<p>^you're joking right?</p>
<p>No haha. I'm sorry, how do you know?</p>
<p>Or was it a joke to begin with?</p>
<p>well, is he?</p>
<p>Look him up on wikipedia and the rest will speak for itself.</p>
<p>Yes, it's true - Lou Dobbs. Also, the Unabomber. But after 372 years, you've got to expect a couple bad outcomes.</p>
<p>His article doesn't say where he plans to go to college. He COULD go to Harvard if he wanted, there is no question. But a majority of IMO/IPO kids seem to pick MIT or Princeton.</p>
<p>um...how about some primary sources. I'm good friends with the guy. Harvard is his one and only choice(he was considering Stanford at one point, but ultimately decided he'll just apply to H).</p>
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<p>Arnav says "dude..." :)</p>
<p>Well trust me, I truly hope he gets in and decides to attend. I'm excited every time I meet a new future physics major from Harvard, and he seems like just about the best of the best.</p>
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<p>I wonder whether you made that page himself...</p>
<p>HAHAHA no I didn't, but I've helped update it. :)</p>
<p>@White_Rabbit: He's ours! :P (and by ours I mean chemistry major)</p>
<p>Oops, I meant to say, "I wonder whether he made that page himself..." (as indicated by the pronoun "himself").</p>
<p>I don't know why there would be an article on him... he hasn't caused that much of a splash. I don't know of any other ISEF winners who have Wikipedia articles, either. Seems pretty, uh, self-absorbed. ;)</p>
<p>lol @ this part:</p>
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Many forget that in 2006 he was a National Chemistry Olympiad finalist who declined the invitation to take part in the study camp.<a href="%22Many%20forget%22%20hahaha">/quote</a></p>
<p>Haha, I know who made the article (it wasn't him). You don't think so? 150K in prize money before senior year and he has a lot more coming from STS/Siemens/ISEF Reno next year. He's not self-absorbed, far from it. He's just got an immense fanbase, that's all.</p>
<p>He has a "fanbase"? Sure, he's got awesome credentials, but there are many other amazing students like him (such as the other two ISEF winners) who don't have Wikipedia articles.</p>
<p>Does anyone know where the other two ISEF winners are going?</p>
<p>^Mitka and Jack are Harvard '11.</p>
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He has a "fanbase"? Sure, he's got awesome credentials, but there are many other amazing students like him (such as the other two ISEF winners) who don't have Wikipedia articles.
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<p>Yes, and instead they have facebook groups of them made by their fans. I don't see why you take so much exception, he's to science as Viscardi is to math...are you really going to criticize michael for having a wiki article? They both have fanbases (actually, all four of them) whether you like it or not. =/</p>
<p>(I guess it's an ISEF thing: takes one to know one)</p>
<p>^^ I can tell you like him, piccolojunior, which is why you're defending him, though I'm not sure whom I'm criticizing (if he had nothing to do with it, then obviously not him). Perhaps I'm just disdaining his "fanbases" ("whether I like it or not," as you would say). I also found it funny that the page was more like his resume, going on about things that he didn't even participate in, but that he qualified for ("Many forget...").</p>
<p>I don't see why Viscardi has a page, either. That's the sort of thing that, IMO, undermines the value of Wikipedia (though of course it isn't the only thing).</p>
<p>Sure, to you and other recent high school graduates, and probably more so those who participated in ISEF and the like, winning these things is significant--but in the grand scheme of things, most of it isn't. Some of it's neat to know about, but much of it doesn't really cause much of a splash.</p>
<p>Anyway, tangent end.</p>
<p>The thing is, I don't evaluate the achievements in that scope either. If anything, my bias comes from knowing the details of his research rather than seeing the number of checks he's cashed. As for your antagonism towards the "fanbase" (and derailment of this thread >_>): If some of the most disingenuous and idiotic people can have a constituency, why can't he?</p>
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<p>Sorry, piccolojunior, but the thread had long derailed, and you only further derailed it by challenging me and hammering your point.</p>
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If some of the most disingenuous and idiotic people can have a constituency, why can't he?
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<p>I'm not saying he can't, and I haven't said my thoughts re: disingenous and idiotic people and their fanbases (e.g. Azia Kim's). Nor do I want to. I don't know why you've persisted on this. I just think it's funny that he has a resume-like page on Wikipedia and that he has a fanbase loyal enough to make such a poorly-written page.</p>
<p>I mean nothing against you; but again, tangent end. (Talk about further derailing...)</p>
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<p>I lol'd.</p>
<ol>
<li>Cambridge/Boston</li>
<li>Prestige</li>
<li>best for South Asian Studies and Sanskrit (my personal reasons)</li>
<li>Awesome Ivy League goodness (1st college in America)</li>
<li>duh, Elle Woods went there</li>
<li>I look darn good in crimson</li>
<li>You can go to Estonia and people will know what Harvard is. lol but seriously, its true</li>
<li>Conan O'Brien</li>
<li>The people.</li>
<li>The exposure/different opportunities.</li>
<li>The fact that you can do ANYTHING here. Literally. (Providing that you can find time in what is guaranteed to be a rather packed schedule for most people.)</li>
<li>Natalie Portman, lol</li>
<li>New England attitude....love it!</li>
<li>PHENOMENAL art museums right on campus.</li>
<li>Um... because along with all of these, it's actually a pretty good college?</li>
<li>The House system</li>
<li>Connections</li>
<li>Annenberg Hall: <a href="http://www.fas.harvard.edu/%7Ememhall/images2/annen1.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~memhall/images2/annen1.jpg</a></li>
<li>Math 55</li>
<li>Living in the same dorm that John Adams and John Quincy Adams did</li>
<li>Roland Fryer (Prof. in Economics Dept)</li>
<li>work hard play hard mentality</li>
<li>Opportunities for an Edward Gorey experience</li>
<li>The Harvard Lampoon</li>
<li>For the Money (for the presence and future).</li>
<li>LIBRARIES! BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOKS! OLD BOOKS! ANCIENT BOOKS!</li>
<li>Sanders Theater: <a href="http://www.fas.harvard.edu/%7Ememhall/images2/sanaudg.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~memhall/images2/sanaudg.jpg</a></li>
<li>To actually park your car in Harvard Yard the day you move in</li>
<li>The incredible glass flower exhibit:The Fragile Beauty of Harvards Glass Flowers, The Journal of Antiques & Collectibles Feature Article February 2004</li>
<li>The Hasty Pudding Awards</li>
<li>>>>>>>>>>>>TO BEAT YALE IN "THE GAME"!!<<<<<<<<<< WOOT</li>
<li>Dropping the H-Bomb (except really you "go to a school in Boston")</li>
<li>Adams House</li>
<li>Prof. Dan Gilbert</li>
<li>natalie portman gets a second vote</li>
<li>Just to be able to actually write A.B (Harvard) on my resume for real!</li>
<li>beautiful campus</li>
<li>the Crimson</li>
<li>Primal Scream</li>
<li>The IOP</li>
<li>the annenberg hall looks like something from a harry potter movie</li>
<li>Harvard University Band</li>
<li>Great Arabic program, as far as I can tell.</li>
<li>The constant flow of amazing and famous guest speakers every week</li>
<li>Because it's Harvard!</li>
<li>Prof. Robert Langton</li>
<li>The hilarious IgNobel Prize ceremony every year</li>
<li>The many a capella singing groups</li>
<li>The Head of the Charles</li>
<li>Its a good back up.</li>
<li>Pinnochio's (best pizza place in New England)</li>
<li>When your professor says, "Sorry I have to miss class next week. I'm getting a Nobel Prize in Physics. You guys will have a guest lecturer though."</li>
<li>Larry Summers dancing with Elisa New at the President's Study Break over reading period.</li>
<li>Because you managed to get in!</li>
<li>The Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra</li>
<li>FOP</li>
<li>Because it rhymes with success</li>
<li>awesome commencement guest speakers</li>
<li>clam chowder</li>
<li>Cause second best just won't do</li>
<li>HARVARD SOCCER</li>
<li>forget that, how about HARVARD FENCING, 1st place last year! =D</li>
<li>Cross register courses at MIT.</li>
<li>All those great restaurants in N. Boston especially Dom's!</li>
<li>The Diversity</li>
<li>Knowing that when you go there, you WILL become something, even if you don't feel it now.</li>
<li>Museum of Natural History (Can you say "George Washington's pet pheasant?!")</li>
<li>Harvard Din & Tonics (<a href="http://www.dins.com/main/music;%5B/url%5D">http://www.dins.com/main/music;</a> McDonald's Girl)</li>
<li>Harvard Forest (just think of all the microfauna just <em>begging</em> to be discovered!)</li>
<li>Cross-registering with MIT (a repeat...I know)</li>
<li>Who doesnt want to dress up as a colonial American man for all of the football games?!</li>
<li>I can slack off but still maintain a B average thanks to Harvard's Gentleman's grades policy!</li>
<li>The Harvard Figure Skating Club!!!</li>
<li>Because Rivers Cuomo went there.</li>
<li>Being able to cross register with MIT and take a linguistics class with Noam Chomsky.</li>
<li>Because you can talk for literally years about the reasons to go to Harvard.</li>
<li>Because you had to sell your soul just to scrape by admissions</li>
<li>Because it's not to far from RI (yay.)</li>
<li>Because I just came up with a killer idea for Primal Scream! AND---></li>
<li>Because of the "3 Things to do before graduation" are awesome.</li>
<li>Philip Streich class of 2013</li>
<li>Lou Dobbs went there</li>
<li>The Boston THREE PARTY</li>
</ol>
<p>"4. Awesome Ivy League goodness (1st college in America)"
I think Stanford should be the best University in the world</p>