<p>I heard from a reliable source, not sure if he was joking, that all MIT cares about is if you have a 750 on the math and nothing else and that preety much all of the students are computer geeks. Those this have any merit?</p>
<p>None at all. I have met a lot of people here that have NO previous computer programming experience. However, it is true that everyone here is very talented in or has a passion for some field, usually in the sciences, math, or engineering. Yes, there are some computer geeks, more here than probably most other universities, but they are a minority. Everyone here is nice, helpful, and generally not geekish. Hope this helps!</p>
<p>Do most people at MIT play sports? I saw on the website that MIT has 16 tennis courts? I think it's kinda strange because I figure 16 courts shouldn't be enough to accommodate all the tennis players in such a big university as MIT.</p>
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<p>Do most people at MIT play sports? I saw on the website that MIT has 16 tennis courts? I think it's kinda strange because I figure 16 courts shouldn't be enough to accommodate all the tennis players in such a big university as MIT.</p>
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<p>MIT, like a lot of DIII schools, has a lot of varisty sports ... more than most schools you probably associate with college sports like Ohio State or Duke. In addition, MIT has one of the highest levels of involvement in intramurals of any college. So yes, LOTS of people at MIT play sports.</p>
<p>16 courts is definitely about the standard for most colleges...</p>
<p>lol absolutely not, kids here aren't as geeky as you'd expect at all</p>
<p>and we can sure as hell party =D</p>
<p>Thanks, I feel relieved. :) But do you know whether the tennis courts are always full? I always feel really down when I go to my local tennis courts and they are all occupied.</p>
<p>As an afterthought, has anyone thought of making some kind of tennis court occupancy check like they do with the laundry and toilets? It'd be great to be able to check whether the tennis courts are being used from a computer.</p>
<p>damn... i was hoping it was tru... 800 math 660 verbal <em>sigh</em></p>
<p>"As an afterthought, has anyone thought of making some kind of tennis court occupancy check like they do with the laundry and toilets? It'd be great to be able to check whether the tennis courts are being used from a computer."</p>
<p>There's always something for the rest of us to do when we get there :P</p>
<p>But, really, I have never in my life seen 16 tennis courts occupied at the same time.</p>
<p>There are 9 tennis courts near my house, and they are always full in the evening--annoying. Yeah, when we get there, we could make a tennis courts occupancy indicator... maybe a very sensitive equipment that measures disturbances on the tennis courts so that, if anyone runs or walks on the designated area, the equipment will pick up the slight resonance and beep "Occupied! Occupied!" We could also extend the occupancy check to swimming pools, basketball courts, soccer field, etc. LoL... I don't know how feasible that is, just an idea :) </p>
<p>... until we get there.</p>
<p>cujole, MIT is, after all, a technology school. I think your 800M might be able to offset your 660V if you have an interesting hook.</p>
<p>the fact that i'm asian can only hurt... and the fact that i play the violin plays moreso into that stereotype... :(</p>
<p>i think that while there are definately a lot of cool, normal students, there are also students who are only concerned with school which is true for most schools. i remember talking to a girl who goes there, and she said about the guy situation "you feel good because hot girls are in such high demand, but there are too many urkels runnig around here"
that amused me.</p>
<p>cujole: LoL... Actually I don't want to laugh because you put a sad smiley there, but, I sympathize with you. I don't live in US, so do you mind telling me what the Asian stereotype is, besides playing the violin?</p>
<p>filmxoxo: What's an urkel?</p>
<p>It is true that not everybody at MIT are geeks.</p>
<p>But on the other hand, there probably are more people who are rather socially-awkward and do have rather interesting personal habits like refusing to bathe than there are at a comparable school, i.e. the other school in town that shall remain unnamed.</p>
<p>Urkel... you know Steve Urkel... the stereotypical geek from the '90s TV series "Family Values"...</p>
<p>I'm only a high school student, but I still know a good amount of kids that go there. And of all the MIT students I know, I don't know a single urkel. I get the feeling that they are "cool nerds". The type with self-confidence and that are somewhat well-rounded and socially adept with their kind. I enjoy their company as much as I enjoy my high school jock friends'.</p>
<p>But, I imagine there are some Urkels too :)</p>
<p>But is it really bad to be a geek? I think, it's not. Every geek is just very interested in something man. So, why do you so refuse geeks?</p>
<p>I don't think it's bad to be a geek, but I think the general connotation with "geek" is lack of social savvy.</p>
<p>I found that a lot of students have good social skills and are still "very interested in something".</p>
<p>"Good social skills" is a talent that not many people have, usual people think that they have these skills only because of their "interesting in chatting". "Geek" is just like that, but it's a minority, so you consider them strange or something else.</p>
<p>ahh, Urkel...</p>
<p>stardragon: There are more people with "good social skills" than there are people with scientific proclivity. To be a social savvy is generally easier than to be a geek. Thus, geeks are the minority, and, as it is with every other minority groups, they are considered as strange by the majority of the population.</p>
<p>Now a distinction needs to be made between a "stereotypical geek" and a "geek." As emmitisgod pointed out, true stereotypical geeks are rare. Most geeks are simply scientifically oriented, not socially awkward. Even so, stereotypical geeks should not be deemed as social inferiors in any way, although most people would consider them unappealing.</p>