From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 08:37:28 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Getting into MIT is impossible
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jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com> writes:

> 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. 
> >
> >clint barnett
> >lord of the cosmos
> >emily carr institute
> >
> >On Wed, 29 Jan 1997, Anonymous wrote:
> >
> >> 
> >> 
> >> According to Rick Osborne:
> >> 
> >> "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 test
> >> 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.  
> >> 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 mo
> >> 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 snoot
> >> 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
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> --
> >> 
> >
> >
> >
> Jim Bell
> jimbell@pacifier.com
> 

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