<p>Well.....despite the fact that 800 Indians apply.......more than half of them apply just coz of the rank and parent's insistance(that is a very common problem all over the world..)..
so...after evry reductions....about 200 students qualified enough to participate.and at the most 5 r selected...
This does not mean that the others r stupid...(just coz they dont hav knowledge..)....they can easily out-shine many of us academically....</p>
<p>You're misconstruing the discussion. Also, academic strength does NOT NOT NOT make people smart.</p>
<p>^...Ya I totally agree....but that does not give us any right to call them stupid as well.....</p>
<p>As isaac said, I don't think one should call them stupid; more like the majority of applicants are unfamilar with the finer realities of admissions. Looking at it objectively, you cannot really blame them; many of them are surrounded by people- teachers, parents etc.-who are certain they are shoo-ins at MIT and the like.</p>
<p>^....<em>BANG to the target</em>.......:)...</p>
<p>I don't think he meant stupid literally. It was just a figure of speech. Do we have to be politically correct every time we speak?</p>
<p>Yeah, i didn't meant it literally. Actually i don't have words to describe these people.</p>
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Must you comment whenever I want to comment?</p>
<p>Believe me a-c, I don't read minds. I comment whenever I want to comment.</p>
<p>why is everyone so mean in this forum?</p>
<p>Sorry, I'm not mean, I'm just "mean" to a-c, I think you should read the "Australians in the class of 2012" thread, you'll understand :)</p>
<p>^^</p>
<p>I BELIEVE I NAMED THE THREAD "Class of 2012 :: Any Australian's Applying?" AND I STILL WANT TO FIND ALL THE AUSTRALIANS.</p>
<p>It should be "Australians", not "Australian's". No possessive or contraction there, either.</p>
<p>And I'm really, really sorry, but I failed to memorise every word you typed. I don't know how I could have committed such an affront, but I did.</p>
<p>wow! theres war on this thread...</p>
<p>Newais, before we all rant off on <em>stupidity</em>, lets not forget that India's population is more than a billion... This means you are statistically going to notice more applicants applying from there. Remember a billion is 1/7th the world's population.</p>
<p>There are more Chinese than Indians; yet not that many Chinese apply to MIT.</p>
<p>maddy_01: Both me and abhishiv are Indians. We aren't dissing them. We're stating facts. I know what I'm talking about.</p>
<p>ohh yeah thats true.... </p>
<p>I did not realize you guys are indians until I saw your locations....</p>
<p>Well maybe you should verify things before you comment. On another note; it would be good if someone could defend me as I am being harrassed by a massive group of Indian students.</p>
<p>^don't worry i'm here to protect you</p>
<p>Thank you kind person :)</p>
<p>Let's start a club to protect people :):):) And I will be president because I'm the only leader on this forum. But you can still list it on your college application.</p>