<p>As the dorm issue is being cleared up (thanks everyone), it's time to move onto other issues of global significance.</p>
<p>On one of the MIT blogs I noticed the following statement:</p>
<p>"I've had guys at MIT stop talking to me after they realized I went to MIT."</p>
<p>Although I did notice an abundance of BU and Wellesley acolytes at MIT frat parties, I didn't think there would be many negative repercussions. So much for my naivete.</p>
<p>Any descriptions of "the life of a girl at MIT" would be welcomed. Just how bad is it?</p>
<p>Well, there are definitely plenty of MIT-on-MIT couples, that's for sure. </p>
<p>I can't say I've ever experienced treatment like the quote, and I dated several MIT guys freshman and sophomore year before I met my fiance; I'd imagine that if it's true, it's only true for a small minority of a certain population at MIT. If anything, maybe the BU/Wellesley girls are seen as hookups and MIT girls as potential girlfriends?</p>
<p>So I went out and bought that "E/c^2 (-1)^1/2 PV/NR" tshirt because a) it's awesome and b)so I could wear it to frat parties because I was getting tired of frat guys asking me how I liked Wellesley.</p>
<p>There's an interesting dynamic because of the presence of BU and Wellesley nearby. Personally, I'm a nerd lover at heart- I consider myself completely loyal to the nerd guy. I mean, programmers are hot, right? So when I hear MIT guys saying stuff like "man they don't have girls like that at MIT" and actively go out to find Wellesley girlfriends, it really ****es me off. I mean, I thought nerd girls would be appealing to nerd guys. </p>
<p>But that's my own personal view on it, which may or may not have anything to do with the experiences of the majority of students here.</p>
<p>my boyfriend is an MIT student. I've gotten nothing but respect for doing what I do :P</p>
<p>also that shirt is so nerdy i dont even know where to begin. first of all its nerdy because of what is on it. then it is nerdy because you actually bought it. then it's even nerdier because you actually wear it and think that it is nerdy.</p>
<p>From a male alum standpoint, I think much of the preference for BU or Wellesley girls stems from some of the frats. For everybody else, I think MIT girls are considered just as highly.</p>
<p>I'm in favor of the BU/Wellesley/Northeastern/Tufts/Berklee/SMFA/etc girls, but not for any reason pertaining to nerdiness.</p>
<p>I'm not a big fan of dating someone I live close to. I've done the whole "live together and then break up and things get awkward" deal, in addition to the "hey we live two minutes away and share the same close circle of friends which we are now horribly inconveniencing because of our inability to deal with each other."</p>
<p>I am violently against in-dorm dating, and overall against in-campus dating. I guess if you guys live far apart enough, it could work.</p>
<p>Nownow, don't be harsh! I've definitely made exceptions, though they did live on the completely opposite side of campus. It's a safe heuristic, and not an iron-clad rule. :).</p>
<p>As for how pervasive my mindset is... I think I'm the only one with this attitude. Hallcest, dormcest, and campuscest are all over campus, and I don't think anyone will disagree. People seem to be drawn towards those they spend the most time with, so inter-dorm relationships are extraordinarily common.</p>
<p>Like I said, I think I'm alone in my philosophy, so don't worry that you won't be able to seduce fine MITmans.</p>
<p>Hehe, indeed. I truly, honestly, think some of the women at MIT are incredibly awesome and admirable, etc. I've just done the close-quarters dating thing before, and while it's nice if it works, if it fails it ends up miserable.</p>
<p>Are there guys who seek out women who won't be an intellectual challenge to them? Yes there are, that isn't new. Are there fewer of them on the MIT campus than at other campuses? There are obviously no useful data, but I would hazard a guess that it is relatively rarer at MIT.</p>
<p>I lived in a frat located in the middle of BU. Did we have a significant number of BU women at our parties? Yep. Was that because we had any prejudice or unhealthy attitude towards MIT women? Not at all. There were just more of them located closer. Did we have a lot of MIT women at our parties? Yes, and we would gladly have had more.</p>