<p>They are. However, the comments from actual applicants, here and on the blogs, are a good deal less so, and quite frankly I care far more about them. </p>
<p>@MITChris You handled this beautifully and with a wonderful human touch and that says way more than comments in a paper written by uninvolved parties. </p>
<p>Thank you, atwcntdb. </p>
<p>The comments in that link are ignorant.</p>
<p>To say that a human error so insignificant can disqualify any person or institution is frankly dumb.</p>
<p>Never read the comments.</p>
<p>////\ usually my rule as well, although as it happens, the comments on my blog post were great. </p>
<p>they even make Youtube comments look glorious. that’s a first</p>
<p>Oh I didn’t follow PiperXP advise and now I see how mean people can be. It was a footnote for goodness sake! Well at least it makes my son smile when I kid him that he’s been accepted to MIT, “you have an email that says so”. A little levity to get us through until PIE day! </p>
thank god I didn’t get it. I would have called my european relatives to tell them I got in sorta…
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