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Quincy also saw a gain in preference (5th to 4th) while Dunster and Eliot seemed less appealing to the class of 2023 (3rd to 5th and 4th to 6th respectively)."}],"markDefs":[{"_key":"1cb4da8c4a4d","_type":"internalLink","reference":{"_id":"2dfade9f-2ced-41c4-aede-9feffa923431","_type":"project","_rev":"5mW8uWF9hIPL0EjKSjDolK","_createdAt":"2020-07-31T23:26:51Z","_updatedAt":"2020-08-02T02:57:58Z","body":[{"_key":"c8c725ead3dd","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"c8c725ead3dd0","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"On March 14, 2019, Harvard’s annual Housing Day took place. Before freshmen discovered their homes for the remainder of their time at the College, the Harvard Open Data Project collected data from over 200 freshmen through a survey sent over various email lists and compiled all things housing-related. 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