Sakky, earlier you said something like "most MIT students aren't following their dreams." I'm sorry, but BS. This is not true for me, or most people I know at this school right now.
I hesitate to call it a "dream," since I never had some "dream" from a young age of what to do with my life, since my interests have changed many times. But I am doing something that I love to do, and yes it's hard. But I would never just switch to Sloan, because honestly, I think management is a joke. Also, I can quite honestly tell you that I do not give a you-know-what about how much money I make when I graduate. My parents make far less money than I am expected to after graduation, and my family has a relatively nice house, and a couple of cars, and we eat food, and sometimes buy nice things, all on a salary that you (and Sloan graduates) would probably laugh at. My parents did not go to college.
I'm likely to make AT LEAST twice as much money as my parents when I get into my career, and I honestly cannot IMAGINE what I'm going to do with all that money.
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Originally Posted by sakky Seems to me that nobody cares about those people who can't handle the rigor. But why not? These are human beings too. |
As has been mentioned many times, they are free to transfer to another school.
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Originally Posted by sakky Hence, it's hard for me to come up with a scenario in which somebody at MIT would hate everything that Sloan has to offer. There are not that many requirements, you are largely free to piece together your own curricula, and the courses generally give you the freedom to work on projects that you like. Plus, like I said, you don't have to really worry about flunking out, the way you do in the hard-core tech majors. What's not to like? |
What's "not to like" is that I want to be an engineer, and I find no interest in any of the things that Sloan has to offer. I have, in fact, considering transferring to a less "hardcore" college, several times, and quite seriously. I have actually researched the transfer requirements for some less rigorous colleges. I have NEVER considered switching to Sloan, because I don't like it.
You keep arguing that people want to have food on the table. Um, yes. However, you don't need to go to college to get a job which pays enough to put food on the table. See above. Most people go to college to learn something. People like you apparently go to college so they can buy a more expensive high-status car to show off to their neighbors.
And finally, you keep saying all of these things like "clearly, almost everyone thinks x" and "obviously, nearly all students prefer y," and I would just like to know exactly where you learned telepathy.