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I had a laugh at this: "Patrick successfully applied to study maths at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, near Boston in 2007.
by rconti 9y ago
I had a laugh at this:
"Patrick successfully applied to study maths at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, near Boston in 2007. Two years later John was accepted nearby, at the equally well respected Harvard University."
- AnimalMuppet 9y agoWell, that might be true. They're respected in different ways and among different circles of people, though...
- rconti 9y agoRight. I think virtually everyone reading the BBC would know what Harvard is; MIT less so (especially when written out more formally and not referenced by acronym). In the context of saying that MIT is highly respected for math(s), it was then important to point out that Harvard is also highly respected in the subject (and not, say, a globally-known liberal arts college that might be surprisingly weak in math). Still, it amused me.
- cellis 9y agoWhat does an MIT grad call a Harvard grad? "Boss"
- celticninja 9y agoI think MIT is fairly well known in the UK, on a similar level to Harvard.
- qntty 9y agoFor math they're pretty similar