<p>So here’s what MIT is like:
We all go to school for 8 hours each day, doing impossibly hard math problems that actually have no answers. Then we go back to our rooms to do psets. We close the door so no one will distract us (even though we know that no one will because they’ll all be doing their own psets in locks rooms), lock the door, turn off the lights, and do hours of psets in the glow of our computer screens. Then we wake up in the morning and do it all over again. On weekends we either study or take apart computers. No one ever talks to anyone else, has a social life, or any fun for that matter.</p>
<p>Oh, and we’re all hideously ugly and disfigured. Each and every one of us is exactly the same. No one has any balance in their lives.</p>
<p>Come on guys. Get over yourselves already. Every year we go through the same freaking thing. Are you really going to pass up the chance to come to MIT (which for many of you, is your dream school) because you think the appropriately gendered people aren’t attractive enough? Please. There happen to be plenty of attractive people here, who also happen to be quite intelligent and fun to talk to. Do you really think there’s not a single, solitary attractive girl on the entire campus? Really? Do you really think that EVERYONE here gets incredibly drunk every single weekend? Come on.</p>
<p>I mean, it’s fine to ask questions, it’s fine to be curious about the school’s social life. You should do that, it’s important to figure out if you’ll be happy wherever you end up. But please, get your priorities in order. Because first of all, if you phrase your questions in such a way to make gross (usually negative) generalizations about MIT students, we’re much less likely to actually give you a legitimate answer. (Have I given you any really relevant information so far? No, because I’m mostly just ticked off about having to deal with BS questions about how attractive I am, AGAIN.) And second of all, if you’re going to base your decision off of how attractive the people on your floor are going to be or how easy it is to find underage drinking opportunities…we’ll just tell you exactly what you don’t want to hear. Go somewhere else, and give your spot to someone who is mature enough to enjoy the opportunity without stressing over how hot their girlfriend might be.</p>
<p><em>end rant</em></p>
<p>If anyone has legitimate questions, I’m more than happy to answer them. But the “how ugly are MIT girls” question gets my blood boiling every time it comes up. If you think you can refrain from that, I’m all ears. PM me, comment on my blog (<a href=“Laura N. ’09 | MIT Admissions)%5B/url%5D”>Laura N. ’09 | MIT Admissions)</a>, whatever. I don’t bite, I just get angry at immaturity.</p>