<p>Yeah but MIT's specialty is math and science. Harvard does pretty in the humanities than MIT does. Granted MIT is far superior to Harvard in math and science. You'd be hard pressed to convince anyone that MIT is superior to Harvard in the humanities though.</p>
<p>Yes, you can get into MIT without being mathematically inclined. My grandfather wasn't particularly great at math, but because he scored 99th percentile in the SAT II Spacial Relations test (I think that's what it was called) he got a full scholarship at 16!</p>
<p>(He then flunked out a year later. Would have been sooner, but he was on the rowing team.)</p>
<p>(And by "on the rowing team," I mean he was the guy that yelled, "stroke! Stroke! Stroke!")</p>
<p>Yea, so, even if you do manage to get in without being a nerd, you're not likely to get any further.</p>
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<p>What if you wanted to go to Sloan? Would not having math/science ECs make you an automatic reject?</p>
<p>You don't have to have math/science ECs to go to MIT -- I was a theatre/band/choir kid in high school, and I got in. But many people who do have those sorts of extracurricular activities do get into MIT, because people who excel in math and science activities tend to want to be math and science majors.</p>
<p>MIT doesn't consider intended major in admissions, so prospective Sloanies are held to the same standards as prospective electrical engineers. Again, that doesn't mean that math/science ECs are required, or that people without them are penalized, but it does mean that every admit has to show at least some baseline talent in math and science to be admitted.</p>
<p>Hmm, this question points out something that bothers me a little bit about the blogs. As much as I love them, I feel like sometimes they downplay the sense of nerd pride and nerd culture that I have noticed at MIT (I'm not a student there yet, but I've spent a long time over the past few years hanging out there/with MIT students). Honestly, MIT IS awesome. But if you don't identify with science nerds, why would you be happy at MIT, the ultimate nerd school?? IMO, Harvard and MIT are totally different for this exact reason - Harvard kids are just NOT as nerdy. (Again, this is my experience - though I live really close to MIT and Harvard, and thus know many people at both schools). Then again, there are probably living groups that are less science/math-nerdy than others.</p>
<p>So, you might be able to get in, but I feel like one of the great differences between MIT and the Ivies that I know are the science-y/math-y/nerdy tendencies of the students. (And that's why I'm really happy MIT exists, as I am a math/science nerd who might be uncomfortable at Harvard, though I still applied there for certain reasons) Sure, the nerdy culture is not for everyone... but if it's not for you, why would you want to go to MIT, as opposed to <em>insert other prestigious, maybe less math/sciencey, school here</em>?</p>
<p>** Also, note: though the bloggers are not, as far as I can see, as nerdy as some of the MIT students I know, there have been some blogs about nerd culture, differences between MIT and Harvard, etc: MIT</a> Admissions | Blog Entry: "A Nerd's Paradise",
MIT</a> Admissions | Blog Entry: "Half Harvard, Half MIT"</p>
<p>I would not go to MIT becuz i am not good at math and sciences. I am stronger in the humanities, like chemistry and algebra. also MIt is a second tier school. that is why i did not apply. i did apply to harverd because it is better and i will probably get in because i like who i am, and that is very important in life. </p>
<p>Thank You
SmartDude08</p>
<p>^^ dude learn to spell "Harvard" properly...:-D</p>
<p>haha (10 chars)</p>
<p>thank you, i just realized my mistake. however, i think that it will make my application to harverd stand out becuz they will see that i am unique with my spelling. my guidance councler and my mom said i have to make my application unique. i did. i will also probably get in. </p>
<p>Thank you,
SmartDude08</p>
<p>No offense but you aren't likely to get into Harvard if you can't spell "counselor" or "Harvard" correctly.</p>
<p>i did not have to spell councseler in my application. </p>
<p>Thank You,
SmartDude08</p>
<p>This thread only goes to show that 99% of CCers do not have the Internet knowledge necessary to survive at a nerd colony.</p>
<p>Also, if you call them "nerds" (instead of, for example, "my DnD buddies") you probably won't like them and they probably won't like you.</p>
<p>SmartDude08 is doing the misspelling thing on purpose, just look at his previous posts. anyway, keep it up SmartDude 08, i think your funny</p>
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i did not have to spell councseler in my application.
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Hmm, this question points out something that bothers me a little bit about the blogs. As much as I love them, I feel like sometimes they downplay the sense of nerd pride and nerd culture that I have noticed at MIT (I'm not a student there yet, but I've spent a long time over the past few years hanging out there/with MIT students). Honestly, MIT IS awesome. But if you don't identify with science nerds, why would you be happy at MIT, the ultimate nerd school??
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<p>I'm a nerd, and I was a nerd in high school when I applied to MIT, even though I didn't have any math/science ECs. I was just a different kind of nerd than some of the other applicants.</p>
<p>The bloggers aren't pretending to be anything -- nobody's trying to downplay their inner nerd. It's just that there are lots of different kinds of nerds at MIT, and some appear more outwardly "normal" than others. </p>
<p>I was a cheerleader at MIT, and while we made dorky physics jokes at practice and did the MIT cheer at competitions, we were also interested in sports and makeup and other not-stereotypically-nerdy things. That doesn't mean we didn't identify with MIT's culture -- it's just that MIT's culture is quite a bit more complex and accepting than the one-dimensional stereotype that most outsiders project on it.</p>
<p>So sure, we're all nerds, but all of us are a lot of other things, too.</p>
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<p>lol, me too.</p>
<p>SmartDude08, you make a good troll. :)</p>
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Granted MIT is far superior to Harvard in math and science.
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<p>Uh, really? MIT is "far superior" to Harvard in math/science? Seems to me that Harvard is an extraordinarily strong math/science school.</p>
<p>If you disagree, then perhaps you would ask molliebatmit - who did her undergrad in bio at MIT and is now a bio PhD student at Harvard - why she chose to go to grad school at Harvard rather than stay at the "far superior" MIT when she was admitted to both programs. Are you saying that her choice was dumb?</p>
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Maybe because Harvard has more name brand than MIT? I'm not going to say molliebatmit made a poor choice solely on reputation--both schools are near equal in terms of academics, but if most people had the choice between Harvard and MIT, they will most likely pick Harvard.</p>
<p>will smith was actually going to go to MIT but then he chose to pursue his acting career</p>
<p>^
BTW, I like your name!</p>