<p>post 2222 :D</p>
<p>i love female indian celebrities.lol</p>
<p>in all probability, modi might get this visa back…but to those who signed the petition/emailed amex etc. - we did our small part…</p>
<p><a href=“http://coalitionagainstgenocide.org/press/victory.pr.php[/url]”>http://coalitionagainstgenocide.org/press/victory.pr.php</a>
<a href=“http://coalitionagainstgenocide.org/press/pm.open.letter.php[/url]”>http://coalitionagainstgenocide.org/press/pm.open.letter.php</a></p>
<p>merc - some ammo for ur next discussion with ur parents
<a href=“http://coalitionagainstgenocide.org/gujarat2002/modi.hate.speech.pdf[/url]”>http://coalitionagainstgenocide.org/gujarat2002/modi.hate.speech.pdf</a></p>
<p>beautiful article about khuswant singh in FT
<a href=“Drinks with the FT: Memory man”>Drinks with the FT: Memory man;
<p>Caltech’s decision to come this Wednesday :eek:</p>
<p>From the admissions website:</p>
<p>"All Regular Action admissions decisions will be mailed March 18th. If students have not heard from Caltech by Friday, March 25th, the student can phone the Admissions Office and a copy of that admissions decision will be mailed again.</p>
<p>For students who live outside the United States, offers of admission will be mailed using an express mail courier service. Students residing outside the United States who are not offered admission will receive an e-mail copy of their decision letter the afternoon of Wednesday, March 23rd provided that we received a valid e-mail address on your application. Decisions can only be sent to the e-mail address provided at the time of application."</p>
<p>Good morning adides… how’s it going in goa?</p>
<p>not too good bud…i lie down and the whole room starts revolvin…so got to sit upright for some time…</p>
<p>too much beer is bad for your health… anyway <em>yawn</em> off to bed.</p>
<p>shash_rao, are ur entrance exams in march or april… if april or later month, perhaps u cud call nanyang and request for another date? or it is conducted ONLY on those two dates?</p>
<p>AAHOA has withdrawn its invitation…how bloody cool is that :D</p>
<p>wats AAHOA??</p>
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<p>Yes</p>
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<p>March</p>
<p>And i dont really care that much - im not very wild on the idea that i have to work in Singapore for some company which NTU picks for 3 years after - no way.</p>
<p>adides, you always manage to amaze me with what you say 
pm box full so I’m writing here :)</p>
<p>All MIT Applicants</p>
<p>It is not about beating the system. It is about knowledge. And making the most of the system, even if it has flaws.
-Chetan Bhagat, in 'Five Point Someone"</p>
<p>Ive been thinking, for the last couple of days, if it would be possible to somehow recreate atleast part of the MIT environment. Since MIT is clearly out of bounds for 8500 of us, is there any way for us to exploit the benefits of an MIT education. For obvious reasons, there is no conceivable way in which we can even hope to match the kind of funding MIT has, or even the research opportunities or the kind of faculty they have. But there is one important factor which is usually overlooked but is probably the most important factor of them all, and that is the kind of people that are there with you. </p>
<p>As someone once said to me When you put together a thousand of the best and the brightest, it does not matter if there is a teacher or not; it does not matter if you have funding or not; it does not matter at all if they even bother to use the right text books; the power their combined intellect is enough to give them the best possible education there is. Perhaps by doing so, we can in part compensate for the loss of the other factors involved above. </p>
<p>What I propose is this : Start some sort of a group, perhaps a google group or something, wherein the members are applicants to MIT anyone can join in, regardless of his/her application outcome (we may not get many admittees, but hopefully few of them will help out). Together, we can overcome any inadequacies in our respective education systems. The appetite grows by what it feeds on. We can discuss ideas and thoughts can flow freely. We can help each other out in numerous ways from understanding physics lessons to asking someone out on a date. Maybe it would be possible to undertake collaborative research and we can fully exploit (I use the word exploit as a positive term) the research capabilities of the various institutions we study in. Perhaps we can help people like Shabin realize their dreams. As the years progress, we can end up with 40,000 people spread across 4 years, 10 times larger than MITs strength. Members who complete their undergraduation can stay on to help out their juniors once in a while. </p>
<p>Anyone who is with me, email me at <a href="mailto:shashank.chintalagiri@gmail.com">shashank.chintalagiri@gmail.com</a> and maybe we can make something out of all this. </p>
<p>It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not. It is wisdom to recognize necessity, when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hope.
- Gandalf the Grey, at Elrond’s Council at Rivendell, in J.R.R.Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of The Rings’
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<p>SHASHANK STOP WITH THE SPAMMING!!! :mad:</p>
<p>haha…astrix arent you going to throw in your 2 cents about cross posting?</p>
<p>he’s busy studying chemistry :p</p>
<p>(maybe I should too, but … :D)</p>
<p>I HATE CHEM <em>I HATE CHEM *I HATE CHEM *I HATE CHEM</em> I HATE CHEM…to infinity
:mad:</p>
<p>I guess you get the picture 
<em>sighs melodramatically</em></p>
<p>ugh i am sturgglinh</p>
<p>yes thats fairly obvious :p</p>
<p>yay! 8th wicket down</p>