Anyone at MIT hating it so far?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>Just want to get a whole perspective.</p>

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<p>my interviewer hinted that he hated MIT in some ways</p>

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<p>you can buy an IHTFP hat :P</p>

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<p>yes! I have a shirt!</p>

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<p>then again I don't go there....but my dad works there...and he's watching you!!! muahahahahahaha</p>

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<p>hahahahaha ...man</p>

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<p>My son's already gone back to Boston, but I can answer that he is very happy and can't imagine being at any other school.</p>

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<p>thats good to hear</p>

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<p>My freshman year was horrible and very hard to adjust. But now MIT is pretty enjoyable.</p>

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<p>um.
While I know MIT is a great school, I'm sure there are some kids who legitimately hate it (just like everything else). I just doubt they would post on an MIT online board if so :)</p>

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<p>I hear that a lot of kids really hate the campus because it is really not "collegiate" in that there is not a lot of old brick buildings with ivy, etc.</p>

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<p>Fear the sponge!</p>

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<p>my friend who is from CA just hates the ice-chilling wind of winter and spring</p>

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<p>My son said if he ever needs to see Ivy on buildings he can walk down the street - he only cares what goes on inside the buildings.</p>

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<p>I just read a Princeton Review Colleges book that quoted,
"It is better to be from MIT, than to attend MIT."</p>

<p>My son however loves MIT.</p>

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<p>Manyhats, do you have 2 sons? You have mentioned the son who is a high school senior. Do you mean that he loves MIT based on his summer experience, or do you have an older one already attending MIT.</p>

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<p>I would proffer this quote from Professor Andrew Tanenbaum, one of the most foremost computer scientists in the world, who did his undergrad at MIT.</p>

<p>"Nobody likes M.I.T. People respect it. I respect it. But like it? Does anyone like taking a drink from a fire hose? I am still in awe of the place."</p>

<p><a href="http://www.cs.vu.nl/%7East/home/faq.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/home/faq.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Here is Tanenbaum's biography</p>

<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Tanenbaum%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Tanenbaum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>it's getting that time when the newness has worn off, but freshman year is the time you're the most likely to think it's the most enchanting place on the world</p>

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<p>research has shown that in the future, 10, 20 years down the line, freshman year is the year you're most likely to remember</p>

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<p>Really? Darn. Had I known, I wouldn't have wasted so much time messing around with some college buddies :P.</p>

<p>Two things to fear: The sponge, and the windtunnel during winter!</p>