Why We All Love MIT

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>You know, after I was deferred, I was disappt and wanted to NOt go to MIT (it was just a phase I went throught for a day).
Then today I realized why I loved MIT. Some of the coolest things happen and are happening at this place. However difficult the school is, it challenges one to THINK in new ways...and we end up with things like this:</p>

<p>Heart Tissue Is Grown From Rat Cells (Todays News)</p>

<p>CAMBRIDGE (AP) - Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have used rat cells to grow dime-sized swatches of heart tissue that twitch like a beating heart when an electrical current passes through.</p>

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<p>The coolest thing about MIT is, that MIT has never given anyone an honorary degree. If someone has an MIT degree, they had to earn it!</p>

<p>Also, there are no honors, summa cum, etc. An MIT degree stands on its own no matter what your grades are/were.</p>

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<p>Infinite Corridor!!!!....</p>

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<p>Yeah, awesome name, awesome concept :D</p>

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<p>i particularly liked the article about the idea they had for the living house they had on the site recently. i want one lol</p>

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Also, there are no honors, summa cum, etc. An MIT degree stands on its own no matter what your grades are/were.

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<p>Yeah, MIT, technically speaking, doesn't give out honors. But MIT students still can win induction to Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi, and these are basically "de-facto" honors. True, they're not officially supported by MIT, but I don't know that that official support makes much difference. Students can still stratify themselves through these honors organizations.</p>

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<p>I like that nobody graduates with "official" honors, that way competition is eased (though never extinguished).</p>

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<p>When I visited and saw the infinite corridor, I thought (among other things): Jousting.</p>

<p>hmmm</p>

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<p>yes! We should all have a medieval jousting tournament in the infinite!!!
It will be like A Knight's Tale, except for better, cause it's MIT!!!!!!</p>

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<p>Jousting with robotic horses and mylar measuring tape!</p>

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<p>haha, what makes mylar measuring tape special? besides being pretty and cool.</p>

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<p>ohhh... okay nevermind, I now have a better mental image. that's funny, lol</p>