<p>You admit you “do not understand the actions of any American I’ve come to know well” which leads to, “I understand the actions of all Britishers I know well”.</p>
<p>This is faulty reasoning. Don’t know how you got to that conclusion. I qualified that statement with “Americans I know well”. I know maybe 4-5 Americans “well”. And no, 60% of the time, I don’t understand their actions AT ALL. I never said anything about understanding Britishers. I don’t HATE anything in order to like anything else. You just made that up.</p>
<p>Look, can we stop with these “You hate MIT” accusations? If you want to take my advice, take it. Otherwise, don’t. I can only guarantee that my posts aren’t driven by malice towards MIT. I’m only trying to give you the other side of picture.</p>
<p>I used the words like and dislike. So just goes to show your mindset dear. I understand that you are an overachiever and it is hard not being able to get what you wanted in the first place. Also you do need to take things in your stride and develop a little sense of humor. </p>
<p>And I do not seek advice from you, and I would not hesitate to take if indeed I did need from a student. If this is your tone and attitude thanks but no thanks. And I am a parent. Apologies for trying to have a harmless conversation. But no more. Have a good day.</p>
<p>Uh dasadhikarik, You seem to be pretty darn smart. With those scores and that GPA, you would have to be.
But but. You are wrong in saying that you never understood the actions of any American you knew. Ofcourse, that’s your personal opinion but this thread seems to be going into the UK vs. US education phase, which is not good.
And. You really don’t have to justify the prestige or rankings for that matter of Imperial. We all know what an awesome place that is.</p>
<p>And. Anialways will always have the best advice. And I have been kinda busy lately, hence the not-posting.</p>
<p>Uh… no, this isn’t turning into a US vs. UK education phase. It’s becoming a what are Americans like vs. what are the British like, which is hardly appropriate for a post on College Confidential.</p>
<p>I’ve never tried to praise either the American or the British education system. I only ever applied to either because I had to, or face losing 1-2 years to study for the JEE. Honestly, I’d rather be back home getting an education for virtually free rather than dishing out ANY amount to the US or UK. India would probably be better for it too. But, that’s not a feasible solution.</p>
<p>“You are wrong in saying that you never understood the actions of any American you knew.”</p>
<p>So now you know the Americans I knew better than I knew them, when you haven’t even met them?</p>
<p>By all means, keep taking advice from whatever source you please; but I don’t take kindly to being patronized.</p>