Re: Getting into MIT is impossible

[jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>]

Erland van Lidth de Jeude is a MIT grad.  He played the big badass in "Stir 
Crazy."  Computer science major, BTW.




At 07:37 PM 2/3/97 -0800, Clint Barnett wrote:
>wasn't Dolph Lundgren an MIT grad? I seem to remember something about him 
>having a degree in Chemical Engineering  or something along those lines. 
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>clint barnett
>lord of the cosmos
>emily carr institute
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>On Wed, 29 Jan 1997, Anonymous wrote:
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>> According to Rick Osborne:
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>> "I disagree and can speak from experience.  I was denied admission to MIT
>> even thought I had a 3.82 GPA, 1440 SAT (one try), and had taken 9 AP tests
>> with two 5's, four 4's, two 3's, and one 2.  As for being well-rounded, I
>> was on several academic teams, sang in Chorus, acted and stage managed in
>> Drama, and played Tennis."
>> 
>> People get into MIT--or don't get into MIT--for lots of reasons. Most
>> intelligent people apply to several schools, knowing that admissions
>> practices are subject to the vagaries of reality.
>> 
>> In my case, my SATs were about 1500, with some 800s in achievement tests.
>> And the usual bullshit high school clubs, political offices, etc. etc. I
>> was accepted by MIT, but not by Caltech. I didn't lose any sleep over the
>> way things turned out.
>> 
>> And I decided not to go to MIT, either.
>> 
>> "The only thing I didn't have that the next MIT applicant had was money.  I
>> made the mistake of letting them know that I was dirt poor and would need
>> full aid/grants/etc, and to quote "The Great Escape" it was "Zzzt! To the
>> Russian front!""
>> 
>> My guess is that "other factors" were involved. 
>> 
>> I noted with some interest, but little surprise, that the guy claiming MIT
>> required a 4.0 GPA and a 1600 combined SAT score could barely spell, and
>> had major problems making a coherent point. Methinks this is why MIT
>> rejected him, not his lack of a "1600."
>> 
>> ">For what it's worth, I wanted to go to MIT my sophomore year in high
>> >school, too
>> 
>> "Lucky you.  It had been a dream of mine since I was an annoying
>> overachiever of 6.  Sux to be white trash, I guess."
>> 
>> MIT offered me a substantial economic aid package, in the form of loans,
>> grants, and various campus jobs. What does this tell you?
>> 
>> "MIT may be a great school, but they tend to be snooty assholes for the most
>> part.  (DISCLAIMER: Not all MIT grads/attendees are necessarily "snooty
>> assholes", I'm just saying that I've yet to meet one that wasn't.)
>> 
>> I've known about a dozen or so MIT grads, and only one of them was a snooty
>> asshole, and it was a _she_, one of the first MIT women grads (and she was
>> _very_ impressed by this). 
>> 
>> Most MIT grads are perfectly reasonable.
>> 
>> Xanthar
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Jim Bell
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