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  Uncanny Valley im gonna make you shit your pants

  

  feel a little creepy. On a graph of human likeness to attraction/repulsion, uncanny valley refers to the sharp dip. There are several theories about why ... that mimicked humans to get closer to us. Whatever the case, this topic

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Simmons Cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat

  

  I love being back in Simmons after a long break. I get to hang out ... House’s dog) roaming the hallways. But we have plenty of cool stuff to ... , silly me – I forgot to introduce myself! Hey there, little guy. I’m Andi

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 4, 2023
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can a family member contact MIT Admissions on my behalf, or ask questions about the content or status of my application?

  No, it is MIT policy to communicate directly with applicants about their applications, rather than with their family members. If you have a question, please email us from the email address that you used to register
• Blog / Personal Projects

  writing gary wang’s wikipedia page why did I fill out the wikipedia page for the ftx cto?

  

  as the prime minister. I sent the link to my friends, like, haha check ... entirely sure what compelled me to make a Wikipedia account and add more to ... . Yes, I feel some connection to this entire FTX catastrophe as SBF and

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  here. Some of you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel ... to name; that's okay, too. We have posted more information on next

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  the hardest you’ve ever worked the firehose strikes again

  

  addict myself to new sources of caffeine).  When we stress-test welds in ... . “Objectively you have a limit,” I thought to myself. "Somewhere north of four classes and south of sixteen. You don’t need to find it. You don’t have to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 14, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] give us your words you have words. we want your words.

  

  constraints are fairly lax but the form is long and repetitive, forcing you to return to a topic over and over again. It is a form whose flexibility ... ,[/annotation]and, for this year, my goal is simply to write as many sestinas as I can

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 Halloween Costume Ideas for MIT Students but they're pretty bad

  

  you inspired for a spoOOoky time at MIT! #1 – Pretend you go to a ... costume for you! Pro: It's an easy costume to pull off when you promised ... , but you procrastinated on what you'd wear to the last minute. Con

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • October 15, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  we named 2124 cities of the world fridays with 4W

  

  Nicole H. ’22 and I quote, “Do you have time to waste?” He pulled up the ... entire world.  They tried to name all the cities in the US. I wasn’t there ... around 2:30 am, after a game of trying to name all the sports teams in

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 29, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Everything Everywhere All At Once a free early screening from lsc and a q&a with the directors

  

  screenings of movies and projects them in 26-100. I've gone to a couple of screenings and events in the past in an effort to see more movies (I watched ... also went to the Bo Burnham-Jonny Sun event I blogged about my freshman

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 29, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  actual conversations i definitely had last night happy new year i guess

  

  work A: yeah and i bet they're saying to themselves A: look at these ... A: well i wanted to say, oh shoot, it's another person, act normal B ... all trying to act normal all the time B: well B: don't say that, that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  note="and couple of ways to get to know other 2026s"]what’s next

  • by Decisions
  • December 18, 2021
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT use my test scores?

  applying to MIT and would like to see our testing requirements, please visit
• Blog / Residential Life

  back in east campus, the sequel jiggity jig (again)

  

  have been passed down from owner to owner, like the couches, the round table, some of the posters. it's also right next to the lounge, which is a ... . thinking about this room makes me kinda sad. east campus is scheduled to get

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 18, 2021
• Blog / CPW

  Who’s psyched? I’m psyched! It's gonna be stitchin'!

  

  't actually build it, we paid a company lots of money to build it, but it ... 's all sorts of other stuff, but that's not what I'm here to write about. I'm here to write about ....... CROSS STITCHING! That's right, ladies and

  • by Snively '11
  • April 6, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  318 memorial drive a historical rabbit hole

  

  " align="aligncenter" width="1400"] apologies for handwriting[/caption] To ... been built, so Building 5 is still the main entrance to MIT. We also see ... the center-left, we see a streetcar going to [annotation note

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Iron Mask what i learned from MF DOOM

  

  I knew what I was going to write about next. I was ready. I even had ... cluttered desktops that got too unwieldy to organize. And then, I saw MF DOOM ... of a thing to happen to someone so large. Another thing that caught me

  • by kellen manning
  • January 2, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  taylor swift songs as applicants emergency evermore post

  

  lost their minds. If you haven't listened to it yet, please go do that ... But there was one prize I'd cheat to win The uptight honors student who’s applying to the entire U.S. News & World Report Top 20 universities

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things in My MIT Household that just make sense

  

  that my friends and I are in a sitcom. We refer to every school term as ... summer season 3."]Season 3[/annotation] house in Virginia to the Season 4 ... trying to make it through the hell that is an online semester. So far, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  an outlook on emails a week of my inbox’s pain and suffering, compartmentalized

  

  signed up for forwarding all my MIT emails to my Gmail, made [annotation ... was interesting to see directly the amount of outreach that’s been done to MIT students generally and first-years like me. Since starting this

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 21, 2020