<p>Honestly, I think everyone is sort of pretentious for asking for a letter of rec for MIT. I remember morbidly thinking to myself that the science teacher and the humanities teacher I asked for recommendations to MIT must be sitting together in the teacher’s lounge having a good laugh about it- and I got in, so it was clearly worth the try.</p>
<p>As repeated above, this is a really stupid reason not to apply. Haven’t you ever heard the phrase “you never know until you try”? Do you really want to spend the next four years wondering “what if”???</p>