<p>@Handala - </p>
<p>We definitely will not be selling MIT acceptance spots. Bye, and good luck elsewhere!</p>
<p>I guess we’re all frustrated. i’m gonna stop because this isn’t really productive-for me or anyone else–at this point. bye guys.</p>
<p>Wow, nice Handala. Your first post deletion. Awesome.</p>
<p>I wasn’t aware that someone has been exercising her post deletion powers ; )</p>
<p>To all of those who were crying about race in the posts above me:
If YOU were what MIT was specifically looking for, you would have been accepted regardless of skin color. To say that someone else took YOUR spot because of their skin color is simply myopic at best. The end of the line is simple - if MIT wanted you, you would be in.
Handala92, I seem to be happy that MIT did not accept someone like you, and that is quite sad. You simply don’t understand that you were born into a white man’s world where there is a HUGE disparity between whites and blacks. Look at ANY statistics - SAT scores by race, income by race, incarceration rates by race, hell, even look at sports - The higher up the sports line where the expensive sports are on the top and inexpensive on the bottom - How many African Americans do you see playing baseball, basketball, and football? A lot, its a very expensive sport. Go up higher on the ladder - How many African Americans do you see playing tennis, hockey, or even something like badminton? None, or barely none.
The world is dominated by the white man whether your ignorant mind chooses to accept the facts or not.</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m about done with MIT too. See you all in 4 years! (grad school apps :P)</p>
<p>Quick question that isn’t entirely thread related. Why do you guys like MIT? Is it because of the instructors, the people, the environment, or just because of the rank?</p>
<p>I believe Handala is of Middle Eastern descent, or at least brown. I think you’re barking up the wrong tree.</p>
<p>All of them primetimekin</p>
<p>I liked the sense of humor. Everyone seemed to be having fun there. And nobody was walking alone, which is also a plus. And everyone had these really sweet beards.</p>
<p>Saying that race doesn’t play a large part in decisions is a little ignorant. MIT has said that race plays a part in their admissions. Indeed, they try to admit as many underrepresented minorities as they can while placing a quota on certain other overrepresented minorities. This practice is absurd for a couple reasons:
- This policy gives an advantage for certain people against other people based solely on race. In essence, to reduce discrimination, MIT has chosen to discriminate
- Race is a poor indicator of the environment from which an applicant comes. For example, a rich underrepresented minority has a much larger advantage than a poor overrepresented minority. Despite this, the rich underrepresented minority will still gain advantage over the poor overrepresented minority.
- Underrepresented minorities are not the only people who are discriminated against racially. I know this from experience. Living in the deep South, I’ve been discriminated against and mocked simply for being Asian. If MIT is trying to right some wrong, then where is the justice for the Asian family who wouldn’t be waited on at Applebee’s or for the kid who was threatened and physically harmed for being a know-it-all chink.</p>
<p>Ivy Hopeful is almost certainly a ■■■■■. As you can see, he edited his post. Originally, he only had one SAT II. That, of course, would not meet MIT’s requirements.</p>
<p>@kldaace, is not about race but in context, do you really believe that rich black or hispanic kids were accepted?, and what about the Asians that were accepted? It’s all about context people.</p>
<p>IvyHopeful’s posted profile does not appear to match any applicants in our database. And that’s all I’ll say about that.</p>
<p>I am Asian.</p>
<p>I am rejected but I think MIT, rather than me, sucks.</p>
<p>and they dare not to take sooo many IMO and iPHO medalists!!!</p>
<p>o my god!! what are the AOs thinking???!??!</p>
<p>I really like MITChris’s “that’s all I’ll say about that.” It reminds me of Forrest Gump.</p>
<p>@HYPhoper:
o yes. But someday MIT will regret that it uses AA. race should never be considered in the application process. Because students can improve their ECs, their GPA and test scores, but no one can change race. I can never become an African American no matter how hard I am trying. I am Asian and no wonder I get rejected. Totally agree with primetimekin.</p>
<p>@dawncoming - </p>
<p>Again, there is no easy way into MIT, no matter what color you are. </p>
<p>I recommend you read this: </p>
<p>[MIT</a> Admissions: Affirmative Action](<a href=“http://mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/affirmative_action/index.shtml]MIT”>http://mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/affirmative_action/index.shtml)</p>
<p>Also: </p>
<p>[MIT</a> Admissions | Blog Entry: “Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application?”](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/affirmative_action/should_i_include_my_ethnicity.shtml]MIT”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/affirmative_action/should_i_include_my_ethnicity.shtml)</p>
<p>Even if you think the system is unfair, anyone who lacks the common decency to understand a rejection and not begin a giant race rant should not be at MIT.</p>
<p>perfect point. you get accepted and you go out celebrating it, and you think rejected ones should not relieve disappointment by posting perhaps “race ranting” stuffs here. so i am not qualified for MIT because I give vent to my emotions? gee…</p>