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• rsanchez1 15y ago
  Indeed, I really liked this post. Everyone hears how hard MIT is, but then everyone sees how 97% pass, so you think these must be some geniuses that get in who transcend "normal" folk like us. They're just normal people who might not have been the smartest at school, but know when they're not motivated and how to look for help and get motivated. It's a good message for any student.
  • rhino42 15y ago
    This. My brother goes to MIT and he is precisely life-sized. He just works very hard. Let me also comment that the difference on starting salary at MIT is not so different from that of top five schools. Coming from one of those schools and knowing the students there, I believe that your degree of success is more strongly linked to your work effort and the experiences you seek, compared to the school you went to.
• samuelj5 15y ago
  Go to Stanford. MIT is for lame idiots.
• samuelj5 15y ago
  I have 3 friends who went to MIT, and they are all retarded. I'm not kidding at all. Every person I have ever met from Stanford is incredibly good looking, smart, and generally awesome.