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orbis_somnio · 04-13-2008, 12:14 PM

As a current MIT undergrad student, Sakky's assertions are valid. As River Phoenix has said in post #61, they apply to many students and they don't apply to many students. The people in this forum think they can define the MIT culture for everyone at MIT. MIT has many ecosystems of students. There are MIT students who just solely want to make money with disregard to rigor (e.g. many Sloanies without a passion for studying management). There are MIT students who both want to study something rigorous and to get a really high paying job (e.g. course 6 i-bankers, traders, consultants). There are MIT students who want to study something rigorous and doesn't mind getting a low-paying job that involves their field of study (e.g. biologists, physicists, chemists). I have friends from each group.

04-13-2008, 12:14 PM	#71
orbis_somnio Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Threads: 3 Posts: 90	As a current MIT undergrad student, Sakky's assertions are valid. As River Phoenix has said in post #61, they apply to many students and they don't apply to many students. The people in this forum think they can define the MIT culture for everyone at MIT. MIT has many ecosystems of students. There are MIT students who just solely want to make money with disregard to rigor (e.g. many Sloanies without a passion for studying management). There are MIT students who both want to study something rigorous and to get a really high paying job (e.g. course 6 i-bankers, traders, consultants). There are MIT students who want to study something rigorous and doesn't mind getting a low-paying job that involves their field of study (e.g. biologists, physicists, chemists). I have friends from each group. Last edited by orbis_somnio : 04-13-2008 at 12:25 PM.