<p>NERDS: <a href="http://www.smartvending.com/rainbow%20nerds.JPG%5B/url%5D">http://www.smartvending.com/rainbow%20nerds.JPG</a></p>
<p>MIT STUDENTS: <a href="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0743249992.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0743249992.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg</a></p>
<p>I don't see the resemblance.</p>
<p>lol nice one</p>
<p>I saw that film in my statistics class back in high school.</p>
<p>wow. that was cold.</p>
<p>To steal a line from the Oldsmobile commercial, this is not your grandfather's MIT. Yes, we do have some nerds here, but believe me, these are not your grandfather's nerds.</p>
<p>(The above paragraph makes sense to me, but might not make sense to anyone else.) Sorry. :-)</p>
<p>That's true, Ben! My two daughters go to MIT, and their grandfather (my father) went as well. When my father went to his MIT interview, he was asked if he had any passions, and my father, thinking the interviewer meant romantic or sexual desires, turned bright red and stammered, "No, sir. Absolutely not. None at all."</p>
<p>LOL!! That's great, azephyr, thanks for the good laugh. (I note that he <em>was</em> admitted, though... So even an embarrassing interview doesn't have to spell disaster. ;) )</p>
<p>LOL, that is awesome. :-)</p>
<p>no man, theres a lot of kids who are mad smart but also really chill and not nerdy in the least</p>
<p>C'mon, you know that's not completely true... everyone here has their inner nerd.</p>
<p>nope thats not true, there is no such thing as an inner nerd, just cause your smart and enjoy some kinds of academics doesnt make you a nerd, its how you act</p>
<p>We all have an inner nerd in that we all love math/science and learning. Although some mit students may say the sodium drop is stupid, we all deep down inside think it's absolutely cool. This is something that is completely undeniable, I think, as it is requisite for admission in some sense. That is, unless you are completely passionate about at least math/science, you won't get in. There may be a few people who came from an environment where their nerdiness wasn't nourished, but that just means they do a better job of hiding it (even if it is unintentional).</p>
<p>So, to answer your question: yes and no. If by nerdy you mean passionate about math/science, then everyone here is nerdy. If you mean anti-social, study-all-day, no-partying, etc., then no. Everyone here is surprisingly nice and, for the most part, social. And, as mbohorovski made clear earlier, for the most part, you can pick the level of apparent nerdiness you want in your life here (e.g., Baker is much less apparently nerdy than E.C.). But, the big thing is, regardless of what frat you join or which dorm you're in, the nerdiness (passion sense), is still there. And math jokes will always work.</p>
<p>Well put, emittisgod.</p>
<p>A zillion nonacademic things go on at MIT everyday--club meetings, sports, varsity practice, free food, parties, seminars, workshops, parties, volunteer jobs, etc. To be more specific, ballroom lessons, concerts, graffiti art workshop with Tats Cru, underwater hockey club meetings, varsity tennis practice, free food at various locations, fundraising for Katrina victims, parties at frats/dorms, volunteering to tutor for disadvantaged kids, playing frisbee at Kresge Oval, etc. In fact, I wonder how MIT students find the time to study or sleep.</p>
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underwater hockey club meetings
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OK ... all sorts of images and I'm still dying to know how this works?</p>
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In fact, I wonder how MIT students find the time to study or sleep.
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study, play, sleep ... pick any two! (and most MIT students pick ... study hard + play hard (in lots of unique ways))</p>
<p>Ok, reading this thread gives me the impression that some people are suggesting there aren't any "nerdy" people. Then again, I guess it all depends on what you define as a nerd. The vast majority of people here are really cool and seem perfectly normal to me. My friends and I waste time watching funny flash videos like everyone else :P. MIT did a pretty darn good job with admissions so that people here are well rounded. However, whenever you put so many smart people in the same campus, you inevitably get a few!</p>
<p>Well, I think the real take-home message is that there really aren't any single categories in which you can manage to jam all MIT undergrads. We're a terribly diverse group of people in terms of who we are and what we're like, and it's hard to get that across to people who aren't here.</p>
<p>Bottom line: if you want to be nerdy, you'll find plenty of people who will be nerdy with you. If you'd rather not be, you'll also find plenty of people to be not-nerdy with.</p>
<p>I have a friend going to MIT this year and she definitely isn't a nerd.. or so I percieve.</p>
<p>It didn't take long during my visit for me to realize MIT was different. IE) normally couch + dorm = nap/TV at MIT : couch + electric motor + tires = nearly street legal car.</p>
<p>Yes, they had the couch car out and were putting it through its paces. I didn't see much of that at any of my other college choices. I'll let each individual evaluate the nerdiness of a couch car... :D Wish me luck EA '06.</p>
<p>Tom and Ray Magliozzi, aka; Click & Clack, the Tappet brothers of the radio show "Car Talk" are two good examples of MIT alums. Are they nerds? You decide.</p>
<p>I love Click and Clack!</p>
