MIT reinforces class divisions about as much as Jesse Jackson frolicks around in pillow cases in front of burning crosses. Just read MIT's "friend of the court" briefs supporting the current affirmative action case before the Supreme Court.
The "show me the money" and Nazi-allusion arguments are poor arguments too. Beliefs and arguments like these are what lead to Nazi death camps.
Your haughty disdain is entirely what is expected by MIT students from Harvard students: slinging accusations then backing behind the ivory towers and cast iron fences. Don't talk the talk just because you live 10 minutes away. I am a MIT student, you are a Harvard student, let's see who is better qualified to post.
1. MIT engineering departments, in general, strongly (and rightfully) discourage inbreeding - that is, allowing undergraduate to continute on through to PhD and post-doctoral research. MIT graduates are thus "forced" to go to other schools to continute their education, in effect offering different perspectives. Gosh, we wouldn't want that now would we? What of the opportunities that a graduate education at MIT offers? Should those be limited only to the select who were able to gain admission to the "MIT Club" four years earlier?
2. Ah yes, the race or sex card. Yes, I think we should toss equality in access to education out the window so that we can protect the technocratic aristocrasy, namely your daddy's job. I would encourage you to take advantage of the cross-enrollment opportunities available between our two fine universities and see how our "different" students still manage to succeed. Ah, but it's probably too much to bear if you weren't guaranteed an A...
3. I don't even know what this point is trying to argue. We're party animals? We're irresponsible? Fraternities! Let's all run for cover! There are 24 social fraternities associated with MIT, not counting the honors/academic ones. 50% of MIT men live in fraternities, their average GPAs are higher than those living in dorms, and we are active in community service through mentoring, fund raising, and action. Above all, you attack institutions that exist only for camraderie and friendship. I am a member of the oldest fraternity at MIT (and in Boston) and by golly, I still find time to read slashdot in between my keg stands, hazing, and panty raids. Stop living in the world the media wants to scare you into believing and start experience and living your own life.
Finally, the rigors of the standard EE (6.002) leave many baffled and mired down in endless differential equations and foreign, meaningless circuit diagrams. I am glad to see efforts by the administration to add a drop of reality to a fascinating area all too often dried out by the abstract.
Go back to your ivory tower. You know nothing about MIT, so don't pretend to. Stop trying to justify your decision to attend Harvard by having an inferiority complex. MIT is only overhyped because it leads other universities in pursuing novel and innovative research that changes lives and the world. People like you reinforce the stereoypes of the "Establishment" doing what it always does, attacking others for succeeding in diversity and adversity.
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MIT reinforces class divisions about as much as Jesse Jackson frolicks around in pillow cases in front of burning crosses. Just read MIT's "friend of the court" briefs supporting the current affirmative action case before the Supreme Court.
The "show me the money" and Nazi-allusion arguments are poor arguments too. Beliefs and arguments like these are what lead to Nazi death camps.
Your haughty disdain is entirely what is expected by MIT students from Harvard students: slinging accusations then backing behind the ivory towers and cast iron fences. Don't talk the talk just because you live 10 minutes away. I am a MIT student, you are a Harvard student, let's see who is better qualified to post.
1. MIT engineering departments, in general, strongly (and rightfully) discourage inbreeding - that is, allowing undergraduate to continute on through to PhD and post-doctoral research. MIT graduates are thus "forced" to go to other schools to continute their education, in effect offering different perspectives. Gosh, we wouldn't want that now would we? What of the opportunities that a graduate education at MIT offers? Should those be limited only to the select who were able to gain admission to the "MIT Club" four years earlier?
2. Ah yes, the race or sex card. Yes, I think we should toss equality in access to education out the window so that we can protect the technocratic aristocrasy, namely your daddy's job. I would encourage you to take advantage of the cross-enrollment opportunities available between our two fine universities and see how our "different" students still manage to succeed. Ah, but it's probably too much to bear if you weren't guaranteed an A...
3. I don't even know what this point is trying to argue. We're party animals? We're irresponsible? Fraternities! Let's all run for cover! There are 24 social fraternities associated with MIT, not counting the honors/academic ones. 50% of MIT men live in fraternities, their average GPAs are higher than those living in dorms, and we are active in community service through mentoring, fund raising, and action. Above all, you attack institutions that exist only for camraderie and friendship. I am a member of the oldest fraternity at MIT (and in Boston) and by golly, I still find time to read slashdot in between my keg stands, hazing, and panty raids. Stop living in the world the media wants to scare you into believing and start experience and living your own life.
Finally, the rigors of the standard EE (6.002) leave many baffled and mired down in endless differential equations and foreign, meaningless circuit diagrams. I am glad to see efforts by the administration to add a drop of reality to a fascinating area all too often dried out by the abstract.
Go back to your ivory tower. You know nothing about MIT, so don't pretend to. Stop trying to justify your decision to attend Harvard by having an inferiority complex. MIT is only overhyped because it leads other universities in pursuing novel and innovative research that changes lives and the world. People like you reinforce the stereoypes of the "Establishment" doing what it always does, attacking others for succeeding in diversity and adversity.