<p>@dasadhikarik::::showing off is what everyone starts of with when they first say the 3 letters. Even at my school there were many who said that they were off to MIT. But at this stage, after going through all the ‘trouble’ , i mean academics, EC’s and tonnes of people telling you that u are not worth a shot, I think it takes pure fascination to still say u love MIT. And this is not normally foolish bravery…
As for your college, it is definitely one of the best in the world…but it is again more like India, here I keep getting told to learn countless textbooks, I want to do more. That is exactly why chose MIT , for pure research.
Anialways I already applied to UIUC early, so I definitely know that it is impressive.</p>