<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I want to know how to get into mit. I really want to go there. I know it's really good. And my friends will think I'm really smart if I go there. But time is passing really fast. And I'm barely 13 years old. Well I really like science, and I like physics and chemistry a lot too. But I hate math. I want to do physics but math is so hard. Can I still get into mit? Will I need to do something else? Oh and my mommy also wants me to go there. I hear u need a really good score on the SAT though, and I'm really scared. I heard that the SAT was very hard and just got harder. But I still want to study physics. its so fun!</p>
<p>But I've heard MIT is so hard. So I'm wondering if I want to go somewhere else. And only geniuses get into MIT?</p>
<p>Well I'm no genius and I got in. And to let you in on a secret, I don't like physics OR math. Everyone has a chance to get into MIT. One guy I know wants to do political science at MIT and said so on the app. The question just comes down to: WILL YOU BE HAPPY AT MIT? You're not even 13. You have a while to think about colleges. Until then, just do your best at school and visit campuses ^_^</p>
<p>This person just posted the exact same thing on CalTech's forum...and somehow the whole post just seems...fake. What kind of "barely 13 year old" knows near-perfect grammar (COMMAS! And no run-ons)?</p>
<p>I actually wouldn't give it a very high English grade. The sentences are very choppy and short; I would say Persian would do well to combine some of them. There are also sentences which start with the words "And" or "But," which is annoying and bad English anyway.</p>
<p>Also, "And only geniuses get into MIT?" should be "Do only geniuses get into MIT?"</p>
<p>You are right, the post does seem very fake, but not because of superior English skills.</p>
<p>Math is so hard but physics is so fun? I hate to say it, but they're not really independant. You could conceivably do math but be poor at physics, but doing well at physics without math skills is a stretch.</p>
<p>No, not near-perfect but I meant it would be near-perfect for a 12 year-old. To me, it seems like someone deliberately tried to post like a 12 year old and got screwed up by having good comma placement.</p>
<p>While I don't think this post is in any way legitimate, I would just like to say that I am horrible at math but great at physics. </p>
<p>Really.</p>
<p>Intuition will only take you so far. While having an intuition for physics definitely helps you achieve more elegant solutions to problems, without solid ability in math (and I'm not talking theoretical but applied) you're not going anywhere in physics.</p>
<p>I have friends in 8.022 who would vouch for that with their life. Despite some great natural ability, those who haven't taken 18.02 yet simply can't follow, reproduce, derive the rigorous math necessary... and are failing as a result.</p>
<p>terrible at math good at physics works until maybe sophomore year.</p>
<p>any professional physicist could pass for a mathematician at an institution one tier down. sad truth of life.</p>
<p>I took Phys C (Mech and E/M) simultaneously with single-variable calc, and I broke all the curves. This is the first year kids are able to take it simultaneously with multi-variable calc, and the raw scores I got last year would earn me a nice solid C because there is essentially no curve at all this year. (this is in high school, btw)</p>