<p>it seems to me that mit has the best '09 class in the world
if u look at the ppl going there, its crazy! IMO ppl, USABO, USAMO, INTEL, ISEF, STS, etc...plus a bunch of others....
MIT '09 seems to have slaughtered Harvard, Yale, and Princeton '09 like lambs in springtime.</p>
<p>well that's pretty presumptious of you to say ... :(</p>
<p>um, is it significantly higher than the proportion of those sorts of folks <em>waves hands vaguely at the amazing folks</em> in incoming classes from past years? i don't really track these sorts of things, myself. also, what is this "better" you speak of? i sense a definition problem, if nothing else.</p>
<p>and as far as I can tell, harvard has ~10-20 intel ppl while mit has 4 at most?</p>
<p>but in the end, you can't judge a class by the number of ppl who have awards like that. It doesn't mean anything. there are brilliant ppl here and at other colleges who have never won these kinds of awards.</p>
<p>being in elite national science and math competitions does not make anyone "better"..... not even more accomplished.</p>
<p>i'd have to agree with the previous two posts, but....</p>
<p>thanks albert...haha! MIT '09 does rock and i'm proud to be a part of it next year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) MIT '09 <3</p>
<p>frankenchris is right. The only thing that makes one person "better" than another is attending MIT ;)</p>
<p>I agree MIT 09 is better than all of the other 09s, though for different reasons:</p>
<p>...because I'M in it! :D</p>
<p>yeah!! MIT 09 totally ROCKS!!!! ;)</p>
<p>to the OP: </p>
<p>it may be, but im really not THAT full of myself to say something like that out loud.</p>
<p>nor am I, so I'm just going to type it:
Aught-Niners run this sh**!</p>
<p>.......i do believe that's the first time i've seen someone use the "aught" stem outside of debates about 'what's this decade called, anyway?'</p>
<p>aught-niners! I like that. How 'bout "My-Tee-Niners" as in Mighty-niners, as in MIT-niners.</p>
<p>Wait a minute, frankenchris, are you actually trying to say that someone who made it to the IMO isn't necessarily "accomplished"? That seems pretty ridiculous.</p>
<p>emmittisgod:
You could have said "because i'M In i*T*"</p>
<p>We all have our own definition of accomplishment. Maybe for you, being accomplished is winning gold at IMO. Maybe for us rickoids, it's something else more intangible than an award.</p>
<p>this is one silly thread :D</p>
<p>"We all have our own definition of accomplishment. Maybe for you, being accomplished is winning gold at IMO. Maybe for us rickoids, it's something else more intangible than an award."</p>
<p>I'm not saying that winning gold at IMO is the only measure of accomplishment, and I'm certainly not promoting math olympiads because I'm good at them and need an ego boost. In fact, I'm terrible at math contests (although I do hope to change that). </p>
<p>However, I must say that the phrasing of your statement is a bit amusing, since I'm in my room at Simmons Hall at MIT right now, IMing friends at 4:00 in the morning in eager anticipation of my mentorship tomorrow (or should I say today?). RSI is great, but I certainly wouldn't say that it's the only accomplishment worth celebrating. Math olympiads, however "tangible", are great too, although they usually don't have ultimate frisbee games at midnight (don't we love RSI?).</p>
<p>When I was up there, I found a lot of people that were accomplished in non-academic things as well. I found a lot of high class musicians, people with interesting hobbies, and even some stud athletes. Looking forward to spending 4 years with these people.</p>