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06-25-2009, 08:55 AM
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#16 | | Senior Member
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| Not unusual, though. I've heard of that happening many times. =/
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06-25-2009, 08:59 AM
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#17 | | Senior Member
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i would cry=[
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06-25-2009, 10:46 AM
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#18 | | Junior Member
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Not unusual, though. I've heard of that happening many times. =/
| Yeah, I guess if you just say 'a school in Boston' you could just leave it like that. What kind of impression does being an MIT student leave on people? It doesn't seem to be the same as, say, Harvard, but that's okay.
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06-25-2009, 11:24 AM
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#19 | | Junior Member
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When people ask I've just told them I'm going to go to MIT... hasn't really caused any drama. Some don't know what it is and ask if it's in the city (meaning NYC... and no, that's FIT), others give the "neat, congrats!" reaction I would have gotten if I said I was going anywhere else, and a few do know about MIT. The latter group's reactions have included a surprising number of "yeah, my friend/relative goes/went there" responses.
I live in an area where it's not unheard of to go to a top-tier school but 99.5% of students don't, so you'd think people might make a big deal of it... but nope, no M-bomb here so far.
And yeah, I think the Harvard name carries a lot more baggage with it... people generally just know that MIT's a good school and, as far as I've seen, don't have any strong preconceptions about its students.
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06-26-2009, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by kemcab Oh, that's terrible.  | Quote: |
Originally Posted by pigs_at_sea i would cry=[ | I sort of stared after him in shock for a minute (like seriously, who is *that* socially inept? Can't you manage an obtuse "oh, I just remembered I left the stove on" at the very least?) and then laughed. Now I just think it's an amusing story. =)
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06-26-2009, 09:41 PM
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#21 | | Junior Member
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Geez... that IS awful...
How about for a guy? Are we socially ok to say MIT?  | |
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06-26-2009, 10:56 PM
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#22 | | Junior Member
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I sort of stared after him in shock for a minute (like seriously, who is *that* socially inept? Can't you manage an obtuse "oh, I just remembered I left the stove on" at the very least?) and then laughed. Now I just think it's an amusing story. =)
| Well, he couldn't have been that bad if you were making some conversation with him just before he walked out on you. Still, that's uncalled for.
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06-26-2009, 11:05 PM
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#23 | | Super Moderator
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I think you have to be careful about when you say you go to MIT, no matter your gender or the situation. If the response is "Wow, you must be smart," that's a big old awkward conversation-ender.
But, in my experience, it's a totally different situation to say you went to MIT when you're talking with other recruits at a PhD recruitment weekend versus saying you went to MIT when you're trying to make small talk while someone's cutting your hair. It's fine to say you go to MIT when it's relevant. But when it's not, it will look like you're bragging.
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06-27-2009, 11:21 AM
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#24 | | Member
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Yeah, for the record, I usually avoid mentioning MIT because it usually gets awkward fast: "Oh, so are you like, a genius?" How exactly are you supposed to respond to that? I was never terribly worried about people judging me negatively because of it, but it has happened a couple of times (the most ridiculous of which I related above).
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06-27-2009, 02:45 PM
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#25 | | Junior Member
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But when it's not, it will look like you're bragging.
| Well, I guess that's why you use the "a school in Boston" response and leave it at that. If they really, really want to know then you might as well mention it then.
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06-27-2009, 05:29 PM
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#26 | | Super Moderator
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Right -- I don't go to ridiculous extents to avoid saying it. If they persist in asking after "school in Boston," I'm happy to tell them.
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06-28-2009, 12:51 AM
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#27 | | Senior Member
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Yeah, for the record, I usually avoid mentioning MIT because it usually gets awkward fast: "Oh, so are you like, a genius?"
| Yeah, seriously. Most of the time I really don't know how to respond after this...-_-
Any ideas? haha
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06-30-2009, 04:43 PM
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#28 | | Junior Member
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This is the first time I have heard of an M-bomb but it is quite a hilarious concept. I personally do not like telling people I go to MIT. I will say I go to school in Boston then if they press me they get the prize of hearing the "M-bomb" haha.
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07-01-2009, 08:29 AM
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#29 | | Member
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Q: "Oh, so are you like, a genius?"
A: "Duh."
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07-01-2009, 10:14 AM
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#30 | | Junior Member
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@ BeKindRewind... "At least more so than yourself apparently" 
hehe
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