<p>As of this morning MIT was the clear winner in this poll to see where Alex Doonesbury should go to college (MIT, Cornell, or RPI). However, as I post this message, it looks like the RPI undergrads have rallied and RPI has now taken the lead.</p>
<p>Hey, MIT students, get on the ball and vote for Alex Doonesbury to be a member of MIT '10. It'll be great fun to see MIT in Doonesbury for the next 4 years.</p>
<p>Oh, come on, MIT-ers and hackers out there...</p>
<p>You're getting totally pwned by RPI. The vote has been growing all day in RPI's favor, and MIT had a huge vote lead this morning.
RPI -- 58%
MIT -- 35%
Cornell -- 7%</p>
<p>Since when do we have an ubercompetitive atmosphere.</p>
<p>maybe if Doonesbury was actually a good cartoon :/</p>
<p>JLP, ubercompetitive against other schools, not amongst ourselves.
MIT is winning again, by quite a bit, we'll all running cgi hack scripts, but their web server is getting owned :) I've voted 3 or 4 thousand times lol</p>
<p>Yep, server is definitely down. Good job guys :)</p>
<p>I just hope your efforts don't go... shall I say... unappreciated?</p>
<p>I tend to disagree with that as well. I see little competitiveness here. After admissions, you're basically left to yourself...</p>
<p>To River Phoenix et. al. -- Thanks for voting early and voting often! You do an MIT alum proud!</p>
<p>And as for MIT's supposed "ubercompetiveness" -- Granted, I was at MIT a generation ago, but I think my impression of any supposed competitiveness between MIT students back then may be similar to the way it is now. </p>
<p>I never knew MIT students to be cutthroat competitive with each other. In fact, we tended to work together, sharing the bond of an "Us against the Institute" attitude. I remember doing psets with other students, studying in groups, being encouraging to others, and having encouragement directed to me. And I was in Course 7 with the most pre-meds. </p>
<p>It was also true back then, as JLP says, that after admissions you're basically left to yourself. But I think this long-standing attitude of the MIT administration is partially what fosters this bonding and cooperation between MIT students. </p>
<p>Current MIT students, please feel free to update or correct me if my past impressions are no longer valid. But, to summarize, admission to MIT is ubercompetitive, and MIT is ubercompetitive with other schools. But MIT students are not ubercompetitive with each other.</p>
<p>Lurker, those impressions fit entirely with my experience at MIT.</p>
<p>I would note that I personally don't see much competition with other schools, other than good-natured or lighthearted competition -- after all, what do we need to prove?</p>
<p>Hi Mollie,
As far as MIT being competitive with other schools, I was thinking of things like the Cal Tech (oops, I mean Fleming) Cannon Hack, and numerous hacks from my day directed towards that liberal arts college down the river. Yes, "good-natured" and "lighthearted" are perfect adjectives to describe the intercollegiate competitiveness I remember.</p>
<p>I'm glad to hear that my positive remembrances of MIT from 30-ish years ago match your current experience.</p>
<p>And of course the lighthearted competition is enjoyed by the other side, too ;-)</p>
<p>I'm putting my vote for the hidden option, Georgetown ;).</p>