got into MIT because I'm lucky

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  You should live in EAsT camPUS A few of the basic things to know.

  

  type? 1. You can learn how to cook. What better way to learn how than to live in a place where you can have a big, awesome kitchen with personal ... known to make a home out of EC as well.. 3. Residents live in doubles or

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • July 31, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  One Giant Leap For beaver kind

  

  , just because the dome is so visible and I'm more likely to see a hack in ... tripod or anything, I've got a cybershot throw-in-your-pocket camera. BUT ... the same picture zoomed in really close. I've played with the brightness

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  She came in through the bathroom window. The greatest construction project in the history of MIT--yes, even greater than Simmons Hall.

  

  ...but she won't have to do that anymore, now she can just go in the ... a construction project in the Infinite Corridor. Formerly the world ... -107) and one women's restroom (3-101). But that's about to change. And in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 note #1

  

  . Back in the fall of 1996 (we had to wait until we were on campus to get our usernames back in those days), I chose madmatt as my username. It ... task is to choose a username for yourself. Yes, MIT believes in letting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  2 More MIT Students Become Rhodes Scholars ...but no bloggers this year.

  

  participate in community service. In NCAA Division I competition, Gethers has ... Carolina], will graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in December, majoring in civil and environmental engineering. A Truman Scholar

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  “i’m not depressed!” haha

  

  i had an awesome long weekend, where i went sailing with a friend and ate dinner with other friends on friday, and i got to play my first assassins guild games in a while on saturday, and i got a lot of work done on

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 17, 2022
• Blog / Events

  APPLE BAKE channeling midterm stress into baking, sculpting, and completely destroying apples for decades

  

  traditional ingredient used in your recipe for a healthier choice (you will have ... randomly selected from each floor. There was over $500 in prize money, in ... in each category. There were also prizes for the entries that won Best

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Still Going… haha... yeah. It's not over for all of us.

  

  ... Hmm I don't know when I was actually planning to hand it in... June 4th ... . I am in the office from 1:30 to 5:15 so drop it off sometime between ... so psyched to leave. Then, just in time for the home stretch I caught

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 15, 2009