Official MIT Class of 2016 RD Discussion Thread

mystory
Sat, 17 Mar 2012 02:32:33 +0000

I am a junior in high school this year. I went to MIT admissions presentation last semester and there was a mention that MIT’s motto is Mens et Manus and hands on learning is very important. Finding out the acceptance of seniors this year, it is evident that MIT did not even consider a couple of students who did some amazing things. These students are academically good too. Students who got accepted had been very involved in math and science competitions. Sometimes the obsession of winning these competitions makes people very greedy and they hurt other people such as not share the learning material. Many people who win these science competitions such as Siemens or Intel are also lucky to find mentors who supported them. The student who got accepted from my high school, her father is a professor at a college and the student had a lot of advantage because of that. There are many students who do fabulous research but the mentors are not able to release the data for science fairs and these students are not able to participate. Just because you win Intel does not mean that you are the best science student. Unfortunately, MIT has considered these winners without really knowing that they have done things unfairly to get ahead. This is how we are creating a society of smart but selfish people.