<p>^^ I actually think, contrary to what most people would say, it might not be a bad thing, as long as that isn't the only box checked. I mean, if you don't have some sense of grade consciousness, you might flunk out/burn out of a very tough college (I read an article about Cornell admissions that said recommendation forms that tell about a student who "loves learning for the sake of learning, doesn't really care about grades", and thus might not have amazing grades, translates to this-kid-will-be-on-danger-of-flunking-lists-in-college or something. Granted, I doubt MIT sees it that way. But grade consciousness isn't necessarily bad, as long as it's not the ONLY thing that's checked.)</p>
<p>You guys are reading into this too much.</p>
<p>^exactly, it's fun but i doubt MIT actually considers any of those boxes to be bad. not that they'll spend time scratching their heads over what those little boxes mean, like we do. plus i DOUBT they consider hard work a bad quality...i'm sure they don't expect everyone to be so smart that they don't have to study at all</p>
<p>Definitely agree with hoonose here. This is getting kind of ridiculous. Don't worry so much about it.</p>
<p>Ditto, ducktape.</p>