Some questions on sensitive topics to talk about.

@JonathanTan, I had several friends who went to MIT long time ago. If you really want to go to MIT, go to another good school and then go to MIT for Masters or something, or try to transfer later. Not worth it primarily because if MIT rejected you once, it’s more likely they will reject you again. No college is THAT much better than another good college for you to waste your energy like this. I am giving you this advice as an older person who went to an Ivy League long time ago. Don’t get hung up on what you want, but instead pursue opportunities available all around you and offered by other good colleges. Have a broader goal than merely getting into MIT: going there is not going to make or break your life or career goal. If you are a smart and hard working person, you will succeed even if you to another school. I seriously suggest that you change your viewpoint and think more broadly, rather than focusing on your DESIRE to attend MIT.

I will give you a simple analogy. Let’s say you like this girl but she rejected you, but in the meantime two other nice girls accepted you and want to get to know you. If you told me that you will wait around one or two years to ask the first girl out on a date, I will basically say you are not thinking clearly.

P.S. My friend who went to MIT regrets now that he should have gone to Harvard where he was also accepted to because he found that girls liked Harvard guys more than MIT guys. Lol