During an interview, if the interviewer asks what other schools you're applying to...

[concretejungle]

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My MIT interviewer asked me what other schools I was applying to. I gave him a few. He then proceeded to point out shortcomings of each of the schools I named.

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<p>I’m shocked by this. I would never badmouth another school (no matter what I personally think.) I will, however, point out how my institution would match the needs of the student.

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<p>Well, it was done in a pretty humorous way, but it still gave me an impression of pretension.
Aside from that, I was amazed by my interviewer’s passion for MIT.</p>